April 22 is Earth Day!
Cornell University celebrates all things sustainability during the entire month of April, with dozens of events in climate change leadership, health & wellness, social justice, film & art, fashion, and sustainability topics. 

FEATURED EVENTS

4/8 Marirena Kladeftira: A Post-Digital Perspective for Architecture and Humanity
This talk explores how fabrication technologies enhance eco-social sustainability in architecture through circular systems, local context, and balanced automation.

4/8 Naila Kabeer - Renegotiating Patriarchy in a Challenging Environment: Stories of Change from Bangladesh
World renowned feminist economist Naila Kabeer will discusses her new book "Renegotiating Patriarchy." This talk is the first of a two-part event organized by the FREED Collective- Feminist Research for EquitablE Development. 

4/9 Poster Symposium: UN SDG 4: Quality Education in the U.S. and Ecuador
Cornell and USFQ students for a poster session on UN SDG 4: Quality Education, exploring discrimination in education and global citizenship in the U.S. and Ecuador.

4/10 Celebrating 15 Years of Impact at Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Join Cornell Atkinson to celebrate 15 years of impact, innovation, and partnerships in global sustainability. This is an event you won’t want to miss! Open to all, but space is limited. Livestream available!

4/10 Resilience by Design: Grassroots Approaches to Urban Renewal
Join this lecture series exploring sustainable, community-engaged design in post-industrial cities, vacant spaces, and areas in decline—featuring historians, designers, and local voices.

4/11-4/12 10th Annual Cornell Business Impact Symposium Sustainability Lead(HER)s: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures
This symposium showcases women leading sustainability and inspires students to pursue impactful careers. Panels, talks, and networking highlight challenges and opportunities for women and nonbinary leaders in sustainability.This is an event you won’t want to miss! Open to all, but space is limited. Register now!

4/11 Cornell Athletics Annual Garage Sale
For sale: new and used sports equipment and apparel.

3/28-4/13 28th Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
This year's special theme is Movement. Events and screenings will be held on Ithaca College's campus and downtown at Cinemapolis.

4/19 2025 Earth Day Festival
Celebrate Earth Day at the Ithaca Commons on Saturday, April 19, from 12–5 PM! Enjoy family-friendly activities, food, music, and more as we honor our shared efforts to protect the planet.

3/10-4/22 EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup: A University Fitness Challenge for Climate Action 
Compete for Cornell against 26 schools to log the most workout hours and remove the most carbon from our atmosphere! Track workouts (exercising (running, walking, cycling, swimming, gym workouts, rowing) on the Climate Games app. 

4/22 Repair Fair #3!
Cornell Computer Reuse Association (CCRA) are hosting a repair fair Tuesday, April 22 from 4-7 PM in Gates Hall.

4/22 Climate Change and Food Info Fair
Celebrate Earth Day at Mann Library! Join us for a hands-on Climate & Food Info Fest exploring how climate change affects what we eat—and what we can do. All are welcome!

4/23 Anabel's Grocery x FREEDGE Pop-Up & Win Groceries and a Cornell Tote
Come celebrate the arrival of the Freedge on Eatery with a fun pop-up event featuring delicious food, interactive activities, and a chance to learn how the Freedge helps reduce food waste and support the community! Win Anabel’s Grocery items and a Cornell tote! Take GreenClub’s 3-min Freedge survey by April 14.

4/23 2025 Annual David J. BenDaniel Lecture in Business Ethics
Explore ethics and sustainability in global business and policy with UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo, Business Dean Andrew Karolyi, and Policy Dean Colleen Barry.

4/28 2025 Student Sustainability Awards
RSVP for Cornell's annual awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments and important role our students play in creating a more sustainable campus, community, and world. Nomination deadline is Friday 4/18 at 11:59pm.

EXHIBITS

2/27-4/30 Invasive Species: A Collaborative Exhibit

4/2-4/30 Resilience: Art for a Sustainable Future

EVENTS

4/7-5/5 Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge Seminar Series 

4/8 Exploring Dual Land Use for Agriculture and Solar Power Production: Are Agrivoltaic Systems Viable in Sweden?

4/8  From Mines to Vines: Cultivating Peace through Agriculture & Faith

4/9 Jam Making With Anabel's Grocery

4/9 ICS Presents: Book Talk with Chris Marquis - The Profiteers

4/9 Ag Energy Matters

4/10 The Future of U.S. Climate Policy

4/10 Climate Change, Heat, and Health Across Africa

4/10 CBE Energy Seminar: Hariprasad Kodamana

4/10 Monomer Carbonization for Polymer Decarbonization

4/11 Climate Change and the Labor of Forgetting in Houston

4/12 Regional Critical Ecologies Workshop

4/12 Enjoy a dinner with Anabel's Grocery and Hydroponics

4/13 Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

4/14 All Carrots: Lessons from the Enactment, Implementation, and Defense of the Inflation Reduction Act

4/16 The Unseen Struggle: Unpacking Labor & Social Inequities in Our Food System

4/17 CBE Energy Seminar: Daniel Shawhan

4/17 Pastoralist Moral Economies and Social Protection in Northern Kenya

4/17 Earth Week Webinar: Communicating Climate Risks, Values, and Solutions with Katharine Hayhoe (Registration required) 

4/18 Reimagining Fashion: Weaving Human Intelligence with AI

4/19 Earth Day Festival at the Ithaca Commons

4/21 Modeling Weather-Related Catastrophe Risk in a Warming Climate

4/22 Climate Change and Food Info Fair

4/22 Cornell Organists Unplugged III

4/24 Climate Change and Internal Displacement in Colombia: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold

4/24 Energy Seminar: Ted Miller (Ford)

4/24  The Elephants of Dzanga Bai - Photo and Sound Installation

4/25 Mindful Botany Walk

4/25 Andrés Blanco: Urban Infrastructure in the Amazon Basin, Challenges and Opportunities

4/25 CIAMS Workshop: Geophysics in Archaeology: Tools for a Changing Climate with Prof. Kade Keranen

4/25 Anabel's Grocery x Food Science Club Fermentation 101

4/25 HEC 100 - Raise Your Glass: Savor the Classics and Sip the Future

4/28 Kurt Waldman: 2025 Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge Seminar Series

5/1 African Integration within the Imperatives of Neo-Liberal Globalism, Multipolarity, and the African Union Agenda 2063: Can it be feasible?

5/1 Acceleration of Social Implementation of Wide Bandgap and Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors

5/2 VegFest @ Cornell

5/2 Ezra Systems Seminar: Vincent Woon Kok Sin

5/5 Climate Change Causes and Curatives

5/5 The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19

5/7 Perspectives on One Health

5/7 Reproductive Resilience: Insights from studies in wild birds and other vertebrates

5/27 Teaching Climate Change: Preparing Students for Their Future

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Get Connected
Be sure to sign up for the Campus Sustainability Listserv to stay in the know about the latest new opportunities added during April. You can also follow the Campus Sustainability Office on Instagram and Twitter for more event reminders during sustainability month and all year round.