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 2025 Campus Sustainability Champion CelebrationOn April 24th, PERC will announce our 2025 Campus Sustainability Champions during a virtual celebration where PERC shares the champions' work, introduce a keynote speaker, and provide an opportunity for networking! RSVP today using the link below! |
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! |
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.
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 
