New Kensington volunteers help with community garden
6/17/19
Seven Penn State New Kensington staff, alumni and advisory board members volunteered at the New Kensington Community Garden to prepare it for the upcoming season.
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Student Farm to host Summer Solstice Celebration on June 21
6/3/19
The Penn State Student Farm will host its third annual Summer Solstice Celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 21. The event will have local food trucks selling dishes made with produce grown at the farm. Aside from food trucks, there are several activities for guests to engage in, including live music, face painting, corn hole and planting. The celebration is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.
Community invited to New Kensington sustainability meeting
5/30/19
The reNew Kensington reConnect Meeting will provide insight into the current initiatives and resources available to business owners and community members of New Kensington.
Landscape architecture students propose designs for planted meadow ecosystem
5/15/19
On April 25th, landscape architecture students at Penn State presented design concepts for a planned planted meadow ecosystem located on the northeastern corner of the University Park campus. Undergraduate and graduate students were exposed to the concept of designed ecosystems as they developed illustrations and features that could potentially be implemented at the project site, such as an entry sign, a pollinator garden, and a walkway.
Students travel to Nashville to volunteer with NFL Environmental Program
5/9/19
Twenty-one Penn State students traveled to Nashville to team up with the NFL Environmental Program during the 2019 NFL Draft. Over three days, students engaged with visitors to help reduce waste through proper recycling and composting methods. The students also met with various NFL leaders for 'fireside chat' sessions to discuss career advice and opportunities.
Eight Commonwealth Campuses highlight sustainability efforts at regional forum
5/9/19
The Sustainability Institute hosted the first of three forums at Penn State Beaver on May 7. Faculty, staff, students, and other leaders gathered to learn about the variety of activities, events, research and other programs taking place throughout the Commonwealth Campuses to advance the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the University's strategic plan.
Art, tech, sustainability to converge for 2019 Off the Wall pARTy
5/9/19
Penn State New Kensington's third annual Off the Wall pARTy, scheduled for June 14, will feature artists Rodney Allen Trice and George Williams; live music by Vida Loves Donnie and Belly Up; seven pop-up galleries; interactive art stations; tapas and libations; and live and silent auctions.
Mont Alto theater students perform puppet shows during Earth Day Celebration
4/29/19
Penn State Mont Alto theater students performed two original, educational puppet shows about saving the rain forest at the invitation of First Lady of Pennsylvania Frances Wolf, during the annual Earth Day Celebration at the governor’s residence on April 22.
Trash to Treasure sale returns May 11 to Penn State Behrend
4/29/19
The annual Trash to Treasure sale returns to Penn State Behrend on Saturday, May 11, providing students and community members an opportunity to recycle reusable items that they no longer need. The initiative, run through Penn State Behrend Athletics and the Office of Sustainability, aims to keep useful items out of the waste stream while raising money for United Way of Erie County.
What's the big idea?: Community members meet to tackle sustainability questions
4/28/19
Penn State's Council of Sustainable Leaders saw considerable growth in 2018-19 for its weekly Sustainability Showcase Series, which asked thought leaders: "What is your 'Big Idea' to advance sustainability in the 21st century?" More than 1,700 Penn State students, faculty, staff and community members joined the weekly conversations to try to answer that question.
The grass really is greener at the 2019 NFL Draft
4/24/19
Building on an ongoing partnership with the NFL Environmental Program, Penn State will send more than 30 students, staff and faculty to the NFL Draft on April 25-27 in Nashville, Tennessee. Participants will be sustainability ambassadors for the event, learning how to minimize the event’s overall environmental impact and how those lessons could be applied at Penn State events.
Penn State gives out first-ever Student Sustainability Awards
4/23/19
This month Penn State bestowed the first Student Sustainability Awards, sponsored by the Sustainability Institute and the Council of Sustainable Leaders. The awards recognized five outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate a sincere commitment to transforming Penn State into a sustainability leader.
Penn State Mont Alto hosts campus forum on research and engagement opportunities
4/18/19
On Thursday, April 11, Penn State Mont Alto hosted a forum for faculty, staff and students from three campuses to discuss how the University's new utility-scale solar facility being constructed near the campus can serve as a teaching, research and outreach resource for Penn State and local communities.
Living in a material world: One student's quest to reduce his plastic waste
4/17/19
Freshman Harrison Brennan, inspired in part by a Penn State class, is trying to live his life without single-use plastic items. Brennan's efforts are an example of the ways in which individual Nittany Lions serve as sustainability champions and can contribute to addressing Penn State's waste stream management challenges.
Penn State offering faculty workshop on Ethics of Climate Change course
4/16/19
Faculty at any Penn State campus can receive no-cost training at a two-day workshop May 9-10 on bringing an inter-domain course on the Ethics of Climate Change to their campus. The course is open to faculty of any rank at every Penn State campus.