Current Opportunities

Green Week

Green Week is a celebration of our stewardship of the earth and one another. Learn more and RSVP.

BYU Native Plant Garden Cleanup

10/7, 5-6pm, south of Risk Management Building

Panel and Pizza: Nuclear Energy in Utah

10/8, JFSB B192,

6pm-8pm

Bikes and Bites: Group Ride for All

10/9, 9-10am, WSC Roundabout

Utah Lake Planting Party

10/11, 9-11am, Utah Lake State Park

GIS Workshop Series

Discover the power of maps with the BYU Library's Geospatial Services Lab, a BYU Sustainability partner. Each workshop is stand-alone, so participants can drop in for any session. These sessions focus on practical, tool-based skills users can use immediately in research projects, class assignments, and work projects. No GIS background is required.

9/10, 4pm – The Power of Maps: Intro to GIS
9/17, 4pm – Data to Map: Digitizing, Geocoding, Table to Map
9/24, 4pm – Data Collection I: Field Maps
10/1, 4pm – Data Collection II: QuickCapture & Survey123
10/8, 4pm – Cartography: Layouts, Legends, Projections
10/15, 4pm – Data Enrichment: Business Analyst & More Tools
10/22, 4pm – Web Mapping: Web Apps & Dashboards
10/29, 4pm – Story Maps: Telling Stories with Place
11/5, 4pm – Geospatial Analysis I: Analyzing Raster Data
11/12, 4pm – Geospatial Analysis II: Suitability Models
11/19, 4pm – MAPATHON! (campus-wide mapping service event)

Register here.

For the Benefit of the World Conference

11/14 (abstracts due by 9/26)
Theme: Our Sacred Stewardship to Care for Those in Need
Learn about the conference

Stewardship Symposium

On Becoming Disciple-Stewards: The Restored Gospel and God's Creation highlights research and scholarship on environmental stewardship, with a focus on practical, ethical, and faith-informed approaches. The event brings together students, faculty, and professionals to explore solutions to today's environmental challenges. It also marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Stewardship and the Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment.

11/14-11/15
BYU partners: The Kennedy Center for International Studies, the Global Environmental Studies program, and the Stewardship Lab
Learn about the symposium

Call for student papers:

Global Environmental Studies invites all BYU students (undergrad and graduate, any major) to submit a short first-person statement (1,200–1,500 words) that articulates their faith-based environmental ethic. Participants should write clearly about how their faith or guiding values inform their relationship to the natural world, drawing on a concrete experience, place, or practice.
Selected participants will receive an honorarium of $200.
As part of the program, participants will also take part in a required, once-a-week writing seminar, held October 2–October 23.
Participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the BYU Stewardship Symposium in November, in a student panel discussion and short presentation format.
Students of all faith traditions are welcome to participate, as well as those who draw on other systems of values or guiding principles.
To apply: Submit your abstract of 300–500 words, plus a 100-word bio, by 9/17 to Julia Morgan at juliakm@byu.edu, with subject line “Stewardship Student Papers—[Your Name]”.

Key dates

September 17: Abstracts due
September 22: Notifications
October 2–Oct 23: Mandatory Thursday writing seminar (info below)
November 7: Final materials due
November 14–15: Symposium

Thursday Writing Seminars

Over the course of four weeks, students will gather each Thursday evening, 6:30-8:00 for a 90-minute seminar. These sessions will provide a structured space to refine participants’ essays through peer discussion and faculty feedback. In addition, each meeting will feature a guest lecture from a professor on campus, offering insights into how faith traditions inform and shape approaches to environmental stewardship.
Participation in all seminar sessions is required in order to receive the scholarship at the conclusion of the program.
Questions? Contact Julia Morgan at juliakm@byu.edu

Mapathon

11/19
Details forthcoming

Change the Climate Exhibition

Ongoing
BYU Bean Life Science Museum

Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu | Past and Present Together

Now through 12/6
BYU Museum of Art
Learn more about the exhibition

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