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  • Spring 2025

    • Due April 8, 2025-
      Help us redesign our Big Belly Signage seen across campus. We are picking several new designs and want your help! Check out our to see some previous designs.
    • Weigh the Waste 
      April 14, 2025
      11 AM – 2 PM @ Campus Way Cafe       Swing by Campus Way Cafe during lunch hours to guess how much food will go to waste. We will be collecting the leftover food from guests’ plates to weigh up at the end of lunch. Whoever’s guess was the closest wins a fun Sustainability Swag Bag! 
    • Cougar Thrifts Sorting
      April 17, 2025
      12 PM – 1 PM @ Lot F Recycling Center
      Volunteers are responsible for sorting donated clothing, determining whether it’s wearable, and sorting based on sizes. Volunteers also get first dibs on any free clothes they see and want! If interested in volunteering, please sign up with this link.
    • Earth Day Fair
      April 22, 2025
      11:30 AM - 1:30 PM @ Kellogg & Forum Plaza
      This event is all about celebrating the beauty of nature that surrounds us and encouraging others to practice sustainability to reduce harm to our planet. Sustainability is putting on this event with ASI (Associated Students Incorporated) where we will be tabling and also holding a free pop-up thrift store of clothing and accessories for students and faculty! 
    • Cougar Thrifts
      April 22, 2025
      11:30 AM - 1:30 PM @ Kellogg Plaza
      Students and faculty will donate their clothing (as seen above) to us, where we sort through damaged clothes ensuring everyone gets the best clothes possible, then set up our free thrift store to give back to students! Our goal is to get rid of all the clothing that has been donated to us, so make sure you come by and grab some free clothes! 
  • Fall 2024
    • Journey to Zero Waste Fair
      Oct. 22nd, 2024
      11:30 AM - 1 PM @ Kellogg Plaza
      Help us reach our zero waste goal! Come get free swag and learn about zero waste.
    • Clothing Donation for Cougar Thrifts
      Now through Oct. 9th @ ADM 4700
      Sustainability is accepting clothing donations now through Oct. 9th! You can drop clothes off in the Administration Building (ADM) room 4700, 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday - Friday. 
      Donated clothes are given to students for free! 
    • California Clean Air Day 
      Oct 1st, 2024
      9 AM - 10 AM between University Services Building and Police Station
      Join us for tree planting: Come help us plant trees and make our air cleaner!                  11:30 AM -1:00 PM Kellogg Plaza Join us in taking a pledge to help make California's air cleaner. Free pizza will be served at 11:30

    • November 19th, 5:00-7:30
      ELB 102 Innovation Hub 

      Join us in Community Climate Conversations to learn more from panelists about their experiences with safe and active transportation to school programs.

      This event will have free food, a raffle, interactive and educational activities, and an expert panel of community leaders!

  • Spring 2023

    Exhibition Launch: April 26, 2023 

    10:30am Kellogg Library 5400, Reading Room

    12:00pm - 1:00pm Kellogg Library Data Stacks (4th floor)

    Art by ´ó·¢ Student Change Makers on Climate (In)Justice, Sustainability, and Society. Stories for the Planet extends from Barrio Logan to the beaches of the Pacific and reaches the waters of Burundi. This exhibition showcases art by the inaugural cohort of the Planet Mentorship program. Growing Future Change Makers: Restorative Pathways for Diverse Students and the Planet was created under the collaborative direction of the Sustainability Program and Juliana Goodlaw-Morris, the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Ariel Stevenson, and Center ARTES and Lucy HG Solomon. The program connects students success and curricular innovation around sustainability and social justice, paving the way for students of color to become change makers for the planet.

    Exhibiting Planet Change Makers:

    • Daisy Guiterrez
    • Luis Lopez 
    • Melline Nitunga
    • Alexis Vaughn
    • Niki Johnson
    • Aidelen Montoya
    • David Ramos

    Terrarium that looks like lungs

    • Earth Month:

    ´ó·¢ Earth Month events for April 2023

  • Fall 2022
    • Join us at the Journey to Zero Waste Fair this Fall! 

  • Spring 2022
    • Spring Cleaning? Got Gently Used Clothes to Donate to our Cougar Thrifts event at Journey to Zero Waste Fair
    • This Way to Sustainability Conference 2022, use discount code csusanmarcos2022
  • Fall 2021
    • Clean Air Day Event 2021
    • Sustainable Menstruation Event 2021
  • Spring 2021
    • BIPOC & Green: Centering CS"U"SM in the Environmental Justice Movement Event
  • Fall 2020
    • Climate Justice = Social Justice: Conversations Exploring the Intersections of People, Planet and Power
    • Free Composting Opportunity for Campus Community through our Partnership with The Compost Company
  • Fall 2019
    • Support Cougar Thrifts: A Free Store for Students
    • ´ó·¢'s Environmental Stewards Association Leads Campus Global Climate Strike 
    • Save the Food EcoChallenge
  • Spring 2019
    • Support the Campus-Wide Grab N' Go Event April 22nd
  • Fall 2016
    • Thank You For Recycling Day 

 

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