Earth Month 2025 | Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Strengthening Connections

April 22 is Earth Day, and the med center is celebrating all April long! This Earth Month will highlight the link between human and environmental health, and the importance of strengthening connections with one another for mutual well-being. Check out the list below to learn how to participate in the Earth Month celebrations and engage with one another.

Personal Electronic Waste and Techno Trash Shredding Event | April 29th, 10am-6pm & April 30th, 6am-2pm | UNMC Grounds Building (Annex 23)

Have unneeded electronics, batteries, bikes, or documents laying around? Attend our annual recycling event! This year, we are partnering with the Community Bike Project of Omaha to collect damaged or un-used bikes. CBPO will fix up the bikes and donate them back to our community. Bring your bikes, e-waste, and old media to be recycled. For more details, visit this webpage. Interested in volunteering at the event? Stay tuned!

Personal Electronic Waste and Techno Trash Shredding Event | April 29th, 10am-6pm & April 30th, 6am-2pm | UNMC Grounds Building (Annex 23)

Have unneeded electronics, batteries, bikes, or documents laying around? Attend our annual recycling event! This year, we are partnering with the Community Bike Project of Omaha to collect damaged or un-used bikes. CBPO will fix up the bikes and donate them back to our community. Bring your bikes, e-waste, and old media to be recycled. For more details, visit this webpage. Interested in volunteering at the event? Stay tuned!

Healthcare Ecochallenge | All Month | Online

Join the Healthcare EcoChallenge, where you can take sustainable action directly related to healthcare and health topics. Click here to join the med center team and earn points! Top-scoring participants will be recognized and receive a local gift card at the end of the month.

Nebraska Medicine PULSE Survey | Mid-April (open for 2 weeks) | Online

The April PULSE survey will include questions to evaluate the effectiveness of the med center’s sustainability initiatives. If you are a staff member at Nebraska Medicine or a part of UNMC’s facilities team, we encourage you to share your feedback! Stay tuned for the survey to be distributed.

Farrah Grant: Climate Hope Presentation | April 21st, 12-1pm | MSC 214 OR Zoom

The LGA ERG will host Farrah Grant, an instructor from UNO, who will present on the concept of Climate Hope. Climate Hope is the belief that, despite the daunting realities of climate change, solutions exist and progress is possible. Attend in-person in MSC 214 or via Zoom by clicking here.

HEAL Photo Challenge | April 21st-25th | Instagram

Celebrate Earth Week by participating in HEAL’s Instagram photo challenge! Capture and share your best nature-inspired photos to raise awareness and inspire positive change for the planet. Instagram: @healunmc

Campus Cleanup | April 24th, 12-1pm | Location TBD

Join us in picking up trash around campus over lunchtime with the Blue Bucket Project. We will be cleaning up at a location TBD. We will make sure our campus is litter-free while also making connections with one another! Invite your friends, coworkers, and classmates!

Arbor Day Tree Planting Ceremony | April 25th, 12-1pm | Greenspace by the Sorrel Center

Join the Office of Sustainability, HEAL, and the ERG in the bi-annual tree planting event! Help improve green spaces on campus while learning more from HEAL about student sustainability efforts. We will have stickers, donuts, and coffee, and you will also have the chance to name the tree being planted.