PERC
Pennsylvania Environmental Resource ConsortiumHigher Education connecting, collaborating and taking action |
UPCOMING EVENTS
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PERC MEMBER SPOTLIGHT!
s | Dickinson College hosted a three-day international climate symposium, Science Based Choices for Climate Action: Insights from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, in Carlisle PA. Speakers included 50 climate-policy experts from all around the world! |
PERC 2024 Campus Sustainability Champion CelebrationIn April we recognized PERC's 2024 Campus Sustainability Champions: college and university students, faculty, and staff from across the Commonwealth who have advocated for action on climate change, for environmental justice, for food sovereignty, and for the health and well-being of people and the planet. Click the box to learn more... |
PERC SponsorsPERC's corporate sponsors play a vital role by supporting operations and programming as well as being business leaders in sustainability. |
SInce
2013, PERC's "PHE-FRC" initiative, developed in cooperation with the
U.S. EPA and Sodexo, has resulted in significant carbon and waste reductions.
A year to be proud ofPERC's 2019-2020 year has been busy and productive. A variety of initiatives, in-person events and webinars centered around an increased focus on higher education's role in leading the way on the Sustainable Development Goals. |
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.
Featured Corporate Sponsors
|  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 
