Earth Month 2025
View the calendar at the bottom of this page for a full list of Earth Week Events!
Don't miss out on our Earth Day Expo April 22nd in the Williams Center! Check out all these amazing opportunities:
COURSE SEMESTER PROJECTS / FRED PROGRAMS
- COMM 321 Environmental Communication - Life Cycle/Cradle-to-Grave Analyses of household objects (Tracy Marafiote)
- Science Education - NASA Connections (Mike Jabot)
- ARTS 385 Intermediate 2D Animation - storyboards/animation of a future Fredonian utopia (Abbey Paccia)
- Environmental Studies minor - Milkweed for the ecosystem (Tracy Marafiote)
- Stanley Museum (Tom Hegna)
- Geo & Environmental Science class (Tom Hegna)
- Environmental Science Major (Cortney Wigdahl)
- Fredonia Facilities Services (Camryn Collins)
- STEP Program (Danielle O'Connor, Zachary Dean)
FREDONIA STUDENT GROUPS
- Fred Grows - creating opportunities for environmentally-focused change on campus and in the community (Leanne Sczepczenski)
- Student Sustainability Committee - students responding to the SUNY-wide sustainability initiative (Landon Lyons)
- Kappa Sigma - Clothing drive and reusing clothing (Parker Gurnett)
- The 3-Ls Club (Live Lead Learn) - sustainable self care (Ashtynne Michels)
- The Fredonia Lettuce Club - EPA Info and interactive trivia
- PERFORMANCE by Rince Fredonia (Irish Dance)
- PERFORMANCE by Fredonia Music (Live Guitar Improv)
LOCAL/CHAUT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
- Greystone Nature Preserve - experiential environmental education teaching facility (Diane Clark)
- Wild Ones, WNY Chapter - native landscapes (Jess Townsend)
- Audubon Community Nature Center, Jamestown - connections between people and nature (Chelsea Jandreau)
- Western New York Land Conservancy - WNY biological diversity: Floating Fen, College Lodge (Andrew Gaerte)
- Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy - conservation of lands with high ecological, hydrological, and scenic value (Carol Markham)
- Soil & Water Conservation District - leadership in natural resource conservation and soil and water management (Cassie Pinkowski)
- Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York - conservation of native plants, animals, and habitats (Jackie Swift)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension (Sofia Russo)
FREDONIA FARMERS’ MARKET
- Royal Fern Nursery - native plants - (Jess & Jonathan Townsend)
- Roo Haven Farm - small-farmed, organic, pasture-raised meats (Margaret Bruegel)
- Miller Apples - locally grown produce, jellies, and baked goods (Shari Miller)
- Dandelions & Dreams - small, woman-owned; natural skincare products, (Carli)
- Maggitti Farm - Fredonia’s small-scale urban farm-to-table (Wendell Maggitti)
- EnJoyABle Acres - grape and animal farm (Becca Joy)
- Choose Violets - native plants, seeds (Anna Pingitore)
- Spider Herbs - small-batch, organic, wildcrafted skincare (Spider)
- Aeress Designs - nature-inspired metal and gem jewelry (Karen Taverna)
Sustainable Student Work
What are the real – typically hidden – environmental costs of the everyday items we consume? Students in COMM 321, Environmental Communication, conducted Life-Cycle Analyses of:
- Those paper towels that are so easy to grab by the handful: https://sites.google.com/fredonia.edu/lca/home
- Your (very important) toothbrush: https://sites.google.com/view/lca-toothbrush/summary
- Not a meat eater? How about an Impossible cheeseburger: https://sites.google.com/fredonia.edu/lcaimpossible/home
- And those useful, ubiquitous hair elastics: https://sites.google.com/fredonia.edu/hairtielca/consumption