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| Date | Event | Time | Location | Description |
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| April 8 | Change out your Zoom Backgrounds! | - | - | Download CSUB's Earth Month virtual Zoom backgrounds, designed by Office of Marketing & Communications! First 10 to send a screenshot using background to sustainability@csub.edu will get a giveaway! |
| April 10 - 17 |
Spring Break | - | - | CSUB Students - Work on Earth Month Bingo Card activities!
Attend events & complete achievements all month long. First 10 CSUB students to get BINGO will win prize bags: Rocketbooks & more. The first 2 to black-out card will win regular prize PLUS gift card & plant. Find instructions & Bingo Card at Earth Month website. |
| April 19 | Kaiser Permanente and Kegley Institute Speaker Series Open to the public! |
6 pm | Zoom | "Tainted Grapes, Tainted Lungs: Extreme Wildfire Impacts to Undocumented Latino/a and Indigenous Migrants" by Dr. Mike Mendez. Click Zoom link of event of April 19. |
| April 20 | California Native Tree Planting | 10 am - 12 pm | Meet Outside the Doré Theatre | Join CSUB's Biology Club, Associated Students, Inc., and Roads & Grounds team in planting drought-tolerant California native trees around campus! Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. |
| April 21 | Pedal & Plant | 11 am - 12 pm | Student Recreation Center Lobby | Let's make a positive environmental impact together. We will be riding our bikes as a group to the Edible Garden for a day of planting and learning. |
| April 21 | Wellness Walk | 1 pm - 3 pm | Student Recreation Center Lobby | Join us for a walk around campus & learn about the significant sculptures created by the Art Department! |
| April 21 | Teacher Read Aloud Series: Earth Day | 4:30 pm | Zoom | Join lecturer Nicole Barnell for a read-aloud of the book, "Fly Guy Garbage and Recycling". Click Zoom link of event of April 21. |
| April 22 | Sustainability Symposium | 9 am - 2 pm | Zoom |
This is the first conference dedicated to innovation, leadership, and collaboration centered around sustainable climate action within the California Central Valley.
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| April 25 | Campus Clean-Up Walk | 12 pm - 1 pm | Student Union Patio | Join the Campus Beautification Committee in beautifying the CSUB campus through education and example with prideful participation from the University community. Athletics will provide compostable bags! Free reusable Coca-Cola tumblers, while supplies last! |
| April 27 | Post-Symposium Garden Event | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Edible Garden |
Join us at the CSUB Edible Garden to continue important conversations about sustainability. Lunch boxes catered by locally-owned Vida Vegan. Tabling by: Coalition for Chicken Enthusiasts, Sierra Club, Native & Indigenous Coalition Student Club, and more! |
| April 29 | Carbon Sequestration Symposium | 8 am - 4 pm | Zoom | Learn more about the innovations coming out of the Carbon Storage & Sequestration industry. So much to see, you don't want to miss it! Click here for full details and list of partners! |
| April 29 | Philosophy & Religious Studies Colloquia Series | 3 pm - 4 pm | In-person event | "Eco-Anxiety: What it is and Why it Matters" by Dr. Charlie Kurth. To register and receive campus location details, email ttsantsoulas@csub.edu. |
| April 30 | Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Great American Clean-Up | 8 am - 1 pm | Yokuts Park | Volunteer at one of the largest community service events in the nation. Litter pick-up from 8 - 10 am. Free food music, games & prizes 10 am - 1 pm. Visit CSUB's booth as well! Sign up here |