Check out what’s going on during Earth Month 2021.
Office of Sustainability
- Join the WashU Ecochallenge! | ongoing through April
- The Story of Plastic panel discussion | April 1, 6 pm
- Gephardt Institute Walk and Talk | April 14, 3 pm
- E-waste and Confidential Paper Shredding, Danforth | April 20, 7:30-10:30 am
- E-waste and Confidential Paper Shredding, WUSOM | April 27, 7:30-10:30 am
WashU Climate Change Program
- Solve Climate by 2030, keynote speaker: Representative Cori Bush | April 7, 5 pm
- The Climate Curricular Guide is a resource that provides a comprehensive list of all courses offered at WashU that are in some way related to the earth’s climate and ecology.
Living Earth Collaborative
- The Living Earth Collaborative is a partnership between WashU, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Saint Louis Zoo. Check out their YouTube live feed every Thursday at 4 pm CST for their Seminar Series.
Institute for Public Health
- The Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases | April 22-23, 10 am-1:15 pm, virtual conference, see line-up here
Arts & Sciences
- Modern Approaches to Functional and Sustainable Thermoplastics | April 1, 4 pm
- Human Ecodynamics and the Development of Monumentality on the Coastal Central Andes | April 6, 4 pm
- Digging Deeper: Role of Sub-Soils in Organic Matter Dynamics | April 8, 4 pm
- Climate Migration: Where Will We Go? | April 22, 7 pm
earthday 365
- Global Freshwaters Summit | April 19-23
- Resilience and the Power of Community | April 23, 3 pm
- Green Dining Week | April 16-25
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- 3rd SIUE Energy Symposium | April 21, 12 pm
Sierra Club Missouri
- Don’t be a Fossil Fool: The Dirty Truth about Coal Pollution in Missouri | April 8, 6:30 pm
Left Bank Books
- Stop Saving the Planet! author book discussion | April 21, 7 pm
TrailNet
- 2021 Bike Swap Meet and Kids Bike Safety Rodeo | April 25, 8 am Tower Grove Park
Volunteer events
- Removing invasive species at St. Vincent Park | April 10, 2021 9 am-12 pm
- Confluence Trash Bash | April 17-24
- Garden Work Day | April 10 9 am-1 pm earthday 365 collaboration with A Red Circle and Custom Foodscaping
- Food scrap collection at Tower Grove Farmers Market
- O’Fallon Park Litter Cleanup and Restoration | April 18, 2021 9 am-12 pm
- Dutchtown Neighborhood Cleanup | April 24, 2021 9:30 am-12 pm
- Plastic Waste Pollution Community Science | April 1-25