Join young people from around the country taking action for Earth Week on April 20-26!
About
Since Earth Day was founded in 1970, students have been on the forefront of change to protect our environment. Today, we face numerous environmental crises, from climate change, to air and water pollution, to the destruction of ecosystems critical to all life on Earth. That’s why we’re organizing events across the country to call for bold action to protect our environment and public health.
Youth Earth Week is a project of the Student PIRGs. For nearly 50 years we’ve helped students to get organized, mobilized and energized so they can continue to be on the cutting edge of positive change.
Resources
The Activist Toolkit
From recruitment to leadership development, to grassroots organizing, to working with the media, this Activist Toolkit provides the basic tools to run successful events and winning campaigns.
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Outreach Toolkit
Amplify your Earth Week events with social media tags, graphics, and sample posts; a sample recruitment email; and a sample “Register Your Event” email.
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Social Media Toolkit
Sample social media posts, hashtags, and graphics to amplify your Earth Week events.
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Media Toolkit
Sample media advisories, press statements, press releases and more to make sure your Earth Week event gets great media coverage!
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Letters-to-the-Editor Toolkit
Letters to the editor (LTEs) are a great way to get easy media coverage for your campaign. This toolkit contains a how to, tips and sample Earth Week LTEs to submit to your local or campus newspapers.
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From Data to Change: Brand Audit Toolkit
Since 2017, #breakfreefromplastic has been organizing brand audits to hold the top corporate plastic polluters accountable. This guide will help you maximize the impact from brand audit data and use it to create your own long-term campaigns to end plastic pollution.
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Youth Earth Week Speed Campaigning Action Hour
Monday, 4/22 3pm PT / 6pm ET
Find your perfect campaign match and learn about ways to make a difference on Earth Day!
Join our Speed Campaigning Hour and take action on some of the most pressing environmental issues!
Some campaigns we will cover:
and more!
We will also review ways to stay involved with leadership opportunities over the summer!
Panel - How to get an Environmental Career
Wednesday 4/24, 2pm PST/5pm EST
Have you wondered how can get an Environmental Career after you graduate? One where you can make tangible change for a greener future, on all these issues and more? If so, RSVP for our panel this Youth Earth Week!
Hear from our panelists about their current jobs, what experiences they had in college to lead them there, and hear their advice for you! Panelists include:
Christy Leavitt, Plastics Campaign Director - Oceana
Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director - California Solar & Storage Association
Renee Wellman, Executive Director - Green Corps
Len Montgomery, Public Lands Campaign Director - Environment America
Students for Sustainable Fashion Webinar
Thursday 4/25, 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Gen Z students from across the globe are standing up and “saying no” to fast fashion.
We’re inviting students to join PIRG and Student PIRGs to learn about how you can run your own campus campaign to target fashion waste and push the fashion industry to become more sustainable.
After hearing from PIRG’s Waste is Out of Fashion Campaign Associate and leaders from student PIRG chapters, you’ll be equipped with the resources, information, and motivation to be able to run a campaign on your own campus targeting fast fashion.
2023 Leadership Award Winners
CALPIRG at the University of California, Los Angeles
CALPIRG at UCLA held their membership drive and more than 300 students joined the campaign to protect our oceans. These new dues paying members will give the ucla team the resources they need to hire staff to fight for our oceans!
CALPIRG at University of California, Davis
The UC Davis chapter of CALPIRG held an Earth Day table at the local farmer's market, giving out reusable water bottles in exchange for tweets at elected officials, and they collected 45 public comments to submit for stronger ocean protections! Their event earned media coverage from the Davis Enterprise.
Florida PIRG at Eckerd College
Florida PIRG at Eckerd College held an in-district lobby meeting with staffers for Republican U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. The meeting focused on the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act and the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and was a powerful experience for the chapter’s new leaders!
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