Campus Earth Month

Group photo of the staff & interns from the Office Sustainability with mascots Rocky, Roxy, and Deacon.

In April of 2025, the Office of Sustainability launched a new tradition – Earth Month!

Participate in Campus Earth Month throughout April by collecting code words and earning entries to win prizes. Each code word you collect or action you complete will earn an entry into the Campus Earth Month Raffle. The more entries you earn, the better your odds.

Each decision you make has the potential to be good for the planet and people. No one can do it all, but we can all do something. This April, make sure your ledger is balanced so you are always…+1 for the Planet, People, Yourself, & Montclair!

How to Participate

Join us throughout the month of April to collect code words and win prizes!

Your goal is to collect as many code words as you can throughout April. At every in-person Earth Month event, a code word will be available. It will either be displayed at the event or communicated to you during the event verbally. When the event concludes, you can also ask the organizer for the code word.

Sustainability Student Interns will be out on campus with opportunities to earn additional code words and code words will also be available virtually.

You are responsible for keeping track of your code words while participating and submitting them all in one email to sustainability@montclair.edu by April, 30 2026.

Virtually

During April, there will be a variety of ways to virtually earn code words for entries in the Earth Month Raffle. Opportunities will be available through our @montclair_sustainability Instagram handle.

Code Words will also drop randomly on the @montclair_sustainability Instagram channel story.

  • To qualify for virtual participation, follow all instructions on the @montclair_sustainability Instagram post that announces the Campus Earth Month Raffle. Once qualified, additional entry options listed below become available. Only content posted between April 1 – April 30, 2026 qualifies for the Raffle.
  • Follow us on Instagram (1 entry each; current followers who enter the Raffle earn 5 bonus entries for their continued support!)
  • Like our social media posts or reels (1 entry each)
  • Participate in interactive story posts (1 entry)
  • Comment on our social media posts (2 entries each)
  • Tag us in a post or story of you doing something sustainable (5 entries each)
    • After tagging us, you will also need to take a screenshot and then email the screenshot to sustainability@montclair.edu to ensure we can verify and have access to the content posted.
    • The Office of Sustainability reserves the right to determine if the action is sustainable. The same action can only be used once per day.
    • Examples of Sustainable Actions:
      • Refill your reusable water bottle.
      • Scan your water bottle refill on the Fill it Forward App.
      • Use the Campus Shuttles.
      • Use Public Transportation.
      • Eat a vegetarian or vegan meal.
      • Use the Green To Go program.
      • Enhance your cultural competence.
      • Take care of your mental health.
      • Take care of your physical health.
      • Buy less or buy second-hand/used items if you must buy something.
      • Turn off the lights when you leave a room to save energy and be conscious of your energy use.
      • Take a shorter shower to save water and be conscious of your water use.
      • Attend an event on the Earth Month calendar and document your participation.
      • Educate yourself on a sustainability topic.
      • Etc.

If you don’t have an Instagram account, you can still collect code words at in-person events and send photographic proof of the sustainable actions you take to sustainability@montclair.edu.

Attend Campus Earth Month Events

Join us for live events throughout April where you can collect code words to be used as raffle entries.

Our Intern Team will also be giving out code words when they are tabling and out catching Red Hawks doing sustainable acts to showcase on Instagram.

Attend Campus Earth Day

Join us in the Student Center Quad on April 15, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 2 PM at our in-person event.

Every passport code word you collect by visiting different tables is a raffle entry after submitting your passport at the Office of Sustainability’s table before event concludes.

  • You must be a current staff/faculty/student and have code words collected from at least two events or actions to be entered into the Earth Month Raffle.
  • Please note, you must claim prizes on the Montclair State University campus. Shipping is not available.

If a chance to earn some great prizes isn’t enough incentive, everyone who participates in Campus Earth Day on April 15, 2026 from 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM in the Student Center Quad can earn a Montclair Sustainability +1 t-shirt!

Keep track of your code words while participating and submit them all in one email to  sustainability@montclair.edu.

The last day to submit your code words and complete actions is April 30, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. 

The Earth Month Raffle winners will be announced on @montclair_sustainability Instagram Live. Date/Time TBA.

Earth Month 2026

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Earth Month 2025

The Earth Month giveaway winners were announced on @montclair_sustainability Instagram on May 7, 2025. You can view the unedited prize drawing video here.

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