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Earth Day at UC Davis

Celebrate Earth Day

Join us to honor and celebrate our remarkable planet on this extraordinary day. Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future. This year it is officially on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 but at UC Davis we celebrate the day, the week and the month!

At UC Davis, Earth Day events can highlight sustainable efforts happening across all of our campuses from natural resource conservation and recycling, to social sustainability topics including community development and human rights. You also may be interesting in celebrating Earth Day by participating in any or all of EARTHDAY.ORG's initiatives. 

Have an Earth Day event you would like to share?

Email sustainabilty@ucdavis.edu with the details!

Earth Week events in the UC Davis Community

Date
Description
Details
Everyday in April | Virtual

Earth Month Bingo (Sacramento campus only)
Celebrate our planet all month long by participating in the bingo challenge! Complete five sustainable actions to help our Earth and enter a prize drawing for a backpack or water bottle sling bag, both of which are made from recycled materials.

How to Play:

  1. Download the Bingo card and check off your sustainable actions throughout the month.
  2. Complete five actions in a row, column, or diagonal to get a Bingo.
  3. Submit your response by April 30 to be entered into a prize drawing. (Link available to Sacramento campus students and employees only.)

Earn a bonus entry when you submit a photo of yourself completing an action.  

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Submissions Open 3/31 to 4/11 | Virtual

SHDS Sustainability Earth Day Contest 2025 – Only open to SHDS residents

Earth Day is a celebration of everything wonderful about the planet that sustains us, and a call for action to preserve and protect it. To mark the occasion, SHDS residents are invited to get inspired and create a work of art on Earth Day 2025 based on the theme “Our Power, Our Planet”. The creation can take many forms, including painting, drawing, embroidery, crochet, knitting, poetry, fashion, photography, digital art. 

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Wednesdays, 4/2 to 5/28, 10 a.m. - 1:30pm. | Student Community Center

Sustainability tabling at the Farmers Market

Stop by and say hi to learn about sustainability initiatives at UC Davis and actions — big and small — that you can take every day to reduce your own environmental footprint.

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4/2-4/4 & 4/23-4/25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Wellman HallSheep Mowers events
Come watch UC Davis sheep mow the lawn in front of Wellman Hall and check out the sheep-related activities we'll have throughout the day. Learn all about the dorper breed - our iconic hair sheep!
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4/5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Hunt Hall

Aggie Day Screen Printing

SED club is hosting a screen printing booth with Davis inspired prints! Check out clothing, items and clothing canvases

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4/7 to 4/26 | Virtual

ASUCD Cool Campus Challenge

This Earth Month, participate in the Cool Campus Challenge! 🌎🌱

What is the Cool Campus Challenge?

  • This is a 3 week challenge that is a community driven sustainability competition between UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara!

How do you participate?

  • From 4/7 to 4/26, you’ll get points for logging your sustainable actions when you log in your points at coolcampuschallenge.org/UCchallenge2025
  • On 4/28, the top 10 winners will receive prizes! 🎉
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4/22, 10 a.m. - 3p.m. | West QuadEarth Day Waste Audit
Spend your Earth Day with the Sustainability and ASUCD Coffee House teams to help our campus get closer to our Zero Waste goals!
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4/22, 12 - 1 p.m. | Cypress BuildingLight Rail Field Trip
Never taken the light rail before? Now is your chance to try it for free with guidance from UC Davis Health's transit experts. Join the Green Commuter Program team for a field trip on the Gold Line Light Rail. Lunches will be provided. Space is limited, so register now!
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4/23, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Education Building Outdoor Rotunda

Earth Month Celebration 
Learn about sustainability at UC Davis Health. You can also plant your own herbs! Meet local sustainability representatives from:

  • UC Davis Bike Barn
  • Sacramento Regional Transit
  • Commute with Enterprise
  • SMUD
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4/24, 12 - 1 p.m. | 45th and X St

Sustainability Walking Tour 

Join the Director of Sustainability, Kristina Bair, and Sarah Janus on a walking tour around the beautiful medical center campus. Learn about more than a dozen sustainable points of interest, covering approximately one mile. No reservation is needed! Simply pop on your sneakers, grab a (reusable) water bottle, and meet at the corner of 45th and X St.

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  • Past Earth Day celebrations
  • 2023

    UC Davis vs UC Berkeley Sustainability Challenge, April 3 - 28, 2023, To participate visithttps://www.coolcampuschallenge.org/UCDvsUCB2023 

    ASUCD Environmental Planning & Policy Commission (EPPC) Environmental Law Seminar, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 6:00pm @ Olson 206

    Reusable Utensil Giveaway, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:00 - 1:00pm @ ASUCD CoHo, For more information visit zerowaste.ucdavis.edu

    UC Davis Farmers Market Earth Week, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:00 - 1:30pm @ Student Community Center Entrance, Reusable utensil giveaway and educational zero waste activities! 

    Aggie Surplus Free E-Waste Drop-Off , Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00 - noon @ Hopkins Services Complex, Event details

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    Zero Waste Musical Festival, Sunday April 23, 2023 3:00 - 7:00pm @ Central Park, Downtown Davis; Sponsored by UC Davis Zero Waste & Sustainability Club and the City of Davis Community Development and Sustainability Department 

    Zero Waste Musical Festival April 23, 2023

    Cool Davis Earth Day Pledge Challenge, Sunday April 23, 2023 4:00 - 5:00pm @ Yolo County Library Stephens Davis Branch, https://www.cooldavis.org/earthdaypledgechallenge

    2021
    In 2021, UC Davis continued this "pandemic tradition" with another round of "virtual" Earth Month events.

    2020
    In April 2020, UC Davis – led by the Sustainability office in collaboration with other departments across the university – celebrated the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day with Earth Month, a series of events and initiatives beginning April 1 and concluding the last day of the Whole Earth Festival, Sunday, May 10 – Mother’s Day. We shifted events from in person to online in response to the pandemic.