UNR Earth Day at Lake Tahoe

The University of Nevada, Reno is holding an Earth Day celebration at its Lake Tahoe campus on Friday, April 24, with public events centered on sustainability and environmental awareness. (unr.edu) The event is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lake Tahoe campus in Incline Village, according to the university’s Earth Month listings. A separate university events page lists the program as free and places it in community outreach. (unr.edu 1) (unr.edu 2) University event materials say the afternoon will include hands-on activities, educational booths, food trucks and outdoor festivities. The live music lineup lists Jenni Charles and Jesse Dunn of Dead Winter Carpenters. (unr.edu) The Tahoe gathering is one piece of a broader University of Nevada, Reno Earth Month program that also included a farmer’s market, a campus plant-a-thon and a clothing swap in Reno this week. University President Brian Sandoval’s April 20 Earth Day message highlighted the Tahoe event alongside those campus activities. (unr.edu 1) (unr.edu 2) The university has tied those events to a larger sustainability push that includes a Sustainability Certificate at the Lake Tahoe campus, a sustainability minor and new plastic film recycling efforts launched this year. Sandoval said those programs are part of the school’s effort to build “a more sustainable community for our future.” (unr.edu) The Lake Tahoe campus has become a regular site for public-facing events, from research talks in the Tahoe Series to arts programming and summer performances. The university’s campus events page describes those gatherings as community-focused programs built around the Tahoe setting. (unr.edu) Friday’s Earth Day program lands alongside a separate “Tahoe Getaway Weekend” that begins at 2 p.m. the same day and carries a $40 ticket price for transportation, lodging, food and outdoor activities. The Earth Day event itself is listed separately as free. (unr.edu) (unr.edu) For the university, the Friday event turns Earth Day into a public afternoon on the Tahoe campus, with booths, music and outdoor activities running before the weekend programming begins. (unr.edu)