At first, Park Woods seemed … pretty. “Just having this little piece of the woods to come and kind of escape to was so valuable to me,” senior Bekah Mongold ... read more about A ‘live project’ for environmental sustainability students: Park Woods
Sustainability
Alumni STEM professionals help NSF-funded scholars explore career paths and dig into local issues
Eastern Mennonite University student Ally Mankamyer knows her future lies in math, but whether she’ll find her important work to be in the classroom or more likely, in a newly ... read more about Alumni STEM professionals help NSF-funded scholars explore career paths and dig into local issues
Mini-grant awards support sustainability projects on campus
The Eastern Mennonite University student group Earthkeepers has announced the 2019 winners of its annual mini-grants supporting campus sustainability projects. The mini-grants fund sustainable initiatives on campus “that wouldn’t otherwise ... read more about Mini-grant awards support sustainability projects on campus
EMU senior’s Soil Cycles business by cycle collects compost
Globe-trotting environmental sustainability major and Eastern Mennonite University senior Nidhi Vinod has started a Harrisonburg service – collecting compost by bicycle – that embodies the values she has come to ... read more about EMU senior’s Soil Cycles business by cycle collects compost
Alumni journalists lift ‘The Shifting Climates’ podcast off to a strong start
The Shifting Climates podcast and website – aimed at “rehumanizing the conversation” on climate change by connecting it to topics of faith and justice – has released its first four ... read more about Alumni journalists lift ‘The Shifting Climates’ podcast off to a strong start
Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine names Ben Wyse ‘Best Bike Mechanic’
Ben Wyse ‘99 isn’t just the cool guy who sets up his mobile bicycle repair shop – Wyse Cycles – in front of Eastern Mennonite University’s Campus Center on most ... read more about Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine names Ben Wyse ‘Best Bike Mechanic’
Bikes & Recycling at EMU
EMU Recycling Coordinator Matthew Freed and student Jack Hummel discuss the bicycles and trailers used to support the recycling and compost program at Eastern Mennonite University. Bikes are a big ... read more about Bikes & Recycling at EMU
Convo speaker Jim Shultz to EMU students about climate change’s planetary crisis: ‘You are the chosen people’
Just days after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing the anticipated impacts of global warming, Jim Shultz visited Eastern Mennonite University with a very ... read more about Convo speaker Jim Shultz to EMU students about climate change’s planetary crisis: ‘You are the chosen people’
Local Valley food economy flourishes
James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University and Bridgewater College are also committed to providing local options to students in their dining facilities as well as maintaining small campus gardens that produce food for the schools. ... read more about Local Valley food economy flourishes from Hburg Citizen
Student initiative to ‘leave our mark’ culminates in ‘solar barn raising’ at EMU
A year-long student-initiated effort at Eastern Mennonite University became a physical reality in a matter of days last week and will increase the university’s solar energy capacity by 65 percent. ... read more about Student initiative to ‘leave our mark’ culminates in ‘solar barn raising’ at EMU