Current Opportunities
BYU Green Week
Twice a year, BYU Sustainability invites campus community members to care for the earth and one another through service, discussion, and more. Find details of our upcoming Green Week from 3/29 through 4/3 here.
GIS Workshop Series
The BYU Library's Geospatial Services Lab, a BYU Sustainability partner, is hosting weekly workshops (Wednesdays at 4pm in HBLL 2223) throughout the semester. Learn about geographic information systems and develop skills for research projects, class assignments, and work projects. No GIS background is required. Register here.
Other On-campus Events
- 2/12: Valentines Heart Walk (Geography, Geospatial Lab)
2/16: Environmental Policy Discussion with Rep. Tyler Clancy (Grow the Flow, BYU Chapter)
- 2/20: Mapathon service project at BYU 150 Night of Light, 6pm, HBLL 2212 (Geospatial Lab)
- 2/21: 35th Annual Hunger Banquet, 7pm, WSC Ballroom (Students for International Development)
- 2/25: Deadline for BYU study abroad, Ecuador Sustainable Development & Biodiversity (Kennedy Center)
- 3/5: Quey Hebrew Lecture: Environmental Concerns with Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon, 7pm, ESC C215
- 3/12: Well + Wise Lecture with BYU Sustainability’s Bremen Leak, noon, Varsity Theater (Employee Wellness)
- 3/12-13: Do Good. Better. Conference (Ballard Center)
- 3/13: Pi Day: Check Your PIESS (Belonging)
- 3/13: Antarctica Unearthed Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A (Biology)
- 3/19: BYU Wildfire Symposium (Civil and Construction Engineering)
- 3/25: How Europe has Embraced Cycling: Bike Paths, Cobblestones, and Yellow Jerseys, 4pm, 238 HRCB (Kennedy Center)
- 3/25: Wellness Clinic with BYU Sustainability’s Bremen Leak, 5pm, 3223 WSC (Belonging)
- 3/26: Air Quality: Science for Solutions Conference (Civil and Construction Engineering)
- 3/26: Art in the Zeitgeist: Keeping Environmental Issues Alive Through Creative Work, with artist Chris Carlson, HBLL 1060, 4pm
- 3/28: Community Garden Clean-Up (Civic Engagement)
- 4/2: Disciple-Steward Lecture with Dr. Jamie Jensen, 4pm, HBLL 1060
- Ongoing: "Change the Climate" Exhibition, BYU Bean Life Science Museum
Off-campus Events with BYU Sustainability Partners
- 1/31: Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake (Grow the Flow)
- 2/28: February Book Club with Sharon Eubank, author of Doing Small Things with Great Love (Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship)
- 3/12: Act Local Community Night (Engage: A Forum for Civic Renewal)
- 3/19-20: Intermountain Sustainability Summit (Weber State University)
- 3/19-20: Wallace Stegner Center Symposium (University of Utah)
- 3/27: Bike Bus with BYU's Cosmo at Cascade Elementary, 7:30am (meet at 7:25am at 500 N 100 E in Orem)
- 4/13: Holy Earth Podcast Livestream (Creation Care Coalition)
- 4/18: Earth Day Trail Cleanup: Provo River Parkway (BikeWalk Provo)
- 4/18: Slate Canyon Saturday (Conserve Utah Valley, Provo Parks & Recreation)
- 5/2: Utah Lakeshore Cleanup (Conserve Utah Valley)
Employment Opportunities
Want a flexible, hands-on job with sustainability professionals this spring and summer? BYU's recycling team is hiring student workers. Learn more about the position in Workday (search for JR-8783 in the student jobs hub). Then check out this edition of Y Magazine to go behind the scenes at the recycling center.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Campus
- Global Environmental Studies Club: Help plan student-led activities on campus. Sign up or see Instagram.
- Community Clean-up: Volunteer with Y-Serve on Saturdays in fall and winter semester. Meet by Jamba Juice at 8:50am to carpool. Projects end by 11:30am. More
Community
- Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship: Volunteer, join a local chapter, or attend an event. More
- BikeWalk Provo: Make Provo safe, convenient, and fun for all people to get around by bike or foot. More
- Conserve Utah Valley: Help with Slate Canyon Saturdays and other local projects. More
- Grow the Flow: Inspire change to save the Great Salt Lake, a precious ecosystem. More
- Provo's Sustainability and Natural Resources Committee: Volunteer with local advocates. More
I see … your commitment to a more sustainable future…. I would hope you will continue to find creative solutions to help protect the future for all of God’s children in the world. We are inhabitants of the same planet, and we are dependent upon each other for our mutual survival, happiness, and peace.