Earth Week Events at UWSP

Earth Week is fast approaching, and we are getting ready to celebrate at UWSP! Sustainability is one of our campus’s core values. We are committed to sustainable practices throughout different departments on campus. 

We’re so lucky to have many different organizations dedicated to sustainable actions. All of these organizations have come together and set up a number of events for the Stevens Point Community to celebrate Earth Week! 

Here is a list of events occurring during Earth Week 2024: 

Ongoing 

• Every Day is Earth Day Passport 
• Coffee & Special Drinks at all campus coffee shops 
• Mindful meals at Wicked Willow and CPS Café 
• SAAC Shoe Drive (All UWSP Campus) 
• Sustainable Travel Tips on @uwsp_studyabroad on Instagram 
• Food Waste Art Display at Lower Debot 

April 20^th 

• Winter Farmer’s Market, 8 am- 12 pm at the Boys & Girls Club 
• SER Tree Planting, 9 am at the Schmeeckle Visitor Center 
• “Destress in Nature” Family Program, 11 am at Schmeeckle Visitor Center 

April 21^st 

• Chalk the Walk, 12-4 pm in front of Old Main 
• One Sky Planetarium Show, 2 pm at Blocher Planetarium 

April 22^nd  

• Planting and Painting, 12-2 pm, Wausau Campus Student Union 
• Earth Week Panel Discussion, 3:30-4:30 pm, Marshfield Campus STEM Community Room 

• Keynote Speaker, Peter Young, 6:30 pm, DUC Theater 

April 23^rd 

• Chalk the Walk, 11 am-3pm, Wausau Campus Main Entrance 
• Marathon Park Stroll, 12-3pm, Wausau Campus West Entrance 
• COLS Battery Recycling Event, 5-7 pm, East lobby of the Science Building 
• Natural History Museum Tour, 5-7 pm, East lobby of the Science Building 
• WMS & ESIC Earth Week Trivia, 7 pm, Basement Brewhaus 

April 24^th 

• Chalk the Walk, 9 am-4 pm, Marshfield Campus Commons Courtyard 
• EENA Eco Fair, 10 am-2 pm, DUC Laird Room 
• Chalk the Walk, 11 am-3 pm, Wausau Campus Main Entrance  
• Marathon Park Stroll, 12-3 pm, Wausau Campus West Entrance 
• Campus Clean Up, 1-3 pm, Marshfield Campus Commons Courtyard 
• Make-It-Take-It Workshop, 6-8 pm, TNR 120 

April 25^th 

• NAC “Grounds From The Earth” Ecological Talk, 12-2 pm, Basement Brewhaus 
• Wausau Campus Clean-Up, 1-3 pm, Wausau Campus Solution Center 
• RHA Plant It and Paint It, 4:30-6 pm, Debot Field 

April 26^th 

• SER Brush Hauling, 8-10 am, Schmeeckle Visitor Center 

• Rally Against Fossil Fuels, 2-3 pm, DUC North Entrance 
• “Hop, Slither, Swim” Family Nature Program, 5 pm, Schmeeckle Visitor Center 

April 27^th 

• Sustainable Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm, Farmshed 
• Fragile Earth Planetarium Show, 2 pm, Blocher Planetarium