we've held twelve weeks so far, and we've had an extraordinary out...10,000+ attendees!
Join us: October 13-18, 2025
for
Full Schedule will be announced by the end of August.
what is
tUrn is an invitation
to all members of higher education institutions
to create the time and space to discuss and grapple with the climate crisis,
for faculty, staff, students, administrators and alumni as well as the
leaders, neighbors, and members of local communities
to be able to better lean in to the climate crisis,
together, because it is time,
and we must.
There simply is no other choice but to make the world better,
one choice, one behavior, one disruption of disinformation, one move,
one conversation, one policy, one action, one gathering,
one scientific experiment, one discovery,
one law, one prayer, one song,
one vote and one dance
at a time.
tUrn is a critical, intercultural, interdisciplinary, intergenerational,
interfaith, international investigation of what it
means to understand all facets of
the climate crisis and
the related issues
of social, cultural, ecological, environmental, pollution,
food, water, soil and ocean degradation
taken together
and
what protective measures we can take to
mitigate, slow, minimize, and in some
cases, reverse the harms
being caused.
whose is it?
offers an invitation for everyone,
from artists to scientists, from economists to
ecologists, to create one event about the climate crisis, or
bring their class, family, community, faith group or friends to a headliner,
or schedule their own tUrn week events on their own campuses,
to address climate crisis during
or attend a event on their own, and
discover what they can do
to be a part of the
solutions.
what are the 3 facets of
tUrn Partners are the people who volunteer to make tUrn work,
from the headliner presenters, to the student tUrn intern crew,
to the community organizations who take part in the festivals and
live events of each tUrn week.
who is
tUrn is for people who understand that only together,
with time and space to learn,
contemplate, converse, and activate new behaviors and actions,
can we make a u-turn for the planet and future generations.
who is in charge of
everyone. meaning U.
tUrn honors frontline communities, and prioritizes the views and teachings of people who,
for the most part, have not caused the climate crisis. We value indigenous perspectives,
child/youth activists, immigrants/refugees and women/people of color
as knowledge bearers in this fight of all fights.
We call all non-climate change specialists to the stage to
be creative, to be innovative, to facilitate.
where does
tUrn is centered at Santa Clara University and various other sites around the world.
It takes place on zoom and is free and open to the public. Certain events are on-campus for faculty, staff, students and guests.
Special thanks to the LEAD Scholars Program, SCU Law School, Library/Learning Commons, Dining Services, Department of Ethnic Studies, the Office of Multicultural Learning, Departments of English, Physics, Sociology, Theatre & Dance, Child Studies, Public Health, Modern Languages, Santa Clara University College of Arts & Sciences, Dean Daniel Press, the Global Advisory Council, SCU•Presents, LEAD Scholars, Center for Sustainability, Climate Crisis Research Group, Environmental Justice and the Common Good, Faculty Development, Sustainability Liaisons, SLURP, the Jean Donovan Fellows program, Ignatian Fellows and Arrupe Climate Fellows program of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, Center for the Arts & Humanities.
Big shout out to the tUrn leaders of 2025 Hanna Tedla, Emily Cole, Neha Mann, Jessica Bui, Addie Chappell, Sienna Pearson, Lindsay Wemer, Jonathan Lin, and class of 2023 & 2024 student crew: Gloria Karekezi, Emily Pachoud (lead intern), Sarah Danon, Hannah Trillo, Gabby Yabut, Petra Samantha Stahl, Audrey Mullarkey, Daniella Serrano & Pascale Wojcik. Special thanks to alumni: Afghanistan Subcomittee lead Eemon Ghasemiyeh (), Alumni Group lead Drew Descourouez (), partner POST Peninsula Open Space Trust Alexa deSanctis (), YouTube channel creator Bates Detwiler (), Amanda Harvey, Chanel Bullock and student crew Audrey Joy, Abby Crowley, Kimber Wood, Yajaira Orozco, Neha Mann, Nathaniel Roland, Briana Guigona & Ximena De La Parra-Tostado & all of the PARTNERS
