🌍 At #SRI2025, SDSN hosted a session featuring ARSINOE, @carmineproject.bsky.social & Climate IMPETUS, highlighting how these initiatives are delivering tangible, data-driven solutions for #ClimateResilience.
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🌐 In June, @unsdsn.org took part in the #SRICongress — one of the world’s leading academic conferences on evidence-based, actionable, and inclusive approaches to sustainability.
Read the SDSN's full recap of #SRI2025 👉
It was an honor to facilitate sessions at the #SRI2025 Congress with @gsscholars.bsky.social, @belmontforum.bsky.social, and @futureearth.bsky.social! My heart is full after catching up with STRI friends, making new friends within the GSS community, and learning how to live in harmony with Earth 🌎.
Thank you for attending SRI2025 Sustainability Research + Innovation
#SRI2025 is officially in the books!
Thank you to every researcher, sustainability enthusiast, and changemaker who showed up for our planet this week. As your host, we were truly honored to learn alongside you and co-create solutions to build a more sustainable, resilient world.
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UIC Chancellor Miranda speaking with Tonika Lewis Johnson
U of I System President Killeen smiling after signing a book
Our #SRI2025 Juneteenth began with an exhilarating performance from Soul Children of Chicago. Then, UIC Chancellor Miranda and Tonika Lewis Johnson discussed how social justice helps build sustainable futures. President Killeen also talked about his new book, "Pathways to Sustainability."
Please share with all your youth interested in climate change!!!
#Arctic #youth #USA #Canada #NorthAmerica #climatechange #Indigneous #GIYSCC #sri2025 #future #justice #climatejustice
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UIC Chancellor Miranda speaks at a lectern on stage
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Assistant VP Deneen Gillespie speaking on a stage
In honor of Juneteenth, we’re exploring how sustainability, culture, and equity intersect.
This final day of #SRI2025 will amplify diverse community voices and feature inspiring leaders—and kick off with an unforgettable performance from Soul Children of Chicago!
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Did you know Chicago is a living laboratory of green infrastructure and sustainable businesses?
At #SRI2025 today, attendees took full advantage of immersive excursions across the city, then heard from compelling voices at SRI’s third annual Sustainability Storytelling Night.
#sri2025 #Indigenous #ethics #science #sustainability #relationships #research #culture #reciprocity #sciencediplomacy #sciencecommunication
Professor Jason Lane, President Tim Killeen, and professor emeritus Don Wuebbles smiling while seated at a table with books in hand.
U of I System President Tim Killeen, Jason Lane, and Don Wuebbles lead a conversation on how science, policy, and collaboration can shape a resilient, equitable future.
Join us at #SRI2025 tomorrow at 1pm to launch “Pathways to Sustainability: Collaborative Solutions for a Resilient Future.”📖
🎥 The CARMINE Project's Sorin Cheval joined the #SRICongress session on Pathways to Climate Resilience, sharing EU-led adaptation models and replicable solutions.
🔗 Explore SDSN's programming at #SRI2025: www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-to...
#ClimateAction #Sustainability
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a woman speaking at a lectern
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A compelling film, thoughtful discussion, and a room full of insightful experts? Last night at #SRI2025 was one to remember. 🎬
Attendees watched a special screening of “The Way of the Rain: Hope for Earth,” a moving, multidisciplinary film showcasing global scenic views.
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a group of people on Chicago's Riverwalk
a group of people on Chicago's Riverwalk
The second #SRI2025 evening wrapped up along Chicago's Riverwalk with a reception hosted by University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen and Dr. Roberta M. Johnson Killeen.
It fostered meaningful conversation, connection, and reflection—capturing the power of community and collaboration.
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three people sitting in chairs on a stage
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a performance by the American Indian Center of Chicago
Day two of #SRI2025: done ✅
Institutions like National University of Singapore and Cardiff University are building global partnerships to accelerate sustainability research.
Indigenous leaders from around the world spoke about the need for science to be inclusive, ethical, and collaborative.
This session explores how strategic and inclusive investment approaches can align finance with system-level change, capacity building, and resilient governance to create more impactful and lasting financing strategies.
#SRI2025 #ResilientGovernance #CapacityBuilding
The 2030 SDGs Game is an experiential workshop that simulates the world in 2030, emphasizing the balance between People, Planet, and Prosperity. Players manage projects, time, and money to achieve missions, with diverse outcomes emerging from each unique group. #SRI2025
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During today’s One Health: Holistic Approaches for Sustainable Human and Planetary Health session at #SRI2025, experts shared how multifaceted approaches are driving real progress in tackling global health challenges—from controlling zoonotic diseases to improving food safety.
How in the world does anyone paying attention still think the GOP is a conservative party?
Im at #SRI2025 in Chicago. Panelist right now talking about how conserving the environment is by definition a conservative value and we just need to remind conservatives of this point.
📸 The @unsdsn.org & our Networks are on the ground at the #SRICongress in Chicago, Illinois!
If you're attending #SRI2025, don’t miss the SDSN's programming 👉 www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-to...
#SRICongress #Sustainability #GlobalGoals
The #SSCP CRA midterm meeting offers a platform for project teams to present interim findings, promote collaborative dialogue, and align efforts toward a sustainable future. This session at #SRI2025 provides an opportunity for knowledge sharing and cross-disciplinary engagement.
Excited to be in this plenary tomorrow at the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress talking about collaborating ethically and in a good way with Indigenous Peoples in science.
Learn about my approach: lnkd.in/eMdDhF5Z
#Indigenous #sciencediplomacy #sri2025 #sri #sricongress2025
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Day one of #SRI2025 = done!
We opened with inspiring welcome remarks from University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen and a forecast by @wgntv.com chief meteorologist emeritus Tom Skilling. The rest of the day was packed with learning and connecting.
Join us this week: ow.ly/NjAV50WamuB
Join the Belmont Forum at #SRI2025! Come meet us in person, swing by our booth!
#BelmontForum #ScienceForSociety #TransdisciplinaryResearch
Come visit the UIP table at #SRI2025 where you can purchase a copy of PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY edited by Timothy L. Killeen, Donald J. Wuebbles, & Jason E. Lane
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#SRICongress #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Sustainability
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Chicago's skyline from Lake Michigan
The wait is over! #SRI2025 has launched in Chicago.
For the first time in the U.S., this global gathering brings together 1,200+ changemakers and innovators to drive action-forward, knowledge-based, and inclusive approaches to sustainability.
There’s still time to join us: ow.ly/QePu50Wa6Mp
Technologies matter—but so do institutions, power, and participation. Join Paolo Campo at #SRI2025 as he spotlights participatory processes, informed by our research in social simulation. A better future starts with better questions!
Join the #BelmontForum at #SRI2025! We're hosting sessions on transdisciplinary research, a type of science that brings together academia and the community to tackle global challenges. Register now and join the conversation. Come meet us in person at SRI 2025!
#ScienceForSociety
SRI2025 Sustainability Research + Innnovation #SRI2025 begins Monday! University of Illinois System Altogether Extraordinary
#SRI2025 wouldn't be possible without our co-hosts @belmontforum.bsky.social and @futureearth.bsky.social, and our dedicated partners and committed sponsors: ow.ly/BQCG50W7ZNY
You can still help change the world in Chicago next week! Register now: ow.ly/6FVB50W7ZO0
SRI2025 Sustainability Research + Innnovation #SRI2025 begins Monday! University of Illinois System Altogether Extraordinary
SRI2025 begins Monday! We're anticipating four days of learning, collaborating, and connecting with each other, as we strive together towards finding actionable solutions to our world's climate issues during #SRI2025.
Last week, the 2025 Summer Research Institute brought together changemakers to reimagine education through mindfulness, compassion & systems thinking.
Angel Acosta, Linda Darling-Hammond, & more sparked dialogue on learning across the lifespan– more soon on the blog!
Photos: Jacob Gordon
#SRI2025
