Kalamazoo Earth Day Festival

09/24/2026

Join us for the Sustainability Celebration & Basic Needs Fair! 🌱🌏

Come celebrate sustainability at WMU and connect with campus and Kalamazoo organizations working toward a more sustainable future. This year, we're also partnering with Montgomery Essential Needs to connect students with basic needs resources in the community.

MARK your calendar‼️
🗓 Friday, September 25, 2026
🕚 From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
📍 Board of Trustees Plaza (between Student Center, Waldo Library, & Kanley Chapel)

What to expect:
- OfS programs and student organizations
- EcoEssential distribution for new students
- Live Music 🎶
- Refreshments
- Sustainability and basic needs resources
- Opportunities to learn, connect, network, and engage with environmental organizations in the Kalamazoo area!
- Free routine bike maintenance with Open Roads! 🚲🔧 (first come, first served, no registration required)

Biking, walking, and carpooling are encouraged, and complimentary parking will be available in Lot 41.

Come celebrate, connect, and learn how can you get involved in sustainability at WMU! 💚

09/22/2026

09/17/2026

Interested in supporting Hope for Creation AND enjoying a fun evening of good music, joy and community? We have a great opportunity coming up in a couple of weeks! Tickets are selling fast -- get yours now!

09/15/2026

Do you have piles of peppers? Drowning in squash? Buried by beans?

Come to our Harvest Swap Growers Gathering at Tay's Farm October 3rd to share your harvest! If the weather plays out correctly we will also have seed garlic to giveaway for late October planting!!

You do not need to bring produce to participate but bring it if you have extra! Any food not claimed will go in the Community Cupboard!

09/10/2026

Dee Chauvin is busy improving the lives of cats🐈, protecting birds 🐦, and creating community with their human neighbors 💚. Dee is the featured guest, along with hosts Joe Byars and David Benac to launch the new season of the Connecting Communities podcast. This is a must-listen episode if you love cats 🐈‍⬛ , or any animals🐾, and want to hear a heartwarming ❤️ story of personal action that anyone with enough passion can replicate 💚.

Listen to the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6UdXq0y4EQTJKyrkjxoxQK

09/09/2026

Connecting Communities Podcast, Episode 79: The Problem of Too Many Cats, with Guest Dee Chauvin and co-hosts David Benac and Joe Byars.

You can view this episode and more on Spotify, our YouTube channel, or wherever you get your podcasts.

09/02/2026