Connecting UofT students across disciplines, working together for awareness of environmental issues
10/07/2024
2024-25 UTEA executive hiring is now open!! Click the link in our bio to access the Google Form application. APPLICATIONS CLOSE OCTOBER 21, 2024.
Feel free to reach out with any questions through our Instagram or at [email protected].
General membership is also open!
10/04/2024
24/25 EXEC APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW!!
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you can find the form in our linktree in our bio!
General membership form is also in our linktree and open to everyone!
09/13/2023
23/24 EXECUTIVE APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW!!
https://forms.gle/Sc1NfMkNBHe5U7Pw6
Deadline is October 6, 2023
Link for application is also in our linktree under About
11/14/2022
What is COP27 and why is it important? Check out our story highlight on COP27 for more information and resources!
04/25/2022
Calling all UTEA members!!
We are having our final general member meeting tomorrow at 6:00 PM! 💚 The meeting is being offered both in person and online and will be held in the Victoria College Quad.
Snacks will be offered and Co-president elections will be held!
See you all tomorrow! 🌿🌻💚
Join Zoom Meeting
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/2043374219
Meeting ID: 204 337 4219
Passcode: y4JVEw
03/26/2022
LOCATION CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER!!
Now located at the Buttery at Trinity College!! (Located on the main floor of the Gerald Larking Building - 15 Devonshire Place)
Hi everyone!!! This Sunday, March 27th at 11:30 AM, we will be hosting an in person social picnic!!! We’re going to have a picnic with plenty of food (cookies! Sandwiches!) to share. Feel free to bring some food to share too. ☺️
Please share with your friends and join us Sunday! Let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions and we’ll do out best to accommodate you! Hope to see you all there! 🥰
03/22/2022
Hi everyone!! This Sunday, March 27th at 11:30 a.m., we will be hosting an in person Spring Social Picnic!! We're going have a picnic at Vic Quad, and we'll have plenty of picnic food (cookies! sandwiches!) to share. Feel free to bring some food to share too 🙂
Please share with your friends and join us in a week! Let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate you! Hope to see you all there 😊
03/16/2022
Hey everyone! Be sure to join UTEA on zoom this Friday for an informative discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic and environmental health! 💚🌱
When: Mar 18, 2022 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudOmsqzoiHNY5KQvkZ1PemfH3dsPSUe_F
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
03/08/2022
At its heart, Canadians want a Just Transition Act that puts people first by supporting workers and communities through the transition away from fossil fuels and towards 100% renewable energy. Just Transition policy must both adhere to climate science as well as drive new economic opportunities with inclusive workforce development.
Join us on March 9th 8:00 PM ET where we will come together in a virtual space and write emails and letters to our local MPs, showing them that a Just Transition Act is needed and that our communities must be taken care of.
03/06/2022
Check out these graphics to find out more about some of the upcoming artists featured in UTEA's exhibition, "Reinventing Environmentalism" 🌲
The exhibit will take place tomorrow, Sunday March 3rd at 2:00 PM EST 💚
Register here : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reinventing-environmentalism-a-multimedia-art-exhibit-with-vladimir-kanic-tickets-259865383357?fbclid=IwAR26XqfopaQnGI5T5OZRnBd7RGhZ2RbpHLhKs3-ra4TSYToei0xyjWiG7Ss
(or in our linktree)
Check out this video to learn more about Vladimir Kanics series of work, titled The Book of Waves! 💚
Kanic will be attending UTEAs upcoming exhibit "Reinventing Environmentalism" and will lead discussion and Q&A with attendees.
Be sure to register for "Reinventing Environmentalism" here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../reinventing...
The Book of Waves is a series of nine oxygen producing sculptures created from organic biopolymers capable of retaining carbon dioxide equivalent to hundreds of trees by harvesting
the power of living algae. As spectators exhale carbon dioxide, the sculptures absorb it and convert it into oxygen, creating an ephemeral ecosystem that bridges the space between the
viewers and the art and re-establishes their communication with the environment.
The project is a critique of the Anthropocene and rapid destratification of our planet. It proposes a solution for mediating the consequences of the human-made destruction of the environment. By installing large scale sculptures in polluted urban areas, they could combat the greenhouse effect and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Besides creating oxygen, the sculptures are capable of capturing molecular toxins such as nitrogen and sulphur
oxides which significantly degrade human health. While removing the toxins from the air, they could significantly improve the wellbeing and health of all planetary citizens.
The sculpture's material culture is significant to the artist’s origins from the island of Pag in Croatia. By harvesting the algae and creating works of art with them, the artist’s own material
language of the objects is created, one that speaks about his memories, ancestry and culture while reconciling his two identities - Croatian and the first-generation Canadian. The Book of Waves sculptures are currently on display at Abbozzo Gallery in Toronto until June 15th.
