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Sustainability

Smeal's Center for the Business of Sustainability partners with Perdue Farms

electrical transmission power lines at sunset

Shedding light on the rules that govern the U.S. power grid

Areas in the East Locker Room were re-carpeted with carpets made from recycled materials

Recycled carpet plays large role in Penn State’s commitment to sustainability

Citizen scientists may be an untapped resource for water quality improvement

Award-winning director and 17-year-old climate activist to visit Penn State

Shelter, safest air intake locations during urban pollution events identified

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

Ecology Institute Planning Meetings-enjoy lunch on us and provide your input

Ecology Institute invites University community to attend planning meetings

Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance

Mandela Washington Fellows continue to succeed after Penn State experience

Students in Penn College Food Sustainability Course

Penn College course teaches students about food sustainability, security

Applications for Spring 2020 IllumiNATION student ambassadors are now open

Study suggests U.S. households waste nearly a third of the food they acquire

LandscapeU field trip participants pose in front of a solar array.

Student and faculty researchers explore food-energy-water system at solar farm

Penn State student Gabriel Schaefer in Iceland

Two Penn State EMS undergrads serve as GREEN ambassadors

What Is Sustainability?

"Sustainability is the simultaneous pursuit of human health and happiness, environmental quality and economic well-being for current and future generations."

—Penn State Sustainability Strategic Plan

Penn State's vision is a comprehensive integration of sustainability into the University's research, teaching, outreach and operations that will prepare students, faculty, and staff to be tomorrow's sustainability leaders.

The Sustainability Institute (SI) was created to lead Penn State toward the University’s sustainability mission: a comprehensive integration of sustainability into the University’s research, teaching, outreach and operations that prepares students, faculty and staff to be sustainability leaders in their professional, personal and civic lives.

www.sustainability.psu.edu

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Smeal's Center for the Business of Sustainability partners with Perdue Farms

Shedding light on the rules that govern the U.S. power grid

Recycled carpet plays large role in Penn State’s commitment to sustainability

Citizen scientists may be an untapped resource for water quality improvement

Award-winning director and 17-year-old climate activist to visit Penn State

Shelter, safest air intake locations during urban pollution events identified

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

Ecology Institute invites University community to attend planning meetings

Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance

Mandela Washington Fellows continue to succeed after Penn State experience

Penn College course teaches students about food sustainability, security

Applications for Spring 2020 IllumiNATION student ambassadors are now open

Study suggests U.S. households waste nearly a third of the food they acquire

Student and faculty researchers explore food-energy-water system at solar farm

Two Penn State EMS undergrads serve as GREEN ambassadors

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