EcoExchangeEdu

Who We Are

EcoExchangeEdu (EEE) is a group of faculty, staff, and students from San Antonio-area colleges and universities who have been meeting since 2014 to share ideas about sustainability in our campus and civic communities. Our purpose is to share best practices and innovative ideas about campus sustainability across institutional boundaries in order to promote a more sustainable culture in San Antonio and beyond.

What We Do

EcoExchangeEdu holds regular meetings over the course of the academic year and encourages participation and representation of students, faculty, and staff from all San Antonio-area colleges and universities. The EcoExchangeEdu Steering Committee organizes an annual Sustainability Showcase, where students present their work in sustainability by way of formal presentations, creative arts, prototype demonstrations, public service announcements, mini-documentaries, and more!

Join Us

Our meetings are held monthly on Zoom. All San Antonio-area college and university faculty, staff, students, and administrators are welcome. The next EcoExchangeEdu meeting is on Tuesday, October 26 at 4pm. Email us for the Zoom link at ecoexchangeedu@gmail.com. Join our email list for updates.

Past Events

showcase flyer for web

EcoExchangeEdu Sustainability Showcase
April 20-21, 2021

**Pre-registration is required and you must register for each event separately.**

You are invited to virtually attend presentations by students, faculty, and staff from area colleges and universities featuring sustainability initiatives and research in the classroom, community, and beyond. Join us as we discover how local campus activities, experiential learning, research, and campus/civic engagement work to support the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals to make our community and the world a better place. All events are free and open to the public. We highly encourage students, faculty and staff from higher education to attend. Full schedule of events below. Link to this page: http://bit.ly/EEEShow2021

EcoExchangeEdu: Sustainability Shorts – PSAs and Mini-Docs
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Hosted by University of the Incarnate Word and EcoExchangeEdu

Premiere of a curated video of public service announcements and mini-documentaries connected to the United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals. For questions about registration, please contact Kevin Salfen (salfen@uiwtx.edu). For all other questions, please contact the EcoExchangeEdu team (ecoexchangeedu@gmail.com).

Download the Program: Sustainability Shorts (PDF)

Keynote Speaker: Danielle Belleny
The Nature Near Us
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Hosted by Northeast Lakeview College Black Student Union

Danielle Belleny is a San Antonio wildlife biologist and the co-founder of #BlackBirdersWeek. Black Birders Week was an immediate response to racist events that happened in Central Park, where a white woman called the police on a black man, Christian Cooper, during a very dicey situation where incidents like the murder of George Floyd, were happening around the country to include a lot of tension between people of color and the police regarding police brutality. Belleny felt it was important to shed light on the fact that black nature enthusiasts exist and occupying space and deserve to be safe in the places that they occupy. So she and the Black AF in STEM collective (a group of scientists that are advocates for people in nature resource management) launched a five-day celebration, called Black Birders Week, to celebrate being black in nature and what it means to be a black birder and really engaging with people all over the world on outdoor activities and outdoor enthusiasts. See her presentation on YouTube with Pajaros as Pollinators.

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Earth Day! Every Day! Stories and Crafts
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Hosted by Palo Alto College - Ozuna Children’s Library and EcoExchangeEdu

Join us virtually for our Earth Week family-friendly event for all ages. First, we’ll share a few eco-themed stories. Then we will make an upcycled craft. A list of materials to have on hand will be sent after registration. For questions, please call 210-486-3555.

EcoExchangeEdu: 2021 Virtual Showcase and Awards
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hosted by University of the Incarnate Word and EcoExchangeEdu

EcoExchangeEdu's premiere annual event, our Virtual Showcase featuring video submissions about sustainability from area campuses. Join us for the video premiere and award presentation! For questions about registration, please contact Kevin Salfen (salfen@uiwtx.edu). For all other questions, please contact the EcoExchangeEdu team (ecoexchangeedu@gmail.com).

Download the Program: Virtual Showcase (PDF)

On-Demand Videos of Student Projects (PDF)

Visit our YouTube Channel for student project videos and recordings of EEE2021 events (coming soon).

EcoExchangeEdu Mocktail Mixer
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hosted by EcoExchangeEdu and Palo Alto College

All San Antonio-area college and university students working to advance sustainability on their campuses and in the community are invited to meet like-minded students from area schools.

Keynote Lecture: Dr. George Veni
The International Year of Caves and Karst: Hidden Landscapes, Waters, and Ecosystems
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Hosted by St. Mary's University and EcoExchangeEdu

Karst is a landscape that covers about 20% of the world’s land surface, but relatively few have heard of it and its many benefits and challenges to humanity, which is why the International Year of Caves and Karst was organized. They take different forms on the surface but also extend underground as landscapes hidden from general view, where they contain diverse, complex, and highly vulnerable aquifers and ecosystems. For questions, contact Evelynn Mitchell (emitchell1@stmarytx.edu).

Campus Presentations on Sustainability
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Hosted by University of the Incarnate Word and EcoExchangeEdu

Representatives from EcoExchangeEdu member institutions (San Antonio area colleges and universities) share recent developments in sustainability at their home campuses. For questions, contact Kevin Salfen (salfen@uiwtx.edu).

Sustainability and the Arts
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
7:30 PM-8:30PM
Hosted by University of the Incarnate Word and EcoExchangeEdu

Premiere of a curated video of submissions connecting sustainability with the visual and performing arts. For questions, contact Kevin Salfen (salfen@uiwtx.edu).

Download the Program: Sustainability and the Arts (PDF)

Contact Us

Interested in learning more or joining us? Email us at ecoexchangeedu@gmail.com.

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This webpage is hosted and maintained by William R. Sinkin Eco Centro at San Antonio College.