XJTLU EARTH WEEK 2025: OUR POWER, OUR PLANET

2025-04-21 6:00 PM

2025-04-26 5:00 PM

XJTLU SIP Campus and Taicang Campus

Monday April 21

  • 18:00-19:00. “Lights Off” Lights will go off in shared spaces in SIP and Taicang Campus. We encourage you to unplug!
  • 18:00-19:00. “Opening Earth Week Ceremony”. Venue: Urban Planning and Design (UPD) Community Garden, EB building, 3rd floor. Welcome all!

Tuesday April 22 (Earth Day!)

  • 17:00-19:00: “Earth Day Fair”, organized by English Language Center. Venue: on the lawn in front of the FB building. Welcome all!

April 22 also starts Oikos Suzhou Student Club’s EcoCup Challenge: “Drink Green, Think Sustainable” - Bring your own reusable cup when you purchase coffee at Zemo, Mersey, Young Café, or Reset to collect stamps on your seed paper stamp card, and exchange them for eco-friendly rewards! All can participate!

Wednesday April 23

  • 9:00-12:30. “How to Evaluate Corporate ESG Performance and its ESG Impact” A workshop co-sponsored by IBSS. Venue:  Zero Carbon Pavilion, Building G, 3F, ESG Industrial Park, Suzhou Industrial Park, Registration is limited. Please contact Yidan.Shao@xjtlu.edu.cn for more information.
  • 12:00-20:00. IBSS Sustainable Future Talents student group’s “15 Ways in 15 Weeks”; Week 10, Focus on Sustainable Transportation with its “Go Cleaner” theme. Create clean energy riding stationary bicycles to power appliances.  Learn more about cycling from the XJTLU Cycling Club and try out bikes from a local bicycle retailer. Venue: Plaza in front of South Campus Life & Hope Canteen. Welcome All!
  • 13:30-14:15: “Reduce Bird Collisions: A Talk and Exhibit”, organized by Department of Health and Environmental Sciences (HES), Science School. Venue: ES building, first floor courtyard. Welcome All!
  • 14:30-15:30: “Sustainability Scavenger Hunt”, organized by HES. Starts at the Outdoor Research and Training Site (ORTS), outside of ES building. Play the game, learn about sustainability on campus and earn some prizes! Welcome all!

Thursday April 24

  • 13:30-16:00, “From the Soil, Back to the Soil: Young Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development and Rural Revitalisation in Suzhou”. Co-organised by Department of Urban Planning and Design, Design School, Entrepreneur College (Taicang), XJTLU Jiangsu Alumni Group, and Jiangcun Residency Centre.  Venue: EB 3rd floor Community Garden. Welcome all!
  • 13:30-16:00 From the Soil, Back to the Soil: 苏州可持续发展+乡村振兴青年创业谈

Friday April 25

  • 8:30-14:00. XJTLU Entrepreneur College Campus Tour - “Tech & Nature: Campus Wonders”. The HR department offers staff the opportunity to experience the Syntegration & Symbiosis of the XEC and explore its featured schools, state-of-the art labs (AI, Innovation Factory, etc.), project-based learning space, multimedia centre, and sports stadium.
  • 11:30-13:00. “No Food Delivery Day”, organized by Design School. Venue: South Campus Life & Hope Canteen.  Welcome all!

Saturday April 26

  • 9 AM - 5 PM   8th Annual Climathon Suzhou at XJTLU, organized by the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), the XJTLU Design School and the XJTLU School of Science at BSG02. This is an official Shanghai Climate Week event. Please pre-register using the QR Code as this event has a limit of 100 XJTLU student participants.

  • 1 PM –4 PM   RCE Suzhou Workshop on Climate Change Education in Asia-Pacific Countries, organized by the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), the XJTLU Design School and the XJTLU School of Science in BS550. This is an official Shanghai Climate Week event. Registration is limited. Please contact Yidan.Shao@xjtlu.edu.cn for more information.
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