Earth Day Spring Fling

Earth Day Spring Fling 2025 logoEarth Day Spring Fling is an annual celebration of sustainability co-sponsored by UConn's Office of Sustainability and the Department of Dining Services. Established in 2008, the festival features vendors of sustainable and hand-crafted goods, organic and local foods, environmental organizations, and student groups that join together to produce the greatest day of environmental awareness all year! Coinciding with with the event is UConn's annual Arbor Day celebration and ceremonial "class tree" planting.

 

Earth Day Spring Fling - 2025

Wednesday, April 16

11:00 AM-2:00 PM on Fairfield Way

Rain date: April 21

 

Event Highlights:

  • Zero Waste BBQ: Dining Services is catering an outdoor, zero-waste BBQ featuring vegan, vegetarian and sustainable food options sourced locally. Note - the BBQ requires a flex pass or $12 credit/debit card.
  • Eco Theme Cupcakes
  • Dairy Bar Truck
  • 12-1p  Goat Yoga: Outdoor yoga with the goats of Bradley Mountain Farm. Bring your own mat. Sign Ups will be announced on the OS instagram.
  • Party Peddler Bike: Hop on the 10 person bike for a tour of sustainability along Fairfield Way.
  • 2028 Class Tree Planting: As a certified Tree Campus, we celebrate each class with their own tree. This year's tree, selected by the Freshman class, is the Pignut. Ceremony details will be announced soon.
  • UConn Thrift Den: The Thrift Den will highlight some of their free clothes!
  • Eco-Vendors: Meet with student and community organizations dedicated to sustainability, as well as eco-minded businesses along Fairfield Way. Sign up to table HERE.

 

For more information, please email sustainability@uconn.edu.

Register as a Vendor

Interested in representing your student organization, sustainability nonprofit or eco-business at the event? Deadline to register is April 2.

Details

  • Set-up: 10am-11am. Loading allowed on Hillside Avenue x Fairfield Way pedestrian area pull off.
  • Event: 11am-2pm along Fairfield Way
    • Tables and 2 chairs will be provided
    • If you bring a tent it MUST BE WEIGHTED. The wind on Fairfield Way is bad every year.
  • Clean-up: 2pm-2:30pm.

*Paid parking is available in the North and South parking garages

*There is a $25 suggested donation to the UConn Campus Sustainability Fund.

*Fairfield Way is a busy part of campus with >3,000 UConn students walking through during the course of the event.

 
Register as a Vendor