EMU alumnus Levi Geyer ’22 is taking environmental sustainability to a whole new level. The Iowa farmer gathers yellowbud hickory nuts from parks and conservation areas to produce hickory oil, which is then filtered, bottled and sold. A recent article in The Marketplace, the official publication of Mennonite Education Development Associates, highlights his mission to popularize the oil. In the article, Geyer credits EMU’s environmental science classes with showing him the connection between agriculture and sustainability.
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Laura Ruth ’09 and Rebecca Shelly ’14 are spreading joy and kindness through the power of flowers, while making a positive impact on the planet. In March, the EMU alums ... read more about EMU grads brighten lives through blooms
This past fall break, three Eastern Mennonite University students and a community member piled into a car for an eight-hour road trip to go see – weeds. Not just any ... read more about Alumni-founded network fosters sustainability initiatives
For the fifth straight year, Eastern Mennonite University has placed first among participating Virginia universities in the 2019 RecycleMania competition. It also improved its national standing to 34th with its ... read more about For fifth consecutive year, EMU earns first among state RecycleMania competitors
In its rookie debut, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) was a top finisher in the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), landing within the top ten schools among 125 campus participants in North ... read more about EMU places in the top ten of Campus Conservation Nationals competition to reduce electricity consumption
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. ... read more about After two years as Recyclemania runner-up, EMU wins the top state ranking in campus community recycling contest
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 ... read more about Mennonite Camping Association maintenance teams visit EMU to learn sustainable models for renovation of historic facilities
Global climate change and human conflict are two different problems, dealt with by different groups, right? Wrong. In fact, the United States military combats terrorism and climate change. Both are ... read more about Veteran peacebuilder discusses global climate change as a destabilizing social and political threat
On any given day at Eastern Mennonite University, you may see a young person riding a bicycle with an attached trailer piled with recyclables. The job represents a broad value ... read more about EMU administration and students join forces to recycle, compost and otherwise aim for sustainability
A local Republican state senator has received an award from what some may see as an unlikely source. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, was awarded a Legislative Leadership Award by ... read more about Virginia Senator honored by Sierra Club in ceremony near EMU’s array of solar panels
