Earth Month
April 12 - Kearney Center
Kearney Center’s Earth Day Celebration will be held on April 12 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Environmental Sustainability Office will host a Student Exhibition featuring prototypes of Nebraska State Fair projects, plarn bag crafting, and tables featuring some of our favorite community organizations from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. A tour of the center’s sustainable features will begin at 1pm and will be directly followed by an electric vehicle charging station demonstration.
Event Schedule:
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Student expo with different tables of organizations 11am-1pm
- Crafts available for students (Plarn (plastic yarn) bag making)
- 1 p.m. Electric vehicle charging station demo
- 1:30 p.m. Sustainable features tour
April 18 - Grand Island Campus
Grand Island Earth Day will be April 18 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Environmental Sustainability Office will host trivia and trinket-making, community organization tables, and a student exhibition featuring Nebraska State Fair project prototypes from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Afterward, students and staff are invited to join us for a showing of the documentary Manzanar Diverted at 2 p.m. in room 522.
Event Schedule:
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sustainability Partner and Student Expo
- Students and sustainability partners will showcase new prototypes for projects and information about past projects or partnering organizations.
- NRC, NSF, S4S
- Location: Hallway
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sustainable Trivia & Trinket Making
- Students and staff will have the opportunity to create baubles out of natural materials for necklaces, keychains, or bracelets.
- Location: Hallway
- 2 p.m. Documentary Showing
- Doors open at 2pm
- Location: Room 522
- INTERGENERATIONAL WOMEN FROM NATIVE AMERICAN, JAPANESE AMERICAN AND RANCHER COMMUNITIES FORM AN UNEXPECTED ALLIANCE TO DEFEND THEIR LAND AND WATER FROM LOS ANGELES
April 20 - Hastings Campus
Hastings’ Earth Day Celebration will kick off with a wind turbine bike ride and tour at 9:30am on April 20th. Participants will meet at the bike racks in front of the Hall Student Union and bike their way to the wind turbine and back. From 11am-1pm, students are invited to the Mingle with Cultures event in the Hall Student Union, where we will host a make your own sustainable stuffed animal table and a showing of the documentary Manzanar Diverted in the Franzen room.
Event Schedule:
- 9:30 -11 a.m. Morning bike ride to wind turbine tour, meet at bike rack
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mingle with Cultures in Hall Student Union
- 11:30 a.m. Showing of Documentary Manzanar Diverted in the Franzen room
- Stuff A Plush Make your own Sustainable stuffed animal
April 25 - Columbus Campus
Columbus Earth day will be April 25 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will be held in the Student Center entryway, located in the lobby/lounge area West Education Center.
We will host trivia and trinket-making tables, community organization tables, and a student exhibition featuring Nebraska State Fair project prototypes from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Afterward, students and staff are invited to join us for a mini-planting in the pollinator garden at 1 p.m., immediately followed by a compost demonstration at 2 p.m.
Students, staff and community members are also encouraged to participate in the Celebrate Spring Gardening Event later in the day. Same-day registrations and market will open at 4 p.m. and festivities will be held from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Columbus Ramada. More info about the Celebrate Spring Gardening event can be found here.
Event Schedule:
- 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Student Expo With Trivia and trinket crafting in student center entryway
- 1 p.m. Pollinator garden planting
- 2 p.m. Compost Demo
- 5 p.m. Celebrate Spring Gardening Event @ the Ramada (registration required.)
Contact:
Benjamin Newton
Environmental Sustainability Director
benjaminnewton@cccneb.edu
308-398-7962