Earth Week 2024

Sunday, April 21

Earthfest | 1-4 p.m. | Kaeyes Mamaceqtawuk/Library Plaza
This event is a tabling and network based event in celebration of community and coming together for Earth Day. Join us for our day of collective action, as well as delicious soup and music. This event is for celebrating the earth, appreciating each other and organizing, and fostering a great space to learn/try something new. We will be serving lunch for everyone (while supplies last) from Bon App catering when the event starts at 1 p.m. Student bands will be performing from 2-4 p.m. In the event of rain, festivities will move to Warch.

Science Hall Colloquium: Soil Microbe Communities | 4:30 p.m. | Steitz 102
Forest and agricultural soils are home to vast quantities of soil microbe communities, yet we have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding these systems. Dr. Relena Ribbons’ lab blends tools and approaches from forestry, ecology, biogeochemistry, and soil microbiology to investigate these communities. She will share insights from studies she and her research students have conducted across the region: Bjorklunden’s forest of cedars and maples along the shoreline of Lake Michigan; a network of sites in the woods of Peninsula and High Cliff State Parks; and here on the Lawrence campus, using soil microbiological markers to examine polyculture practices of co-planting tomatoes with marigolds.
Paint the Wall | 5 p.m. | The wall on Lawe Street (near SLUG Gardens)
Come help us paint a mural on the wall in celebration of Earth Day!
SLUG Gardening Session and S’mores | 6-8 p.m. | SLUG Gardens
Join SLUG for an Earth Day gardening session, followed by a campfire and s’mores! Attendants will be entered into a raffle to win jars of honey produced by our own SLUG bees.

Rechargeable Battery Giveaway | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Warch Campus Center
Introducing Lawrence University’s annual sustainability giveaway. This year we will be giving out rechargeable batteries & charging stations to the student body. If you would like a set of your very own, please fill out the form at the Earthfest tabling event on Sunday, April 21.

Erin Brockovich Showing | 7 p.m. | Warch Cinema
Food Recovery Network | 7:30 p.m. | Warch 414 – Runkel Room
This is a food safety training session so students will be able to volunteer at the food recovery session.

Food Inc. Showing | 7 p.m. | Warch Cinema
Food Inc. (2008) is a documentary that explores corporate farming in the United States.

Bike Lane Walking Tour with Professor Brozek | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Meet at the Arch
Professor Brozek has been integral to the institution of the bike lanes here in Appleton. Join him on a walking tour where he teaches about an infrastructurally oriented model of sustainability and how anyone can make an infrastructural impact at the local level!

Sustainability/CCE Appleton Trash Pickup | Depart 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & Return 3-5 p.m.
In Collaboration with the Center for Community Engagement, LUCC Sustainability committee is organizing shuttles to nearby Appleton parks in which students, staff, and faculty can clean up areas that aren’t maintained as well as campus. Join us to volunteer!
Invasive Species Pull | 12-2 p.m. | Start in front of Hiett
Come help restore native ecosystems! Join the Sustainability Committee and learn how to identify and remove invasive species including Garlic Mustard and Burdock. We will start in front of Hiett Hall at 12 p.m. and continue by the access road to SLUG. Afterward, there will be a drawing to win a pesto made from the Garlic Mustard harvested!