Join us for Earth Week 2025 at FDLTCC! More details will be available closer to the event date.
Monday, April 21
- 9:00 AM – Opening Speaker
- 9:30 AM – Student Visit Day with FDL Resource Management
- 12:00 PM – Earth Week Opening Feast and Tabling
Tuesday, April 22
- 9:15 AM – Emma Pardini from WLSSD:Recycling and Waste Reduction
- “What’s actually recyclable? What happens to all the stuff I toss in my bins? Join a Resource Renew Environmental Program Coordinator to learn how recycling fits into the bigger picture of waste reduction behavior.”
- 11:00 AM – FDLTCC Campus Recycling Demonstration with Environmental Club
- 1:00 PM – Earth Week Bioblitz: Introduction to using iNaturalist
- 3:00 PM – Seed Starting with Erika Resendiz Alonso
Wednesday, April 23
- 9:00 AM – Research Symposium
- Keynote Presentation: Returning Cultural Fire to Landscapes That Miss It: Our landscapes and relatives within them miss the presence of low-severity, frequent burns set by Indigenous peoples. The lack of fire has caused decreases in biological diversity and increases in wildfire severity due to the increased accumulation of burnable materials on the forest floors. In this presentation, we will hear how Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek and others are looking to revitalize cultural fire by first listening to the needs and wants of Indigenous communities.
- 12:00 PM – Lunch
- 4:00 PM – Student Showcase, Hors d’oeuvres, and Tabling
Thursday, April 24
- 1:00 PM- Dr. John Pastor, Guest Speaker: The Intersection of Art and Science
Friday, April 25
- 12:00 PM – Film Showing: “Bad River” (Room 195)