EARTH WEEK 2025
Check out the exciting events coming up for Earth Week!
- Monday, April 21
- Recycling Drive
- 9:00am-1:00pm at Campus Center Courtyard
- Bring your recyclables to drop off with the Student Sustainability Council! All recyclables are donated to Bottles4College and cashed in for their scholarship fund – the SSC has already donated over 2000 bottles and cans this semester!
- Recycling Drive
- Tuesday, April 22
- UH Mānoa Earth Fair
- 10:00am-2:30pm at Campus Center Courtyard and the Sustainability Courtyard
- Come visit with student groups and community organizations to find out how you can get involved to create a greener tomorrow
- UH Mānoa Earth Fair
- Wednesday, April 23
- Arboretum Appreciation Day
- 9:00-11:00am at Hawaiʻi Hall
- Celebrate trees with the SSC and the UH Campus Arboretum – we will be weeding and planting native plants as we learn about the different species around Hawaiʻi Hall
- Mahina Honua X PACE Collab: Sustainability Entrepreneurs Panel
- 4:30-6:30pm at Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center
- Hear from entrepreneurs and experts leading the way in sustainability in Hawaiʻi and gain insights into building a more mindful and responsible future
- Panelists include: Jeff Mikulina (Climate and Social Impact Strategist), Quinn Vittum (Executive Director, Re-use Hawaiʻi), Danielle Bass (State Sustainability Coordinator, State of Hawaiʻi), and Justin Udom (Founder and Owner, Pop Culture Artisan Pops)
- Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Leadership Forum
- Register here
- Arboretum Appreciation Day
- Thursday, April 24
- (Re)Use and Swap Shop
- 9:00am-1:00pm at Campus Center Courtyard
- Bring items you are done with or want to give new life! We will have mending/repair tools and volunteers on hand to help you learn how upgrade your stuff instead of adding it to the waste stream. The SSC will also be accepting donations of clothing and household items for our next item swap on May 7
- (Re)Use and Swap Shop
- Friday, April 25
- Trivia Night!
- 5:00-7:30pm at Gilmore Hall
- Celebrate Earth Week and Native Hawaiian Plant Month by teaming up and showing off your trivia skills. Teams will be formed at the event and the top three teams take home prizes
- This event is a collaboration between the SSC, Hawaiʻi Botanical Society, and Ka Mea Kolo Entomology Club
- Food and drinks provided
- Register here
- Trivia Night!
- Saturday, April 26
- Volunteer Day!
- Get out in your community with any number of exciting community organizations
- Sunday, April 27
- UH Community Mālama ʻĀina for Earth Day
- 9:00-12:00pm, meeting at St. John
- Get outside to mālama the ʻāina around you while learning about the plants of the UH Campus Arboretum
- Hosted by the Hawaiʻi Botanical Society
- Lunch provided
- Register here
- UH Community Mālama ʻĀina for Earth Day