Spring 2026 Events

Published Jan 05, 2026 by
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Happy 2026! We’re looking forward to seeing you at some of our events this semester. Please note that we have a handful of events for which the date, time, and/or location are still TBD. To keep up-to-date on these details, please follow our newsletter, Instagram, Facebook, Pirate Experience, or view this page.

Events TBD:

Tree Planting and Butterfly Release (April)

 

Campus Race to Zero Waste

  • Competition across North America to reduce waste on college and university campuses
  • February 1 – March 28

January

1/24 Rescheduled to 2/7

  • Garden Workday
    • 10:30 – 12:30pm
    • 214 Stancil Drive
    • Weather pending, we will be planting, harvesting, painting, raking, weeding… all the things you can imagine for a garden. Dress for the weather! Closed-toe shoes are highly recommended. We provide garden tools and gloves. Please bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated.

February

2/6

  • Town Creek Culvert Litter Cleanup
    • 3 – 4pm
    • Meet in Willis Building Parking Lot
    • Please note that there is a very steep decline to get to the litter cleaning site. Dress and plan accordingly.Wear boots or old sneakers that you don’t mind getting dirty.  We will provide gloves, pickers, and bags.
  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 10am – 4pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!

2/7

  • Garden Workday
    • 10:30 – 12:30pm
    • 214 Stancil Drive
    • Weather pending, we will be planting, harvesting, painting, raking, weeding… all the things you can imagine for a garden. Dress for the weather! Closed-toe shoes are highly recommended. We provide garden tools and gloves. Please bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated.

2/17

  • Otter Creek Natural Area Trail Maintenance
    • 2-4pm
    • Meet at MCSC Bus Stop
    • Make sure to register; space is limited!
    • Dress appropriately for the weather and wear boots or old sneakers that you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring water, preferably in a reusable bottle. We will provide gloves and tools for doing trail maintenance at Otter Creek Natural Area.

2/20

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 2:30 – 6pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!

2/23

  • Pirate Swap Sorting Event
    • 5 – 9pm
    • Bate 1026
    • Join us in Bate Room 1026 on the evening of Monday, February 23 to help sort, fold, and price clothing items for our next popup thrift store scheduled during the Earth Day Festival on Thursday, April 9.  We’ll have pizza, refreshments, and every volunteer gets to take an item or two home with them!  Feel free to sign up for the first shift from 5-7pm or the second shift from 7-9pm.  Thanks for volunteering with Pirate Swap!

2/25

  • Film Screening & Discussion
    • Flint: The Poisoning of an American City
    • 6 – 8pm
    • Black Box Theater relocated to Student Center Room 253
    • 100,000 people have been poisoned by lead, a lifelong affliction, yet somehow this shocking event has been normalized in the US. “Flint: The Poisoning of an American City” gives voice to the current struggle of city residents and follows the environmental history of the river and how the continued abuse and neglect of city infrastructure and environmental regulations have led to the poisoning of a city. Flint explores the critical question of how this could happen in America, and how this event should serve as a warning for the rest of the country. A recent report found that 5,300 American cities were found to be in violation of federal lead rules, and research published in USA Today detected excessive lead in nearly 2,000 public water systems across all 50 states. This documentary educates but also enrages and seeks to radically change how we view and value water.

It follows the more than five-year saga of the water crisis which began when the state-appointed emergency manager of Flint switched the city’s water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River. The toxicity of the water and insufficient treatment quickly eroded the pipes and introduced lead into the drinking water of the city of 100,000. The film traces the timeline of the city’s interaction with the Flint River – from the continued abuse and neglect of both city infrastructure and environmental regulations, to subsequent population decline, through today’s crisis.

2/26

  • Bob Ross Paint Night with ECO-Pirates
    • 5 – 6:30pm
    • Bate 1005
    • Join ECO- Pirates to paint your own masterpiece while following along with a Bob Ross video! Canvases, paint, and brushes provided.

 

March

3/6

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 10 am – 4 pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!

3/14

  • Saint Patty’s Plant Work Day
    • 10:30 – 11:30 am
    • 214 Stancil Drive
    • On this workday, we will spread seeds for spring flowers. If there is time, we may do a few other odds and ends projects.

3/18

  • Guided hike at Otter Creek Natural Area Cancelled 
    • 2 – 4pm
    • Meet at MCSC bus stop
    • Make sure to register; space is limited!
    • Dress appropriately for the weather and wear boots or old sneakers that you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring water, preferably in a reusable bottle.

3/20

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 2:30 – 6:30 pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!

3/24

3/25

  • Eco-Pirates Interest Meeting
    • 5:00 – 6:00pm
    • Bate 1007

3/27

  • Town Creek Culvert Litter Cleanup
    • 3 – 4pm
    • Meet in Willis Building Parking Lot
    • Please note that there is a very steep decline to get to the litter cleaning site. Dress and plan accordingly.Wear boots or old sneakers that you don’t mind getting dirty.  We will provide gloves, pickers, and bags.

3/28

3/31

  • Film Screening & Discussion
    • Ice on Fire
    • 6 – 8pm
    • Black Box Theater
    • “Ice on Fire” explores the many ways we reduce carbon inputs to the atmosphere and, more important, how to “draw” carbon down, bringing CO2 out of the atmosphere and thus paving the way for global temperatures to go down. Through visiting visionaries and scientists young and old, the film explores the deep hope that we can turn away from the brink.

 

April

4/9

  • Earth Month Festival
    • 10am – 2pm
    • Main Campus Student Center Lawn

4/10

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 10am – 4pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!

4/16

  • Guided Hike at Otter Creek Natural Area Cancelled
    • 2 – 4pm
    • Meet at MCSC bus stop
    • Make sure to register; space is limited!
    • Dress appropriately for the weather and wear boots or old sneakers that you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring water, preferably in a reusable bottle.

4/16

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 2:30 – 7pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!
  • Iris Transplanting Service Opportunity Cancelled
    • 1 – 4pm
    • Lake Laupus
    • In fall 2025, ECU students from a Water in the Environment class planted nearly 2,000 iris seeds into starter pots so they could grow and get cold stratified over the winter.  The seeds came from Iris seed pods in the Old Cafeteria Building Fish Pond and, after the last frost in spring 2026, we will plant these starter plants in bare areas along the banks of Lake Laupus on ECU’s Health Sciences Campus. Dress appropriately for the weather, wear hiking boots or old sneakers, bring a reusable water bottle and a friend to come help us restore and re-naturalize the banks around Lake Laupus.

4/18

  • Smart Cycling Course
    • 2 – 6pm
    • MCSC 125

4/21

  • Green Career Panel
    • 3 – 4:30 PM
    • SciTech C 207
    • Join us to learn more about careers relating to sustainability and how different professionals got involved in their green careers.

4/22

  • Film Screening
    • Spirited Away
    • 6 – 8pm
    • Black Box Theater
    • Join us for a fun Earth Month film about a young girl who is swept away on an adventure to a mystical spirit world to learn about the harms of overconsumption and irresponsible stewardship of natural resources.

May

5/1

  • Bike Repair Clinic
    • 10am – 4pm
    • Sonic Plaza (behind Joyner Library)
    • Need some basic maintenance to keep you on your bike? 🚲 Stop by our FREE Bike Repair Clinic between Joyner and the Main Campus Student Center!