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During the month of April, the students in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Sustainability in Action course (EVPP 480) were incredibly busy making a difference on and off campus.

Host Dr. Gregory Washington speaks with Ed Maibach, director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Center for Climate Change Communication about overcoming misinformation about climate change dangers.

Sophia Chapin was the Honors College Multimedia Communications Intern from 2019 to 2021, during which time she improved the quality of Honors College student-, public-, and alumni- facing communications.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students are finalizing their plans for the Virginia Environmental Justice Summit, a conference intended to engage students from Virginia and beyond on issues pertaining to the intersection of sustainability, the environment, race and social justice. The conference will be held virtually on March 27.

The Greenhouse and Gardens Program—which runs the Presidents Park Hydroponic Greenhouse, the Innovation Food Forest and the Potomac Heights Organic Vegetable Garden—is building off a successful fall semester that provided students with a hands-on learning experience.

Civil engineering major Karla Pineda’s undergraduate career is about to end. Yet, as she prepares to embark on her accelerated master’s program, she reflects on what inspired her to study civil engineering.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ joins the more than 1,500 colleges, universities, businesses and municipalities seeking to help the United States reach net zero emissions by 2050.