Special Edition – Earth Month
Editor’s Note: Earth Month is right around the corner! This special edition of Niner Insider offers an overview of upcoming events and spotlight campus community members who are making an impact.
Sustainability In teaching
Did you know that the Office of Sustainability organizes sustainability in the curriculum workshops for faculty? For the past 10 years, UNC Charlotte faculty have led multi-day workshops to help colleagues collaborate and discover new resources and pathways to incorporate sustainability into their courses. Learn how Kristin Rothrock, senior lecturer in art and art history, is incorporating sustainability concepts and practices into her fundamental art classes.
Get Involved: Earth Month Celebrations
Celebrate Earth Month with on- and off-campus organizations focused on environmental stewardship at the Earth Day Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, April 3, in Belk Plaza.
Get your hands dirty while cleaning up campus during Campus Beautification Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, on Charlotte’s main campus.
Learn about campus sustainability initiatives with tours of green buildings, the Botanical Gardens, the recycling warehouse and more during the Earth Month Tour Series from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesdays, April 1-22.
Join the Office of Sustainability EcoReps for sustainability-themed board games, including Catan: New Energies, Daybreak and Green Monopoly at Earth Month Game Night from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 11, in Norm’s Gameroom.
Sustainability spotlights
Reconnect to Nature: Join Pollinator Club Founding Faculty Carrie Wells on Student Garden Day
Niners who make their way to the pollinator gardens on Student Garden Day, Friday, April 18, will be planting alongside Carrie Wells ’22, who helped establish the garden in 2016. She talks about reconnecting with nature and appreciating a disappearing part of our ecosystem.
Earth Club President Lydia Knier Has Promoted Environmental Sustainability Since Day One
Since her freshman year, Lydia Knier has worked in the Office of Sustainability, first as an EcoRep and now as an analyst. Knier, who also serves as the president of Earth Club, talks about her passion for protecting the planet and more.
Sustainability Around Campus
UNC Charlotte’s Dontá L. Wilson Residence Hall has achieved a rating of two Green Globes from the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes for New Construction program. The evaluation covers environmental sustainability, health and wellness of future tenants and resilient design and practices.
ICYMI Sustainability Stories
- Paper Towel Composting Expands to Popp Martin Student Union and UREC
- Green Workplace Program Launched
- UNC Charlotte Featured in Princeton Review 2025 Guide to Green Colleges
- Jordan Landis ’24 Researches Microplastic-eating Algae to Improve Charlotte’s Wastewater Treatment
- Inspired by the Outdoors, Cai Fox Supports Sustainability Reporting
- Charlotte Receives Global Recognition for Sustainability Impact