Earth Week at Purdue!

Boiler Bug Barn

3 PM - 5 PM, Smith Hall

Join the Thomas Say Entomological Society as they host open hours for the Boiler Bug Barn, where you can check out bug samples with the only bug club on campus!

PSG Sustainability Lunch & Learn

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, WALC 1132

Join Purdue Student Government’s Sustainability Committee for a meal while they educate you on campus sustainability, and potentially win prizes!

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ISF Air Pollution Webinar

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

This talk focuses on assessing health risks from outdoor and indoor air pollution, highlighting oxidative potential as a metric for particle toxicity and demonstrating how measurements of particulate matter across indoor and outdoor environments can improve understanding of exposure, toxicity, and health impacts beyond traditional mass-based indicators.

Register here.

Banner Making

6 PM - 7:30 PM, BRNG 1238

Join PCAC to paint 2 large banners for events. Cookies will be provided for all who participate!

PSG Patchwork Workshop Mending Event

6 PM - 8 PM, WALC 3007

Learn to sew patchwork onto your clothing! The patchwork upcycling workshop will be an opportunity to give a new life to cloths you don’t wear enough. Sewing experience would be nice, but not required. Fabric and snacks provided!

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Earth Day Fair

12 PM - 2 PM, Memorial Mall

Join PSG and PSSC for a celebratory fair commemorating Earth Day! Hosted on memorial mall, this event will feature tabling, refreshments, and more!

Pollinator Garden Planting

9 AM - 11 AM, outside Smith Hall

Join Bee Campus and BGI to plant a pollinator garden! This focuses on encouraging native pollinators by protecting and planting native plants!

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Sustainable Swaps

5 PM - 7 PM, Meredith South Multipurpose room

Join University Residences in exchanging your older clothes, preventing clothing waste!

ISF Food Waste Webinar

11:30 AM - 1 PM

In this Earth Day webinar from the Circular Economy Systems initiative of ISF, we will explore the topic of food waste on levels from the personal to the global with experts in economics, nutrition, farming and community support.

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Spring into Nature

4 PM - 7 PM, Stewart woods at Horticulture Park

Join us for an engaging evening at Horticulture Park 4:00pm - 7:00pm EST, featuring guided nature hikes, guided meditation sessions at 5 and 5:30 p.m., hands-on springtime activities and more! Discover the beauty of the season with bird walks, wildflowers and creative nature-themed art.

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Wabash Sampling Blitz

9 AM - 5 PM

All Friday samplers will pick up supplies at the Lilly Nature Center at the Celery Bog (1620 Lindberg Rd, West Lafayette). All Saturday Samplers will pick up supplies at the Mar Len Park (County Road 150 E, just South of Wea Ridge Elementary School)

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PSG Unplugged

10 AM - 4 PM

Join PSG at this event hosted by Purdue Administrative leadership! Events will be wide-ranging, encouraging students to get outside and connect in-person! Sponsored by President Chiang!

E-Waste Drop-Off

8 AM - 1 PM, Armory

Drop off any e-waste that may be difficult to dispose otherwise, free of charge!

Serving as the primary representative organization of the undergraduate student body, Purdue Student Government seeks to act as a liaison between the Purdue University administration, governmental authorities, and the student body in order to serve the needs of Purdue students and to enhance the student experience at Purdue University. In support of this mission, Purdue Student Government is dedicated to: 1) Encouraging initiatives that address the concerns of the student body and future prosperity of Purdue University and Purdue Student Government, and 2) Defending the rights, interests, and voices of the student body.

Purdue Campus Sustainability Working group, coordinated by the Institute for a Sustainable Future, includes representatives from faculty, student, and staff members from across the university. Since August 2024, it has engaged the campus community to evaluate current efforts, undertake efforts to improve campus communication about sustainability, and recommend actions that can strengthen campus and community resilience.

The mission of this coalition is to create a connected, stable, efficient, and effective sustainability community on the Purdue campus where students, faculty, staff, and administration collaborate through the coalition.

Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) is one of the leading natural resources programs in the nation. FNR is Indiana’s only degree-granting, research and extension institution in the fields of forestry, wildlife ecology and aquatic sciences.

Bee Campus focuses on encouraging native pollinators by protecting and planting native plants!

Purdue Climate Action Collective advocates for an university-endorsed climate action plan to be implemented here at Purdue.

The Student Chapter of Environmental Education brings nature education to the Indiana community.

Purdue Student Sustainability Council focuses on educational opportunities, volunteering events, and encouraging community to promote sustainability and environmentalism.

Thomas Say Entomological Society is Purdue's only bug club. We host a variety of meetings centered around arthropods and help with entomology events on campus such as Bug Bowl

Purdue University’s Institute for a Sustainable Future (ISF) promotes research, partnerships, and engagement that advance the understanding of persistent global sustainability challenges.