News & Events

Spring 2026

Conversation Circles: Sustainability & Climate Action Commitment Feedback

- Staff & MPP:
  Monday, March 16th, 2026
  11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  Staff Center
- Open to All:
  Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
  10:00 am - 11:15 am
  Virtual - Zoom
- Faculty:
  Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
  11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  Kellogg 4400
- Students:
  Thursday , March 19th, 2026
  11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  Kellogg 4400

Fall 2025

CA Clean Air Day
September 30, 2025,
11:30 AM-1:00 PM @ Chavez Circle
San Diego Climate Week
October 2, 2025
5:30-7:30 PM @ Innovation Hub- ELB 102
Journey to Zero Waste Fair
October 28, 2025
11:30 AM- 1:00 PM @ Kellogg Plaza
Help us reach our zero waste goal! Come get free swag, food, clothes, office supplies and learn about zero waste!
Arts and Lectures Series:
October 28, 2025
6:00- 8:00 PM @ USU Ballroom
This public panel discussion is aimed at educating and connecting the campus and North County communities around the protection and restoration of local water bodies. Hosted by ��Ů's new Climate Action and Sustainability Center, the event reflects the center’s mission to foster climate action and sustainability through community partnerships and student engagement. San Diego Coastkeeper's Executive Director Phillip Musegaas and Jack Gilbert of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, key partners in this effort, will contribute regional expertise in water quality and climate resilience, along with ��Ů faculty experts, Professors Shannon Swanson and Elinne Becket, to explore collaborative solutions.
Sustainable Menstruation
November 6, 2025
11:45 AM- 1:00 PM @ Women Gender and Equity Center- USU 3500
Breaking down stigmas around menstruation as well as discussing how sustainable menstruation can affect the environment when going on Outdoor Adventures.
November 19, 2025
5:30- 8:00 PM @ USU Ballroom

In this film, Taylor Lane, an impassioned surfer, creates a functional surfboard with 10,000 littered cigarette butts collected from California beaches. “The Cigarette Surfboard” takes Lane around the world to learn from professional surfers who are working to protect and restore the health of the oceans through science, education, art, business, and political activism. Inspired by this global cast of characters, Lane returns home to California and uses the board to generate uproar on the environmental, human health, and economic impacts of cigarette butts. This immersive documentary gives viewers an up-close experience of the ocean through surfers' eyes to amplify a message of urgency and possibility regarding the well-being of our oceans. A moderated Q&A with Lane and filmmaker Ben Judkins will follow the screening.

Spring 2025

Due April 8, 2025-
Help us redesign our Big Belly Signage seen across campus. We are picking several new designs and want your help! Check out our to see some previous designs.
Sustainable Style
April 08, 2025
12 – 1 PM @ Women Gender and Equity Center USU 3200
Uplift & Unwind: Planting Peace
April 10, 2025
12 – 1 PM @ Women Gender and Equity Center USU 3200
Weigh the Waste
April 14, 2025
11 AM – 2 PM @ Campus Way Cafe Swing by Campus Way Cafe during lunch hours to guess how much food will go to waste. We will be collecting the leftover food from guests’ plates to weigh up at the end of lunch. Whoever’s guess was the closest wins a fun Sustainability Swag Bag!
Cougar Thrifts Sorting
April 17, 2025
12 PM – 1 PM @ Lot F Recycling Center
Volunteers are responsible for sorting donated clothing, determining whether it’s wearable, and sorting based on sizes. Volunteers also get first dibs on any free clothes they see and want! If interested in volunteering, please sign up with this link.
Earth Day Fair
April 22, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM @ Kellogg & Forum Plaza
This event is all about celebrating the beauty of nature that surrounds us and encouraging others to practice sustainability to reduce harm to our planet. Sustainability is putting on this event with ASI (Associated Students Incorporated) where we will be tabling and also holding a free pop-up thrift store of clothing and accessories for students and faculty!

Cougar Thrifts
April 22, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM @ Kellogg Plaza
Students and faculty will donate their clothing (as seen above) to us, where we sort through damaged clothes ensuring everyone gets the best clothes possible, then set up our free thrift store to give back to students! Our goal is to get rid of all the clothing that has been donated to us, so make sure you come by and grab some free clothes!

Fall 2024

Journey to Zero Waste Fair
Oct. 22nd, 2024
11:30 AM - 1 PM @ Kellogg Plaza
Help us reach our zero waste goal! Come get free swag and learn about zero waste.
Clothing Donation for Cougar Thrifts
Now through Oct. 9th @ ADM 4700
Sustainability is accepting clothing donations now through Oct. 9th! You can drop clothes off in the Administration Building (ADM) room 4700, 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday - Friday.
Donated clothes are given to students for free!
California Clean Air Day
Oct 1st, 2024
9 AM - 10 AM between University Services Building and Police Station
Join us for tree planting: Come help us plant trees and make our air cleaner! 11:30 AM -1:00 PM Kellogg Plaza Join us in taking a pledge to help make California's air cleaner. Free pizza will be served at 11:30
November 19th, 5:00-7:30
ELB 102 Innovation Hub
Join us in Community Climate Conversations to learn more from panelists about their experiences with safe and active transportation to school programs.

This event will have free food, a raffle, interactive and educational activities, and an expert panel of community leaders!

Spring 2023

Exhibition Launch: April 26, 2023

10:30am Kellogg Library 5400, Reading Room

12:00pm - 1:00pm Kellogg Library Data Stacks (4th floor)

Art by ��Ů Student Change Makers on Climate (In)Justice, Sustainability, and Society. Stories for the Planet extends from Barrio Logan to the beaches of the Pacific and reaches the waters of Burundi. This exhibition showcases art by the inaugural cohort of the Planet Mentorship program. Growing Future Change Makers: Restorative Pathways for Diverse Students and the Planet was created under the collaborative direction of the Sustainability Program and Juliana Goodlaw-Morris, the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Ariel Stevenson, and Center ARTES and Lucy HG Solomon. The program connects students success and curricular innovation around sustainability and social justice, paving the way for students of color to become change makers for the planet.

Exhibiting Planet Change Makers:

Daisy Guiterrez
Luis Lopez
Melline Nitunga
Alexis Vaughn

Niki Johnson
Aidelen Montoya
David Ramos

Terrarium that looks like lungs

Earth Month:

Cougar Thrifts

Fall 2022

Join us at the Journey to Zero Waste Fair this Fall!

Spring 2022

Spring Cleaning? Got Gently Used Clothes to Donate to our Cougar Thrifts event at Journey to Zero Waste Fair
This Way to Sustainability Conference 2022, use discount code csusanmarcos2022

Fall 2021

Clean Air Day Event 2021
Sustainable Menstruation Event 2021

Spring 2021

BIPOC & Green: Centering CS"U"SM in the Environmental Justice Movement Event

Fall 2020

Climate Justice = Social Justice: Conversations Exploring the Intersections of People, Planet and Power
Free Composting Opportunity for Campus Community through our Partnership with The Compost Company

Fall 2019

Support Cougar Thrifts: A Free Store for Students
��Ů's Environmental Stewards Association Leads Campus Global Climate Strike
Save the Food EcoChallenge

Spring 2019

Support the Campus-Wide Grab N' Go Event April 22nd

Fall 2016

Thank You For Recycling Day

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