As part of an ecological marathon that will run for two months, on 25 September the lecturers of the Subject Committee for Food Technology and Chemistry Diakova T. V., Deviatiarova L. I., Shvets L. I., jointly with Ukrainian language and literature lecturer Rudets I. M., held an educational ecological and literary event: “Songs of the Earth. Biology and Ecology in Literature and Culture”. The event examined the relationship between humans and nature, the combination of the material and the spiritual, and the role of literary works in ecological education. Presentations were given by students of group 2TKh-80: Cherepanova A. and Nechoporuk A. – “Ecological Humanism and Activism in Literature”, Bohomolova Ye. and Burdeniuk O. – “Humans and Wildlife in Literature: Harmony or Conflict?”, Tokarchuk A. and Chernetska S. – “Animals and Plants as Symbols of Ukraine”. The event was attended by first-, second- and third-year students.