The Environmental Center Presents: Earth Week 2026

Monday, April 13 – Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Join the Environmental Center during Earth Week 2026 as we host and participate in a abundance of events. While every day is Earth Day here at the Environmental Center, we are excited to promote a full 10 days of opportunities that YOU can connect with the EC, take collective action for sustainability across the Durango community, and have some fun while you’re at it.

A watercolor drawing of Earth
April
10

Earth Week Radio Hour

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Listen on KDUR Radio

Jules Gavin will be celebrating all week on the radio! Tune into KDUR (91.9 /93.9) at 3 PM on Friday 4/10, Monday 4/20, and 5 pm on Wednesday 4/22.

April
13 - 22

Earth Week Bingo

Environmental Center

Grab your bingo card from the EC (Student Union 145) and complete for a chance to win a prize! You can complete the bingo card by participating in Earth Day activities with the EC, Grub Hub, and Durango’s Earth Day event.

April
13

Tree Planting (Part 1) Prep

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

FLC Clocktower

Join the EC Tree Campus team as we prepare (dig holes!) for planting trees on campus!

April
14

Outdoor Giant Free Store

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Student Union Plaza

The Free Store is pulling out all the stops and hosting a GIANT Free Store! This will be the final free store of the semester.

April
15

Tree Planting

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

FLC Clocktower

Time to plant the trees! Join for “Part 2” of tree planting and help put the trees in the ground.

April
18

Community Earth Day

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Train Station to Buckley Park on Main Ave

The Environmental Center will have a booth in Buckley Park. We hope to see you there!

  • Parade- 10:30 AM, Train Station to Buckley Park on Main Ave
  • Celebration- 11 AM- 4 PM, Buckley Park

Learn more

April
20

Reusable Container Decorating Extravaganza

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Grub Hub

Bring your own container and personalize it in the Grub Hub! They’ll have specialized stickers so you can make your container your own personal masterpiece. Remember to bring your own (decorated or not) container to get all your Grub Hub meals and help cut down on waste!

April
22

Plant Based Meal in Dining Hall

Earth Day!

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Student Union Dining Hall

The dining hall will be serving ALL plant-based items for lunch. Don’t worry, this meal is not only more environmentally conscious, but high in nutrients, including protein.

April
22

Mulch and Mushrooms Workshop

Earth Day!

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Environmental Center

The EC Growing Spaces team is teaming up with Leafcutter Farm to lead a workshop on how to grow mushrooms. Meet at the Environmental Center, and we’ll head over to the campus Food Forest to inoculate woodchips with mushroom spores.

April
22

Earth Day Outdoor Film Fest

Earth Day!

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Outdoor Amphitheater (Near clocktower)

Our final Earth Day event will be a film fest with the theme “Water in the West.” We’ll be showing select films from the Tribal Water Media Fellowship and featuring Oregon Public Broadcasting’s short film “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River After the Largest Dam Removal in US History.”