Earth Days Week 2026

Weeklong:

Seals and Society Exhibit 

Frederick E. Berry Library and Learning Commons (Learning Commons Lobby)

Monday, April 6

Earth Days Technical Research Poster Competition and Message in a Bottle Art Competition 

11 am-12 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Veterans Hall

Tuesday, April 7

Flowing Together: Water in Salem

10:50 am - 12 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

Miyawaki Forests to Collaborating with Nature: Cultivating the Conditions for the Web of Life to Emerge

12:15 - 1:30pm, Ellison Campus Center Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

 The Intersection of Migrant Justice & Climate Justice with Avi Chomsky (history)

3:00-4:30pm, Bertolon School of Business, Bertolon Cafe

Wednesday, April 8

The Silencing of Science: How Federal Interference Threatens the Energy Transition with Union of Concerned Scientists John Rogers

10:50 am-12 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

Panel: Dismantling Environmental Protections: The Impact of the Trump Administration

12:15 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room

Panelists Jennifer Jackman (politics, policy and international relations), Marcos Luna (geography and sustainability), John Hayes (geography and sustainability) and Guy Bellino (politics policy and international relations)

Using Participatory Action Research and Collaborative Strategies to Explore Food Sovereignty in Salem

1:40-3 pm | Ellison Campus Center Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

No Me Quiero Ir De Aqui; Bad Bunny, Displacement, Environmental and Climate Justice

3-4:30 pm, Forten 123 (Formerly Viking 123) 

A discussion with Elisa Castilo

Thursday, April 9

Sharing the Shores: Seals, Science and Society 

 12:15-1:30 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room

A talk with Dr. Andrea Bogomolni, Chair, Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium and Co-Creator of the Seals and Society Exhibit

Emergent City Film Screening with Director Kelly Anderson Q&A 

1:40-3 pm, Ellison Campus Center, Veterans Hall 

Earth Days Awards Ceremony 

5-6:30 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Veterans Hall 

Friend of the Earth Winner Mack Park Farms of Salem, Massachusetts, will be honored with remarks from Matt Buchanan. Student Research Poster, art, and creative writing winners will receive awards and present their work, and writing contest winners will read their work. Food will be served.  

Friday, April 10

Salem State's Urban Tree Canopy and Environmental Sustainability: Assessing Progress and Looking Forward 

10:50-12 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room

Gentrification Game: Make Money by Gentrifying Someone Else’s Neighborhood 

12:15-1:30 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

Gamemaster Marcos Luna

Interrogating Climate Gentrification: the Paradoxes of Building Resilience

1:40-3 pm | Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Room 

Interactive Discussion with Thomas PIñeros Shields, Ph.D., and Dra. Neenah Estrella-Luna