To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day, we invite a panel of experts to have a broad conversation around global environmental issues, implications of the present coronavirus situation and how it ties with local issues in Mississippi regarding sustainability, the well-being of the river ecosystem and raising awareness to protect public health and the environment.

The panel features:

Lindsey Abernathy, Associate Director of the UM Office of Sustainability and Chair, UM Green Fund Committee

Dr. Cliff Ochs, Professor, UM Department of Biology and instructor for the UM climate change class

Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth, Professor, UM Department of English and Director of the Environmental Studies minor

Lydia Koltai, Leader, Oxford chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby and an herbalist, permaculture gardener, and homesteader