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Celebrating Earth Day at UNH
At UNH, we're committed to a better future; sustainability is a core value. Creating a healthy planet and tackling a changing climate is just one piece of sustainability's interconnected puzzle of creating a sustainable and resilient future, and your action matters! You can get involved in a way that's meaningful to you, to make a difference.
Every year on and around April 22, UNH joins people and organizations around the world to celebrate Earth Day, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
Get engaged in local, regional and global initiatives and take action!
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2025 Earth Day events on and around campus
APRIL 18, 2025
1–5 p.m.
Fish Bowl Lawn (Scott Hall)
Free repairs on minor fixes or routine maintenance issues. Bring your friends and learn more about sustainable transportation in the Durham community! Thanks to our Cat Trax student interns and our program partner, the Town of Durham.
Did you know? Cat Trax Bikes are FREE to use? Learn more about the program and how to check out a bike!
APRIL 23, 2025
9 a.m – 5 p.m.
MUB 3rd Floor
Part of UNH's Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), the University-wide Sustainability Research Symposium invites students each spring from all disciplines to present research on a broad range of sustainability challenges – addressing environmental stewardship, social well-being, and economic vitality to meet our present needs while ensuring the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Undergraduates doing sustainability-related research who present at this Symposium are automatically considered for the UNH Sustainability Awards program. Learn more.
APRIL 24, 2025
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Contractors Lot, Spinney Lane, Durham
- Laptops, computers & tablets
- Phones
- Hard drives, monitors & cables
- Ear buds, headphones & smart watches
This program reduces waste and enhances student access to important equipment. Through a circular economy model, e-waste is monetized into financial resources to support the UNH Laptop Loaner program. Thanks to student interns and program partners, UNH Basic Needs, UNH IT, UNH MUB, and CoreTek, who helps not only securely remove all remaining data from donated items, but processes materials for redeployment or responsible recycling.
APRIL 25, 2025
2-6 p.m.
Great Hall Lawn
An annual tradition at UNH, Earth Day Jam Fest is hosted by Organic Garden Club and involves lots of clubs, vendors, speakers, climate education, and live music! It will be outside on the Great Hall lawn. Let’s make some noise for the Earth!
APRIL 26, 2025
1 p.m.
Hamilton Smith Amphitheater
Get out and stitch in celebration of slow fashion! This is a Fashion Revolution Week event, sponsored by the UNH History department, the Center for Humanities, and the Sustainability Institute. For more information, contact Kimberly.Alexander@unh.edu.
APRIL 30, 2025
5–6 p.m.
HoCo, The Den (2nd floor)
Free and open to ALL UNH students.
In honor of Earth Month, please join Sustainability Institute student interns to talk about gardening practices that minimize waste and utilize sustainable materials. We will also talk about pollinator species native to New Hampshire and plant native pollinator seeds in an upcycled plastic bottle and decorate it! Sign up here no later than Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
APRIL, 2025
Various times &
locations
From pulling invasives to local clean-ups, join UNH Extension's Nature Groupie in April to show your love for planet Earth. A few local events include:
2025 Earth Day Buckthorn Blitz at College Woods
Tuesday, April 22, 12 pm
Durham, NH
Garlic Mustard Pull at Lubberland Creek
Tuesday, April 22, 10 am
Newmarket, NH
Power of an Hour Clean-ups
Saturday, April 26 - various locations
Dover, NH
Learn more and get involved here.
