Celebrate Earth Week with the EC

Each spring during the week around Earth Day (April 22), the Environmental Center hosts a suite of free, daily events that encourage community involvement in our sustainability projects.

Join us for Earth Week 2025 events, Saturday, April 12 – Tuesday, April 22!

All week events

  • Earth Week Bingo: Grab your bingo card from the EC and complete for a chance to win a prize!
  • Empty Bottle Drive: Stop by the EC or Grub Hub to donate
A watercolor drawing of Earth
April
15

Planting Prep by the Clocktower

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Clocktower

Help prepare saplings as part of Tree Campus USA! Wear closed-toed shoes and bring water.

Planting Prep by the Clocktower
April
16

Tree Planting by the Clocktower

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Clocktower

Help plant trees as part of Tree Campus USA! Wear closed-toed shoes and bring water.

Tree Planting by the Clocktower
April
16

KDUR Radio Hour – 91.9 FM and 93.9 FM

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Listen in to the Environmental Center’s radio hour filled with songs, inspirational speakers, and find out what’s going on at the EC this spring!

KDUR Radio Hour – 91.9 FM and 93.9 FM
April
16

Collective Collaging: Imagining the Future

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Environmental Center

Students- vision and create art for the future of people and planet.

Collective Collaging: Imagining the Future
April
17

Outdoor Giant Free Store

11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Student Union Plaza

Visit our outdoor free store this Earth Day, where sustainability meets community! Browse and take home gently used items, fostering a culture of reuse and reducing waste. We are also collecting gently-used and clean clothing, school supplies and household items at this event and every M-F 9-5 in the Environmental Center (SU 145).

Outdoor Giant Free Store
April
17

Trash Bash

11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Student Union Plaza

Observe or help sort the contents that end up in our Student Union trash and learn what could be diverted elsewhere.

Trash Bash
April
18

Mulch to Mushrooms Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Food Forest

Join us in the Food Forest (located just north of Pine Hall) for a mushroom to mulch project! Wear closed-toed shoes and bring water.

Mulch to Mushrooms Workshop
April
22

Sign Painting

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Environmental Center

Stop by the Environmental Center to make signs ahead of our Earth Day March.

Sign Painting
April
22

Free Plant-Based Meal

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

San Juan Dining

Free for all Skycard holders! Want to try plant-based foods? Want to have a low carbon meal? Every item served in San Juan dining will be plant based on Earth Day during lunch service. Sponsored by Fresh Ideas, free with your FLC Skycard.

Free Plant-Based Meal
April
22

Earth Day March

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Clocktower

Meet at the Clocktower at 1 pm. Reception follows from 1:30 – 3 pm at the Environmental Center.

Join us in a march in solidarity of protecting Planet Earth, and all its’ inhabitants. Reception follows from 1:30-3 PM at the Environmental Center, where we will announce the winners of our Bingo and Grub Hub bottle drive challenges.

Earth Day March
April
22

KDUR Radio Hour – 91.9 FM and 93.9 FM

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Listen in to the Environmental Center’s radio hour filled with songs, inspirational speakers, and find out what’s going on at the EC this spring!

KDUR Radio Hour – 91.9 FM and 93.9 FM