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Earth Day at UC Davis

Celebrate Earth Day

Join us to honor and celebrate our remarkable planet on this extraordinary day. Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future. This year it is officially on Monday, April 22, 2024 but at UC Davis we celebrate the day, the week and the month!

At UC Davis, Earth Day events can highlight sustainable efforts happening across all of our campuses from natural resource conservation and recycling, to social sustainability topics including community development and human rights. You also may be interesting in celebrating Earth Day by participating in any or all of EARTHDAY.ORG's initiatives. 

Have an Earth Day event you would like to share?

Email sustainabilty@ucdavis.edu with the details!

Earth Week events in the UC Davis Community

DateDescriptionDetails
Everyday in April

Earth Month Bingo (Sacramento campus only)
Celebrate the Earth all month long by participating in the Bingo challenge. See how many sustainability-related activities, such as taking public transit or using reusable shopping bags, you can accomplish in April. These might already be activities you're doing. Everyone is encouraged to participate!

How to Play:

  1. Download the Bingo card and check off your sustainable actions throughout the month.
  2. Complete five actions in a row, column, or diagonal to get a Bingo.
  3. Submit your response on this form to be entered into a prize drawing. (Link available to Sacramento campus students and employees only.)

Earn a bonus entry when you submit a photo of yourself completing an action.  

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April 10Sustainability Walking Tour (Sacramento campus) 
Learn more about more than a dozen sustainable points of interest over approximately one mile around our beautiful Sacramento campus. No reservation is needed. Just bring your walking shoes and a reusable water bottle, and meet the team at the corner of corner of 45th and X streets. The walk is approximately one hour.
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April 17

Earth Month Celebration (Sacramento campus)
Join us to celebrate Earth Month at the Medical Education quad on the Sacramento campus. You’ll have the chance to learn about the many sustainability-related projects that are happening right here at UC Davis Health, including:

  • Re-implementation of recycling at UCDH
  • Energy Reduction Projects
  • Fossil Fuel Free Pathway Plan
  • Climate Resiliency Engagement
  • Clinical Sustainability initiatives
  • And more!
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Today - April 21Sheep Shift Climate Poetry (Davis campus)
Submit your climate-change inspired word today!
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April 22Tabling @ Scrubs Cafe
Get your free set of stainless steel utensils and reduce your waste on campus.
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April 22Earth Day Picnic and Bracelet Making
Make beaded friendship bracelets, including numbers to represent cool bills like AB2236, which bans plastic bags. Join in at the Quad from noon to 3 p.m. 
 
April 23Chalking for the Earth
Use sidewalk chalk to help promote sustainability initiatives. Meet by the fountain at the MU or at the Silo from 5 to 7 p.m.
 
April 24Farmer's Market (Davis campus)
Learn about sustainability initiatives at UC Davis, including zero waste, decarbonization, green workplace and how to incorporate sustainability into your life on campus.
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April 24Love Letters to Environment
Write letters to your representatives advocating for the environment at Hunt Hall from 2 to 4 p.m.
 
April 24Sheep Shift Climate Poetry Day 1 (Davis campus)
Join us for Sheep Shift Climate Poetry at UC Davis from April 24 to 26! In collaboration with the UC Davis Sheepmowers and the Big Shift construction project, sheep will turn into lively symbols of sustainability and artistic expression. Submit your climate-change inspired words by April 21 for a chance to adorn the sheep, and immerse yourself in poetry-inspired activities during the event.
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April 25Tabling @ Silo
Get your free set of stainless steel utensils and reduce your waste on campus.
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April 25Sheep Shift Climate Poetry Day 2 (Davis campus)
Join us for Sheep Shift Climate Poetry at UC Davis from April 24 to 26! In collaboration with the UC Davis Sheepmowers and the Big Shift construction project, sheep will turn into lively symbols of sustainability and artistic expression. Submit your climate-change inspired words by April 21 for a chance to adorn the sheep, and immerse yourself in poetry-inspired activities during the event.
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April 26Movie night in the Arb
Watch a movie in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, either Wall-E, the Lorax or a documentary, decided via poll on Instagram @ucd.calpirg, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
 
April 26Sheep Shift Climate Poetry + Chair Share Day 3 (Davis campus)
Join us for Sheep Shift Climate Poetry at UC Davis from April 24 to 26! In collaboration with the UC Davis Sheepmowers and the Big Shift construction project, sheep will turn into lively symbols of sustainability and artistic expression. Then, immerse yourself in poetry-inspired activities during the event while relaxing in one of multiple red Adirondack chairs — a service provided by the Learning by Leading Arboretum Ambassadors to facilitate our community spending more time in nature.
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April 27Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden Plant Sale (Davis campus)
Shop the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery for thousands of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region. 
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  • Past Earth Day celebrations
  • 2023

    UC Davis vs UC Berkeley Sustainability Challenge, April 3 - 28, 2023, To participate visithttps://www.coolcampuschallenge.org/UCDvsUCB2023 

    ASUCD Environmental Planning & Policy Commission (EPPC) Environmental Law Seminar, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 6:00pm @ Olson 206

    Reusable Utensil Giveaway, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:00 - 1:00pm @ ASUCD CoHo, For more information visit zerowaste.ucdavis.edu

    UC Davis Farmers Market Earth Week, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:00 - 1:30pm @ Student Community Center Entrance, Reusable utensil giveaway and educational zero waste activities! 

    Aggie Surplus Free E-Waste Drop-Off , Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00 - noon @ Hopkins Services Complex, Event details

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    Zero Waste Musical Festival, Sunday April 23, 2023 3:00 - 7:00pm @ Central Park, Downtown Davis; Sponsored by UC Davis Zero Waste & Sustainability Club and the City of Davis Community Development and Sustainability Department 

    Zero Waste Musical Festival April 23, 2023

    Cool Davis Earth Day Pledge Challenge, Sunday April 23, 2023 4:00 - 5:00pm @ Yolo County Library Stephens Davis Branch, https://www.cooldavis.org/earthdaypledgechallenge

    2021
    In 2021, UC Davis continued this "pandemic tradition" with another round of "virtual" Earth Month events.

    2020
    In April 2020, UC Davis – led by the Sustainability office in collaboration with other departments across the university – celebrated the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day with Earth Month, a series of events and initiatives beginning April 1 and concluding the last day of the Whole Earth Festival, Sunday, May 10 – Mother’s Day. We shifted events from in person to online in response to the pandemic.