A MORE SECURE FUTURE FOR ALL
Earth Day is an important opportunity to celebrate and strengthen UGA’s commitment to research, teaching, and service focused on healthier people, stronger communities, and a more secure future. We all depend on a healthy environment, and we can all contribute in meaningful ways.
FEATURED ACTIVITIES
UGA EARTH DAY 2021 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Ongoing Events
| April 1 – 15 | Exhibit: Natural Engagement: Where Earth Meets Sky | Paintings by Rachel Evans Grant | Mon/Wed: 11:30am – 1:30pm Tue/Thur: 9:30am – 2:00pm Fri: 9:30am – 5:00pm | Jackson Street Building Circle Gallery | Event Details |
| April 1 – 30 | Exhibit: Georgia Trailblazers: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA | 7:30am – Midnight daily | Main Library First Floor | Event Details |
| April 1 – 30 | Exhibit: Making Space: Fighting for Inclusion, Building Community at UGA | 8:00am – 5:00pm daily | Special Collections Library Hargrett Gallery | Event Details |
| April 5 – 9 | Greek Goes Green – Swap Shop Collection Drive | Daily | UGA Greek organizations | Details will be posted on Greek Goes Green at UGA |
| April 5 – 17 | Love Your Mother (Earth) Campaign | Weekly activities for a prize! | Engage the campus and community | Details on @sustainableuga Instagram |
| April 7, 14, 21, 28 | Farm to Campus Markets | 11:00am – 3:00pm | Miller Learning Center South Lawn | Details posted on UGA Farmers Market Friends |
| April 16 – 23 | GATHER Film Screening | Watch the film at your leisure and tune into the panel discussion on April 23 at 3pm | Virtual | Details and Registration |
| April 26 – May 13 | Dawgs Ditch the Dumpster and Donate | During extended move-out | Multiple UGA Housing locations | Details at UGA Housing Sustainability |
Individual Events
| April 1 | Special Ecology Seminar: The Network Trophic-Dynamic Aspect of Holoecology, by Regents’ Prof. Emeritus Bernard Patten | 4:00 – 5:00pm | Virtual | Event Details |
| April 11 | Landscaping Through the Eyes of Pollinators | 1:00 – 5:00pm | Virtual | Details and Registration ($50) |
| April 13 | Indoor Jungle by UGA Engagement, Leadership, and Service | 10AM-Noon | Tate Plaza | Learn about native plants and ways to get involved with the State Botanical Gardens and Office of Sustainability! |
| April 13 | CED/Environmental Ethics Film Discussion: Cultivating the Wild, film discussion with producer, Dorinda Dallmeyer, celebrating the legacy of William Bartram | Virtual | Details TBA | |
| April 15 | UGArden Student Farmers Market | 4:30 – 6:00pm | UGArden, 2510 S. Milledge Avenue | Drop by (with a mask) and purchase student-produced veggies, herbal products, and tomato starter plants! |
| April 15 | Earth Day Art Challenge – Submission Deadline | Midnight | Virtual | Event Details |
| April 19 | Take-and-Make: Air Plants | 10:00am | Tate Plaza | Just show up to get your own air plant! |
| April 19 | Concrete Jungle – Edible Campus Walk | 5:00 – 6:30pm | UGA Ethnobotanical Garden | Details and Registration |
| April 20 | CED/Environmental Ethics Lecture: Jenny Hoffner, “Advancing Locally-led Climate Adaptation through Collective Impact Water Management” | 5:30-7:00pm | Virtual | Details and Registration |
| April 21 | Farm to Campus Market and Earth Day Fair | 11:00am – 3:00pm | Tate West Lawn | All are welcome. Masks and social distancing required. |
| April 21 | UGA Global Clean Up / Debris Tracker Webinar | 7:00 – 7:30 pm | Virtual | Event Details |
| April 22 (Earth Day) | Earth Day Art Challenge – Exhibit | Noon | Virtual | Online Exhibit |
| April 22 (Earth Day) | GATHER Film Screening & Panel Discussion | 3:00pm | Virtual | Details and Registration |
| April 22 (Earth Day) | 2021 Global Georgia Initiative Conversation: Land, Water, Sky – Photographers Address the Environment on Earth Day 2021 | 4:00pm | Virtual | Event Details |
| April 22 (Earth Day) | UGA Earth Day Signature Event: Resource Fair, Live Stream with Bill Nye, and Movie Night with WALL-E | 6:00-8:00pm Resource Fair 8:00-9:00pm Bill Nye! 9:00-11:00pm Movie: WALL-E | Tate Plaza, Tate Theater, and/or Virtual Live Stream with Bill Nye | Register for Bill Nye Live Stream |
| April 22 – 23 | UGA Pollinator Census | 12:00 – 4:00pm | UGA Athens Campus | Event Details |
| April 22 – 25 | UGA Global Community Cleanup | “Choose your own adventure” at any time during 4/22-25 Campus Cleanup Events – Friday 4/23 Athens-Clarke County Community Cleanup Event – Saturday 4/24 | Anywhere in the world | Event Details |
| May 1 (bonus!) | UGArden Spring Plant Sale & Market | 9am – 3pm | UGArden (2500 S. Milledge Avenue Athens, GA ) |
HISTORY OF EARTH DAY AT UGA
On April 22, 1970, Earth Day was observed for the first time across the United States. Conceived in the wake of environmental disasters like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and a massive oil spill off the coast of California, Earth Day harnessed growing public alarm about pollution to put environmental protection on the national agenda. Students and faculty at the University of Georgia took part in the nationwide event, organizing a daylong, public teach-in on the environment featuring lectures, discussions and exhibitions. After more than 50 years, UGA remains committed to ensuring healthy people, strong communities, and a secure future for all.
https://sustainability.uga.edu/community-engagement/earth-day/