Great Salt Lake Valentine’s Vigil – February

Utah State Capitol

  On Wednesday, February 14th LDSES will be keepers of the Great Salt Lake Vigil at the Capitol 2024, to celebrate and amplify awareness of our love for the Great Salt Lake.  We will be delivering a “Thank you for your work to save The Great Salt Lake!” valentines (shown above) to every House and Senate member, as well […]

Full Moon Snowshoe Hike & Naturalist Talk

Big Cottonwood Canyon Spruces Campground S. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, United States

  Join your LDSES peers to enjoy the winter wonders of nature on this ranger-led snowshoe hike! We’ll meet up at the Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday February 24 at 6:00 PM. You will need to provide your own snowshoe equipment as it is not available at the campground. If you need […]

LDSES Book Group: Less is More

Zoom

  Our economic system is based on perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: degrowth. If we want to have a shot at surviving the Anthropocene, we need to restore the balance. We need to change how we see the world […]

Wallace Stegner Center 29th Annual Symposium – The Renewable Energy Transition: Building a Bright Future

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 383 SOUTH UNIVERSITY STREET, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, United States

The Stegner Center’s 29th annual symposium will focus on the challenge of transitioning to a carbon neutral energy system and related sustainability, environmental, and human health concerns. The symposium will address practical questions, like facility siting, supply chain adequacy, and permitting reform, as well as concerns about environmental justice, public participation and transparency, and implementing […]

Whales of the High Desert – movie screening & director discussion

Congregation Kol Ami 2425 EAST HERITAGE WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Here’s a great Family Night opportunity.   The Great Salt Lake Interfaith Action Coalition and Congregation Kol Ami have invited LDSES to attend a free screening of the award-winning 22-minute film “Whales of the High Desert.”  If you are not familiar with the film, that started with the director looking to study the myth of whales […]

Free

Rivers in peril: Why their preservation is critical to everything

LDSES will be promoting this Earth Day learning event, led by the ThinkAgain FaithAgain foundation.  Come hear from a veteran steward of Utah water sustainability on his extensive work for the environment.  Details on the location and registration for this event here.  You can attend in-person or via Zoom. Over history, including more recent local […]

Free

Earth Day Spring Interfaith Forum – Hosted by the Latter-Day Saint Creation Care Coalition

Dome Chapel 739 E Ashton Ave, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Join us for an interfaith forum celebrating Earth Day, featuring leaders from Salt Lake area LDS, Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic congregations. More details to come. The Creation Care Coalition is comprised of volunteers from Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship, Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance, Citizens Climate Lobby LDS Action Team, and Mormon Women for Ethical Government.

LDSES Earth Day Service Project – Great Salt Lake Cleanup and Naturalist Talk

Great Salt Lake State Park

  Mark your calendars. This Earth Day event is for people of all ages at Great Salt Lake State Park.   We will start with a naturalist talk from a park ranger.   Following that, we will be cleaning up the beach and weed-pulling invasive plants. Please bring your own gloves.  Register for this event here.  Specific […]

LDSES Book Group: The Good Life

Zoom

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, show that the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize. You can register for this Zoom session here. In addition […]

Alta Wildflower Festival and Naturalist Talk

Lower Albion Meadows Interpretive Trail Alta, UT, United States

  Join us on July 27 in Little Cottonwood Canyon to enjoy time with like-minded earth stewards in the beauty of our natural world. We’ll meet at the Alta Ski Resort Albion Base parking lot at 5:30 and walk the Lower Albion Meadows Trail with a trained naturalist sharing insights about the canyon’s flowers, plants, […]

RESTORE 2024 A Faith Matters Gathering – LDSES Tabling

Mountain America Expo Center 9575 S State Street, Sandy, UT, United States

    We will be staffing a table at the 2024 Restore Conference to promote awareness of LDSES.  Volunteers are needed!   We have a “first-come-first-served” limited number of complimentary passes to those staffing our table at the event.  Email us at SLC@ldsearthstewardship.org if you can support our tabling. As an event sponsor, we invite all […]

Great Salt Lake – International Coastal Cleanup Day Service Project

Great Salt Lake State Park

  LDSES is supporting Friends of Great Salt Lake with volunteers for this activity.  If you were rained out of our LDSES Earth Day activity at Great Salt Lake earlier this year, please join us for this one! You can register for this event here.