Events / University of Delaware’s Earth Day, April 22, 2022

University of Delaware’s Earth Day, April 22, 2022

22 April 2022
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Come join UD’s NEW! Climate Change Hub, UD’s Sustainability Council and the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) for an event-filled afternoon on the North Green and in Trabant University Center, Room 209/211, from 12 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22nd.

Get involved and make a difference! Exciting speakers, music, raffle, the Moo Mobile, an electric vehicle display, a Sustainable Fashion clothing swap and more! Visit a table at the Involvement Fair on the Green and make a difference!

North Green (Rain location: Trabant Center Rooms 209/211, 213, 218)

12 – 5:00 p.m. Involvement Fair! Come learn about a number of environmental orgs and get involved! Tables will be hosted by:

  • Delaware Sierra Club
  • Citizens Climate Lobby
  • Lights Out Newark
  • Food Recovery Network
  • Stroud Water Research Center
  • Environmental Justice Project
  • POWER Delaware
  • Delaware Interfaith Power & Light
  • UD Dining Halls – come make beauty products out of coffee grounds!
  • Many More!

12 – 3:00 p.m. Music by DJAmaze

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Guest Speakers! (Rain Location: Gore Hall Room 117)

  • Lenape Indian Tribe Chief Dennis Coker
  • Newark Council member Corinth Ford
  • DE State Representative Debra Heffernan
  • UD Sustainable Fashion Faculty member Kelly Cobb

12 – 5:00 p.m. Other Activities!

  • Earth Day Raffle
  • Electric Vehicle Display

1 – 4:00 p.m.

  • Moo Mobile offering special flavors!

Trabant Center, Rooms 209/211

12 – 3 p.m. Sustainable Clothing Exchange – A small but impactful initiative dedicated to fighting fast fashion, encouraging sustainable consumption and – most importantly – bringing a sense of community to secondhand clothes shopping!

Questions? Contact Pat Syvrud, Program Manager for the Climate Change Hub at ClimateChangeHub@udel.edu