Earth Week 2025

Welcome to Earth Week 2025! There are lots of exciting events happening, check it out below!

Also Check out the Sustainability Institute’s Passport to Earth Month!

Friday, April 18

• Earth Day Festival hosted by American Conservation Coalition
  • The South Oval and Browning Amphitheater
  • 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.
  • Upcycled clothing vendors, local restaurants, Speakers, live performances
  • ticketing link
  • This is an SI Passport Event

Monday, April 21

• In-Person Workshop – How to Recycle Right with SWACO
  • Prior Hall, Room 550 – 375 W. 10th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210
  • 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
  • Register here for in-person attendance
  • Register here to attend virtually or watch the livestream recording afterward
  • Also will be streamed live
  • Bring an item you don’t know how to recycle and learn best practices all of your items!
  • This is an SI Passport Event
• EPN Signature Earth Day Event – Learn More
  • Farm to Fashion: Natural fiber footprints and futures
  • 4:45 to 7:30 p.m.
  • The Fawcett Center
  • Free
  • Featuring: Plant Giveaway from the Green Team
  • This is an SI Passport Event

Tuesday, April 22

• Earth Day Fair: 1 to 4 p.m. in 115 BRT
  • Learn more about local sustainability efforts, earn prizes and meet local sustainability groups
    • GreenSpot
    • Sustainability Institute
    • Green Columbus
    • SWACO
    • Rumpke
    • Chadwick Arboretum
    • FOD Sustainability – compost at home bins
    • Friends of the Lower Olentangy – FLOW
    • The Environmental Professionals Network (EPN)
    • Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)
    • Ohio Environmental Council
    • Franklin Park Conservatory
    • Franklin County Pollinator Pathway
    • Xerces Society
    • Franklin County MetroParks
    • Marble Plastics (#6 plastics)
    • Stone Lab/Ohio Sea Grant
  • This is an SI Passport Event
  • Interactive Map of Campus Buildings (Click the 🔍by the Zoom to if you would like to zoom into the building location)
• Earth Day Parade – Learn more
  • This event is a celebration of joy for everything that makes life on this floating blue marble possible!
  • 4 p.m. Meet on the South Oval. Parade starts at 4:30, from the East end of Mirror Lake and moving towards Iuka Ravine.
  • This is an SI Passport Event

Thursday, April 24

• Webinar  – Gems of Chadwick Arboretum with Dr. Laura Deeter
  • 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom Register Here
• Native Plant and Tree Giveaway at Herrick Transit Hub
  • 6:30 to 9 a.m.
  • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • 3 to 6 p.m.
• Goldthwait Polar Medal Award and Lecture! – Learn More
  • 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, 240 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd.
  • Come a bit early – refreshments will be served before and after the lecture.
  • Join us in honoring Professor W. Berry Lyons for his outstanding contributions to polar science over a distinguished career

Friday, April 25

• Native Plant and Tree Giveaway at Chadwick Arboretum
  • 6:30 to 9 a.m.
  • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • 3 to 6 p.m.
• Recycling/Give Back Day  at Chadwick Arboretum
  • Bring your personal documents for shredding and old electronics, batteries, tennis shoes, #6 plastics (clean/rinsed Solo cups, coffee lids, old CD cases) and eyeglasses for recycling!
  • Chadwick Barn and 4-H Parking Lot 2201 Fred Taylor Dr, Columbus, OH 43210
  • 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  
• Arbor Day at Chadwick Arboretum – Learn more
  • 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 26

• Native Plant and Tree Giveaway at Chadwick Arboretum AND Recycling/Give Back Day  at Chadwick Arboretum
  •  Bring your personal documents for shredding and old electronics, batteries, tennis shoes, #6 plastics (clean/rinsed Solo cups, coffee lids, old CD cases) and eyeglasses for recycling!
  • Chadwick Barn and 4-H Parking Lot 2201 Fred Taylor Dr, Columbus, OH 43210
  • 9 a.m. to noon

 

Check out these other Campus and Regional Events too!

Tech Hub Spring Cleaning Event

• During Earth Week 2025, April 21st through the 25th, students, faculty, and staff are invited to drop off their old tablets and laptops for recycling.
• Tech Hub is also providing a discount on a new device. Whether your gear is gently used or beyond repair, just drop it off and we’ll take care of the rest.
• Learn more

Join SWACO April 10th At The Beyond Zero Movie Event

• SWACO is proud to sponsor the Columbus Region Logistics Council’s screening of Beyond Zero, a groundbreaking documentary that reimagines how capitalism can drive positive environmental change.
• Following the screening, engage in an illuminating panel discussion including the film’s director and local sustainability thought leaders.
• Learn more and Register

Hilliard Earth Day Celebration 2025

• April 12,  8:30 am – 1:00 pm
• Franklin County Fairgrounds
• More information: Go Green Hilliard; An Earth Day celebration with a walk, and many recycling drives!

Run for the Trees: Happy Little (Virtual) 5K Returns to Ohio – Learn More

• As a participant, you’ll run, walk or roll – pic the pace and location – anytime. This flexible event allows participants to run, walk, skate, paddle, or roll toward the finish line from any location.
• April 19-27, the week of Earth Day and Arbor Day.
•  Sign up today

Attend SWACO’s half-hour Earth Day webinar

• This year, SWACO encourages your business to go above and beyond the recycling you already do to look for ways to reduce waste and reuse items you already have on-hand.
• Tuesday, April 22 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Register

Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration with Columbus Parks and Rec

• April 25; 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Woodward Park
• More info

Columbus Zoo Earth Day Celebration

• April 26 and 27
• Conservation Activity Stations; Party for the Planet; Character Ambassador Meet and Greets; GreenSpot and the Dots Story Time; Keeper Talks; OSU Bugmobile
• Earth Celebration Weekend is included with Columbus Zoo admission
• More info

Engage your elementary aged students this Earth Day with “Teek and Tom!”

• Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth is a five-part animated educational series with ten accompanying lesson plans that takes young viewers on an exploration of the ocean’s influence on Earth’s weather and climate and demonstrates how NOAA uses high tech tools to gather information about our changing planet.