Pollinator Power Party 2025
Join the Electric Power Research Institute and Pollinator Partnership for the 2025 Pollinator Power Party between June 16-20! This event, the “world’s largest party celebrating pollinators” will include business perspectives, community and culture aspects, and “get it done” tips and lessons.
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Remember to join and contribute your pollinator observations to the Pollinator Power Party Bioblitz!
Monday, June 16: Business Perspectives
Industry leaders have a responsibility to balance climate change, renewable energy, social equity, and biodiversity priorities. Tune into this Business Perspectives case studies about the work Toyota Motors of North America is doing to achieve their goal of enhancing at least 26,000 acres of pollinator habitat in North America between 2021 and 2026. Finish off the first day of the Pollinator Power Party strong with another successful pollinator habitat project completed by Bonneville Power Administration, the winner of the 2023 NAPPC Electric Power Award.
Activities and Resources of the Day:
Pollinator Power Party Bingo
Daily Obscure Pollinator: Blue Orchard Mason Bee
Wednesday, June 18: Community and Culture
Pollinators like bees, butterflies, birds, and moths not only play a vital role in our ecosystems through pollination, but also help bring communities together. Introducing Goodness Village, a tiny home program that provides the California Tri-Valley’s formerly unhoused neighbors a safe and supportive community to live independently, heal, and thrive. Learn more about how a single pollinator garden has transformed the way underserved individuals interact with pollinators, people, and the planet.
Food has an amazing ability of driving culture in every society, but you might not have thought how pollinators come into play. On site at Food & Bounty Restaurant in Hollywood, Jessica Fox, Conservation Biologist and Helen Cavallo, Celebrity Chef, discuss pollinators while making Avocado Chocolate Pudding. Watch this easy recipe to learn how it relates to pollinators!
Activities and Resources of the Day
How to: Origami Butterfly
Daily Obscure Pollinator: Flower Flies
Friday, June 20: Turning Training into Action
As we close out the Pollinator Power Party, join Sara Wittenberg, Bee Friendly Gardening Manager at Pollinator Partnership, for an inspiring and practical webinar on how anyone, no matter their space, can support pollinators. From choosing the right plants to creating safe nesting habitats, Sara will share simple, actionable steps to transform even the smallest spaces into pollinator havens. Learn obscure facts and dispel myths about pollinators. Scientists share unexpected insights in this popular segment of the Pollinator Power Party. Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch; Debbie Dekleva, Monarch Flyway; Julia Michaels, Hedgerow Farms; Kristen Leer, Bat Conservation International; Kelly Bills, Pollinator Partnership.
Activities and Resources of the Day
Daily Obscure Pollinator: Soldier Beetle
Join the Pollinator Power Party Bioblitz May 1st - July 31st
Join the Pollinator Power Party Bioblitz and contribute pollinator observations to our community science project!
A Bioblitz brings together trained scientists and citizen scientists in a fun, friendly competition to record species observations. Community science efforts like this help advance scientific knowledge and foster public engagement, enable widespread participation in the scientific process, and break down traditional barriers between scientists and the public.
Click here for a for information on how to participate and results from 2024.
Pollinator Power Party Media Toolkit #PowerInPollinators
Share your selfies, recipes, photos, and favorite pollinator-themed tunes on social media using the hashtag #PowerInPollinators during the party! Each post enters you into the Pollinator Power Party giveaway, featuring Pollinator Week swag and resources to help you grow your impact. Win one or more of the items below:
Sample Post Captions
General Event Promotion
Join the world’s biggest virtual party for pollinators: the 2025 Pollinator Power Party! From June 16–20, celebrate with stories, science, and fun🐝🌼 #PowerInPollinators #PollinatorWeek
Bioblitz Promotion
The Pollinator Power Party Bioblitz is on! From May 1–July 31, help record pollinator observations near you and compete with others nationwide. 🦋📸 #PollinatorWeek #PowerInPollinators
Did You Know?
Did you know that our favorite foods are possible through the work of pollinators? Pollinators, like bees, butterflies, bats, and birds are responsible for one our of every three bites of food- from blueberries to chocolate, celebrate the #PowerInPollinators #PollinatorWeek 🍫🐝
Show Your Support
We’re proud to celebrate and support pollinators! Learn how you can take action during #PollinatorWeek at epri.com/pollinators 🐝🌼 #PowerInPollinators
History of the Pollinator Power Party
The Pollinator Power Party is an annual event launched by EPRI in 2020 during the COVID shutdown and in conjunction with National Pollinator Week. The party has raised awareness of the essential role pollinators play in ecosystems and in some years reached 2 million people. The party was conceived by EPRI’s Power-in-Pollinators Initiative, which is a collaboration of electric utilities considering pollinator habitats on the millions of acres they manage and translating scientific research into practical conservation strategies (epri.com/pollinators). After surprising success in the launch year, EPRI was proud to team with Pollinator Partnership in 2021 to co-host the party and is now thrilled to transition leadership to them. The party aligns with Pollinator Partnership mission to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Our two nonprofit organizations will continue to collaborate to host the party and share science-based information about the role pollinators play in our health, culture, and economies.
About EPRI
Founded in 1972, EPRI is the world's preeminent independent, non-profit energy research and development organization, with offices around the world. EPRI's trusted experts collaborate with more than 450 companies in 45 countries, driving innovation to ensure the public has clean, safe, reliable, and affordable, access to electricity across the globe. Together…shaping the future of energy.®