CANTON -- A combined North Country Sustainability Day & Green Living Fair will take place Friday and Saturday, April 22-23 at St. Lawrence University.

The aim is to inspire and empower people to combat the global climate crisis by fostering a culture of sustainability across the North Country and beyond.

Talks, workshops, demonstrations, posters, exhibits and networking opportunities will explore sustainability issues and highlight ways to eat local, conserve energy, reduce bills and be climate smart.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, acclaimed author of Gathering Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass, will deliver the keynote address, “The Honorable Harvest,” at 4 p.m. on Friday in Gulick Theatre inside the Noble Center at SLU.

In addition to being a well-respected writer, Kimmerer is a mother, plant ecologist, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.

A reception and book-signing will follow the address. Books will be sold at the reception and are also at the SLU Brewer Bookstore.

The event will be live-streamed in a nearby location for the overflow.

The live-stream will also be available to all at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/music/livestream

Additional support for the keynote was provided by the Clarkson University Office of the Provost; St. Lawrence University Dean of Academic Affairs; SUNY Canton Living Writers Series; St. Lawrence University Departments of Global Studies, Sociology, and English; and the St. Lawrence Office of Diversity & Inclusion.

An art exhibit, “Indigenous Perceptions of Nature,” will be on display at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery in Griffiths Art Center G1 beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday.

The exhibit will be on display until June 4.

For more information, visit stlawu.edu/offices/art-gallery/indigenous-perceptions-nature

On Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Noble Center 109, Red Days, a student-produced play by Rachel Bublitz, will be presented.

The play highlights the dilemmas and conflicts that crisis levels of air pollution cause.

Here is the complete schedule for Friday's Sustainability Day:

1 - 1:50 p.m.

• Integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the Campus Strategic Framework, Presented by Alex French and Susan Powers of Clarkson University, MacAllaster Room, ODY Library

• The Ethics of Eating, Led by Camille Frazier of Clarkson University, Frost Ferguson Room, ODY Library

• Reimagining Our Nonhuman Neighbors, Led by Ana Maria Spagna of St. Lawrence University, Room 140A, ODY Library

• More Grammars of Animacy, Led by Glenn McClure of Paul Smith’s College, Room 140B, ODY Library

2 -2:50 p.m.

• Red Markers: Disrupting Colonialist/Capitalist/Plantation Ecologies Through Art, Led by Sandhya Ganapathy of St. Lawrence University, MacAllaster Room, ODY Library

• Food Waste: Moving Toward Compliance with NY State Law for Large Quantity Generators, Presented by Susan Powers of Clarkson University, Frost Ferguson Room, ODY Library

• UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Progress Report, Led by Heather Sullivan-Catlin of SUNY Potsdam, Room 140A, ODY Library

• Roots of Sustainability in the Humanities, Led by Glenn McClure of Paul Smith’s College, Room 140B, ODY Library

3- 3:45 p.m.

• Rivers Have Rights: A Youth Driven Community Conversation, Presented by Blake Lavia, Voices of Rivers Committee, MacAllaster Room, ODY Library

• Getting to Net Zero GHG Emissions: Clarkson’s Path & Progress, Presented by Susan Powers of Clarkson University, Room 140A, ODY Library

• Red Days: Sustainability Onstage, Presented by Hailey Alvarado of St. Lawrence University, Room 140B, ODY Library

4-5:30 p.m.

• Keynote Speaker Robin Wall-Kimmerer, “The Honorable Harvest,” Gulick Theater, Noble Center

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

• Reception, Book Signing and Poster Session, With Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Sykes Formal Lounge

7 a.m.-midnight

• Exhibit, “Indigenous Perceptions of Nature,” Richard F. Brush Art Gallery in Griffiths Arts Center.

8 p.m.

• “Red Days,” Student directed and produced play, Noble Center 109