Earth Fest Celebration at Penn State Berks to be held on April 18

Two hands scooping dirt from an aluminum pie plate
Credit: Katie Quinn

The Penn State Berks Sustainability Team announces the return of the college’s annual Earth Fest celebration. Earth Fest 2022: Striving for Sustainability, Equity, and Justice will be held on Monday April 18, from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and will be free and open to both the campus community and the public.

Participants can enter to win eco-friendly prizes at the raffle drawings that will take place every hour on the hour beginning at noon.

There will be more than 20 fun-filled and informative activities and stations for the event, including an opportunity to build a bottle greenhouse wall; an electric vehicle showcase, a rain garden display, spotted lanternfly research, renewable energy and more.

The outdoor stations will be located outside the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building and the Thun Library and Boscov-Lakin Information Commons, and in the Perkins Student Center lawn area.

For more information, contact Mahsa Kazempour, associate professor of science education, at [email protected].