News & Events

Dartmouth Climate Week 2026

The Climate Collaborative is proud to bring the first ever Dartmouth Climate Week to campus this spring. From April 22–29, campus will come together for a dynamic week of vital conversations, research, and calls to action showcasing the breadth of climate work across Dartmouth. Featuring climate activists, student and faculty research, alumni in climate careers, and a keynote from Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the week highlights Dartmouth’s leadership and our shared commitment to climate resilience.

Climate Week 2026 Events

4:30-5:30 pm

Tues 4/21

Shaping Global Climate Policy

Join the Institute of Arctic Studies, Dickey Center, and Climate Collaborative in Haldeman 41 to learn how three Dartmouth professors, Melody Burkins, Héléne Seroussi, and Erin Mayfield, are helping to shape global climate policy at the highest levels through scholarship. 

1:00-3:00 pm

Wed 4/22

Running on Native Lands: Dartmouth Earth Day Celebration

Join the Native American Program, Office of Outdoor Programs, Office of Community Relations, and the Climate Collaborative outside the DOC House in Pine Park for an interactive fun run/ walk with Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone, runner, documentary film producer/director and Indigenous activist. The event will begin at 1pm with a blessing and grounding on our responsibility and relationship to the land. Participants are then invited to engage with Pine Park and featured stations while running or walking along an accessible pathway. Event is unticketed and open to the public. 

4:00-5:00 pm

Wed 4/22

Fairchild Tower Earth Day Celebration

Join the Fairchild Tower Departments in the Fairchild Atrium for the second annual Fairchild Earth Day Celebration! Enjoy food and beverages, take part in a scavenger hunt around the Tower for a chance to win prizes, and support fellow students by giving back. We’ll be collecting nonperishable food donations for the Dartmouth Food Pantry, as well as clean, unwrinkled professional attire for the Dartmouth Free Market Thrift Store to help students prepare for interviews and professional opportunities. 

5:00-7:00 pm

Wed 4/22

Ríos y Memorias: Concert and Installation

Joint the Energy Justice Clinic for a concert welcoming Waikil, a Mapuche rapper and traditional educator, and centers the relationship between rivers, memory, and territorial care.The evening will include a multimedia component from Helen Deng ’26, which brings the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Dam into conversation with rivers in Mapuche territory, Wallmapu, and our neighboring Kwenitekw, Connecticut River. These connections invite us to think about how rivers across different places carry histories, tensions, and forms of life. This is a space to listen, learn, and spend time in relation with water. Refreshments will be provided. Event open to all

7:00-8:00 pm

Wed 4/22

Rising Hearts Film Screening

Beginning at 7pm, film screenings from Rising Hearts Stories will be shown at Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall) followed by an audience Q&A featuring Jordan Whetstone and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Lydia Jennings, who is featured in one of the films! Event is unticketed and open to the public. 

12:00-1:00 pm

Thrs 4/23

Clean Energy Trends & Careers Lunch

Join the Climate Collaborative and Revers Center for lunch in Irving 375 with Phil Giuidice T’85 and Damali Harding T'06 to learn about clean energy careers. 

 

Phil brings over 50 years of experience in the energy sector as a geologist, executive, entrepreneur, and policy advisor, including roles as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy and Massachusetts Energy Commissioner. He currently serves as Board Chair of FirstLight and on the boards of LineVision and several energy innovation organizations, with a career spanning startups, government, and clean energy initiatives. 

 

Damali Harding is an energy executive with more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of policy, regulation, and utility operations. Her work focuses on translating complex climate and energy policy into real-world implementation, spanning grid decarbonization, demand-side solutions, distributed energy resources, and energy affordability.

2:00-4:00 pm

Thrs 4/23

Climate Research Showcase

Join us for a campus-wide poster session in the ECSC Atrium showcasing the diversity of climate research happening at Dartmouth. Everyone is encouraged to present a poster, project, or any other form of creative scholarship! Light refreshments will be provided! 

12:00-1:00 pm

Fri 4/24

PFAS and Patient Health: The evidence and what we can do

Join the Community & Family Medicine Grand Rounds In partnership with the Northern New England CO-OP Practice & Community Based Research Network for PFAS and Patient Health: The evidence and what we can do. This session features Dr. Megan Romano and Dr. Christine Gunn, who will discuss emerging evidence around PFAS exposure, patient communication, and community-engaged approaches to environmental health risk. The session is designed to support clinicians, researchers, and community stakeholders in understanding environmental exposures and translating that knowledge into patient care and public health action. Event is on zoom, see link below. 

11:30 am-1:00 pm

Sat 4/25

Energy Tour

Join the Climate Collaborative and Sustainability Office for a tour of Dartmouth's energy transition in progress. The tour will start and end in the center of the green. Event is unticketed and open to the public. 

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Author and co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab.

Keynote Speaker: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Join the Climate Collaborative for a conversation with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson moderated by Earth Sciences Professor, Erich Osterberg in Wilder Hall 104. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, distinguished scholar at Bowdoin College, and author of The New York Times bestseller What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. She is in love with climate solutions. Event is unticketed and open to the public.

6:00-8:00 pm

Mon 4/27

"Longest Table" Style Community Potluck

Join the Climate Collaborative for a "Longest Table" style community potluck dinner in the Fairchild Atrium to celebrate community and climate resilience. A base meal will be provided, please bring homemade sides and desserts! Event is unticketed and open to the public. 

12:00-1:00 pm

Tues 4/28

Climate & Health Panel

Join Dr. Amber Barnato, Dr. Sarah Crockett, Dr. Laura Paulin, Dr. Katie Lichter, and Kali Smolden MED-PhD '26 for a discussion moderated by Climate Collaborative Director Rosi Kerr in Kellogg 100 on the health impacts of climate change and more! 

1:00-2:00 pm

Tues 4/28

Green Transitions and Traditions

Join the Institute for Arctic Studies, Sustainability Office, and the Climate Collaborative, in Haldeman 41 to hear students from the 2026 Arctic-Sustainability Immersion Trip to Finland share their reflections and answer questions about their experience. 

 

 

4:00-5:00 pm

Wed 4/29

Sustainable Innovation: AI, Inclusion & Accessibility from a Youth Perspective

Join the Climate Collaborative for a talk by Rakib Anam, a Bangladeshi-American climate activist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability. This interactive talk examines sustainable innovation through the lenses of youth, accessibility, and inclusion. Drawing from his work in climate tech, youth advocacy, and AI for global development, Rakib Anam explores how meaningful innovation is not just about building smarter technology, but about ensuring that technology is accessible, human-centered, and shaped by the communities it aims to serve. The talk is open to the public and will be in Irving 155. Event is unticketed and open to the public. 

5:30-6:30 pm

Wed 4/29

Student Experiential Learning Panel

Come hear from students about their experiences on immersion trips, experiential scholars programs, and FSPs in One Wheelock @ Collis. Dinner will be provided!