Celebrate Earth Month!
Princeton Student Climate Initiative Frist Tabling
Solar Field Tours
April 3, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Guyot Hall, Room 10
PEI Faculty Seminar with Michael Bender, Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus, and Senior Geoscientist
Flexitarian Night
April 4, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Forbes Dining Hall
Join Forbes for a Flexitarian Night dinner. You must have a meal plan or UG meal swipes.
Campus Green Tours
April 8-15
20+ films and special events
Mend Mondays
April 9 and April 23, 7:00 pm. - 10:00 p.m.
GreenSpace at the Frist Campus Center
Mend's Mission is to encourage sustainable attitudes and reduce waste surrounding clothing and fashion through teaching Princeton University community members how to repair, reuse and upcycle clothing, and providing the materials to do so.
They will have knowledgeable staff, needles and thread, and a sewing machine available to help you with all your needs.
Conversations on Civic Values
April 11, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Seminar Room 105, Chancellor Green Library
Conversations on Civic Values events invite faculty, staff, student leaders, and community partners to discuss exactly what it means to be "civically engaged" as a university student within a democratic society. This CCV event will focus on environmentalism and sustainability as they relate to and intersect with service and civic engagement.
April 11, 18, 25 and May 2 & 9
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Firestone Library/Hinds Plaza
Weekly farmers' market on campus!
April 13, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Maeder Hall
Speakers will discuss options for the federal and state governments, the power market operator, and power companies to advance affordable, reliable and clean power in New Jersey. They also will discuss how research and analysis at Princeton University could help inform public and private decision making in the power sector.
April 14, 12 p.m. -1 p.m.
Poe Field
April 17, 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Graduate College DBar
A night of poetry, storytelling, and conversation about science
Film Screening – An Inconvenient Sequel
April 18, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (food available at 4:30 p.m.)
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Maeder Hall
Evening film screening and discussion
Banff Mountain Film Festival
April 20-21, 7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
McCosh Hall, Room 10
Join Princeton students, staff faculty, and local community for this campus favorite that combines awe-inspiring films and an intermission gear raffle! The spectacular action-packed films feature rock climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, mountain biking, extreme skiing and explorations of the natural world.
April 22, 3:00 p.m.
Start/Finish: Dillon Gym, Princeton University
5k run around institute woods and tow-path for charity Cool Earth
Compost Information Stand
April 23 and 24, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Lakeside Bus Stop
Meet the Graduate Students Composting Initiative at the Lakeside Bus Stop to learn about composting right before hoping on the bus to campus!
Pizza Social and Composting Info Session
April 24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Lakeside Commons
Come over to the Lakeside Commons to learn more about composting and relax after a day of work around homemade pizza on the grill! Glutenfree and vegan options will be available!
Earth Day Outdoor Yoga
April 24, 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
April 24 & 26, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
GreenSpace in Frist Campus Center, Level 100
EHS staff will highlight tips for conservation, waste reduction, resource management and energy savings in the research laboratory.
Carbon Footprint Workshop
April 25, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Guyot Hall, Room 220
Curious about your carbon footprint? In this workshop, we'll share common misconceptions and effective lifestyle changes, using video examples. Then, we'll calculate our own carbon footprints and discuss the changes that we ourselves can make to decrease our emissions! Lunch will be served and the event is sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute. Interested? Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/YRafQt1YocQhOaR03.
Tiger Chef Challenge
April 25, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dillon Gym
Student teams from the residential colleges will compete as they prepare, cook and present their best dishes to a panel of judges. The Challenge will also feature a food expo with complimentary food and beverage tasting.
Mend - Tie Dye Thursday
April 26, 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Frist South Lawn
In honor of Earth Month, EcoReps Mend is hosting a special event outdoors for you to upcycle and bring new life to old stuff you might be thinking of tossing! They'll have tie-dye and DIY materials, so bring anything you want to tie-dye or transform!
Trash ARTstravaganza
April 29, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Nassau Hall front lawn
Attend Princeton University's annual Trash Arts competition during Communiversity
Earth Month Biodigester Tour
Site visit tour of the new campus biodigester
Tour will start at Jadwin Gym
Registration is required