Category: Events
Sustainable Self-Care Event
The Sustainable Self-Care event featured Penn State Berks local partners Berks Nature and other presenters to educate students about the use of sustainable self-care products, harms of self-care waste and other ways to reduce waste. 10+ educational stations hosted by students, staff, faculty and local organizations were featured in the event on the Perkins Lawn on March 20th of 2023.
America Recycles Day – Fall 2023
The Sustainability Council hosted a student event in the Perkins Lobby at Penn State Berks in celebration of America Recycles Day. On November 15th 0f 2023, students were able to test their knowledge about recyclability and other environmental topics to win prizes and access more educational resources.
MLK Day of Service – Invasive Species Removal with Gring’s Mill
Our MLK Service Day Event of removing invasive species with our community partner, Grings Mill, was a success!
More than 50 volunteers of students from Penn State Berks, members of the Sustainability Council, and other community members cleared out various invasive species for the service event.
Earth Fest 2023
The Earth Day and Campus Garden ceremony was held on April 17th, 2023. It consisted of unveiling the display of a sustainability and wellness mural created by Penn State Berks students, educational resources about compost/food waste reduction, and featured a live demonstration of planting seeds in the planter boxes of the brand-new campus garden.
Earth Fest 2022: Sustainability, Justice, & Ethics
After a 3-year hiatus and despite the cold, windy, & then rainy ending, the Earth Fest today (Monday 4/18) was a success in bringing students, faculty, staff, and community members together to learn, educate/inform, encourage to take action, have fun, and simply be able to hang out and discuss important topics related to sustainability. Visitors received freebies (eco-friendly straws and plantable pencils with seeds) and we had 3 rounds of raffle drawings and gave away more than a dozen prizes thanks to funding available from the Penn State Sustainability Institute.
A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers, station leaders, M&O, IT, community organizations, and visitors that made today a memorable day.
Berks Faculty & Staff Volunteers/Station Leaders: Jayné Park-Martinez, Paula Plageman, Barb Lessig, John Rost, Sandy McEwen, Kathy Cavanaugh, Gail Chiriani, Jaxon Dierker, Bryan Wang, Tara Beecham, Hannah Fassbender & Thun Library Student Workers, Erica Kunkel, Lisa Weaver, Shiyoung Lee, Marietta Scanlon, Pam Eisenhart, Russel Pepper, Mark Dawson, Tom & Gene from IT, Donna Chambers, Keith Hillkirk, M&O crew
Student/Youth Volunteers: Lyra & Altair Martinez-Park, Howra Amirshokoohi (Kazempour), Lohitaksha Ananthula, Amelia & Katalina Kasper, Elise Wang, MaryKate Cotter, Cassidy Grebe, Brandon Mustapher, Luke Shirk, Jessica Babich, Sam Acker,, Sam Pickwood, Erik Peterson Smith, Muslim Students Association members, Trey Kilpatrick, Josh Breton, Lion Ambassadors, Michelle Mart’s Hist 109 students
Community Organizations/Station Leaders: League of Women Voters Berks County, Earth Day Berks, City of Reading Public Works Dept- Sustainability Division & EAC, Citizens Climate Lobby Reading-Berks, Schuylkill River Greenways, US Army Corps of Engineers at Blue Marsh Lake, Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.
Thank you,
Mahsa Kazempour (Sustainability Team Leader)
Fall Fest 2019
We R the 6 R’s!
The Penn State Berks Sustainability Team hosted our first Fall Sustainability Fest on Monday, November 11, 2019 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Gaige Building Lobby. The event focused on how to tackle overconsumption and waste. Continue reading “Fall Fest 2019”
Plant This Movie: Film Screening
Please join us for the screening of the film, Plant This Movie, on Tuesday October 29, 2019 at 6:15pm in L5. The film will be followed by a panel discussion.
Film
Narrated by Daryl Hannah, Plant This Movie presents a comprehensive look at the evolution and growing impact of the international urban agriculture movement — from cities across the United States to diverse countries around the world. Featuring leading urban farming advocates, the film explores the inspiring success story of Cuba, and travels globally to communities of urban farmers in Shanghai, Calcutta, Addis Ababa, London, and Lima. In the US, the film visits innovative projects in New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Philadelphia and Portland – including the largest rooftop garden in the world, blighted areas transformed into urban farms, student-run gardens and CSA, and other projects that show the explosion of creative local efforts. Continue reading “Plant This Movie: Film Screening”
EarthFest 2019
The Penn State Berks Sustainability Team hosted EarthFest 2019 on April 22 from 10 am – 1:30 pm on the walkway between the Gaige and Perkins Buildings on campus. More than 20 educational stations were led by faculty, staff, students, and community organizations. The large crowd of visitors collected stamps at each station to be entered in a drawing to win sustainability-related prizes. Eco-friendly freebees were available and over 70 visitors made sustainability pledges.
EarthFest 2019 Booths
EarthFest Pledges 2019
Over 70 Sustainability Pledges were made by visitors to EarthFest 2019 at Penn State Berks on April 22, 2019. The event included booths hosted by faculty, staff, students, and community organizations. The beautiful weather resulted in a great turnout and a very successful event.