Sustainability Events

Arbor Day
Join in our campus celebration of trees and all they provide for us! Meet at the fountain area on the Wenatchee campus to learn how to measure how much carbon each tree holds with USFS silviculturist Connie Mehmel. Then take a walking tour of our campus tree arboretum with Professor Jennifer Hadersberger. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fountain Area, Wenatchee campus

Bike to Campus Week 2025
Bike to Campus Week was from May 12 to May 16 on both Omak and Wenatchee campuses. Participants took a photo of their bike parked on campus for a chance to win prizes.  The goal was to reduce participants' carbon footprint and improve health.

World Pollinator Day
World Pollinator Day was on Tues., May 20, 2025 on the Wenatchee campus.  Participants met at the fountain to take a campus pollinator tour, plant in our pollinator garden, taste some honey, and make Mason bee houses. This event was hosted by the WVC Sustainability Committee in coordination with Psi Beta and CAMP.

Earth Day Fair 2025
WVC partnered with Sustainable NCW to host their community Earth Day Fair on campus with a 5K or 1 mile Fun Run and then main events by the fountain. This free, family friendly fair featured hands-on activities and learning opportunities to celebrate the Earth! The fair included 50+ vendors, music, bike repair, food trucks, mini workshops, EVs, and a silent auction. 

Earth Day Reading
Recognizing Earth Day and National Poetry Month, WVC held events on campus near the fountain, including stormwater drain sidewalk chalk art and measuring carbon in campus trees. Lunch was served for students and staff at 12:30 p.m. and then festivities moved inside to the Grove Recital Hall for poetry reading by students, staff and visiting writers.  Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed a guided wildflower hike off campus at the Jacobson Preserve at 2:45 p.m.

Zero Waste Wednesday 2025
The WVC Sustainability Committee hosted a clothing swap and a clothing repair station, where college students, faculty, and staff could bring clothes to be mended or to be swapped for something new (to you)! They also had a recycling game with prizes, demonstrations of our campus glass crusher, and a recycling waste audit.

October is Tree Campus Month!

• Thursday, October 17th 10:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. and 1:30p.m. to 2:30p.m. -- Planting the new Pollinator Garden behind the Library and Wells Hall. Students and staff are welcome to help plant native shrubs and trees to attract pollinators and beautify our campus! 
•  Thursday, October 24th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. -- Common Ground film screening open to the public in Van Tassel Lounge. This film about regenerative agriculture is hosted by the WVC Sustainability Committee, Sustainable NCW, and Rotary District 5060 Environmental Group. There will be a Q&A afterwards. Popcorn and sparkling water will be available!

Bike to Campus
Bike to Campus Week was from May 12 to May 16 on both Omak and Wenatchee campuses. Participants took a photo of their bike parked on campus for a chance to win prizes.  The goal was to reduce participants' carbon footprint and improve health.

Earth Week 2024
WVC celebrated Earth Week with a week of events celebrating sustainability and the natural world.  April 2024

Climate Change & Agriculture in Eastern WA
Public presentation by Chad Kruger on climate impacts for our regional agriculture and creative solutions for dealing with it.  This event is the first in the Climate Solutions speaker series. Chad Kruger currently  directs WSU's Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee and Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources. March 7, 2024

WVC Clothing Swap
Sustainability Committee parterned with QSA and ASWVC to hold a week long clothing swap which included gender affirming options and a screening of the film 'The True Cost'. January 2024

Tree Campus Service Learning
WVC had tree campus service learning events in October 2023 where students were encouraged to learn how to measure carbon in our campus trees guided by Natural Resources professor Mike Lesky.

Earth Week 2023
WVC celebrated Earth Week with a week of events celebrating sustainability and the natural world.

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Arbor Day 2023
WVC celebrated Arbor Day with Washington State’s first Native Poet Laureate, Rena Priest, who read poems about trees, joining fellow contributors to the Cascadia Field Guide book.

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Dr. Drew Lanham
In honor of Black History Month, noted writer and ornithologist Drew Lanham gave a reading and discussed the intersection between race and the environment with our panel.

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Earth Day 2022
WVC celebrated Earth Day with a week of events celebrating sustainability and the natural world.

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Taylor Brorby 
Visiting writer and activist Taylor Brorby reads from his book, "Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land," and discusses the ways social and environmental justice are leaves of the same tree.

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