Thanks to the efforts of our entire community we reduced emissions 30%, from 2006 levels, despite a 12% increase in campus square footage.
Even though April 22 is Earth Day, there are events and activities happening across campus all month to celebrate our Earth and raise awareness about climate change and environmental issues.
Get involved today!
Attend an event, check out our tools and resources, and share your photos with us on instagram and twitter using #GreenHarvard.
Featured Events
Harvard Climate Week
Monday–Friday, April 24–28
This week-long series of events will showcase some of the best scholarship and thinking related to climate change that we have here on campus. Events open to the public.
Harvard Celebrates Earth Day - Canceled due to rain
Friday, April 21
Harvard Science Center Plaza
Shine only, no rain date.
Climate Ready Boston: Planning for the Challenges Ahead
Monday, April 24, 2 pm
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard GSD
Part of Climate Week
Defending the Climate in the Trumpocene
Wednesday, April 26, 12 pm
Science Center Hall A
Part of Climate Week
Human Health in a Changing Climate
Thursday, April 27, 9 am
250 Jefferson Hall, 17 Oxford Street
Part of Climate Week
Welcoming remarks by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust. Keynote address by Gina McCarthy, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with an introduction by Michelle Williams, Dean of the Harvard T.H. School of Public Health.
Achieving Harvard's Science-based Climate Goal
Friday, April 28, 12 pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
More Events
Harvard Business School
HBS Clothing Swap
Monday, April 11, 12-2 pm
Drop off your donations: April 3-4 & 6-7, Spangler Grille Game Room (11 am- 1 pm); April 5, Cumnock 101B (11 am-1 pm)
Harvard College
Harvard's Environmental Action Committee's Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 22, 11 am-2 pm (before the Science March)
Science Center Plaza
Harvard Divinity School
Film Screening: Polyfaces
Monday, April 18, 12-1:30 pm
Bike Safety Checks and Breakfast
Tuesday, April 18, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Garden Blessing in HDS Garden (behind CSWR)
Wednesday, April 19, 12:10-1 pm
Come to sing, plant, and bless the HDS Garden
HDS Freecycle
Thursday, April 21, 10 am-4 pm
Waste Audit
Friday, April 22, 10-11:30 am
Harvard Graduate School of Education
HGSE Green Thumb Fair
Thursday, April 27, 12-2 pm
Harvard Extension School
Being the Change: Transformational Stories of Sustainability Leadership and Climate Activism
Friday, April 28, 5:30-7:30 pm
Sever Hall 113, Harvard Yard
FAS, GSAS, SEAS
Harvard Celebrates Earth Day
Friday, April 21, 11 am-1pm
FAS will be sponsoring a Freecycle, Lighting Fair, Quad Bike Check ups and more!
Harvard University Housing events
The Graduate Commons Program and its team of Community Advisors are hosting events for HUH residents throughout the month.
- Recycled Arts and Crafts Family Night at Peabody Terrace
- Community Conversation “Sustain Dialogue” at One Western and Peabody Terrace. Topic: Climate Change
- Indoor Herb Garden Building at Riverside and Garden
- GCP Service Day at the Cambridge Community Center
- Sustainable Wine & Cheese Tasting at Peabody Terrace
- Bike Maintenance 101 with Quad Bikes at Botanic Gardens, Holden Green and 5 Cowperthwaite
- The Community Garden Project at Holden Green and Athens Street
- April 29th Bee Green Bash! at Peabody Terrace Courtyard
Open to HUH residents only.
View the event calendars for more information and to register
Harvard Longwood campus
Take the Stairs Campaign
Wednesday, March 15-Monday, April 24
Harvard Medical School Sustainability Fair
Wednesday, April 26, 11 am-2 pm
Courtyard Cafe
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Sustainability Fair
Thursday, April 27, 11 am-2 pm
Kresge Cafe, Rosenau Atrium
"Living Sustainably" Yoga and Kitchari Cooking Class
Sunday, April 30, 4-7 pm
Shattuck International House
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Freecycle
Wednesday, May 3, 11 am-2 pm
Kresge Cafe, Rosenau Atrium
Harvard Medical School Freecycle
Thursday, May 4, 11 am-2 pm
Courtyard Cafe
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Ocean Evolution Today
The Impact of Human Activities on the Ecology and Evolution of Marine Organisms
Thursday, April 20, 4 pm
Science Center, Hall D
Next of Kin: Seeing Extinction through the Artist’s Lens
Exhibition runs through July 16, 2017
Planetary Health Alliance
The Impact of Pollution on Planetary Health
Wednesday, April 12, 4 pm
Haller Hall, Room 102, Harvard Geological Museum
Inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 29-Sunday, April 30
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School
Open to the public
View the Harvard University Center for the Environment's Calendar
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11 am–2 pm
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12–6 pm
