April Earth Month Events

Save the Date

Spring Lake Earth Day Festival

When: Saturday, April 23 from 10am to 3pm

Where: The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Spring Lake

The Meadows Center’s annual Spring Lake Earth Day celebration is a free and family friendly event for people to join the community to recognize and protect our planet.

Activities include:

Educational and recreational games for all ages
Virtual reality demonstrations
Live entertainment
Food and vendor booths
Discounted $5 Glass-Bottom Boat tours with a donation of non-perishable food item to Hays County Bank

Open Closet

The Office of Sustainability is hosting a safe space for anyone to come look through gender free, gently used items. This event will take place at the LBJSC Ballroom on April 18th from 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

Donations of gently used clothing will be accepted during business hours from April 11th-15th at the Institutional Inclusive Excellence office in LBJSC room 2-20.0.

Accepted items include:

-Shirts (T-shirts, Blouses, etc.)

-Pants (Jeans, Trousers, Skirts, etc.)

-Dresses

-Shoes (Sneakers, Sandals, Boots, etc.)

-Accessories (Jewelry, Hats, Glasses, Belts, etc.)

We will also be accepting donations the day of the event.

Everyone is allowed 10 items. Don’t forget to bring a reusable bag!

To request accommodations for this event, please contact Institutional Inclusive Excellence at excellence@txstate.edu or at 512-245-2278.

TXST Pocket Prairie

Location: In between Derrick Hall & Math Computer Science building and Alkek Library.

Texas State’s Office of Sustainability has received funding from the Environmental Service Fee Committee to install a Blackland pocket prairie on the 235 square foot plot.
A pocket prairie is a small urban planter featuring native plants that provide habitat for native species like the Monarch butterfly and the Green Anole.
It will also function as a bioswell, which means that it will collect and hold rainwater and slowly release it back into the environment helping decrease urban flooding.

Out back nursery: Landscaping services:: Native plant gardens. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2022, from http://www.outbacknursery.com/landscaping/nativegardens.htm

Funding for Environmental & Sustainable Projects on Campus

– If you are looking for financial support for your project or research idea apply for funding through the Environmental Service Fee Committee.

– The Environmental Service Fee Committee uses the $1 environmental fee from Bobcats’ tuition to fund environmental and sustainable projects across campus.

– Apply for funding today: https://www.txstate.edu/esc/application0.html

– Apply to the Green Cat Challenge Award: https://www.txstate.edu/facultysenate/committees/facilities.html

April Earth Month Events

Save the Date

Spring Lake Earth Day Festival

When: Saturday, April 23 from 10am to 3pm

Where: The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Spring Lake

The Meadows Center’s annual Spring Lake Earth Day celebration is a free and family friendly event for people to join the community to recognize and protect our planet.

Activities include:

Educational and recreational games for all ages

Virtual reality demonstrations

Live entertainment

Food and vendor booths

Discounted $5 Glass-Bottom Boat tours with a donation of non-perishable food item to Hays County Bank

Open Closet

The Office of Sustainability is hosting a safe space for anyone to come look through gender free, gently used items. This event will take place at the LBJSC Ballroom on April 18th from 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

Donations of gently used clothing will be accepted during business hours from April 11th-15th at the Institutional Inclusive Excellence office in LBJSC room 2-20.0.

Accepted items include:

-Shirts (T-shirts, Blouses, etc.)

-Pants (Jeans, Trousers, Skirts, etc.)

-Dresses

-Shoes (Sneakers, Sandals, Boots, etc.)

-Accessories (Jewelry, Hats, Glasses, Belts, etc.)

We will also be accepting donations the day of the event.

Everyone is allowed 10 items. Don’t forget to bring a reusable bag!

TXST Pocket Prairie

Location: In between Derrick Hall & Math Computer Science building and Alkek Library.

Texas State’s Office of Sustainability has received funding from the Environmental Service Fee Committee to install a Blackland pocket prairie on the 235 square foot plot.

A pocket prairie is a small urban planter featuring native plants that provide habitat for native species like the Monarch butterfly and the Green Anole.

It will also function as a bioswell, which means that it will collect and hold rainwater and slowly release it back into the environment helping decrease urban flooding.

Out back nursery: Landscaping services:: Native plant gardens. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2022, from http://www.outbacknursery.com/landscaping/nativegardens.htm

Funding for Environmental & Sustainable Projects on Campus

– If you are looking for financial support for your project or research idea apply for funding through the Environmental Service Fee Committee.

– The Environmental Service Fee Committee uses the $1 environmental fee from Bobcats’ tuition to fund environmental and sustainable projects across campus.

– Apply for funding today: https://www.txstate.edu/esc/application0.html

– Apply to the Green Cat Challenge Award: https://www.txstate.edu/facultysenate/committees/facilities.html