MSU Sustainability Month
Sat, September 30, 2023 11:00 PM - Tue, October 31, 2023 10:59 PM at various location across campus
Join an action-packed month ahead this October to celebrate Sustainability Month with plenty of opportunities to Be Spartan Green!
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Be Spartan Green and embrace sustainable actions in your daily life. Take the MSU Sustainability Pledge. |
Make an impact during Sustainability Month. Participate in Spartan Day of Service on 10/14 to make a difference. |
Don't miss fall fest at the MSU Surplus Store & Recycling Center! Come out on 10/14. |
Student Giveaway
Calling all MSU students! Complete the Spartan Green Living Certification during the month of October for a chance to win an energy efficiency kit! Details to be announced.
Sustainability Month Calendar
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Hanover Forest Online Seminar Series: Hillary Pine, Michigan's Forest History October 3, 3:30 - 4:30 pm @ Natural Resources Rm 225 / Zoom In the 1830s, it was estimated that Michigan had enough pine to cut for hundreds of years. Just 80 years later, the state was almost entirely clearcut. By the 1930s, clearcutting, wildfires, and a depression had wreaked havoc on the state’s people and land. Learn how Michigan’s forests fell, about groundbreaking experimentation at Michigan’s first nursery, and how the monumental work of the Civilian Conservation Corps transformed a broken land and economy. |
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Energy Efficiency Day October 4 Did you the know the greenest energy is the energy you don't use? Help us be spartan green by turning off lights and unplugging unused electronics. When we collectively do our part, small actions add up to big impact! |
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Bizarre Botany - Movie Night: The Thing from Another World (1951) October 5, 6:30 - 9:30 pm @ MSU Library Green Rm (4-West) Get ready for Halloween with the Beal Botanical Garden’s Bizarre Botany Movie Series. Every Thursday this October, bring a picnic blanket to the library to lounge while enjoying a classic botanical baddies monster movie. Each week will feature a different movie ending with a double feature on the 26th! |
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Baker Woodlot Guided Walk and Celebration October 7, 1 pm @ Baker Woodlot East Entrance Baker Woodlot will be inducted into the Old Growth Forest Network. Come out to celebrate and enjoy a guided walk through the woodlot by MSU experts. Hosted by the Campus Natural Areas Classroom, Curriculum and Conservation Committee and the MSU Department of Forestry. |
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October 10, 3:30 - 4:30 pm @ Natural Resources Rm 225 / Zoom The Amazon forest plays a vital role in cooling the Earth’s atmosphere. Droughts caused by climate change are contributing to Amazon forest degradation, however, threatening this role and the region’s rich biological and cultural diversity. I’ll share my research on the Amazon forest’s resilience (or sensitivity) to these pressures: My lab has investigated canopies’ climate responses and impacts at multiple scales, sometimes measuring leaves 100+ feet above the ground, often employing innovative remote sensing approaches. I’ll conclude outlining next |
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Beal Garden and Red Cedar River Walk October 11, 12 - 1 pm. Meet at Beal Garden. Take a tour along the Red Cedar River and learn about some of the gardens and greenspaces that make MSU's parklike campus so special. This two-mile round trip walk will leave from Beal Botanical Garden to Sanford Woodlot and back. Hosted in collaboration with Health4U, Beal Garden and the MSU Office of Sustainability. Please be sure to wear comfortable shoes. |
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October 12, 12:10 - 12:55 pm @ Beal Garden Join us for a lunchtime tour to hear some of the plant lore created to explain or protect against the shortening days and darker, colder nights of winter. What’s the connection between corn and Dracula, Santa and Mario, which plants will protect you, and which ones to avoid? The tour will meet at the Beal Garden shed/pond. |
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October 12, 2 - 5 pm @ Makerspace in the MSU Library (2-West) Patch those holes in your favorite clothes! Repair your ripped jeans and replace those shirt buttons! Join our volunteer menders to gain hands-on help in the Makerspace with your item. We will have sewing machines, thread, and some fabric. Please bring the clothing you want to repair and any patches, specific colors of thread, or buttons for your project. Mending is a fun way to save money and the environment. Registration is requested but not required, feel free to drop in. |
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Bizarre Botany - Movie Night: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) October 12, 6:30 - 9:30 pm @ MSU Library Green Rm (4-West) Get ready for Halloween with the Beal Botanical Garden’s Bizarre Botany Movie Series. Every Thursday this October, bring a picnic blanket to the library to lounge while enjoying a classic botanical baddies monster movie. Each week will feature a different movie ending with a double feature on the 26th! |
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Spartan Day of Service October 14 Spartan Days of Service is a perfect way for you, your group of friends or organization to get involved and make an impact in the local community. Projects are open to all students and include transportation, a light breakfast, a bagged lunch and a t-shirt for the day. Virtual options will also be available for those who would rather serve remotely. There are opportunities for everyone to get involved and make a difference! Check back for details. |
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October 14, 12 - 4 pm @ the MSU Recycling Center Come out to the MSU Recycling Center for compost and recycling tours, upcycling crafts, and music by Impact 89! Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to teh MSU Student Food Bank and receive a free pumpkin to carve. |
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October 17, 3 - 4:15 pm Hosted by the Broad College of Business, this webinar will discuss the issues and challenges around water use disclosures in corporations, the current & changing landscapes around disclosure for water use and delve into the ethical considerations that corporations face when determining how best to approach goal disclosures, pledges and improving transparency. |
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Hanover Forest Online Seminar Series: Raju Pokharel, Woodshed Mapping October 17, 3:30 - 4:30 pm @ Natural Resources Rm 225 / Zoom The woodsheds maps demonstrate where market ‘hotspots’ occur, highlighting areas best suited to invest in from industry, forestry professional, and policy perspective, and which wood products industries are most likely to succeed. This talk will discuss the development of woodshed mapping methods and their application on location identification, feedstock assessment, and economic impacts evaluation of increased mass timber, biopower, and biochar in the Great Lake States. |
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Bizarre Botany - Movie Night: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) October 19, 6:30 - 9:30 pm @ MSU Library Green Rm (4-West) Get ready for Halloween with the Beal Botanical Garden’s Bizarre Botany Movie Series. Every Thursday this October, bring a picnic blanket to the library to lounge while enjoying a classic botanical baddies monster movie. Each week will feature a different movie ending with a double feature on the 26th! |
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Bizarre Botany - Movie Night: Little Shop of Horrors (1981) October 26, 6:30 - 9:30 pm @ MSU Library Green Rm (4-West) Get ready for Halloween with the Beal Botanical Garden’s Bizarre Botany Movie Series. Every Thursday this October, bring a picnic blanket to the library to lounge while enjoying a classic botanical baddies monster movie. Each week will feature a different movie ending with a double feature on the 26th! |
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Student Upcycle Friday: Halloween Costumes October 27, 1 - 5 pm @ Surplus Store and Recycling Center Education Center Finish up the details on your Halloween costumes with us! We will have resources for you to DIY for your Halloween customes -- adding buttons, painting fabric, and much more! |
| Learn about the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals |
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