Celebrate at Brown University:
- Sustainability Fair – April 18th, 12-3 PM in Sayles Hall
Brown's Office of Sustainability & Resiliency is hosting a special sustainability fair featuring Animal Rights Group, Bikes at Brown, Socially Responsible Investment Fund, Birders at Brown, Market Shares
Sunrise, The Brown University Renewable Energy and Sustainability Society, Scientists for a Sustainable World, and Sustainable Food Initiative.
- Movie Screening: Renewable Energy and Sustainability Society – April 18th, 7 PM in Smith-Buonanno Hall in room 106
Brown's Office of Sustainability & Resiliency invites you to view An Inconvenient Truth, with a small discussion after the film.
- Weigh the Waste – April 19th, 12-1 PM in the Sharpe Refectory MDR
Brown Dining has been working on reducing food waste in their back-of-house operations. Students will be able to weigh their food waste and learn about composting at Brown and nationally to consider how the Brown community fits into a larger food system and sustainable future.
- Climate Solutions for a Warming World, University Edition – April 20th, 11 AM in Salomon 203
Join the Office of Sustainability & Resiliency for an in-person talk featuring Kim Cobb, Director of IBES, Professor of Environment and Society, and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. (For optional viewing online: https://brown.zoom.us/j/91784493928)
- Earth Day Crafts – April 22nd, 2-4 PM in Salomon 203
Create@Brown is collaborating with DMC to bring you all a fun afternoon of Mindful Making! They'll have lots of Mindful Making kits where you can learn to knit, punch needle, cross stitch, and more. The kits will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis, so come early to secure a kit!
Celebrate in the local community:
- City of Providence Activities
Throughout April, the City of Providence is supporting a wide range of local opportunities! Join a neighborhood Plogging/Plawking Party (picking up litter while jogging/walking); enjoy Earth Family Fun all week at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Roger Williams Park; participate in the Ances-Tree-Wrapping Celebration at the PWP Gateway Center; and much more!
- The Seekonk Land Conservation Trust – April 22nd, 9 AM at the Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, MA
Professor Emeritus Thompson Webb, president of the Seekonk Land Conservation Trust, invites you to join their Earth Day Clean Up – all are welcome!
Celebrate virtually:
- Global Earth Challange: A Citizen Science Initiative
Using mobile technology and open citizen science data, Global Earth Challenge™ empowers people around the world to help monitor and mitigate threats to environmental and human health in their community.