Earth Week

April 18-22, 2022

This year's Earth Week celebrations include the return of the annual plant swap, open to the public for the first time in three years! Hear Gardening with Ciscoe, recycle your old electronics and styrofoam, learn about bird-friendly communities and more. All events are free and open to EvCC students, faculty, staff, and the public.

Bird-Friendly Communities: 1-2 p.m. April 18

Location: Gray Wolf Hall, Room 164

Brian Zinke, wildlife biologist and executive director of the Pilchuck Audubon Society, talks about turning our communities into bird-friendly communities that can help tackle climate change. 

Plant Swap: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. April 19

Location: Whitehorse Hall, second floor critique space

The EvCC Plant Swap is back!

On Tuesday, April 19, you can root yourself in the Whitehorse Critique space when the Swap buds out from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and boldly avail yourself of free greenery.

Cue your opportunity to help out with donations of plant life. (Support your local Plant Swap!)

The Swap is going down on bended knee to say "puh-leeze get down and dirty" in order to find cool things in your garden to share with the other Trojan Nation swappers.

The Swap's usual plant sources are truncated (which smarts, by the way), so the Trojan Nation is calling on itself to bring in more planty-kinda-stuff to give away this year.

To entice you to think of potting up, we have a special inducement:

Donate swap material (plants, seeds, bulbs, rhisomes, etc.), and you will qualify for a half-hour head start to get the first pick of the available plants the day of the Swap. AND be entered for a chance to win a cool plant swap prize! Email sustainability@everettcc.edu about your donation so you can be added to the list of "early access swappers."

Take this chance to be an integral part of the swap, and be sure to join the swarm of swappers on Tuesday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Whitehorse Critique space!

Find the plants you want on the plant swap guide. 

Register to Vote in Washington State 10 a.m.-1 p.m. April 19
Sponsored by the Students for Environmental Action Club

Whitehorse Hall Critique Space, 10am-1pm
You can register to vote if you are a US Citizen and are 18 or older; you can pre-register to vote if you are 16!
Bring a Washington State ID, Driver's License or Permit; if you don't have one of these you can use the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number

Gardening with Ciscoe: noon-1 p.m. April 19

Location: Whitehorse Hall, second floor critique space

Celebrity gardening expert Ciscoe Morris will share tips and answer questions about sustainable gardening. Morris gives advice on his “Gardening with Ciscoe” segments on KING 5 TV. “Ask Ciscoe” is a top selling garden book nationwide, and his most recent book "Oh, La La!" was released in 2020. 

Electronics Recycling: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 20

Location: Parking lot F (near Glacier Hall)

3R Technology will be on campus providing FREE drive-up and drop-off electronics recycling in Lot  F (next to the large recycle dumpster). Check out their website to find out what is accepted.

Styrofoam Recycling: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 20

Location: Parking lot F (near Glacier Hall)

Students for Enviromental Action (SEA) Club invites you to be an environmental hero! Bring clean styrofoam, packing peanuts in bags or boxes, bubble wrap and plastic film to be recycled--for FREE! See a list of acceptable items.

Green Everett Partnership Event: 3-5 p.m. April 22

Location: Thornton A. Sullivan Park

Come celebrate Earth Month with the Green Everett Partnership! Join us as we care for one of our favorite local parks, by removing colonizing weeds like blackberry and herb robert and spreading mulch around young plants.

Open to the public. All ages OK. Don't forget the Youth Waiver Form signed by parents if you are under 18!

What to Bring: Be prepared to work rain or shine! Dress in layers and wear clothing that you don't mind getting dirty. Closed-toed shoes, long sleeves, and pants are recommended. Bring a [reusable] water bottle and a snack. We will be providing tools as well as gloves. If you have your own work gloves, feel free to bring them. Please also bring a face mask and expect to wear it the entire time.

EvCC Sustainability Initiative 

Since the inception of the EvCC Sustainability Initiative in 2009, Everett Community College has been dedicated to sustainable practices, providing free sustainability information and events, and partnering with the local community to create a more eco friendly campus environment.