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)
- ENGL 400 Senior Seminar - Soundscapes (Iclal Vanwesenbeeck)
- PHYS 325/327 Electronics/Lab - Science of energy generation (Erica Simoson)
- ARTS 385 Intermediate 2D Animation - storyboards/animation of a future Fredonian utopia (Abbey Paccia)
- Environmental Studies minor - Milkweed for the ecosystem (Tracy Marafiote)
- SUNY Fredonia Health Center - Fighting climate change with diet change (Debbie Dibble &Carlie Curtis)
STEP (Science & Tech Entry Program) MS/HS STUDENTS
- Fredonia middle/high school students
- N. Collins middle/high school students
- Salamanca middle/high school students
- Gowanda middle/high school students
- Westfield middle/high school students
FREDONIA STUDENT GROUPS
- Transfer Student Organization (TSO) - assisting transfer students transitioning to Fredonia through planting! (Ashley Kipferl)
- Art Forum - up-cycled materials to make images of how we want earth to look (Jean Cestaro)
- Fred Grows - creating opportunities for environmentally-focused change on campus and in the community (Jordan Stephens)
- Student Sustainability Committee - students responding to the SUNY-wide sustainability initiative (Jordan Stephens)
- Art student - up-cycling: crocheting plastic bags (Kat Haltiner)
- Delta Phi Epsilon (sorority) - spread environmental joy; paint a rock
- Enactus - environmental activity (Vanessa Rhyal)
- Environmental Science - Science of Bats (Rachel Echevarria)
LOCAL/CHAUT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
- Greystone Nature Preserve - experiential environmental education teaching facility (Diane Clark)
- 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 (Tracy Carlson)
- 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)
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)
- Free Thinkers Gourmet & Soapy Aries - local Raw Honey; Maple syrup, cream and candies; everything mushroom; & handmade soaps (Nick Degolier)
- Maggitti Farm - Fredonia’s small-scale urban farm-to-table (Wendell Maggitti)
- Sunset Sky Farm - seventh generation family-owned farm using regenerative farming practices
Together, we can make a difference!
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