Sierra College Earth Week

We will have music, games, activities, workshops, vendors, and more. 

Earth Day is an international celebration that takes place around the world on April 22nd to show support for environmental conservation, preservation, stewardship, and reciprocity. Earth Day is observed in more than 193 countries and reminds each one of us that Earth and its habitats provide us with life and subsistence. Earth Day in its current form was first celebrated in 1970, but cultures around the world have been honoring Earth for millennia. 
 

Our theme this year, Planet versus Plastics, calls to advocate for widespread awareness on the health risk of plastics, urgently push for a ban of single use plastics on the Sierra College campuses, and demand an end to fast fashion. We join EarthDay.org in demanding a 60% global reduction in the production of all plastics by 2040. Join us as we build a plastic-free planet for generations to come!
 

The Sierra College Environmentally Concerned Organization of Students (ECOS) Club was founded in 1990 and, along with the Associated Students of Sierra College (ASSC) and the Earth Day Committee, has been integral in the implementation of the Sierra College Earth Day celebration for more than three decades. In November 2023, the Sierra College ECOS Club submitted an open letter requesting that the Sierra Community College District enact a funding policy prohibiting the use of any District dollars for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles. Check out the letter here.     

Event Purpose:  

The event is free and open to the public. We invite Sierra College students, faculty, staff, and the wider community to join us in a day of celebration and education to:  

• raise awareness of, give thanks for, and celebrate the bountiful gifts that we receive from nature;   

• educate ourselves and others about how human activity impacts Earth systems—both negatively and positively;   

• remind each other that we are in a reciprocal relationship with all of the systems of our planet—what we use, how we behave, what we create affects all organisms, including humans;    

• share information about how we can reduce our ecological footprint and live by the Seventh Generation Principle, the Haudenosaunee philosophy that the decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future;  

• strengthen our community bond so that we can support each other and work together toward a more just and sustainable future. 

“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.”  ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass 

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”  ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants 

Nutty Tacos are back! Get yours* while they last! 

*Student clubs can only accept cash or check. Sorry! 

• 10am-3pm, Lower Quad

  • Information scavenger hunt (ECOS booth)

  • Rock Climbing wall (free!)

  • Plant Sale 

  • Recycled Fashion Sale

  • Nutty Tacos

  • Games

• 12:15p-12:45p: Sierra College Jazz Ensemble (Lower Quad)

• 12-1pm: Writing for Our Lives: A Literary Reading in Honor of Earth Day (Mythopoetics Club) Rare Book Room (2nd floor library)

• All week: Art in the Q-building and 2nd floor of library

• Other events throughout the week. 

Art Club

Astronomy Club

Empowering Asian Students

Fashion Club

Ukrainian Students Club "Vsi Svoi"

Uso

Chemistry Club

ECOS - Environmentally Concerned Organization of Students

Multilingual Student Club

Native Americans of Sierra College

Puente Club

Sierra College Motorsports

Sierra College Political Science Club

Sierra Journal

Sustainable Ag Club

*At this time, clubs can only accept cash or check for donations

To apply to be set up an ASSC Club Booth at the event, please complete this application by 3/25/23: https://forms.office.com/r/EYKCfRb6pW If applying after that date, also email earthday@sierracollege.edu. 

• SARSAS - Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead

• Placer Land Trust

• American River Conservancy

• Sierra Club-Placer Group

• Sierra Streams Institute

• Placer County Stormwater Quality and Floodplain Management

• City of Rocklin (Rocklin Road Sierra College Corridor Multimodal Enhancements Project)

• Placer Resource Conservation District

• Placer County Planning Services 

• Safer Consumer Products (SCP)

• Ocean Integrity

• South Yuba River Citizens League 

• Placer Nature Center

• Friends of Auburn Ravine

• Roseville Urban Forest Foundation

• Dry Creek Conservancy

• Think Plastic Alternatives

• Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

• Auburn State Recreation Area Canyon Keepers

• Cosumnes River Preserve 

• Better Beaver Management In Placer County

To apply to have a table at the event, please complete this application by 3/25/24: https://forms.office.com/r/EYKCfRb6pW If applying after that date, also email earthday@sierracollege.edu. 

• Agriculture Department

• Environmental Sciences and Sustainability (ESS) Department

• Fashion Industries Department

• Sierra Journal 

• ASSC Programming Board

• Placer Earth Care Action (PECA)

• Auburn Area Democratic Club

• Sierra College Library

• Placer Action Network

• Success Center

• Student Engagement Centers

• Placer Women Democrats

• Democratic Socialists of America Roseville

• Sierra College Intermediate High ESL oral skills class 

• Professor Mukutmoni's Nutrition 10 students

• Financial Aid Department 

• Collaborative Honors Project (Intersectional Environmentalism)

• Sierra College Counseling Department

• ESS 7 - Climate & Energy class 

To apply to have a table at the event, please complete this application by 3/25/24: https://forms.office.com/r/EYKCfRb6pW

Some student clubs will be offering items for club fundraising. Unlike the other vendors at the event, student clubs are only allowed to accept cash or checks for donations. We cannot accept Venmo, Square, CashApp, etc.