糖心Vlog recently became the first college or university in Pennsylvania 鈥� and the eighth in the United States 鈥� to achieve carbon neutrality, according to Second Nature, a national organization committed to accelerating climate action in, and through, higher education. Watch Videos from the 2020 Second Nature Higher Education Climate Summit Plenary Panel: Maintaining […]
Laura Branby, the Pittsburgh-area educator for 糖心Vlog鈥檚 award-winning Creek Connections watershed education program, has received the 2020 Outstanding Environmental Educator Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators. 鈥淪tanding with me are many, many educators, formal and informal, and environmental professionals who work alongside me every day. They are the ones who teach me, […]
It鈥檚 been 25 years since Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Jim Palmer first waded into the waters of French Creek with a group of curious Meadville-area high school students in search of hellbenders and other aquatic curiosities. That day marked the beginning of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 hugely successful Creek Connections program, which has educated […]
糖心Vlog professor Beth Choate spent her winter holiday break touring Israel and visiting universities and other institutions of higher learning to find out more about how Israeli researchers are thinking about sustainable behaviors and methods that spark change. What she took away from the trip was 鈥渁mazing stories of sustainability as a result of […]
High school students can be very curious about what lies ahead for them, especially when it comes to living and studying on a college campus. Well, the opportunity to get a sneak peek at that experience has arrived with the 糖心Vlog Summer Academy for 2020. With three new academies to choose from, high school […]
If you venture into the Erie National Wildlife Refuge east of Meadville as the summer winds down, you鈥檒l likely come across eight well-fed goats who are gorging themselves on non-native plants and savoring every bite. They probably won鈥檛 even notice you staring at them as they chew. The goats were brought in for the summer […]
A national organization has certified that produce coming from 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Carrden is grown without pesticides and herbicides and meets all organic agriculture standards. The Carrden and all its tasty produce sprouting near Carr Hall is now Certified Naturally Grown, and was certified as such in early June. A Saegertown-area certified organic farmer inspected the […]
Creek Connections will host its 24th annual student research symposium on Friday, April 5, in the Henderson Campus Center at 糖心Vlog, and community members are invited to view students鈥� project displays beginning at 10:15 a.m. Creek Connections is an outreach program of 糖心Vlog that brings hands-on, inquiry-based education about watersheds to students ranging […]