As Monday marks the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, USC has become part of a concerning trend; a decline in participation of environmental initiatives.
Category: Earth Month 2024 Recap
![Many hands holding up a globe.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elevating-Impact.png)
The increase in climate-related disasters and pollution disproportionately impacts marginalized communities around the world. This makes climate change a core social justice issue.
![Miguel Gonzalez, associate administrator of support services for Keck Medicine of USC and Erwin Morales, administrative director of plant maintenance who suggested the water conservation strategy. (Photo/Courtesy of Miguel Gonzalez)](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Keck-Award.png)
On April 17, the 2024 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Awards recognized Keck Medical Center of USC for finding a way to save over 1.7 million gallons of water in a single year.
![USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay, left, and Jane Fonda, center, are introduced by Allison Agsten, director of USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication. (USC Photo/Alan Mittelstaedt)](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jane-Fonda-Temp-Check.png)
Jane Fonda knew that the best way to draw in a standing room only audience to discuss climate change was by telling stories and speaking from the heart. “This is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing: talking to young people like you all because you can make the difference,” Fonda…
![A close-up of flowers on a cliffside in the spring.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wrigley-Storymakers.png)
The USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability is pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of Wrigley Institute Storymakers fellows.
![AI-generated image of a woman in a busy, brightly-lit office.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AI-Data-and-Dialogue.png)
We stand at the nexus of an information glut and an action deficit — particularly when it comes to defining the crisis of our time: climate change.
![A collage of students holding Questival stickers.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Questival.png)
From passing encouraging notes in Leavey Library to slam dunking in Venice, Cotopaxi’s famous Questival adventure race led Trojans to explore L.A. while doing good for the community.
![Neera Tanden, domestic policy advisor to President Joe Biden.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Neera-Tanden.png)
The fifth annual event packed Town and Gown on Thursday afternoon and featured several discussions and Q&As.
![Illustration of a nuclear safety inspector with the text, "We inspect spent nuclear fuel canisters using sensors and AI!"](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nuclear-Safe-Storage.png)
Researchers in the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering are tackling one of the most complex problems facing the U.S. Department of Energy: how to safely handle and store “spent” nuclear fuel.
![Members of the Ti’at Society paddle their traditional Tongva plank canoe, Moomat Ahiko (“Breath of the Ocean”), off the coast of Southern California’s Santa Catalina Island. (Photo: Frank Magallanes and Althea Edwards.)](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tiat-Society.png)
The first Tongva “ti’at” built in centuries finds a permanent exhibit and helps highlight Native American sustainable maritime traditions.