Earth Week 2018 April 16th – 20th Hosted by Loyola University New Orleans’ Environment Program, Earth Week 2018 will teach community members to celebrate the environment, as well as how to protect and sustain it. Most events are free and open to the public. Free parking in the West Road garage for all Earth Week events.

Multi-Faith Earth Celebrations & Meditations
Peace Quad, Monroe Lawn, Monroe Library  10 am-2 pm

Cosmic Walk
10:00 AM; 11:00 AM & 1:30 PM  (Arrive 5 minutes before start time.)
4th Floor Gallery Space, Monroe Library
Guided ritual on our human place in the universe with Sister Alison McCrary.

• The Cosmic Walk: a guided walking meditation on our place in the universe, led by Sister Alison McCrary.
• The Cosmic Walk is a ritual of bringing our knowledge of the 14-billion-year Universe process of evolution and creation unfolding from our heads to our hearts. The purpose of the Cosmic Walk Ritual is to awaken a deeper consciousness in the human of the amazing beauty and age of the unfolding life process of the Universe and to evoke a sense of mystery, awe, and reverence in the person who participates in this ritual. The spiral on the ground will take us on the 14 billion year cosmic and evolutionary journey with each instance of emergence in time marked at a proportionate distance along the length of the spiral. We will begin at the very center of the spiral, the Flaring Forth of the Universe itself and allow the Sacred Story to unfold before us through story, song, reflection, symbols, movement, and candles. If you would like to serve as the "walker" of the spiral or a reader, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the ritual to receive instructions. After the ritual, time will be allocated for facilitated small group, large group, and private reflection and processing of the sacred universe story, how it impacts our lives and shapes our worldview, and what commitments we want to make as a result. 

Earth Meditations Ceremony
12:30 – 1:15 PM
Peace Quad
Followed by food and fellowship

Labyrinth
11:45 AM – 2:00 PM
Monroe Lawn
Self-guided labyrinth meditation.

• Labyrinth walking: LABYRINTH HISTORY 
  The labyrinth is an ancient human symbol known to go back as least 3500 years. It is a form of reflection and prayer that has been rediscovered in recent years. A labyrinth is not a maze, but a walking meditation device with a single winding path from the edge to the center. The same path is used to return to the outside. 
  Combining a number of even older symbols, including the circle, spiral and meander, the labyrinth represents the journey inward to our own true selves and back out into the everyday world. 
   

Nature by Design
Critique Exhibition Space, Monroe 411  5:30-7:30 pm

• Loyola’s Design Department are proud to be collaborating with the Environment Program for this year’s Earth Week 2018. From the 16th until the 20th of April, environmental-themed exhibition Nature By Design will be displayed on the Fourth Floor of Monroe Hall, with an Opening Reception on Wednesday the 18th from 5:30 until 7:30pm.

• The exhibition features students from across the University and promises to showcase a broad range of dynamic and contemporary artwork celebrating the Natural World and our place within it.
   

Mirabeau Water Garden talk by Dr. Bob Thomas
Whitney Room, Thomas Hall  7-8:00 pm

• Robert Thomas is Professor of Mass Communication at Loyola and holds the Distinguished Scholar Chair in Environmental Communications. He was Founding Director of the Louisiana Nature Center. He is recipient of numerous awards for his work in conservation and environmental education.

Visit our website for more details: http://www.loyno.edu/earthweek