Yale Earth Week

April 14, 2021

Dear YIBS community,

For Yale Earth Week 2021, explore events, videos, articles, and more from every corner of Yale as we uncover the ways in which sustainability touches every aspect of life. From April 19th - 23rd, earthweek.yale.edu will feature hundreds of opportunities for action and learning with new content uploaded multiple times each day. Discover the intersection between sustainability and environmental justice, food, nature & health, climate, and materials with all of Yale, together. Visit the site and sign up to receive a daily curation of Earth Week content straight to your inbox.

We hope to see you there!
Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

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Mixodectes pungens, small mammals that inhabited western North America 62 million years ago, weighed about 3 pounds, dwelled in trees, and largely dined on leaves. Illustration by Andrey Atuchin

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