Earth Day Extravaganza 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025 | 12 - 4 PM | Goodell Lawn, UMass Amherst
The Earth Day Extravaganza is an special annual event focused on earth repair, sustainability, and celebrating the living planet we call home. This year the festivities will include the UMass Farmers’ Market, lots of student orgs, a smoothie bike, a Thrift Village, collaborative art, and more!
Organized by UMass Permaculture, Sustainable UMass, and the Student Government Association
More Earth Month Events & Sustainability Happenings at UMass Amherst
The exhibit features Ross's unconventional mixed media drawings and collages exploring ecological concepts based in the rhizosphere. She collages various microscope images of one type of soil microbe, then uses graphite, pencil, and ink to draw the collage and explore the shapes and patterns created as microbes merge, resulting in an abstracted soil landscape. Workshop and reception on Friday April 11.
Come collaborate with fellow students on all things sustainability!
Speaker Robert Olshansky, an expert in recovery planning and management, will summarize principles for planning for proposed relocations when people are displaced by disasters, illustrated with three examples from Puerto Rico.
Join us at Hampshire Dining Commons on April 17, 2025 from 5–9pm for a special menu featuring sustainable seafood that’s good for both the planet and your brain! From 6–7pm in the Hampshire Room, renowned chef and sustainable seafood advocate Barton Seaver will give a short presentation and share stories behind the featured species being served. Come taste, learn, and celebrate the power of seafood to nourish people and the planet!
A collaboration between UMass Permaculture Initiative and the UMass Student Farm, the UMass Student Farmers' Market is a seasonally weekly event featuring fresh local veggies, medicinal herbs, handmade crafts, student art, and an opportunity to get to know the amazing sustainability and DIY community on the UMass campus.
Get a $0.50 discount on coffee at any cafe campus-wide during Earth Week (April 21-25) when you bring your reusable cup or mug - hot or iced and get FREE coffee on Earth Day, April 22 when you bring your own cup!
Join UMass facilities staff on a walk through UMass Amherst campus to learn about the projects that are in progress that are helping UMass to decarbonize
Have you ever watched a bee buzzing around a flower and wondered—what kind of bee is that? How many bee species call the UMass campus home? How can you tell a bee from a wasp? How can YOU support these vital pollinators? Come find out!
Celebrate Earth Day with us at Hampshire Dining Commons on April 22 from 5–9pm as we serve up a low carbon impact menu that’s delicious and sustainable. Visit the Climate Conscious Learning Hub from 5–7pm in the Hampshire Room, where you can learn about the Carbon Rating on the Menu, the environmental impact of different foods, and pick up tips for making climate-friendly choices every day. Small acts, big impacts!
We'll take a walk around the campus pond and get to know some of the overlooked biodiversity right beside us among the weeds, lichen, bugs, and birds.
Join us in celebrating Earth Day with a Green Buildings tour of the north campus. Senior Campus Planner and Architect Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, FAIA, LEED AP BD&C, will share information about the sustainability strategies deployed in renovated and new LEED certified buildings.
The City Nature Challenge is a friendly competition* among cities across the globe to see which city can find and document the most wildlife (plants, animals, fungi, microbes - anything wild!) over a four-day period.
At a time like this, an event focused on climate and building a just energy transition feels pretty meaningful. The symposium will bring the UMass Amherst community (and beyond) together around diverse energy transition research.
Join us for a gentle, accessible birding outing to experience your campus in a whole new light! This will be a guided event for all birding levels (first time and beginner birders especially welcome!) led by Deborah Place (she/her), library staff and birding enthusiast, and Beth Rogers (they/them), UMass PhD student in Organismic & Evolutionary Biology.
Drop in to NAH 203 for Renew & Revive Week. Replace a button, polish your shoes, patch a hole & more.
Drop in to NAH 203 for Renew & Revive Week. Replace a button, polish your shoes, patch a hole & more.
By weaving Indigenous knowledge with microbiome research, we bridge traditional practices with scientific insights, promoting a holistic approach to ecosystem management. Kiana Franks will discuss how Native Hawaiian practices reflect a deep understanding of the microbial realm, shaping adaptive management strategies within the Hawaiian socio-ecological system.
Collection tents will be set up throughout all residential areas to accept gently-used items that you no longer need. Southwest residents should bring items directly to the New2U Thrift Store in Hampden.