Events

Zero Waste Week 2025 is November 3-7!

Image

Schedule:

Monday, November 3

• Seaweed Farm Tour. 11:00 - 12:30pm. Join us on a field trip to a local seaweed farm! Field trip vans depart from Harry Griffith Hall. See this flyer to sign up.
• Repair Cafe. 1:00 - 3:00pm, Library 205 Makerspace. Got something broken? Drop-in session to get support and work on repairs to save money, keep things from going to the dump, and be more sustainable. See this link for details.
• Reusable Office Supply Exchange. 8 - 5pm, NHW rm 216. Help yourself to free, lightly used classroom, office and art supplies! You can donate too. More info at R.O.S.E.
• Trashin' Fashion Workshop. 6:00 - 7:00pm, Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (CCAT). Join us to work on an outfit for the Trashin' Fashion Show on Friday! We will have some supplies, but also bring your own!

Tuesday, November 4

• Reusable Office Supply Exchange. 8 - 5pm, NHW rm 216. Help yourself to free, lightly used classroom, office and art supplies! You can donate too. More info at R.O.S.E.
• [Tentative] Cigarette Surfboard Film Screening + Discussion with the filmmakers. 7:00 - 9:00pm, Arcata Theater Lounge. Award winning documentary about ocean stewardship, communities rising up to fight plastic pollution, and surfing. See this link for details. 

Wednesday, November 5

• Junque Art Show. 12:00 - 5:00pm, Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F Street, Eureka. Each artwork in this juried exhibition is made from 100% recycled materials…reclaimed, reused, recovered, secondhand, salvaged, anything un-new! See this link for details.
• Zero Waste All-Abilities Group Bike Ride. 3:00 - 4:30pm. Starts/Ends at the Harry Griffith Hall bikeshare station. Join us to see zero waste in action in our community! Bring a bike or use one of ours. See this flyer for details.
• Fast Fashion and the Atacama Desert Clothes Dump: Film Screening. 7:00 - 9:00pm, Karshner Lounge (SAC rm 222). Wellness Wednesdays print carving workshop + Documentary on the social and environmental impacts of fast fashion.
• Reusable Office Supply Exchange. 8 - 5pm, NHW rm 216. Help yourself to free, lightly used classroom, office and art supplies! You can donate too. More info at R.O.S.E.

Thursday, November 6

• Swap Meet + Giveaway. 12:00 - 2:00pm, Upper Quad. A chance for students to swap old for new! See this flyer for details.
• Junque Art Show. 12:00 - 5:00pm, Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F Street, Eureka. Each artwork in this juried exhibition is made from 100% recycled materials…reclaimed, reused, recovered, secondhand, salvaged, anything un-new! See this link for details.
• Campus Waste Audit. 3:00 - 4:30pm, SBS rm 405. Ready to "dumpster dive" and get your hands dirty? We will conduct a hands-on audit of the trash coming out of a campus building to learn more about what people are throwing away and how to reduce waste. See this flyer for details.
• Gather, Hold, Ground: Lucha por Comunidad Opening Reception + Artist Talk with Lilia Hernandez. 4:00 - 6:00pm, Reese Bullen Gallery (Art B 101). See this link for details.
• Reusable Office Supply Exchange. 8 - 5pm, NHW rm 216. Help yourself to free, lightly used classroom, office and art supplies! You can donate too. More info at R.O.S.E.

Friday, November 7

• Volunteer Friday. 10:00 - 12:00pm & 1:00 - 4:00pm, Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. Get your hands dirty gardening and working on community projects!
• Pollinator Garden Work Day. 11 - 4pm, outside northwest corner of Alistair McCrone Hall. Come help us revitalize and enhance a pollinator garden on campus! Tools and refreshments provided. See this flyer for details.
• Field Trip to Recology Recycling Facility. 12:30 - 2:30pm (field trip van departs at 12:30pm, tour starts at 1:00pm). Tour the recycling facility and see firsthand what happens to the items you put in your recycling bin. Space is limited, sign up here by 11/2 to reserve your spot!
• Zero Waste Eureka Bus Ride. 2:20 - 5:15pm, Library Circle Bus Stop. Join us on a field trip to Eureka to see zero waste in action, including the Junque Art Show, with works made from 100% recycled materials, shops with reusable art supplies, used books, thrift stores, and more! Bring your campus ID (to ride the bus for free), water and $2 for the art show. See this flyer for details.
• Zero Waste Banquet. 6:00 - 9:00pm, Kate Buchanan Room (GSAC 225). FREE dinner includes a Trashin' Fashion Show hosted by Green Campus. See this flyer for details.
• Reusable Office Supply Exchange. 8 - 5pm, NHW rm 216. Help yourself to free, lightly used classroom, office and art supplies! You can donate too. More info at R.O.S.E.