Saturday, April 22, 2023
| Time & Location | Event |
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| Morning activities | Hikes, yoga, etc. |
| Noon | Solar array ribbon-cutting ceremony By 2024, the Santa Fe campus will operate on 100 percent solar energy thanks to a multimillion dollar solar project that begins construction in early 2023. Once launched, our 100% solar initiative will bring the campus close to carbon-free and will save $50,000 a year in energy costs. This initiative was made possible by philanthropy from two members of the class of 1969, which was inspired by the Class of 2019’s senior gift to fund an energy audit of the campus. Learn more about St. John’s Santa Fe’s sustainability initiatives. |
| 12:30 –1:30 p.m. |
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| 1:30–3:00 p.m. |
Stewart Udall left a profound legacy of conservation and environmental justice as Secretary of the Interior during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. Udall called on all Americans to move away from our emphasis on economic growth and consumerism and toward quality of life, and a new politics centered on beauty, frugal living, appreciation of nature and the arts, and a recognition of the Earth’s limits. This feature documentary reveals in depth the period during the sixties and seventies when the environmental movement in America came of age, showcasing the victories and defeats with which Udall was intimately connected. |
| 3:00 p.m., Great Hall |
Sophie Strand: “Myth and Mycelium,” made possible by The Carol J. Worrell Annual Lecture Series on Literature What does it mean to understand myths as the “fruiting body mushrooms” of underground mycelial mythic systems? Just as fungi taught plants how to root into the soil, so do myths teach us how to root into our ecological and social ecosystems. Mycorrhizal fungi map the relationships in a forest just as myths map the specific relationships of a community rooted in place. Tracking the vegetal gods of the Mediterranean as a case study, we use modern advances in biology, mycology, and forest ecology to resurrect the forgotten root-system of earth-reverent mythologies suppressed by current paradigms of domination. About the Speaker Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine will be published by Inner Traditions in Fall 2022 and is available for pre-order. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions in Spring 2023. Subscribe for her newsletter at sophiestrand.substack.com. And follow her work on Instagram: @cosmogyny and at www.sophiestrand.com. |
| 4:00–6:00 p.m. |
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| 6:00 p.m., Great Hall |
EcoSono Ensemble immersive performance, with alumnus Matthew Burtner(SF92) The EcoSono Ensemble creates interactive earth music with a collective of diverse musicians, artists, scientists and activists from around the globe. As a branch of the EcoSono Institute, this ensemble integrates ecoacoustics, technology, environmental exploration, cross-disciplinary collaborations, cultural exchange and environmental activism into artistic output and virtuosic instrumental and vocal performance. EcoSono pursues commonalities between interdisciplinary music creation and ecological awareness often blurring the lines between installation, field research and performance. |