Sustainability

After two years as Recyclemania runner-up, EMU wins the top state ranking in campus community recycling contest

by Lauren Jefferson

For the last four years, Eastern Mennonite University has finished as runner-up in the state rankings of colleges and universities participating in the national Recyclemania contest. But not in 2015.
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Annual Spring STEM Celebration features pizza, posters and trivia with profs in the renovated Suter Science Center

by Lauren Jefferson

In conducting research, Sam Stoner says he’s learned diligence, time management, and patience – all qualities that the environmental sustainability major and business administration minor says will pay off as
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Mennonite Camping Association maintenance teams visit EMU to learn sustainable models for renovation of historic facilities

by Chris Yoder

About 10 years ago, Gordon Shantz, director of maintenance at Highland Retreat in Bergton, Virginia, faced a problem. The first permanent structure ever built on the property – a bathhouse with
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Conservation photography class looks at proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline route and how it could affect the environment

by Elaina Sauber

After the U.S. Forest Service released its newly revised proposal for George Washington National Forest on Tuesday, many concerns about the forest’s future were laid to rest. But for Eastern
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Wildlife Federation backs interdisciplinary work – science, digital media, peacebuilding – on stream restoration

by Andrew Jenner

A $200,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation will give science, peacebuilding and digital media students at Eastern Mennonite University opportunity to work together on a stream restoration
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