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Earth Week 2025

ֱ University 

Celebrates Earth Week 2025

April 21 - April 26

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Designed by Emma Spangler, Sustainability Intern
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Thursday, April 10

վ:6:00 pm-7:30 pm EST

Location:Career Center – Garey Hall, Suite 117

TheCareerPassionPitchis built on the understanding that professionals are motivated by the purpose behind their work. This monthly round table discussion series focuses on a different social justice cause each session. The April installment is in collaboration with the Office forSustainabilityand the College of Engineering's SEED program and will focus on careers relating tosustainabilityand environmental protection. We invite interested employers and alumni working in this area to share how your organization’s mission statement drives your work. The event will start with each professional'spassionpitchfollowed by round table discussions with students.

Featured ֱ Alumni

· -Deputy Director for Engagementat Green Building United

· - SustainabilityAnalystat Oatly

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Format:

  • At the start of the program, each employer representative or alumni will have the chance to address the student attendees by delivering their “PassionPitch.” During this time, the speaker will be allotted a maximum of 3 minutes to share their personal connection with the purpose behind their work, articulate why it motivates them, and convey why others should also find it meaningful.
  • Following the initial passionpitches, employer representatives and alumni will join groups of students seated at round tables. Together,they will engage in a conversation informed by the passionpitchesthey just heard.
  • The event will consist of multiple discussion rounds. At the start of each new round, the employer representative and alumni rotate to a new student table.
  • There will be prompts available to facilitate the conversation as needed.

Tuesday, April 15

Speaker Series with the Strategic Initiative for Climate, Justice and Sustainability (SICJS)

վ:12:00 PM

Location:Speaker’s Corner,Falvey Library

Agnese Codebò is an Associate Professor of Latin American Culture at ֱ University. Her research focuses on cultural representations of urban poverty in Latin America and the environmental humanities. She is the author of The Slum and the City: Culture and Dissidence in the Villas Miseria of Buenos Aires (Pittsburgh UP, 2024), Humor contro Videla. L'opposizione alla dittatura attraverso la satira, il fumetto e la caricatura (Puntoacapo, 2022), and several articles on the cultural history of Buenos Aires, the use of waste in Latin American art, Argentine literature, and the work of the Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi.

Monday, April 21

Time: 6 PM EST

Location: Virtual 

Description: Three panelists will discuss natural disasters, hurricanes in LA and Puerto Rico, and climate change in the Himalayas, all using oral history.

Earth Day: Tuesday, April 22

Hosted by Hugh Weldon, ֱ's Horitcultural Supervisor

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Meeting at Corr steps facing Campus Green

No RSVP is required—feel free to join us—but to help us plan and if you'd like to receive updates in case of inclement weather, you can share your contact info here:

Rain Date: Thursday, April 24th at 11am.

Come celebrate the beauty of spring with a guided Tree Tour through ֱ’s vibrant campus! As blossoms bloom and leaves return, this walk will offer a refreshing way to explore the natural wonders that surround us every day. You’ll learn fascinating facts about some of ֱ’s most unique and historic trees while enjoying the sights, scents, and sounds of the season. Don’t miss this chance to slow down, look up, and reconnect with nature in full bloom!

 

Time: 12:05 PM  

Location: Corr Chapel

ֱ’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Rev. John Abubakar, OSA, PhD, will be presiding over Earth Day Mass.

Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Location: First Floor Public Space, Falvey Library

Falvey Library will be hosting an “Adopt A Succulent” event on the first floor from 2:30-3:30 p.m. (or until supplies last) in honor of Earth Month. Everyone who participates will be able to pot a succulent of their choice and take their new plant home! A giveaway for a decorated, larger planter with multiple pre-potted succulents will also take place. To enter, you must show proof of following the Falvey Library Instagram account (@villanovalibrary) at the event and we will enter your name in the raffle. We hope to see you there!

Time: 5:00 PM EST

Location: St Rita Hall Community Room (1st Floor), ֱ Campus

Description: Celebrate Earth Day with a reading of new poems by ֱ professor, Lisa Sewell! Her 2025 book Flood Plain intimately explores grief, ecological loss, and natural wonder. Her poems map the histories of conquest and our interconnectedness with the natural world. Lisa teaches courses on Ecopoetry, Ecopoetics and Environmental Literature and received the Fall 2024 CLAS Veritas award for outstanding scholarship, partly based on this book.

Wednesday, April 23

Join our largest and most iconic event of the week featuring vendors, activities, research presentations, free food, arts & crafts, and various giveaways!

Time: 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Location: Oreo/Connelly Plaza

Time: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Location: Community Room (1st Floor), St Rita Hall

Join us for free yoga.This is part of our Nourish to Flourish initiative from the Office for Sustainability, Multifaith Ministry, and Spirituality & Outreach. Beginner-friendly; all materials provided. Come unwind and reconnect! No registration required.

Time: 12 PM EST

Location: Speaker's Corner, Falvey Library

Description: Book talk by a VU grad, Will Caverly, who just published the book

Sponsored by Lepage Center & Falvey Library

Thursday, April 24

Time: 11:30 AM

Location: Multifaith Room (3rd Floor), St Rita Hall

Join us for a meditative breathwork session. This is part of our Nourish to Flourish initiative from the Office for Sustainability, Multifaith Ministry, and Spirituality & Outreach. Beginner-friendly; all materials provided. Come unwind and reconnect! No registration required.

 

Led by the Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship (CBEST).

վ:12:00 - 1:15 PM

Location:Please meet at the pond across from Picotte Hall at noon. We will be using iNaturalist app for the We will help you download the iNaturalist app if you don’t have it.

Time: 11:00 - 2:00 PM

Location: Oreo Lawn

Menu features: Veggie spring roll with peanut-free dipping sauce, sweet and spicy edamame pods, carrot cake whoopie pie with carrot cake honey marshmallow (vegan marshmallow) filling.

Sign-up event with limited spots available (30 max) . Will count as two meal swipe equivalents for participants.Each participant will receive a sustainable take-home goodie! Showcase a locally sourced, plant-forward meal

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Location:St Rita Hall 210-212

Please contactDiane Brocchito register.

The CLAS Staff Sustainability Committee is thrilled to host another Snack-and-Learn during Earth Week. ֱ staff members who are spearheading the sustainability movement on campus will provide an update on the progress made and share how you can be involved in ֱ’s commitment to creating a more sustainable future. Hybrid option available. Treats will be provided; please bring your own mugs for beverages.Hope to see you there!

վ:6:00 PM

Location:Driscoll 132

Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges art, science and technology. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her environmentally focused work sheds light on places and processes hidden from view to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. Rutstein’s collaborations with oceanographers, ecologists, microbiologists, molecular scientists and planetary geologists have taken her around the world including several deep-sea dives. Her work gives her a unique perspective and broad view of the interconnectedness of all things in nature.

Friday, April 25

Hosted by the Student Sustainabiliy Committee (SSC). 

Time: 12:00 - 3:00 PM

Location: Oreo & Connelly Plaza

Wildcat Thrift is ֱ’s once-a-semester pop-up thrift store. Organizations and individuals will have tables set up with second hand items for purchase. Support a circular economy and join us for sustainable shopping. The planet cant afford fast fashion. 

Participate as a vendor:

- Purchase a table ($10 for individuals and $20 for groups/orgs)

- You keep the profits.

- Encourage group participation: Gather friends to create tables together.

- Unsold clothes can be collected for donation by us. 

Two Sessions: 12:00pm & 1:00pm

Location: Dougherty Hall (Room TBA)

Registration Required

Students will transform used coffee grounds from our very own Holy Grounds into take-home coffee sugar scrubs. Each session will take roughly 30-45 minutes.

Saturday, April 26

Time: Departing at 8:30 AM and returning at 12:30 PM

Location: Martha's Community Farm, Audobon PA

Transportation details coming soon.

Martha’s Choice Marketplace and Community Farm is the largest, most visited, food pantry in Montgomery County. Martha’s was founded in 1996 and became a ‘Choice Model’ pantry in 2015 to focus on guest health and dignity.

The community we serve is the inspiration behind everything we do at Martha’s. At the Pantry, we provide more than two-million pounds of food each year to over 15,000 neighbors.

Hosted by the Campus Activities Team (CAT)

Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: Oreo

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ֱ University Earth Day activities are sponsored by:

Office for Sustainability

Strategic Initiative for Climate, Justice, and Sustainability

Sustainability Leadership Council

Mission and Ministry

Office of the Provost

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society

Elenore and Robert F. Moran Sr. Center for Global Leadership

Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest

ֱ Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship

ֱ Center for Global and Public Health

ֱ Center for Global Leadership

ֱ Center for Peace and Justice Education

ֱ Center for the Common Good

Career Services

Ethics Program

Department of Biology

Department of Geography and the Environment

Grounds Staff and the Recycling Coordinator

Environmental Health and Safety

Dining Services

Office of Student Life

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VUSustainability

ֱ University, as a community of learned and learning scholars, respecting the sacredness of all creation, accepts its responsibility to the integrity of Earth and its biodiversity, to the heritage of future generations, and to the security of nations. By utilizing the Augustinian values of Unitas, Veritas, and Caritas, meaning love thy neighbor, promote community unity, and live life in moderation through our curriculum, work environment, and operations, ֱ’s approach to sustainability exemplifies an emphasis on social justice and community service.

For questions regarding campus sustainability email Sustainability@villanova.edu