CSUDH 19th Annual Earth Day Festival

California State University, Dominguez Hills used Earth Week to stage its 19th annual Earth Day Festival on Tuesday, April 21, bringing sustainability booths, activities and campus programming into the center of Carson. (csudh.edu) The university listed the festival for April 21 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. across the South, East and Natural Sciences and Mathematics–Social and Behavioral Sciences walkways, plus the outdoor library roof deck. (csudh.edu) A campus event page described a free, open-to-the-public program with interactive activities, giveaways, networking and more than 30 organizations focused on environmental action on campus and across Los Angeles. (torolink.csudh.edu) The lineup also included the weekly CSUDH Farmers Market, a Green Hero Ceremony for sustainability leaders, and Booth Bingo with eco-friendly prizes. The Eventbrite listing said visitors did not need to register in advance. (eventbrite.com) The festival landed during CSUDH Earth Week, which ran April 20 through April 24, 2026, as colleges and cities around Los Angeles marked Earth Day with public events and volunteer programs. We Like L.A. included the festival in its weekly regional events roundup published April 20. (welikela.com) At CSUDH, the event fits into a broader campus sustainability calendar that also includes March’s Race to Reduce programming, Coastal Clean Up Day in September and October Sustainability Month. The university’s sustainability office uses those events to tie student life to waste reduction, recycling and environmental education. (csudh.edu) The Earth Day organization on Toro Link says the festival is meant to connect students with local groups, share practical solutions, promote recycling and regenerative materials, and expand awareness of campus environmental programs. The page frames the event as both a student activity and a community-facing outreach effort. (torolink.csudh.edu) CSUDH has also kept pushing formal sustainability benchmarks beyond the festival itself. Its sustainability page says the campus became a National Wildlife Federation Plastics Reduction Partner in November 2025 and earned another STARS Gold rating in August 2025. (csudh.edu) For this year, the pitch was simple: show up, walk the booths, meet the groups and treat Earth Day as a campus-wide public event instead of a one-hour observance. (torolink.csudh.edu)