Earth Festival

Saturday • May 9, 2026 • 10am - 3pm
at SUNY Oneonta, Chase Gymnasium

Workshops • Seminars • Activities • Vendors • Recycling

An annual celebration of sustainability, community, and environmental stewardship that brings together families, students, local organizations, makers, and environmental partners for a full day of learning, inspiration, and hands-on activities.

Vendors & Exhibitors

  • Adirondack Mountain Club, Susquehanna Chapter

  • Arabella-Soap Things

  • Audra's Craft Studio

  • Bread too

  • Butternut Valley Alliance

  • Casella

  • Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership

  • Charmed I'm sure

  • City of Oneonta Climate Smart Communities Task Force

  • Community Foundation of Otsego County

  • Cooperstown Oneonta Indivisible

  • Cooperstown Repair Cafe

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers

  • Delaware Otsego Audubon Society

  • Gail Fairbairn Crafts

  • Glimmerglass Festival Guild

  • Goodyear Lake Association

  • Granola Girl Beeswax Wraps

  • Hanford Mills Museum

  • Happy Cat Suds Goat Milk Soap

  • Handmade by Jill

  • Hartwick Pine Lake Campus

  • JH Gifts

  • Koop Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc.

  • League of Women Voters Cooperstown Area

  • Leatherstocking Beekeepers

  • Mike Parsons Artifacts

  • Mohawk Valley Clean Energy Hub

  • Oneonta Police Department

  • Opportunities for Otsego

  • Otsego 2000

  • Otsego County Democratic Committee

  • Otsego County Republican Committee

  • Otsego County Planning & Solid Waste Dept

  • Otsego County SWCD

  • Otsego Land Trust

  • Otsego Outdoors

  • Reuse Center

  • Regifted Riches

  • Sun Valley Farms

  • SUNY Oneonta’s Environmental Public Health and Safety Initiative

  • SUNY Oneonta’s Physics and Astronomy Club

  • STEM Powered

  • Trout Unlimited

  • United Women of Faith

  • Upper Catskill Natural Burial

  • Upper Susquehanna Coalition

  • Weaving By Marnie

  • Worms Waste Not

Recycling at Drive-Through Drop-Off:

10am - 2pm, parking lot adjacent to the Alumni Field House

Have any of these hard to recycle items? Drop them off on your way into Earth Festival and we’ll take care of the rest. Please note that we will only be accepting the items listed below:

  • Paper Shredding

  • Textiles

  • Styrofoam

  • Cork

  • Coffee Pods

  • Christmas lights

  • VHS, CDs, Cassette Tapes

  • Ink and Toner Cartridges

  • Toothbrushes

  • Floss containers

  • Toothpaste tubes

  • Fishing line

Have something else you need to dispose of?
Click here to see how on the Otsego County website.

Cooperstown Repair Cafe:

10am - 2pm, Repair Cafe booth inside the Chase Gymnasium

Fix your things for free! The Cooperstown Repair Cafe will be at the Earth Festival in the Chase Gymnasium. Volunteer expert repair coaches will evaluate your broken items and help you to fix them.

  • Jewelry repair

  • Small appliances

  • Lamps

  • Sewing projects and advice, including visible mending

  • Bicycles

  • Laptop computers (advice) 

  • Small furniture

*Materials charge may apply

Workshops & Seminars:

  • Propagation by Hardwood and Softwood Cuttings taught by Kat Chiba (Strawhouse Herbs) @ 12:30 PM-Perna Science Center

    The basic methods of taking cuttings to propagate plants is an old one. Today reasons to do this include frugality, diversity, and community. Both the techniques and best species for each method will be discussed and demonstrated in this workshop.

  • Farmland Protection Resources presented by Justin Williams (Otsego Land Trust) and Shannon Finn (CADE) @ 11:00-Perna Science Center

    The seminar will go over funding and financial incentives for farms, agricultural sustainability practices, succession planning for farmland, and open up to a Q&A.

Activities:

  • Activities at the A.J. Reed Science Discovery Center.

  • Museum Exhibit by the Cooperstown Graduate School students

  • Oneonta World of Learning Children’s Activities

  • Utica Zoo Mobile

  • Planetarium showings at the A.J. Reed Science Discovery Center; $4 per ticket, with shows at 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. Pre-purchase tickets here or buy them day of the event.

    From Earth to the Universe takes visitors on a journey through space and time, exploring how ancient cultures viewed the night sky from Earth and how scientists explore the stars and planets today with the latest space telescopes. Best for adults and children ages 5 and up.


    *Shows start promptly on the hour; no late admission.

    **is cost a barrier for your family? email Robin at SDC@Oneonta.edu for free or reduced cost ticket.

People organizing and sorting goods at an outdoor recycling or donation event with boxes, bags, and various items on tables and the ground in a grassy field under cloudy skies.
Table of various potted plants in glass terrariums and decorative ceramic containers, displayed at an indoor event.
Two people standing in the back of a moving truck filled with old electronics and appliances, smiling and looking at the camera.
A woman demonstrates painting with colorful paints on a table, engaging a man and a child in a crafts activity at an indoor event.
An indoor community event or fair takes place in a gymnasium, with multiple tables and booths set up for various organizations and vendors. People walk around, engaging with the displays and each other. The gym has a wooden floor, a basketball hoop,
A man is showing small animal skulls to children at an indoor educational event, with various animal pelts and educational materials on the table and children in the background.
OCCA Board Members at Earth Festival
A wildlife rehab specialist at Earth Festival
Children viewing the Utica Zoomobile at the Earth Festival
OCCA interns serving ice cream at the 2024 Earth Festival.
Raffle baskets at the OCCA Earth Festival

This year, Earth Festival is proudly sponsored by:

Thank you to our generous Earth Festival sponsors for making this event possible. Interested in sponsoring?

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