The Climate Action Week Poster Symposium took place from 3-5 p.m. on March 20 in the Casa Loma room and showcased students’ research on a variety of environmental topics. Other activities from the 2025 Climate Action Week included a clothing swap, button-making event and guest speaker series.
University of Redlands faculty and students, as well as community members, examine environmental posters at the March 20 Climate Action Week Poster Symposium. This was the University of Redlands’ fourth annual Climate Action Week. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose 
This poster displayed at the Climate Action Week Poster Symposium sheds light on the garden project in the Stauffer Complex. Beginning in March 2024, faculty and students within the environmental department have removed the grass in favor of growing native plants to support native species and reduce intensive irrigation. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose 
One of the posters featured at the Climate Action Week Poster Symposium examines environmental racism within the BNSF rail yard in western San Bernardino. Environmental racism refers to environmental aspects that have unequal consequences for minorities. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose 
One of the largest posters at the Climate Action Week Poster Symposium shares information about wind energy. Wind turbines generate electricity in an environmentally-friendly manner. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose 
A poster from the Climate Action Week Poster Symposium introduces the Students of Environmental Action (SEA) Club and the activities they orchestrated. This student-led organization works to maintain campus sustainability and meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday in Lewis 110. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose 
This poster explains the environmental impacts of the university’s solar covered parking lots. They are part of a larger sustainability project launched on April 15, 2024 that includes electric vehicle charger installations, new asphalt and replacing all light fixtures with LED lights. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose
McKenzie Rose is a freshman at Redlands with interests in Environmental Studies and Journalism. She worked for the last three years as a freelance journalist with the Hermiston Herald, a newspaper near her hometown of Echo, Oregon. She is looking forward to covering the interesting, the exciting, and the intriguing happenings at the university for the Redlands Bulldog!
