Earth Month®

Each year, in the weeks leading up to Earth Day (April 22) CEJS, in partnership with various Seattle University departments and student groups, encourages action and participation in initiatives that focus on the urgent need for environmental justice, sustainable development, and climate solutions. Join us for the many events and initiatives organized during Earth Month 2025 at Seattle University.

Events at Seattle University

KXSU Earth Month E-Waste Drive 

When: All month of April 
Where: Drop-off box in Sinegal, outside of room 230 
Description: Do you have any old headphones, chargers, cables or other sorts of electronics laying around the house that you don’t use anymore? Then stop by the KXSU studio during the month of April in honor of Earth Month for our E-Waste drive! Only 17% of e-waste is properly recycled so do your part and donate to keep electronic waste out of our landfills. Our drop-off box will be located in Sinegal, outside of room 230 through April 30th 
More Info: See event flyer at KXSU Earth Month E-Waste Flyer.

Ignatian Advocacy Madness: When Justice is the Champion

When: March 3 – April 25, 2025 
Where: Online 
Description: Ignatian Advocacy Madness has begun! This isn't just a competition; it's a call to action for the Seattle University campus community. Hosted by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, it's an opportunity for everyone to learn, pray, and act for just migration and environmental policies. 
If you're hosting events related to environmental justice or humane migration policy, SU wants to hear from you. Share your activities with Campus Ministry and the Center for Social Transformation and Leadership, and they’ll include them in their entries to highlight your impactful work. Email the CSTL at CSTL@seattleu.edu for submissions, more information or questions.  
More Info: Learn more about Ignatian Advocacy Madness here. 

Earth Month at Redhawk Dining

When: Throughout the month
Where: Cherry Street Market
Description: Climate-friendly Food at Salad Bar and “Meat-free” Fridays at Home Base

Conversations with Governor Ferguson: Rise of the Governors: Navigating Contrasts, Chaos, and the Constitution 

When: Thursday, April 3, 2025, 1:30 PM 
Where: Pigott Auditorium 
Description: Seattle University’s Department of Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership presents a discussion with WA State’s new governor, Gov. Bob Ferguson. Among other topics, Ferguson will talk about how states like Washington are managing a rapidly-changing relationship with the federal government. How to prepare for a summer of potential wildfires with a declining federal workforce? How to protect life-and-death medical research at our universities? How to keep our Northwest energy grid safe? How to prepare for tariffs that cause chaos for businesses and government? 
More Info and Registration: See here. 

PNW Hikes with UREC Outdoors 

• Saturday, April 5, 2025: Hike Rattlesnake Ledge
• Sunday, April 6, 2025: Hike Redmond Watershed Preserve  
• Saturday, April 12, 2025: Hike Lake 22    
  Spots are limited due to van capacity. Please register here. 

Threadhawk Thrift & Kids Clothing Swap 

When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 11:00AM – 1:30PM 
Where: Student Center, 1st floor  
Description: Do you have professional clothing items you could donate for our students? Are you looking for gently used kids clothing or books? Join in this "all-in-one" event to support our students. This event is sponsored by Career Engagement, Wellness & Health Promotion and Parent & Family Engagement. 
More Info and Registration: https://redhawks.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet-SUToday/SitePages/Threadhawk-Thrift-%26-Kids-Clothing-Swap.aspx. Questions or want to drop off items for the event? Contact Kiyana Higa (khiga@seattleu.edu), Laurie Prince (lprince@seattleu.edu) or Nodia Rogers (nrogers@seattleu.edu). 

Volunteer to monitor and prevent bird-window collisions at Seattle University with Birds Connect 

What: A special invitation to the SU community from our partners at Birds Connect: they are recruiting volunteers to join the spring 2025 season of the Seattle Bird Collision Monitoring Project, a community science initiative designed to help us understand and prevent bird-window collisions. They are seeking volunteers to monitor at Seattle University.  

When: Participate in the virtual volunteer orientation via Zoom on Tuesday, April 8 from 6-7 p.m. More info here. 

Organizing & Advocacy for Justice Virtual Speaker Series event  

When: Wednesday, April 16 at 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET  
Where: Zoom 
Description: Seattle University School of Law’s Critical Justice Initiative (CJI) welcomes scholars and students from across the country to its next Organizing & Advocacy for Justice Virtual Speaker Series event, which features authors and activists whose work contributes to the pursuit of materially felt racial and economic justice. The webinar will feature Abby Reyes, director of Community Resilience Projects at University of California, Irvine, talking about her new book Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice. Interviewing Reyes is Tom Antkowiak, who directs the Seattle U Law International Human Rights Clinic, with commentary from Colette Pichon Battle, a climate justice organizer and award-winning lawyer who co-founded Taproot Earth, and Astrid Puentes Riaño, a UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and Professor, Berta Cáceres Environmental Law Clinic, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.  
More info and Registration: here. 

Mend and Make – Zero Waste Crafting (organized by RHA) 

When: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 12:30PM-1:30PM 
Where: Student Center, 1st floor 
Description: Join RHA for their Mend and Make event for upcycling, junk journaling, and other sustainability focused crafts. 
More Info: See event flyer here - RHA Make and Mend Flyer.

Day of Service to Celebrate Earth Day (organized by ELS) 

When: Friday, April 18, 2025, 10:00AM-12:00PM 
Where: Frink Park 
Description: FirstGen has coordinated with the Environmental Law Society (ELS) a Day of Service to celebrate Earth Day 2025. Volunteers will be assisting a forest restoration project in Frink Park by removing invasive species such as ivy, holly and laurel to support a planting event this coming winter. This event is a great opportunity to get out of the library, enjoy the scenery of one of Seattle's great parks and mingle with students and colleagues.  
More Info and Registration: ELS asks that you RSVP in advance of the event here.

EARTH TALKS on EARTH DAY

When: Earth Day, April 22, 12:00PM-1:30PM

• 11:45AM: Doors open – Light appetizers
• 12:00PM: Program
• 1:00PM: Q&A with presenters
• 1:20PM: Event concludes

Where: Student Center “Le Roux Room” (STCN #160)  
Description: Join us for the 6^th edition of “Earth Talks,” Seattle University’s annual Earth Day celebration showcasing inspirational 5-min talks on “Care for our Common Home” by students, faculty, and staff from across different schools and programs at SU. Presentations will cover advocacy, artwork, research, and service projects related to environmental justice and sustainability. Join us and support fellow students and colleagues presenting! This event is a Laudato Si’ Action Platform initiative sponsored by the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (CEJS), Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture (ICTC), Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE), and the Roundglass India Center
Event program and more details: https://www.seattleu.edu/earth-talks 

Earth Day at Redhawk Dining

When: April 22, 11:00am-2:30pm
Where: Cherry Street Market 
Description: Redhawk Dining will be featuring a menu designed to lower carbon impacts

Twilight Garden Meditation Walk

When: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 6:00PM 
Where: The walk will start at the Campion Tea Garden 
Description: Join the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement and SU’s gardeners for a walk through our gardens accompanied by simple sensory meditations. The walk celebrates Earth Day and the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ with simple tools for deepening your connection with the Earth. After the walk, there will be time to gather for food and conversation. Cosponsored by CEIE, Facilities and Grounds and the Psychology Department.  
More Info and Registration: RSVP here. 

Planter Box Workshop with Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) and Xaviar Hall RA's

When: April 24, 5:30-7:00pm

Where: Xavier Basement

Description: Join the North Campus Resident Assistants and Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) for plants and shrinky dinks! ESW will host how to make a planter box using CAD! CAD is a Computer-Aided Design that is a skill used often in the Engineering field, ESW will host a crash course on how to CAD on Onshape. 

First 15 students get a free planter box that you get to design on your own! Hosted by Xavier RAs and Engineers for a Sustainable World, this is the sign up sheet for the 2 part series for CAD project. 

The first part will happen on April 24th from 5:30pm in Xavier Hall Basement. 
The second part will happen on May 1st, hosted by Engineers for a Sustainable World.

Weigh the Waste at Redhawk Dining

When: April 25, 11:00am-2:30pm 
Where: Cherry Street Market
Description: In collaboration with CEJS, come see how many used to-go boxes never leave Cherry Street. Make sure to stop by to visually see why using a plate is a better option.

Gear Swap (Organized by STOKE)

When: Friday April 25, 1:00pm-3:00pm 
Where: Pigott 107
Description: Bring your old and used gear (rain jackets, hiking pants, boots, clothes, backpacks, hats, gloves, etc.) to swap with others and to collect new gear for free!

Earth Day Summit: Pilgrims of Hope and Creation Summit

When: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM 
Where: Student Center 160
Description: All are welcome to join the Earth Day annual environmental justice summit. They will gather to pray, learn, and discern our collective commitment to ecological justice. The day will feature: Attending Dr. Robert D. Bullard's keynote (see event below), and a Fireside Chat with Dr. Bullard, SU's Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez, and meteorologist Jeff Renner (if you prefer to only attend Dr. Bullard's keynote in Pigott at 10:30am, register here), community Building, Pilgrimage Planning, Faith Sharing, and more!
More info and Registration: Registration required

Lecture by Dr. Robert D. Bullard. Quest for Environmental Justice: The Challenge and Promise 

When: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM 
Where: Pigott Auditorium 
Description: Join Dr. Robert Bullard, the father of environmental justice, for a transformative lecture titled Quest for Environmental Justice: The Challenge and Promise. With decades of pioneering work as a sociologist and author, Dr. Bullard will explore the roots of the environmental justice movement, its connection to faith, civil rights, and the policies that have shaped systemic inequities. As we mark the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis’ call to care for our common home, this conversation takes on even greater urgency—challenging us to recognize environmental justice as a moral obligation and an act of solidarity with the most vulnerable. Dr. Bullard's message goes beyond identifying barriers—it is one of resilience, action, and hope. He will inspire attendees to see how marrying research, data, and science with faith and community-driven action can create lasting change. In alignment with Seattle University’s deep commitment to sustainability and justice, this event offers a powerful opportunity to reflect on our collective responsibility and take meaningful steps to build a more just and equitable future. This is more than a lecture—it’s a call to action and a vision for change.
More info and Registration: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/quest-for-environmental-justice-the-challenge-and-promise 

Volunteer at Magnuson Park to commemorate Earth Day (organized by SU Jumpstart) 

When: Saturday, April 26, at 10:00AM-12:00PM 
Where: Meet at SU – Volunteer at Magnuson Park 
Description: This event is open to everyone, and Jumpstart is hoping to have a total of 10 volunteers join. Transportation will be provided along with snacks and refreshments.  
More info and Registration: View the flyer here - Earth Day Volunteer event Magnuson Park. Those interested will need to fill out the RSVP Link.

CADENCE Film Festival

When: April 26 at 4:00PM
Where: Northwest Film Forum or virtual
Description: Tapping into the collective unconscious, this showcase of films remind us that the roots of humanity and nature are intertwined. When pavement erases habitat and the evolutionary thread is lost, we can weave poetry into a home, recombine scattered lines, and dream possible futures. Don’t miss “This is How We Dream”, an outcome of a collaboration between Cadence workshop participants, artist Kamila Kuc (College of Education and CEJS student research fellow), and Cadence Video Poetry Festival, this program of shorts addresses the urgent entanglements of ecology, memory, ancestry, and imagination in a world shaped by crisis and marked by a need for transformation. Emerging from a series of workshops that foregrounded collective inquiry, poetic expression, and embodied reflection, these films offer intimate gestures of care, resistance, and repair.
More info and Registration: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/cadence-2025-my-more-than-me-hybrid/

Bellarmine RA Plant Potting

When: Tuesday, April 29th 7-8pm

Where: Bellarmine Hall Roof Patio

What: Join Bellarmine Resident Assistants to pot your own plant. There will be 'dirt in a cup" dessert and an opportunity to learn more about the Center for Enviornmental Justice and Sustainability and sustainability on campus.

Planetary Health: Solutions for Health Care - The Drs. Luth M. and Narciso P. Tenorio Endowed Scholar and Lectureship 

When: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4:00PM – 6:00PM

• 4:00PM: Registration and Poster Presentation with Light Refreshments 
  Prior to the event program, enjoy a poster presentation featuring scholarly work by SU nursing faculty and students
• 5:00PM: Event Program 
  

Where: Pigott Auditorium 
Description: Seattle University College of Nursing and the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability welcome Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Environmental Stewardship Officer at Providence for a discussion on the environmental challenges health care professionals and organizations face using a planetary health lens, sharing effective solutions tested in one of the nation’s largest health systems. Health care has a long history of creative solutions, innovation, and commitment. Using these skills, health care has opportunities to be less polluting, less wasteful, and less consumptive while building resilience, committed to its principles of justice and service.  
More info and Registration: See here

Rechargeable Batteries - Discount Available 

Does your department or program use batteries?

In support of Earth Month, UREC is transitioning away from single-use batteries and has secured 50% a discount to PaleBlue rechargeable batteries.  This discount is available for all departments!

PaleBlue batteries are USB rechargeable, available in sizes AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and CR123A (charging cables included for all), and last significantly longer than single-use batteries.

Example Cost:

A 4-pack of AAA is $24.99.  Need 20 batteries?
- ((5 packs * $24.99 per pack) + 10.25% tax) + 50% discount = $68.88 total cost
If your department or program regularly uses batteries, please consider switching to rechargeables, a more sustainable option.

For access to the discount, please contact Kevin Sutton at ksutton1@seattleu.edu.