Earth Month 2022

Earth Month 2022

SU-Sponsored Events

Earth Month EcoChallenge with PRIZES!

When: You decide!
Where: You decide!
Description: The goal of "EcoChallenge" is for individuals to take action for a better shared future. This year's Earth Month EcoChallenge focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Pick a personal action and take your small step to make our common home a healthier, more equitable, and sustainable place. Actions range from one-time, such as committing 10 minutes to learn about endangered species and daily actions, such as tracking your single-use plastic usage. The top 3 winners from the SEATTLEU team will receive a $25 gift card to Frankie & Jo’s, Mighty-O Donuts, the Elliott Bay Bookstore, OR a donation on their behalf to an environmental organization of their choosing! 

Earth Month at Residence Halls: DO MORE TO SAVE MORE!

When: All Month!
Where: Campion, Xavier, Bellarmine and Chardin residence Halls
Description: Residence halls are committing to "Do More to Save More"! What's to expect during Earth Month 2022? A display with your residence hall's performance for water and energy use will be traveling from hall to hall to inform residents and spur action. Student residents: your knowledge will then be tested at the "EARTH MONTH" trivia night on April 29 (see details below). This initiative is sponsored by RHA, CEJS, and SU Facilities.

Meatless Mondays at Fusion

When: 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25 from 10:45 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where: Fusion in Cherry Street Market
Description: Part of Redhawk Dining’s Earth month celebration will be Meatless Mondays all month long! Stop by Fusion to enjoy entirely meatless and delicious meals. These vegetarian and vegan options will show Redhawks you can still enjoy a flavorful and protein-packed meal without traditional animal proteins!

What Does the Philosophy of Nature Around 1800 Still Have to Tell Us in the Anthropocene?

When: April 7, 4 p.m.
Where: Wyckoff Auditorium
Description: Dr. Philipp Höfele, a professor of philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin and Penn State University, is speaking at this SU-sponsored event. Please direct all queries to Jason M. Wirth, wirthj@seattleu.edu.

Tree Planting at SU - SUPK

When: April 8, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where: SUPK (12th & Jefferson)
Description: Help SU Grounds and "The Outlaws" student club plant trees, garden, and mulch the area to provide more shade and habitat on the SU campus. Interested in participating? Please contact Shannon Britton at brittons@seattleu.edu.

Climate Anxiety Panel & Discussion

When: April 14, 12:30-1:20 PM
Where: PIGT 101 or Virtual. See this event page for Zoom information. 
Description: This event will help you understand your climate anxiety, process it through action, and end with a discussion on how to implement these actions in our own community. The anonymous answers from this Padlet will be directly addressed by our panel consisting of Emily Wright, an adjunct professor of Environmental Beliefs and Behaviors and Moji Igun, the founder of Blue Daisi Consulting, a zero waste & sustainability consulting group for small businesses. If you have not filled out the Padlet yet, please do so. This event is open to all SU students, faculty, and staff, and co-hosted by CEJS and EVST (Environmental Studies). Please RVSP HERE if you will join in-person as there is limited space available! There is no need to RVSP if you will be joining virtually.

Edible Garden Teaching Kitchen

When: April 19, 9:30 a.m.
Where: Tune into @RedhawkDining on Instagram Live
Description: April’s Teaching Kitchen will be with chef Mark Fortino and his sous chefs will be a member of SGSU. The Teaching Kitchen will showcase all of the edible gardens around campus and how to utilize them in a plant-based meal!

Rain Garden Raffle!

When: April 20-22, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where: Middle table in the Student Center, second floor
Description: Engineers for a Sustainable World will be selling tickets for a 50/50 Cash Pot Raffle where students will be able to purchase one ticket for $5 or three for$10. On Friday, 4/22, the winner will be drawn, and 50% of the pot will be their winning, while the other 50% will go towards the Rain Garden fundraiser.

Work Parties in the SU Ethnobotanical Gardens - WNPS

When: April 21, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Where: Seattle University Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden (click here for a map)
Description: Join SU Grounds and the Washington Native Plant Society in gardening, planting, weeding, and mulching in some of our beautiful campus gardens! Interested in participating?

HeartBeet Restaurant Takeover at Fusion

When: April 21st, 11 AM-2 PM
Where: Fusion in Cherry Street Market
Description: Redhawk Dining and Engineers for a Sustainable World are partnering to put on a farm-to-table restaurant takeover with local vegan, gluten-free restaurant HeartBeet! Ten percent of your meal will be donated to the Rain Garden project on campus. Also, stop by the 2nd floor of the Student Center to talk to ESW members about Earth Day, why sustainable practices are important, and to get your free stickers, buttons and bookmarks with information!  

EARTH TALKS 2022

When: April 22, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 2–3:30 p.m. (PST)
Where: Virtual
Description: Join us for the 3rd edition of Earth Talks, a virtual showcase of short, 5-minute presentations by SU students, faculty, staff, and community partners. The theme this year is Just Sustainability: Care for our Common Home. The event will be held across 2 sessions on Earth Day, April 22, 2022 with a diverse array of topics including research, service, community projects, and artwork as well as a Q&A session with keynote speakers, Senator Rebecca Saldaña and David Mendoza. REGISTER HERE.  

Earth Day Plant-Forward Menu

When: April 22nd, 10:45 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Where: Fusion in Cherry Street Market
Description: Redhawk Dining is doing a plant-based grain bowl at Fusion on Earth Day! They will also have adorable reusable bags for purchase.

ESW Plant Sale

When: April 22, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where: Student Center, second floor
Description: Engineers for a Sustainable World will be hosting a plant sale where students will be able to purchase indoor plants on campus to raise money to build a rain garden on the Bellarmine flagpole lawn in Fall '22. Small plants $5, medium plant $10, large plant $20.

ESW Fundraiser at Drip Tea

When: April 22nd, ALL DAY
Where: Drip Tea, 1416 10th Ave
Description: Drip Tea is partnering with Engineers for a Sustainable World and donating 50% of every purchase that mentions ESW to ESW's rain garden fundraiser.

SDG Focus Event: Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture

When: April 25, 4-5 p.m.
Where: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/95478319044 
Description: Curious about how we can advance food security and sustainable agriculture in our society and within our Seattle University community? Join us for our SDG Focus Event on Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture to learn more about the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the event, we will then take a deep dive into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger which aims to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”. Attendees will learn about both external and internal resources, opportunities, and other initiatives they can join to actively work towards addressing the hunger crisis and restructuring food systems. Speakers will include Real Escape for the Sex Trade (REST), who will talk about their work on food security within the sex trafficking survivor population.

Indigenous Plant and Food Traditions

When: April 26, 12:30–4 p.m.
Where: LeRoux Room in the Student Center
Description: This event will feature Indigenous and non-Indigenous plant experts offering introductions to Indigenous relationships with plants, storytelling, plant walks, and hands-on learning experiences with plants, including salve or lip balm making. See the schedule below! This event is open to both the SU community and the public.

Event Schedule:
12:30 p.m. Welcome
12:45 p.m.  Making Lip Balm or Salve
1:15 p.m. Garden Walk
2:00 p.m. Making Lip balm or Salve
2:30 p.m. Storytelling
3:30 p.m. Garden Walk

Green Hawks! Let’s Talk!: Incorporating Sustainability into the School Curriculum

When: April 26, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Where: Union Green on Campus*
Description: Ever felt like sustainability could be more of a priority in your classes? Ever felt unsure of how to initiate a conversation surrounding environmental justice or how to advocate for a change in course outcomes? Head to the Union Green* on Tuesday the 26th during the lunch hour to chat with students about your experiences navigating your major’s curriculum in regards to sustainability. This event is created by students for students, and all majors are welcome! Contact robinsongabr@seattleu.edu or bkim4@seattleu.edu with any questions. *Location is weather dependent, if it is raining, please go to library 409.

Work Parties in the SU Gardens - The Redhawk Experience 

When: April 26 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Where: ADMN West & GARR West Gardens 
Description: Join SU Grounds and The Redhawk Experience Student Athletes in gardening, planting, weeding, and mulching in some of our beautiful campus gardens! Interested in participating? Please contact Shannon Britton at brittons@seattleu.edu.

RedHawk Dining Feature Friday: the Bee Movie

When: April 29, 10:45 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where: Fusion in Cherry Street Market
Description: To close out the month, Redhawk Dining's monthly Feature Friday event will be The Bee Movie! Redhawks Dining’s focus is to highlight the importance of bees and everything they do for us! Think of it as a celebration of the bees and the huge environmental impact such a small creature can have.

Earth Month Trivia Night

When: April 29, 6–7 p.m.
Where: ADMN 221
Description: RHA and CEJS want you to join us for a Kahoot game and learn about sustainability! Come hang out & win prizes including gift cards to Plum Bistro (a woman-owned vegan restaurant in Cap Hill) & Public (a zero waste grocery store in West Seattle), and a beeswax food wrap bundle! Questions? Contact woodselizabe@seattleu.edu

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