DMACC Celebrates Earth Week 2026

April 27, 2026 Vic Whitten Features Comments Off on DMACC Celebrates Earth Week 2026
Two women are pictured selecting charms for their bamboo plants.

DMACC celebrated Earth Day in 2026 by holding events to do with sustainable practice stations and a plant give away. On April 22, students were able to participate in T-Shirt recycling with Iowa Jobs with American Graduates, litter clean up with the DMACC library, and planting their own bamboo to take home with Urban Student Activities Council. All of these photos showcase community building through shared interests in making the Earth a healthier place to live. 

There are two hands coming from the left side of the photo grasping fabric. They are being braided together. There are scissors and a cup with a bamboo plant also pictured.
A DMACC student makes a dog toy from discarded T-Shirt fabric at a Earth Day demonstration.
Three people sit at a table that has lots of crafting supplies on it. One gives a demonstration to four onlookers.
Students and staff learn about how to recycle T-Shirts into various goods like dog toys, produce bags, and jewelry at an Earth Day demonstration with Ally Goins from iJag.
Two women sit side by side at a table cutting fabric.
Two women practicing sustainable practices at an Earth Day demonstration.
There is a picnic table with various Des Moines Area Community College merchandise surrounding a spinner wheel. Water bottles, bracelets, bookmarks, and book bags are showcased as prizes.
After picking up trash, students returned to this Earth Day station and turned in litter for a chance to spin a prize.
Two boys stand with buckets full of trash. Both are holding grabby tools.
DMACC students Nick Whatley and Kaden Reedholm return with buckets of litter after participating in Earth Day celebrations.
Students are stood up against a fence with buckets and grabby tools picking up trash at Des Moines Area Community College.
Students are stood up against a fence with buckets and grabby tools picking up trash at Des Moines Area Community College.
There is an orange bucket with collected litter that covers the bottom.
An orange bucket with collected litter found at Urban Campus.
There is a line of students lining up in front of a bamboo planting station. The picture is taken from far away and above.
Students line up in the atrium to plant their own bamboo to take home. The plants and containers were provided free by Urban SAC.
Students and staff surround a table full of crafting supplies and T-Shirt scraps at a Earth Day station.
Students and staff surround a table full of crafting supplies and T-Shirt scraps at an Earth Day station.
A pile of debris and cigarette discards build up in a corner of the concrete in the parking lot.
A pile of tree debris and discarded cigarettes in the corner of the concrete in the Betts parking lot of Urban Campus before being picked up. 

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