Current Opportunities
Campus Events: Fall 2026
- 9/1: BYU Sustainability booth at the First Year Fair, 1-3pm, WSC Garden Court
- 9/3: Gathering Gardens open house, 7-8pm (Sustainability and partners)
- 9/15-12/8: Fall GIS Workshops (opens in a new tab), Tuesdays at 4pm (BYU Geospatial Lab)
- 9/21-26: BYU Green Week (Sustainability and partners)
- 9/25: Stewardship Lab Lecture by Dr. Michael Cope, 139 SCOB, 11am (Global Environmental Studies)
- 10/22: Stewardship Lab Lecture by Dr. Kieren McCord, 139 SCOB, 11am (Global Environmental Studies)
- 10/24: Native Plant Planting Party (Sustainability, Civic Engagement, Utah Lake Authority)
- 10/27: Gathering Gardens end-of-season cleanup, 5pm (Life Sciences, Sustainability Office)
- 10/29: Stewardship Lab Lecture by Dr. Rachel Wood, 139 SCOB, 11am (Global Environmental Studies)
- 10/29: Indoor Gardening Workshop with Dr. Laura Wheeler (Library) MORE INFO (opens in a new tab)
- 11/5: Provo City Council Town Hall at BYU, 238 HRCB, 7pm (Civic Engagement)
- 11/18: Mapathon service project (opens in a new tab) (Geospatial Lab, Sustainability Office, Ballard Center)
- 11/19: Chauncy D. Harris Lecture: "Utah’s Unprecedented 2026 Wildfire Season and the Future of Wildfire Remote Sensing" (opens in a new tab) with Dr. Philip Dennison, 11am, KMBL 260 (Geography)
- 11/19: "The Lake" screening, B037 JFSB, 7pm (Civic Engagement, Grow the Flow)
- Ongoing: "Change the Climate" Exhibition (BYU Bean Life Science Museum)
- Ongoing: The Evolutionary Tree of Life (opens in a new tab) (Bean Life Science Museum)
Off-campus Events with BYU Sustainability Partners
- 9/1-30: Get to the River Festival (opens in a new tab)(Jordan River Commission) (opens in a new tab)
- 9/12: Bonneville Shoreline Hike: Bridal Veil Falls to Rock Canyon (opens in a new tab) (Conserve Utah Valley)
- 9/14-18: Bike to School Week (opens in a new tab) (BikeWalk Provo)
- 9/19: The People’s Great Salt Lake Summit (opens in a new tab) (Grow the Flow and partners)
- 9/19: International Coastal Cleanup (opens in a new tab) (FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City's Office of the Mayor)
- 9/19: Tree Planting in Lehi (opens in a new tab) (Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship's Utah Valley Chapter and TreeUtah)
- 9/22: Active Transportation Count (opens in a new tab), Day 1, 4:30-7pm (BikeWalk Provo)
- 9/26: Active Transportation Count (opens in a new tab), Day 2, 9:30am-noon (BikeWalk Provo)
- 9/26: Utah Lake 5K (opens in a new tab) (Utah Lake Authority)
- 10/1-31: Provo Walktober (opens in a new tab) (BikeWalk Provo and partners)
- 10/2: Public Power Fair (opens in a new tab) (Provo Power)
- 10/2: Utah Lake Planting Party (opens in a new tab) (Utah Lake Authority)
- 10/2: The Land We Share: Utah Public Lands Summit (opens in a new tab) (Stewardship Utah)
- 10/3-4: General Conference (opens in a new tab) (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- 10/21: Provo Air Filter Workshop (Grow the Flow) RSVP (opens in a new tab)
- 10/24: Lakeshore Cleanup at Utah Lake (opens in a new tab) (Conserve Utah Valley)
- 10/24: 2026 Fall Forum, Art Show, and Writing Contest (opens in a new tab) (Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship)
- 11/6: Utah Lake Symposium (opens in a new tab) (Utah Lake Authority)
- 11/12: Walking Tour in Vineyard & Provo with Strong Towns' Founder Charles Marohn (opens in a new tab) (UVU)
- Ongoing: Great Salt Lake Advocacy Survey (opens in a new tab) (Grow the Flow)
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Campus
- Gathering Garden: Join us on Tuesdays at 5pm for our weekly volunteer hour. No experience is needed!
- Global Environmental Studies Club: Help plan student-led activities on campus. Sign up (opens in a new tab) or see Instagram (opens in a new tab).
- 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 (opens in a new tab)
Community
- Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship: Volunteer, join a local chapter, or attend an event. More (opens in a new tab)
- BikeWalk Provo: Make Provo safe, convenient, and fun for all people to get around by bike or foot. More (opens in a new tab)
- Conserve Utah Valley: Help with Slate Canyon Saturdays and other local projects. More (opens in a new tab)
- Grow the Flow: Inspire change to save the Great Salt Lake, a precious ecosystem. More (opens in a new tab)
- Provo's Sustainability and Natural Resources Committee: Volunteer with local advocates. More (opens in a new tab)
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.
Elder M. Russell Ballard in a BYU devotional on March 3, 2020