SustainableUF invites you to celebrate UF Earth Month 2024 during the entire month of April!

What Is Earth Month?

Earth Day is an annual, worldwide event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Here at UF, we focus on celebrating the entire month of April as an extended celebration of Earth Day. During this time, we invite all UF students, faculty, and staff to host programs and events with a connection to sustainability.

Earth Month is a time to reflect on our relationship with the planet, build and strengthen community, and renew a commitment to sustainability in our local communities and beyond.

Office of Sustainability Events

Signature annual events hosted by the Office of Sustainability include the Sustainability-in-Action Showcase and the Champions for Change Award Ceremony.

Sustainability-In-Action Showcase

Tuesday, April 16 | 11 am – 2 pm | Reitz Union Breezeway

The Office of Sustainability, Thompson Earth Systems Insitute, and Florida Fresh Dining will host the Sustainability-In-Action Showcase to kick off UF Earth Month. This tabling event will allow participants to learn more about sustainability on campus and connect with organizations with a strong commitment to sustainability. This event features a tabling expo, interactive displays, games, hands-on activities, and more! This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and staff.

Champions for Change Award Ceremony

In April 2024, the Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition will recognize the Champions for Change Award recipients with a reception ceremony. This event, taking place on April 10th, is by invitation only.

Earth Month Communications

Throughout April, the Office of Sustainability will share a variety of special Earth Month-themed communications! Stay tuned by following us @SustainableUF on Instagram. You can also receive the Earth Month editions of our e-newsletter by subscribing.

UF Earth Month 2024 Events

We want to help share your event(s)! One of the best parts of our role at the Office of Sustainability is connecting others and fostering collaboration. Share your Earth Month events (April 2024) with us so we can create a central location for the UF community to locate Earth Month events and activities. 

If you hope to get involved with sustainability, now is the time! There’s an event for every Green Gator.

UF Earth Month Event List

• UF Food Waste Prevention Week, April 1st – April 7th, Various locations, volunteer opportunities available.
• Future of Food Forum, April 3rd, 8:15 am – 6:15 pm, Reitz Union.
• Due Diligence in Europe: How Greening the Supply Chain Became a Priority, April 3rd, 6:30 pm, Cade Garage, 904 S Main St.
• Climate Cafe, April 5th, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, Virtual.
• Can You Dig It? Geology Festival, April 6th, 10 am – 3 pm, Florida Museum.
• Party for the Planet, April 6th, 9 am – 3 pm, Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo.
• USGBC Florida Presents Women in Green: Fresh Perspectives in Higher Education, April 10th, 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Bonne et Belle.
• Deep Rising Documentary Screening, April 12th, 5:30 pm, Reitz Union Room 2325.
• Great American Cleanup, April 13th, 9 am – 1 pm, Massey Park Recreation Center.
• Sustainability Scorecard Match Up, 11 am – 1 pm, The Eatery – Broward at Norman Field.
• Growing Together Spring Festival, April 19th, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm, various UF locations.
• Sustainable Living Swap, April 19th, 5:30 pm, Reitz Union, Room G310.
• Spring Plant Sale, April 19th – April 21st, UF Cultural Plaza in front of the Florida Museum.
• McCarty Woods Restoration Earth Day Volunteer Event, April 20th, 9 am – 10:30 am, NE corner of McCarty Woods by the new picnic table.
• Sustainability Festival, April 20th, 8:30 am – 12 pm, Alachua County Farmers Market.
• 15th Annual Cinema Verde Film Festival, April 20th – April 22nd, Cypress and Grove Brewery.
• Earth Day Beach Cleanup, April 20th, 10 am – 12 pm, UF Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience (St. Augustine).
• A Morning In The Garden, April 21st, 10 am – 1 pm, GREBE Garden (outside of Newins-Ziegler Hall).
• Earth Day Celebration and Farmers Market, April 22nd, 11 am – 3 pm, The Food Hall @ Gator Corner.
• Earth Day Herb Giveaway, April 22nd, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Turlington Plaza.
• iNaturalist City Nature Challenge: Alachua County, April 26th – April 29th, Alachua County.
• Plant Giveaway, April 29th, 11 am – 1 pm.

As you prepare to host any Earth Month events at UF, review the Sustainable Event Guide and consider completing the Sustainable Event Certification application.