Intergenerational Dialogues: A Workshop for Collaborative Leadership
What if you could learn collaborative leadership skills directly from the people shaping environmental decisions in our region?
You may want to make a difference on environmental issues—but the biggest breakthroughs rarely happen alone. Whether it’s restoring salmon runs, resolving land-use conflicts, or protecting ecosystems, environmental progress often depends on people who can bring different interests together.
The Collaborative Leadership Program at the Puget Sound Institute (UW Tacoma) and UW EarthLab invite UW students to a workshop on collaboration and conflict resolution. The workshop will feature interaction between students and a panel of accomplished leaders who have collaborated on issues like salmon recovery and Puget Sound restoration. Through interactive exercises, case studies, intergenerational dialogues, and small group conversations, students will learn key concepts and develop collaborative leadership skills they can apply to a wide variety of situations.
The workshops are meant as a…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: EarthLab | earthlab@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW Students.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
HUB 334.
For more info visit earthlab.uw.edu. Northwest Nature and Health Symposium
The UW Center for Nature and Health illuminates the connections between nature and human health and well-being. We work with community and decision-makers to translate our findings into programs and policies that ensure everyone can benefit from the healing power of nature.
Since 2016, we have been hosting symposia to bring together researchers, community members, and decision-makers to learn about new discoveries, discuss new policies and programs, and advance partnerships in the field of nature and health. We strive to invite speakers who work hand-in-hand to understand the needs of communities who have borne the brunt of social and environmental injustices; who work to address health and access inequities; and who bring critical insights and perspectives on environmental history as well as outdoor recreation.
INVITED SPEAKERS Courtney Aber, national director, Outdoor Initiatives, YMCA of Greater Seattle
The Nature of the Outdoors: Stronger Youth Development Through Exploration
, Aileen Cassinetto,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Accessibility Contact: natureandhealth@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit events.uw.edu. Spring 2026 NW x Pacific RISCC Webinar: Staged-scale restoration of temperate grasslands and tropical forests
The Northwest and Pacific RISCC Networks are teaming up to present a widely-applicable approach to ecological restoration, including invasive species management and climate adaptation, with examples from the Pacific Northwest and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Learn more and RSVP below.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: NWRISCC@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit www.nwriscc.org. Fire Humanities | Panel Discussion and Storytelling
Registration required.
Doors open at 6pm, light refreshments served
What does it mean to live well as wildfire and smoke season becomes more a part of life in the Pacific Northwest and many other places around the world?
As much as we focus on preparedness and reducing materials that fuel wildfires, we must also reckon with the human dimensions of fire, which shape how we interact with it. “Fire Humanities” is a book project and an emerging field of study that draws on the humanities and arts to center stories, representations, collaborations, and values that promote adaptation, resilience, and justice as we adapt to a world with more fire.
This program will feature a panel discussion with five contributors to the book, who will share their approaches to this emerging field of research. After the panel, you’ll be invited to share your stories of fire and smoke with each other, speak with the panelists, and participate in hands-on activities connected to the Fire Humanities project.
This event is free and…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Burke Memorial-Washington State Museum (BRK). Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, humanities@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit www.burkemuseum.org. Sea Change Within Us: Presented by Karin Stevens Dance
Sea Change Within Us, a recreated 2019 project by Karin Stevens Dance, is a sixty-minute performance that addresses local Washington state water issues and the consequences of climate change, using the voices of real people we interviewed, combined with moving rigid structures of water images by dancing human bodies.
Eight dancers move four large panels into dynamic configurations to explore themes such as rivers and dams, endangered wild Pacific salmon and Southern Resident Orca, melting ice, sea-level rise, flooding, migration, injustices to Indigenous fishing rights, divisive politics, and the complexities of human dis/re/connection. Amid these turbulent thematic layers, grief is embodied in the “Rivers, Dams, Salmon, Orca” section through the actual cries of mother orca Tahlequah. A call to collective awareness emerges in the section “Descending Pressure,” echoing the repeated phrase of a climate activist-artist: “Our bodies are a source of wisdom.”
Learn more about the program here: https://www.karinst…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gould Hall (GLD). Accessibility Contact: EarthLab | earthlab@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Target Audience: UW students, faculty and staff.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit forms.gle. College of the Environment Community-Engaged Research Symposium
Join UW colleagues in a showcase of community-engaged research featuring applied knowledge partnerships in various contexts. Lightning talks will show the breadth and depth of this research across the College of the Environment. Participatory break-out sessions will foster new collaborations and dialogue on best practices.
Save the date! Lunch will be provided.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: seagrant@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 29, 2026, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Husky Union Building (HUB 145).
Nature and Health Community Dinner with Dr. Sabine Thomas
Nature and Health Community Dinners welcome anyone with a curiosity about expanding access to green space to support health and well-being, environmental and health equity, people-nature reciprocity, and climate change resilience. Students, professionals, and community members from many different disciplines come together to explore new ideas, discuss policies and programs, and strengthen partnerships in the field of nature and health.
Our June 2 dinner features a speed talk from Dr. Sabine Thomas. Sabine is a naturopathic doctor and is co-owner of JSOL STUDIOS LLC, a family-wellness centered and nature-embodied organization dedicated to nurturing thriving ecosystems within families and organizations.
Nature and Health Community Dinners include: A plant-based dinner , Drinks , Networking , Short talks from a wide variety of professionals, including researchers, community leaders, policy-makers, program managers, etc. Register by May 27.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: natureandhealth@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit events.uw.edu.