Earth Week 2021

Earth Week Trash Pick Up

As Outdoor Enthusiasts, we enjoy spending time in nature and experiencing all it has to offer. Keeping our planet healthy is a top priority and getting rid of litter is our way of helping out. Each bag of trash removed or recycled is a step in the right direction towards sustainability. Our ultimate goal is to bring people together in the community and take advantage of the outdoors around us. If you're a UMass Boston student, staff, or faculty member, click here to register.

Entangled Film Screening and Discussion

Join Filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter David Abel, and local whale biologists Charles “Stormy” Mayo, from the Center for Coastal Studies and Laura Ganley '20 PhD from the New England Aquarium.  The event will be moderated by Living on Earth reporter, Bobby Bascomb.

Portable Memories in Rising Seas

Fifty-Fifty art collective’s multimedia project Portable Memories in Rising Seas, hosted by the Sustainable Solutions Lab and the Climigration Network, is an opportunity to reflect on our relationships to the places we call home in the context of climate change and sea level rise.

The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: Maria Ivanova with Living on Earth

Join Host Steve Curwood of the public radio show and podcast Living on Earth and the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School for a conversation with author Maria Ivanova about the past, present, and possible future of UNEP, with an introduction from Christiana Figueres.

UMB EBC Environmental Career Panel

Representatives from several environmental professions will talk about their environmental work and career path during a panel discussion. Students and alumni are invited to ask questions in breakout rooms following the panel discussion.

The SFE Earth Day 2021 Symposium: 9th Annual Research Colloquium

Students and faculty from UMass Boston and beyond are invited to attend the keynote session, display and present posters, and celebrate the winners!

Rising Tides Project: Climate Change & Music

In Partnership with the School for the Environment (SFE) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, we will create a series of performances and programs that raise awareness around the local impact of climate change in New England by empowering young artists in Boston to be change-makers in their communities. When registering, use promo code UMBSFE to obtain free tickets!

Garden Globes

Sign up to receive a make your own air plant terrarium kit!

Spring 2021 Biology Dimensions of Sustainability Symposium: Green and Blue New Deals/Science and Economics for 2021

Biology Professor Reinmar Seidler is hosting the Spring 2021 Biology Dimensions of Sustainability Symposium: Green and Blue New Deals/Science and Economics for 2021. He is bringing in guest speakers Noel Healy from Salem State University, Jonathan Harris from Tufts University, and Rebecca Lewison from San Diego State University.

Earth Week Game Show

The Earth Week Game Show is a word guessing game similar to “Wheel of Fortune" with an Earth Day theme. Three contestants compete at a time, and after each puzzle, contestants will rotate. The winner of each round will receive a $50 Amazon Shopping Spree!