PERC
Pennsylvania Environmental Resource ConsortiumHigher Education connecting, collaborating and taking action |
UPCOMING EVENTS
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2025 Sustainability Leaders Conference
s | On May 18th, PERC held their first in-person conference in two years at the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub in State College, PA. With campus leaders joining from across the commonwealth, PERC explored sustainability through the lens of curriculum development, campus finances and emissions, and environmental justice! Click to read the event recap and access the digital resource packets! |
Stories of Sustainability and Equity: A PERC short filmAs challenges persist against equity and environmental justice, PERC wanted to take a step back and consider the sustainability-equity-justice nexus from the student perspective. Viewing current actions and PERC's 2025 Sustainability Leaders Conference as a unique window of opportunity, PERC invited current students and recent graduates to utilize this time to share how they view this intersection and what they are looking for from leadership. |
A year to be proud ofPERC's 2024-2025 year is set to be one of PERC's busiest yet! With our 2024 and 2025 Campus Sustainability Champions, a new webinar series, and a variety of in-person events, PERC is getting back into the sustainability game in a big way! |
A trip down perc's memory lane
PHE-FRC members
win 2 EPA awards
Representatives from the EPA, Sodexo, Ursinus College and PERC gathered recently to celebrate the awarding of not one but two national awards to Pennsylvania Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge organizations. One award went to PHE-FRC Sustaining Sponsor Sodexo--the Leadership Award for their role in making the PHE-FRC possible and carrying lessons learned here to other parts of the country. The second award recognized Ursinus College's outstanding progress in their food recovery data. EPA Regional Acting Adminstrator for District III, Cecil Rodrigues noted the impact and the import of the work that both Ursinus and Sodexo are doing. There is more about the awards and the event here.
Think Outside
DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn gathered with students, faculty and other interested parties in in March to launch the Think Outside program, a DCNR program that grew out of a collaboration with PERC. Students from PERC Member institutions Shippensburg University and Messiah College will participate in the pilot projects of the program. The Think Outside program invites students and professors to use state parks and forests to cultivate new ideas and build stronger connections with our natural resources, and then share their projects, activities, research, or proposals with DCNR. More about Think Outside is available here.
|  Jim Gurley, District Manager with Sustaining Sponsor Sodexo, talks about the PA Higher Education Food Recovery Challenge during PERC's "Changing Times" fall conference.  Julia Knight, HACC's Director of Sustainability, presenting at PERC's Making Progress Conference at Susquehanna University.
Paul Morgan, West Chester University, talks about community engagement at the Leveraging Strengths Conference at Franklin & Marshall College.
Second Nature founder Tony Cortese giving the keynote address at PERC annual meeting at Penn State University. Conference attendees taking part in the Sustainability Cafe.
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Founded in 2000, PERC serves to connect people working on sustainability projects in Pennsylvania's colleges and universities; allowing them to share knowledge and take action towards a sustainable future. We believe institutions of higher education are in a unique position to play a leadership role in bringing about that future. With over 
