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Campus set to commemorate Earth Day
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join in the campus observance of Earth Day in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room on Tuesday, April 18, from 1 to 4 p.m.
'Teach-in' to commemorate Earth Day Tuesday at the College Lodge
In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, SUNY Fredonia will host a daylong teach-in at the College Lodge in Brocton. Featuring presentations by more than 20 individuals, the program will include guided nature walks, lectures on a range of environmental issues, nature writing and drawing classes, sustainable refreshments, a percussion workshop and a drum circle, a meditation labyrinth, and other educational events. The events, all of which are free and open to the public, will start at 9 a.m. and run in 50-minute increments until 5 p.m.
Earth Week programming announced for April 22 to 27
For its seventh annual celebration of Earth Week, SUNY Fredonia will offer more than a dozen major campus and community events to promote environmental stewardship between Tuesday, April 22 and Sunday, April 27. For a complete list of Earth Week programming, please visit www.fredonia.edu/earthweek.
Greenhouse gas audit shows considerable progress at Fredonia
SUNY Fredonia revealed a sharp drop in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to its latest Greenhouse Gas Audit, generating a more than 29 percent decrease in CO 2 equivalent emissions from 2011 to 2013.
PR capstone taps two nonprofits for Community Partners Program
Students within the campus' Public Relations Capstone course have chosen Chautauqua Rails to Trails and Greystone Nature Preserve as the two organizations they will support during their 2014 Community Partners Program. The organizations were chosen from 16 applicants, the largest number of applications the program has received since it began in 2001. This is also Fredonia’s largest class of public relations students to work on the project, marking the fourth straight year of record enrollment.
"Comfort Zone" documentary brings climate change close to home
Three Rochester-based filmmakers set out to answer a simple question -- what will climate change mean for our homes? What does climate change mean in a place where it is not an obvious threat? Where sea level rise isn't a factor, and frankly, where people might like it warmer? "Comfort Zone" brings the issue of climate change to a local and personal level. It is the story of the surprising outcomes when we try and translate this global problem to our individual lives.
Beach cleanup rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22
Groups of volunteers from SUNY Fredonia will lead beach cleanups at Point Gratiot and Wright Park in Dunkirk on Sunday, Sept. 22, from noon to 2:30 p.m., as part of the Ocean Conservancy’s 28th International Coastal Cleanup Campaign. This is a rescheduled date due to a severe weather forecast for Sept. 21. SUNY Fredonia’s Academic Community Engagement (FACE) Center is directing the cleanup with assistance from the New York branch of the American Littoral Society and SUNY Fredonia’s Sustainability Committee and Office of Volunteer and Community Services.
Campus-wide Scavenger Hunt to benefit Cradle Beach
The student group Enactus, a group of academic and business leaders who want to transform lives and shape a better more sustainable world, will host a scavenger hunt entitled “Find it in Fredonia” on Sunday, April 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. on the SUNY Fredonia campus.
On top of the heap in Recyclemania
Back on top of the heap – literally – is where SUNY Fredonia ranks among SUNY schools in the just concluded 2013 RecycleMania competition.
Earth Week spotlights waste with over two dozen events
“Wasting Away,” the theme of SUNY Fredonia’s 2013 Earth Week observance, examines the disposal nature of society — how a myriad of items, starting with food packaging and plastic beverage containers made for one-time use — are wreaking havoc with a planet being adversely impacted by dwindling resources and climate change.