Earth Week 2023
At ESF, we believe that the Earth’s celebration is worthy of an entire week, not just a day!
Starting Monday 4/17, ESF is celebrating its annual Earth Week with a full slate of exciting events to celebrate our planet and call attention to environmental and social justice issues — all planned by our amazing students! No other college celebrates the Earth with as much passion as ESF! In fact, the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County declared Earth Day to also be ESF Day (Saturday, 4/22) with a proclamation in 2020. Earth Week is a testament to our students’ commitment to improving our world and finding solutions to our most pressing environmental issues.
THIS YEAR’S THEME IS
Our Planet and Us: Environmental Health is Human Health
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Student Visual Art Installation
Quad (Moon if rain)
American Chestnut Planting
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Between Bray and Marshall
Fundraiser to Support People of Ukraine and Turkey
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Gateway Tabling
Earth Week BBQ
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Quad (Gateway ABC if rain)
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all week) | Gateway Tabling
Arts, Crafts, and Herps
11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Quad (Baker 408 rain location)
Bob Marshall Club Daily Hikes
12:20 p.m. - 2 p.m. | Oakwood Cemetery
Snacks and Sustainability: Campus Sustainability Forum
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Gateway ABC
Tea and Terrariums
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Quad
Kickoff Keynote Panel
Daniel Collins, Dr. Lee Newman, Ani Fish PE, Dr. Colin Beier, Dr. Michael Mikulewicz,
Rabia Munsaf Khan
6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Gateway ABC
Student Visual Art Installation
Quad (Moon if rain)
Zero Waste Bird Feeders and Bird Bell Making Workshop
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Quad (Gateway Concourse North if rain)
Vegan Morning Munch
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Gateway Tabling Area
Tie-Dye
10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Quad (Bring ESF ID to get your t-shirt)
Uprooting Harm and Oppression: How to Connect Environmental and Social Justice
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Moon 19
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all week) | Gateway Tabling
Nourish Yourself and the Earth: Free Organic Salads with a Side of Plant-based Diet
Education
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Quad (Gateway Concourse North if rain)
B-SUstainable!
1 – 3 p.m. | Quad
Earth Week Yoga
4 – 5 p.m. | Quad (Baker 408 if rain)
T-shirt tote bag making and Presentation on Foraging in Nature
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. | Illick 5
Bob Marshall Club Daily Hike
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Thornden Park
ESSO Wood Cookie Painting
6 – 8 p.m. | Gateway Concourse area
Karaoke
7 – 9 p.m. | Illick 12
Student Visual Art Installation
Quad (Moon if rain)
Make Your Own Garden
8am-12pm | Quad (Gateway Concourse North if rain)
Green Roof Trim and Tidy
10:30 a.m. – noon | Green roof
Recycling Sculpture Speed Challenge
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Quad (Gateway Concourse North if rain)
Tie-Dye
10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Quad (Bring ESF ID to get your t-shirt)
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Gateway Tabling
Ikebana
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Gateway AB
Clothing Swap “Store”
1:30 – 4 p.m. | Gateway C
Chewing gum workshop
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Bray Rotunda
Bob Marshall Club Daily Hike
3 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Clark Reservation
Bird/Wildlife Scavenger Hunt
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Meet in Gateway ABC
Native Pollinator Trivia
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Moon 19
Movie Night — Wall-E
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | Quad (Gateway if bad weather)
Student Visual Art Installation
Quad (Moon if rain)
Coffee Break
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | 110 Moon
Tie-Dye
10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Quad (Bring ESF ID to get your t-shirt)
Clothing Swap
All day | Gateway Tabling Area
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all week) | Gateway Tabling
Ice Cream Truck
12 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Quad/Gateway if rain (Free ice cream with ESF ID)
Hemp Papermaking
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Quad (Walters 102 if rain)
Queer Poetry and Print-Making
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Baker 408
Knots and Hitches
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Quad (Gateway Concourse if rain)
Upcycling Glass with Flint Knapping
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Quad
Student Garden Greening
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Lafayette Rd Field Station
Shuttles at stadium place
Campfire Songs and S’mores
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Quad/moon patio
Student Visual Art Installation
Quad (Moon if rain)
Clothing Swap
All day | Gateway Tabling Area
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all week) | Gateway Tabling
Dodgeball
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Quad
Earth Week Yoga
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Baker 408
QUADSTOCK
3 p.m. – 10 p.m. | Illick, Moon, Gateway, Bray
1 p.m. | Vendor starts
3 p.m. | Music Starts
4:30 p.m. | Food Trucks arrive
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | 21 and over area at Bray Routunda and Bray Patio (Bring both your student and government IDs)
SATURDAY of SERVICE
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Creek rats creek cleanup (AFS, Trout bums, Bass fishing team, Nautilus Society)
• Euclid Community Clean-up
• Oakwood Cemetery Clean-up (Friends of Oakwood/Crypt keepers)
• Plant Propagation Club Greenhouse cleanup
Sandwich Saturday
9:30 a.m. | Lincoln Middle School