Rice Sustainability Institute
@ricesustainability.bsky.social
Developing energy and environmental solutions that are economically positive, socially viable, and globally relevant at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Web: https://si.rice.edu/
Links: https://bit.ly/m/rice_sustainability_institute
Links: https://bit.ly/m/rice_sustainability_institute
🎓 Deadline extended! Grad students at Rice — you now have until May 23 to apply for the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows program.
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🎓 Deadline extended! Grad students at Rice — you now have until May 23 to apply for the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows program.
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
🛑 Poster session reminder! Present your research at Carbon Hub 2025 | May 12, 5–6 PM at Rice U.
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
May 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🛑 Poster session reminder! Present your research at Carbon Hub 2025 | May 12, 5–6 PM at Rice U.
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
“The more we work as a team, the more we can shape a safe, resilient climate future.” – Dr. Sylvia Dee
#TexasClimateConference #ClimateResilience #SustainabilityResearch #RSI #RiceUniversity #ClimateAction
#TexasClimateConference #ClimateResilience #SustainabilityResearch #RSI #RiceUniversity #ClimateAction
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“The more we work as a team, the more we can shape a safe, resilient climate future.” – Dr. Sylvia Dee
#TexasClimateConference #ClimateResilience #SustainabilityResearch #RSI #RiceUniversity #ClimateAction
#TexasClimateConference #ClimateResilience #SustainabilityResearch #RSI #RiceUniversity #ClimateAction
🌎 Big thanks to everyone who joined us at the first-ever Texas Climate Conference at Rice!
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌎 Big thanks to everyone who joined us at the first-ever Texas Climate Conference at Rice!
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Now open: FY26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows! 🌍
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
April 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Now open: FY26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows! 🌍
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
🌎⚡ Be part of the Fifth Annual Carbon Hub Annual Meeting — where industry, academia, and innovators converge to accelerate the carbon transition.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
April 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🌎⚡ Be part of the Fifth Annual Carbon Hub Annual Meeting — where industry, academia, and innovators converge to accelerate the carbon transition.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed everything.
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed everything.
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
The Texas Climate Conference is happening this week (April 10–11) at Rice University.
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Texas Climate Conference is happening this week (April 10–11) at Rice University.
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
🔥 Degrowth & Energy Justice
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
April 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🔥 Degrowth & Energy Justice
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
🐝✨ The Chapel in the Hive
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🐝✨ The Chapel in the Hive
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
🌿 Today’s the day! The Texas Biodiversity Symposium is happening at Rice University! 🎉 Join leading researchers, conservationists, and policymakers as they tackle urgent biodiversity challenges across Texas.
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🌿 Today’s the day! The Texas Biodiversity Symposium is happening at Rice University! 🎉 Join leading researchers, conservationists, and policymakers as they tackle urgent biodiversity challenges across Texas.
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
Hang with the cool kids at the Rice Kiosk on Innovators Row (Level 3, Clean Energy Commons)! 🚀 Connect with Rice experts, explore cutting-edge sustainability research, and join the conversation on the future of energy.
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hang with the cool kids at the Rice Kiosk on Innovators Row (Level 3, Clean Energy Commons)! 🚀 Connect with Rice experts, explore cutting-edge sustainability research, and join the conversation on the future of energy.
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
⚡ Energy Justice Workshop – March 10 ⚡
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
⚡ Energy Justice Workshop – March 10 ⚡
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
🌍🐦🌱 Celebrate Darwin Day at Rice! 🌱🐟🦋
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌍🐦🌱 Celebrate Darwin Day at Rice! 🌱🐟🦋
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
Sustaining Sahelian Futures: Climate Change, Migration, & Energy in West Africa
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sustaining Sahelian Futures: Climate Change, Migration, & Energy in West Africa
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
AnaVi, a 4th-year PhD student in Chemistry at Rice, uses methane to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) & clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions. ♻️
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
AnaVi, a 4th-year PhD student in Chemistry at Rice, uses methane to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) & clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions. ♻️
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 In collab with @bakerinstitute.bsky.social, we’re hosting journalist & researcher Peter Schwartzstein as he shares insights from The Heat and the Fury, revealing how climate change fuels violence through real-world stories. 🔥 Don’t miss it — link in bio to RSVP!
February 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 In collab with @bakerinstitute.bsky.social, we’re hosting journalist & researcher Peter Schwartzstein as he shares insights from The Heat and the Fury, revealing how climate change fuels violence through real-world stories. 🔥 Don’t miss it — link in bio to RSVP!
Eric Wuesthoff, a PhD student in Biosciences at Rice University, studies how lemurs aid rainforest recovery in Madagascar. His work links biodiversity conservation to climate resilience.
si.rice.edu/news/2025/st...
#Sustainability #Biodiversity #Conservation @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social
si.rice.edu/news/2025/st...
#Sustainability #Biodiversity #Conservation @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Eric Wuesthoff, a PhD student in Biosciences at Rice University, studies how lemurs aid rainforest recovery in Madagascar. His work links biodiversity conservation to climate resilience.
si.rice.edu/news/2025/st...
#Sustainability #Biodiversity #Conservation @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social
si.rice.edu/news/2025/st...
#Sustainability #Biodiversity #Conservation @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social
🚨 Meet Our Fondren Fellows! 🚨 Catherine Cook, Sharon Olaifa, & Abi-Grace Savizon are tackling creosote pollution in Houston’s Fifth Ward, building an archive to drive awareness & action on this environmental justice issue. 🌍 Learn more: si.rice.edu/news/2025/sp... #RiceSustainability
January 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 Meet Our Fondren Fellows! 🚨 Catherine Cook, Sharon Olaifa, & Abi-Grace Savizon are tackling creosote pollution in Houston’s Fifth Ward, building an archive to drive awareness & action on this environmental justice issue. 🌍 Learn more: si.rice.edu/news/2025/sp... #RiceSustainability
🌍 The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago
Join Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago) to explore energy, extractivism & sovereignty in the Caribbean.
📅 Jan. 23 | 🕒 12:15 – 1:30 PM CST
📍 Rice, University, Sewall Hall 572
Join Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago) to explore energy, extractivism & sovereignty in the Caribbean.
📅 Jan. 23 | 🕒 12:15 – 1:30 PM CST
📍 Rice, University, Sewall Hall 572
January 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🌍 The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago
Join Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago) to explore energy, extractivism & sovereignty in the Caribbean.
📅 Jan. 23 | 🕒 12:15 – 1:30 PM CST
📍 Rice, University, Sewall Hall 572
Join Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago) to explore energy, extractivism & sovereignty in the Caribbean.
📅 Jan. 23 | 🕒 12:15 – 1:30 PM CST
📍 Rice, University, Sewall Hall 572
Meet Jui Junnarkar, a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice. Her research advances sustainable materials by improving carbon nanotube production, boosting energy efficiency. Supported by the Shell Carbon Hub, Jui’s work is shaping a greener future. #RiceSustainability
December 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Meet Jui Junnarkar, a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice. Her research advances sustainable materials by improving carbon nanotube production, boosting energy efficiency. Supported by the Shell Carbon Hub, Jui’s work is shaping a greener future. #RiceSustainability