Prof. Sawyer and Prof. Hernandez named UC Davis Campus Theme Co-Chairs and Invites Proposals

The Campus Global Theme program identifies a topic linked to one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and engages the entire UC Davis community in related discussion, learning, discovery, and action. 

The Campus Global Theme Transformative Energies: Repowering and Empowering the Planet, dares to imagine repowering and empowering the planet as being two sides of the same coin," bringing together the UC Davis community in this exploration of the humanistic, social, and scientific dimensions of energy.

UC Davis’ second Campus Global Theme, "Transformative Energies: Repowering and Empowering the Planet," invites the campus community to explore the humanistic, social, and scientific dimensions of energy. Given the ever-impending environmental crisis that global warming poses, we, as part of planetary communities, need strategies for achieving a just energy transition. “Transformative Energies” dares to imagine repowering and empowering the planet as being two sides of the same coin. It holds out the possibility that an energy transition from a reliance on hydrocarbons to sustainable technologies simultaneously entails upending embedded systems of social inequity and ecological damage. Racial, economic, and environmental harms have been enmeshed with the world’s historically tenacious and dominant forms of power. Such power threatens energy democracy and our capacity to identify and recognize greenwashing and misinformation. Transformative Energies seeks to compel a deeper understanding of these connections and to build complex, multi-faceted efforts to transform them.

Call for Programming

Our call for programming for January 2022 to June 2023 includes an invitation for faculty, staff and students on both the Davis and Sacramento campuses to apply for mini-grants (you may also apply to offer programming without requesting a mini-grant). Grantee and other associated programming will be featured on a calendar of events, to be disseminated on campus and regionally. The theme series will also be marketed on the Global Affairs website, campus calendars, social media, and at campus and community events in order to showcase programming to broad audiences.

The 2022 Call for Proposals is now open.

As we initiate this Campus Global Theme, we look forward to partnering with you in creating, hosting and leading events. UC Davis community members interested in getting involved are invited to visit globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/campus-global-theme or email elangridge@ucdavis.edu.