2025 Earth Week Calendar of Events
Sunday, April 20
WVU Department of Biology Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks
- Times: Noon, 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
- Location: WVU Core Arboretum Parking Lot
The Core Arboretum's spring ephemeral wildflowers are a unique sight that makes Morgantown and the Arboretum special. Ephemeral wildflower walks are free guided tours that allow sight-seers to view dozens of plant species in bloom and learn about their ecology and what makes them unique. To keep tour sizes reasonable, attendees are asked to register in advance. Make sure to dress for hiking and bring your camera!
Monday, April 21
WVU Dining Earth Week Menu
- Time: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- Locations: Café Evansdale, Hatfields and Summit Café
Dining Services will offer a plant-based meal at the Mindful station in all dining halls during lunch. The station will feature Spanish-style plant-based fish, wild rice pilaf and roasted carrots. These options require less land, water and energy to produce, helping to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Shrink Your Foodprint
Have you ever wondered how the food you eat affects the planet? A foodprint measures the environmental impacts associated with the growing, producing, transporting, and storing of our food. To measure yours, try new recipes and learn easy ways to shrink your foodprint, view the FoodPrint website.
Make it, Take It Seed Planting Kit
- Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Location: Mountainlair Lobby Near Hatfields Entrance
Make a free seed planting kit to take home and grow. Themed kits include grow pizza (basil, chive, oregano, and tomato seeds), grow salsa (cilantro, chive, jalapeno, tomato seeds), and grow a salad (carrot, cucumber, kale, and lettuce seeds).
Tuesday, April 22
WVU Dining Earth Week Menu
- Time: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- Locations: Café Evansdale, Hatfields and Summit Café
Dining Services will offer a plant-based meal at the Mindful station in all dining halls during lunch. The station will feature a chipotle black bean burger with pepperoncini peppers. The first 100 students at each dining hall will receive a reusable silicone straw. Students are encouraged to dine in rather than use to-go containers to help reduce packaging waste across campus.
Come Talk to Us: University Sustainability Goals
- Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Locations: Mountainlair Lobby Near Hatfields Entrance
Learn about the University's commitment to sustainability and grab some free swag.
Thursday, April 24
Arbor Day Tree Planting Ceremony
- Time: 1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
- Locations:Outside Life Sciences Building
Join WVU's Tree Campus Committee as a new tree is planted on the Downtown campus. Learn more about what this group is doing to protect and care for current trees and how to increase tree diversity on campus.
Buzz Brigade: Pollinator Garden Maintenance
- Time: 3-5 p.m.
- Locations:Outside Life Sciences Building (Near Parking Lot 5)
Work alongside members of the WVU Sustainable Landscapes Committee to tidy up the pollinator garden near the Life Sciences Building. Volunteers are needed to help hand pull weeds and clear debris from gardens. Sign up here
Get Outside
In addition to celebrating Arbor Day, we encourage you to get outside and enjoy nature! Morgantown offers a wide variety of ways to enjoy the great outdoors. Here are some great campus and city resources:
- WVU Core Arboretum (the flowers are in peak bloom!)
- Falling Run Greenspace
- Morgantown BOPARC Trails
- Rail-Trails of North Central WV
- WVU Rec Center Equipment Rentals
- Morgantown Adventure Outfitters
Friday, April 25
Earth Day On The Green
- Time: 4-8 p.m.
- Locations: Mountainlair Green
WVU's Sierra Student Coalition is hosting an Earth Day celebration on the Mountainlair Green. Stop by to learn more about local environmental community groups and student organizations.
Saturday, April 26
Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority Electronics Recycling Event
- Time: 8 a.m.- Noon
- Locations: Sam's Club at the University Town Centre
This FREE recycling event is open to Monongalia County residents and most items are accepted, with the exception of CRT monitors and CRT TVs. Visit the Mon County Solid Waste Authority's event website for full details.
Sunday, April 27
WVU Department of Biology Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks
- Times: Noon, 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
- Location: WVU Core Arboretum Parking Lot
The Core Arboretum's spring ephemeral wildflowers are a unique sight that makes Morgantown and the Arboretum special. Ephemeral wildflower walks are free guided tours that allow sight-seers to view dozens of plant species in bloom and learn about their ecology and what makes them unique. To keep tour sizes reasonable, we ask that you register in advance. Make sure to dress for hiking and bring your camera!
WVU Student Association of Energy Engineers Litter Clean-Up
- Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Location: Mountainlair Green
Join WVU AEE for a litter clean-up in downtown Morgantown. Litter grabbers and supplies provided. Sign up on iServe. Link provided soon 4/10/25