{"id":25076,"date":"2025-09-18T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&p=25076"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:49:35","slug":"we-need-to-generate-the-energy-that-leads-to-more-optimism-hope-and-action","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/we-need-to-generate-the-energy-that-leads-to-more-optimism-hope-and-action\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We need to generate the energy that leads to more optimism, hope, and action\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Day of events celebrates the opening of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planting a red maple tree at the Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center are (left to right) D.J.A. Dean Lou Leonard, Ruby Lichtman \u201927, Zach Rutherford \u201927, and President David Fithian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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With two shovelfuls of dirt applied to the base of a red maple that now grows beside the Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center, Clark University on Monday signaled its enduring commitment to confront the most pernicious threats to the health of the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tree-planting ceremony was part of a daylong series of events to celebrate the launch of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School advances integrative research, education, and engagement to understand and sustain Earth\u2019s systems, and seeks equitable and just solutions to those threats through intensive academics and deep collaborations with communities and organizations on the frontlines of change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To acknowledge the School\u2019s mission and highlight its offerings, Monday\u2019s kickoff began with a guided tour of Clark\u2019s 26-acre Hadwen Arboretum, moved onto campus with student-oriented activities and information sessions, and concluded with a bat observation and walk at nearby Coes Pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n