Green Week at Purdue!

Boiler Bug Barn

2 PM - 4 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!

Nuclear Science Awareness Seminar

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, WALC 2127

Nuclear Awareness Seminar - Join Purdue ANS for a Nuclear Awareness Seminar exploring the science, technology, and impact of nuclear energy. Learn more about the nuclear industry, clear up common misconceptions, and discover the role nuclear energy can play in our future, and opportunities at Purdue.

The Sustainable Energy Club of Purdue

12 PM - 3 PM, Krach Lawn

Making flowers out of folded tissue paper, and also having free popcorn made by solar power.

Boiler Green Initiatives

6 PM - 7 PM WALC 2127

Join Boiler Green Initiative for an an up cycling T-shirt event that we can call "BYOS (bring your own shirt): Make an Old Shirt Into Something New!" We will have three main crafts with old t shirts, a shirt tote bag, a shirt bracelet, and a shirt keychain. No sewing required! All people need to do is bring an old t shirt or two they don't want anymore!

PSG Engagement Event

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Outside Krach

Join PSG Engagement outside Krach for Sustainable Stickers! Stop by to grab some eco-friendly stickers and learn simple ways to make your everyday routine a little greener.

PSG Patchwork Workshop Mending Event

5 PM - 6 PM, WALC 2127

Nuclear Awareness Seminar - Join Purdue ANS for a Nuclear Awareness Seminar exploring the science, technology, and impact of nuclear energy. Learn more about the nuclear industry, clear up common misconceptions, and discover the role nuclear energy can play in our future, and opportunities at Purdue.

PSG Government Relations

12 PM - 2 PM, Krach Lawn

Join PSG Government Relations for a tabling event where students can answer questions about environmental policies and regulations and they get to pie the student body president and vice president. We will also be handing our candy!

Purdue Student Sustainability Council

2 PM Memorial Hall

Join PSSC for a Thrifting Social - PSSC will provide carpools to various secondhand stores in Lafayette to take people thrifting!

PSG Cabinet

9 PM - 10:30 PM, Kran 140

Join PSG Cabinet for Lorax Movie Night

IRERO

6 PM - 7 PM Beering B260

Join IRERo for Spotted Lanternfly Origami.

Bee Campus - Purdue Chapter

3 PM - 4 PM, outside Smith Hall

Join Bee Campus for a Campus Garden Tour. We will be looking at the gardens that Bee Campus installed and also looking at the newly installed Bee Hotel (to be installed before 10/22)! Come identify plants and learn about solitary bees with our faculty advisor and expert Brooke Sammons, a Purdue Landscape Architect.

PSG Diversity Equity and Inclusion

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Outside Krach LAwn

Join PSG Diversity and Inclusion for a Origami with Recycled Paper event, We had committee members go around and collect recycled paper from around campus that we can use to make origami with at our table for Green Week.

PSG Student Wellness

11:30 - 2:30 PM, Memorial Hall

Join Purdue student government for an event. We are collect recycled cans and bottles and spray painting them white then students will be able to paint them. We will either put left over succulents (75) or make paper flowers.

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. 

IRER is a group of students who are dedicated to educating on and removing invasive species in Indiana