{"id":50456,"date":"2025-04-15T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=50456"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:57:38","slug":"acc-celebrates-earth-week-2025-with-sustainability-events-across-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2025\/04\/15\/acc-celebrates-earth-week-2025-with-sustainability-events-across-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Celebrates Earth Week 2025 With Sustainability Events Across Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) invites students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Earth Week 2025 from April 21-25. With over 70 free events across the district, the week highlights ACC\u2019s commitment to sustainability through hands-on activities, educational workshops, and community initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Earth Week Featured Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cultural Center Showcases <\/strong>\u2013 Learn more about each of ACC\u2019s Cultural Centers at one of the interactive events each day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Student-Led Seminars<\/strong> \u2013 Join fellow Riverbats to learn more about trees and mental health, food waste prevention, light pollution, and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Potted Plant Parties<\/strong> \u2013 Available at multiple campuses, offering opportunities to plant and take home native seeds or herbs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Free Book Swaps<\/strong> \u2013 Encouraging reuse and sustainability at Highland, Rio Grande, Cypress Creek, and other campuses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eco-Friendly DIY Workshops<\/strong> \u2013 Make bird feeders, seed balls, and upcycled crafts at various locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Volunteer &amp; Cleanup Events<\/strong> \u2013 From guided nature walks to pollinator garden projects, get involved in hands-on sustainability efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The week also features campus sustainability fairs, film screenings, and cultural center showcases focusing on environmental justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Events are free and open to all ACC students, faculty, and staff. Stay updated on activities by visiting the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/earthweek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>ACC Earth Week web page<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) invites students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Earth Week 2025 from April 21-25. With over 70 free events across the district, the week highlights ACC\u2019s commitment to sustainability through hands-on activities, educational workshops, and community initiatives. Earth Week Featured Events The week also features campus sustainability fairs, film screenings, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":50457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[432,63],"class_list":["post-50456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-earth-week","tag-sustainability","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}