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This page features upcoming events of interest to PERC member and affiliated schools as well as PERC's corporate sponsors and others interested in increasing sustainability in Pennsylvania.  Both PERC events and PERC member-initiated events are featured here.  You can also register online here for PERC events.  NOTE: To take advantage of PERC Member/Sponsor pricing on PERC events, you must LOGIN so the system will display the reduced pricing during registration.

Upcoming events

  • WEBINAR Federal Funding Shifts: IRA, PA RISE, and More

    • 27 Mar 2025
    • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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    Join PERC for the first webinar in our Under Increasing Uncertainty  Series! 

    As the federal funding landscape rapidly shifts, understanding evolving policies, their impact radius, and their implication within higher education institutions is key to continuing critical sustainability efforts on our campuses. The webinar's goal is to provide advice and insight to the audience on navigating funding mechanisms for their current or planned projects/goals under the restrictions posed by the current administration. 

    PERC is very excited to be joined by Ms. Romany Webb, Deputy Director of Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Mr. Louie Krak, Infrastructure Implementation Coordination at PA DEP. Ms. Webb and Mr. Krak will combine their expertise in federal funding relating to climate and sustainability to discuss current shifts, introduce impact projections, and answer questions regarding funding from the national to the state level. 

    We look forward to you joining us from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, March 27th! A Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.

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  • WEBINAR Navigating Sustainability Jobs

    • 10 Apr 2025
    • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Zoom
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    Join PERC for the third webinar in our Under Increasing Uncertainty  Series! 

    As the field of sustainability continues to expand, understanding job opportunities, desirable competencies, and sustainability professionalism is key to preparing for applying to your dream career. The webinar's goal is to address how to navigate the sustainability/climate job market for soon-to-be graduates or those looking to enter a new role in sustainability! 

    PERC is very excited to be joined by Dr. Christopher Nafe, Energy Program Specialist at the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and Ms. Reece Pauling, Graduate student at the Yale School of Environment. Dr. Nafe and Ms. Pauling will combine their experience and expertise in the sustainability field to discuss critical skill sets, key opportunities in the commonwealth, and potential career paths in sustainability.

    We look forward to you joining us from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 10th! A Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.


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  • WEBINAR Fortifying DEIA & Environmental Justice

    • 17 Apr 2025
    • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Zoom
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    Join PERC for the fourth webinar in our Under Increasing Uncertainty  Series! 

    As the federal administration's stance on DEIA and Environmental Justice continues to change, understanding these changes and prioritizing existing and new communities is key to reinforcing their place in sustainability. The webinar's goal is to explain the current landscapes and provide insight to the audience on how to fortify DEIA and Environmental Justice efforts and communities on PA campuses. 

    PERC is very excited to be joined by Dr. Mark Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Geography at Penn State University, and Dr. Gregory Jenkins, Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography. Dr. Ortiz and Dr. Jenkins will combine their knowledge of the intersection of sustainability and DEIA to discuss the critical need for protecting Environmental Justice and DEIA efforts on campuses, the impact of the current administration on Environmental Justice, and how policies are affecting institutional Sustainability Centers.

    We look forward to you joining us from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 17th! A Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.

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  • 2025 Campus Sustainability Champions Celebration

    • 24 Apr 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    Join PERC in celebrating our 2025 Campus Sustainability Champions on April 24th at 7 pm EST! We are excited to highlight the efforts of our member institutions' students, faculty, and staff that are dedicated to the pursuit of sustainability on Pennsylvania's campuses. The event will feature an introduction of each winner and their work, a keynote speaker, and the opportunity to network with champions from across the state! Please RSVP for the event before April 22nd using this form to receive the Zoom link prior to the event. Friends, family, and colleagues are welcome. Please help PERC celebrate these amazing champions! We look forward to seeing you there!



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Past events

17 Jun 2024 Carbon Auditing Professional Training Program
25 Apr 2024 Annual Sustainability Champion Celebration/ Virtual Happy Hour!
22 Mar 2024 Tour of Dickinson College Biodigester & Happy Hour
26 Oct 2023 Renewable Fuel Oil: An Invaluable Introduction
27 Apr 2023 2023 Campus Sustainability Champion Celebration
17 Apr 2023 PERC Sponsored Event: 2023 MACCA Conference
14 Apr 2023 Member School Event: 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium at Bucknell University
25 Mar 2023 PERC Sponsored Event: Northeast Student Farmers Conference
25 Jan 2023 Cooking in Healthy Electrified Commercial Kitchens” Rebate Program Induction Cooking Workshop
04 Nov 2022 Member School Event: Bucknell University's Susquehanna River Symposium
24 Oct 2022 Member School Event: Science-Based Choices for Climate Action, Insights from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report
14 Oct 2022 PERC's 2022 Fall Conference: The Keystone of a Sustainable Future
08 Sep 2022 Member School Event: Rhiana Gunn-Wright: “Climate Change is Everyone’s Fight–Including Yours!”
16 Jun 2022 5th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U)
28 Apr 2022 2022 Campus Sustainability Champion Celebration/ Virtual Happy Hour
04 Feb 2022 Building Pennsylvania’s Bright Climate Future
21 Apr 2021 2021 Campus Sustainability Champions
06 Apr 2021 Save the Date: EJ in PA
16 Mar 2021 Public Health and Sustainability: Partners by Nature #7
16 Feb 2021 Partners by Nature: Public Health and Sustainability #6
08 Dec 2020 Partners by Nature: Public Health and Sustainability #5
09 Nov 2020 Pennsylvania and Climate Change – What Does the Future Hold?
05 Nov 2020 The ONE Symposium
20 Oct 2020 PERC's Partners by Nature: Public Health and Sustainability #4
14 Oct 2020 The State of Environmental Justice in PA
28 Jul 2020 PERC's Partners by Nature: Public Health and Sustainability #3
30 Jun 2020 Partners by Nature webinar: Climate, Weather and Vulnerable Populations Lunchtime Colloquium
18 Jun 2020 Webinar: Exploring Models for Green Office Certification Programs
19 May 2020 Member Event: Sustainability Across The Curriculum at Dickinson College
29 Apr 2020 Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) for Higher Education
07 Apr 2020 Solve Climate by 2030: Solar Dominance + Civic Action
01 Apr 2020 Eco Challenge
24 Mar 2020 Sustainability & Health: Partners by Nature
10 Jan 2020 Making It Work-A Workshop on Partnerships for Sustainability
19 Dec 2019 PERC Partner: webinar on Methods for Measuring Excess Food
09 Nov 2019 Climate Choices Deliberation
21 May 2019 PERC Executive Committee May Meeting
26 Apr 2019 Member School Event: Envisioning the Future: Energy, Climate, & Human Rights
19 Apr 2019 Member Series, Harrisburg University Event #6: Using the Latest Digital Innovations to Address Energy Poverty in Developing Countries
16 Apr 2019 PERC Executive Committee April Meeting
11 Apr 2019 Member School Event: Christian Parenti: Storms and the State
09 Apr 2019 Blueprint for the Future: PERC Spring Conference and Annual Meeting
05 Apr 2019 Member Series, Harrisburg University Event #5: Toward a Public Web-Platform for Limiting Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
29 Mar 2019 Member Series, Harrisburg University Event #4: Natural Gas in Pennsylvania: Energy, Innovation, and the Environment
19 Mar 2019 PERC Executive Committee March Meeting
15 Mar 2019 Member Series, Harrisburg University Event #3: Legal Pathways to Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
19 Feb 2019 PERC Executive Committee February Meeting
08 Feb 2019 Member Series, Harrisburg University Event #2: Is 100% Renewable Energy the Answer to Climate Change?
29 Jan 2019 PERC Executive Committee January Meeting
04 Dec 2018 PA Electric Vehicle Infrastructure bill
01 Nov 2018 Discover PennSEF, Pennsylvania’s Sustainable Energy Finance program- An Alternative path to Clean Energy Savings
25 Jun 2018 Member Event: Sustainability Curriculum Consortium Faculty Conference
16 May 2018 Member School Event: Sustainability Field Conference
12 Apr 2018 Defending our Future: PERC Spring Conference and Annual Meeting
28 Nov 2017 Going to Zero: Strategy Session
05 Nov 2017 Member school event: Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium
07 Oct 2017 PERC partnership event: Safe Climate PA
24 Jul 2017 PERC Partner event: EnergyPath 2017
26 Jun 2017 Member School event: SCC Faculty Conference 2017
25 Apr 2017 Going to Zero Launch event
18 Apr 2017 PERC Partner event: Higher Ed Carbon Pricing Initiative
06 Jan 2017 A PERC Workshop: Carbon Pricing in Higher Education: Bringing Campuses into the Dialog
06 Dec 2016 PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge Meeting
24 Oct 2016 Changing Times: PERC 2016 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting
25 Jul 2016 Energypath 2016
23 May 2016 Member School Teach the Teacher workshop: Leadership in Building Energy Efficiency
04 Apr 2016 PA Power Dialog
01 Apr 2016 2016 PERC Student Sustainability Symposium
04 Mar 2016 PERC/ AASHE event: Pittsburgh Green Power Boot Camp
19 Feb 2016 PERC/ AASHE event: Philadelphia Green Power Boot Camp
17 Feb 2016 Member School Event: 2 Eban Goodstein talks: Climate Next Steps/ Sustainability Jobs
06 Feb 2016 PERC Panels at PASA Farming for the Future Conference: Farming in a Changing Climate
05 Feb 2016 College and Community: Connecting on Climate
08 Jan 2016 "Building Sustainability from the Inside Out"-A PERC Workshop
09 Oct 2015 "Building Bridges"--PERC Fall Conference w John Quigley keynote
22 Sep 2015 September meeting: PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
16 Sep 2015 Partner Org Event: Living Product Expo discounted for PERC
21 Aug 2015 PERC Executive Committee August 2015 meeting
03 Aug 2015 Renewable Energy Solutions Workshop-Second Nature/ PERC event
17 Jul 2015 PERC Executive Committee July 2015 meeting
19 Jun 2015 PERC Executive Committee June 2015 meeting
15 May 2015 PERC Executive Committee May 2015 meeting
14 May 2015 Building Sustainability from the Inside Out
29 Apr 2015 April call Food Donation 102-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
24 Apr 2015 PERC Executive Committee April 2015 meeting
22 Apr 2015 Member School Event: Earth Day Keynote Horton/ Rosier and Stein
27 Mar 2015 PERC 2015 Pennsylvania Student Sustainability Symposium
25 Mar 2015 March call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
20 Mar 2015 PERC Executive Committee March 2015 meeting
20 Feb 2015 PERC Executive Committee February2015 meeting
28 Jan 2015 January call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
16 Jan 2015 PERC Executive Committee January 2015 meeting
09 Jan 2015 Teaching About Climate Change at Susquehanna University
18 Dec 2014 PERC Executive Committee's December 2014 meeting
03 Dec 2014 December call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
20 Nov 2014 PERC Executive Committee's November 2014 meeting
12 Nov 2014 "Engaging Sustainability"--PERC Fall Conference
21 Oct 2014 October 2014 call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
16 Oct 2014 PERC Executive Committee's October 2014 meeting
08 Oct 2014 Member School Event: Community Resiliency Summit
20 Sep 2014 Member School Event: James Balog's "Chasing Ice" screening
18 Sep 2014 PERC Executive Committee's September 2014 meeting
15 Sep 2014 PHE-FRC/ US EPA Webinar-A conversation about composting in higher ed in PA
03 Jul 2014 July call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
05 Jun 2014 June call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
21 May 2014 PERC Executive Committee's May 2014 meeting
01 May 2014 May call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
22 Apr 2014 Member School Event: Stacy Malkan: Not Just a Pretty Face
17 Apr 2014 Member Event: Years of Living Dangerously screening @ Swarthmore
17 Apr 2014 Affiliate School Event: Paige West on The Social World of Coffee
16 Apr 2014 PERC Executive Committee's April 2014 meeting
12 Apr 2014 Member School Event Earth Fest @ PSU Shenango
10 Apr 2014 Member School Event--James Hansen at West Chester
03 Apr 2014 April call-PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
02 Apr 2014 Member School Event: Michael Mann speaking at Shippensburg
21 Mar 2014 PERC's 2014 Pennsylvania Student Sustainability Symposium
19 Mar 2014 PERC Executive Committee's March 2014 meeting
06 Mar 2014 March call PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge
27 Feb 2014 Member School Event: PA Climate Change Policy Forum
10 Jan 2014 PERC Member School Event: A Workshop for Teaching About Climate Change
19 Dec 2013 PERC Executive Committee meeting
17 Dec 2013 Monthly PA Higher Ed Food Recovery Challenge meeting
05 Dec 2013 PERC Partner EPA's Webinar: Composting Strategies for Colleges and Universities
25 Nov 2013 Session 5 One-on-One PHE-FRC Technical Support Meetings
25 Nov 2013 Session 4 One-on-One PHE-FRC Technical Support Meetings
21 Nov 2013 Session 3 One-on-One PHE-FRC Technical Support Meetings
21 Nov 2013 PERC Executive Committee meeting
21 Nov 2013 Session 2 One-on-One PHE-FRC Technical Support Meetings
20 Nov 2013 PERC Partner Event: Greenbuild Nation in Philadelphia
07 Nov 2013 Member School Event: Former NASA Scientist James Hansen to Present at Dickinson College
07 Nov 2013 Member School Event: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
01 Nov 2013 Member School Event: Integrating Sustainability & Climate Change into General Education Programs
29 Oct 2013 Annual Meeting: "Leading the Change"
03 Oct 2013 MEMBER SCHOOL EVENT: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at F&M College
27 Sep 2013 Member School Event: Marcellus Shale Development and Pennsylvania: What Lessons for Sustainable Energy
29 Jul 2013 Partner Events: EnergyPath2013 –Free!
28 Jul 2013 Chatham University's Summer Food, Farm & Field program
20 Jul 2013 PERC Partner Event: Tour the State's Largest Solar Farm
16 Jul 2013 Partner Event: Understanding Solar Project Planning, Financing, Contracts and Construction in Pennsylvania
22 May 2013 PA Higher Ed Food Rec. Challenge-First online meeting
17 May 2013 PERC Member Event: Second annual Loving the Land Through Working Forests Conference and Speaker
30 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Lecture: Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Climate Change Realities and Opportunities
27 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Renewable Energy Workshop
23 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Showing of "Burning in the Sun"
23 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Speaker at Mercyhurst University: Rosalind Creasy
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Free Screening of SWITCH
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Community Forum: Erie’s Needs for a Healthy Built Environment
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Majora Carter Talk
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Earth Day Keynote Address Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability for Philadelphia
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Christopher Joyce Talk
22 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Panel Discussion on Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale
18 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: Annie Leonard is speaking at Franklin & Marshall College
17 Apr 2013 PERC Member Event: A National Conversation on Democracy and Climate
16 Apr 2013 PERC Member Evernt: Annie Leonard - The Story of Stuff, and Sustainability Week
13 Apr 2013 "Decarbonization: A New Direction in Climate Change Policy"
11 Apr 2013 Bill Mckibben: Front Line of the Climate Fight
04 Apr 2013 Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Climate Change Realities and Opportunities
02 Apr 2013 Screening of "Black Gold"
28 Mar 2013 Sustainability Symposium
27 Mar 2013 David Orr: Designing Resilience in a Black Swan World
02 Nov 2012 Annual Meeting: "Making Progress" PERC's Climate Change & Sustainable Energy Conference
20 Oct 2012 Student Organized Event: 2nd Annual Student Environmental Retreat
27 Sep 2012 PERC Member Event: Stewards of Sustainability
14 Sep 2012 PERC Symposium: "Leveraging Strengths"--Town-Gown Sustainability Partnerships in Pennsylvania
13 Sep 2012 STEM Engagement through Sustainability Education--a PERC Member School Event
20 Aug 2012 Another chance to attend-PERC sponsor webinar: “Building Keystone Solar”
26 Jul 2012 Second Chance-PERC sponsor webinar: “Building Keystone Solar”
08 Jul 2012 "Food, Farm, and Field": PERC Member School Event at Chatham University
27 Jun 2012 PERC sponsor webinar: “Building Keystone Solar”
25 Jun 2012 PERC Partner Event: EnergyPath 2012. FREE- Member-Exclusive Scholarships
30 Apr 2012 "Changing the Moral Climate on Climate Change" a PERC Member School Event
23 Apr 2012 PERC Member School Mercyhurst's Earth Day Lecturer Lois Gibbs
19 Apr 2012 Member School Event: Van Jones on Environment and Equity
16 Apr 2012 PERC Member School Event E.O. Wilson at PSU
11 Apr 2012 Member School Event: The Oberlin Project and the Development of a National Network of Similar Projects
23 Mar 2012 PERC Webinar: Choosing Offsets
11 Feb 2012 Member School Event-2012 Student Environmental Retreat
10 Feb 2012 MEMBER School Event: Engaging Students by Integrating Sustainability into the Curriculum
09 Feb 2012 MEMBER School Event: Leadership by Example: Campus-Community Collaboration on Sustainability & Climate Protection
01 Dec 2011 PERC Partner Webinar: Cutting Edge Data Center Efficiency Solutions
11 Nov 2011 PERC Fall Conf: "Sustainability Strategies for Hard Economic Times"
14 Oct 2011 MEMBER school event on College Farms- Seeding the Future
12 Oct 2011 PERC School Event: Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
08 Aug 2011 Member School Program: Climate Modeling and Data Tools Workshop
28 Jun 2011 Member School program: Changing Planet Faculty Study Group
27 Jun 2011 PERC Partner Event: EnergyPath 2011--PERC exclusive scholarships
20 May 2011 Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy in Pennsylvania Higher-Ed.
11 Apr 2011 PERC Webinar: Trains, (Bike) Lanes, and Automobiles: Sustainable Campus Transportation
04 Apr 2011 C2C (Campus to Congress) EARTH weeks
24 Mar 2011 Member Connection
22 Mar 2011 PSUl Event Free to all: Four climate change & sustainably ethics events at Penn State, March 22-25
10 Mar 2011 PERC Webinar: Greening the Grid Iron--and Any Other Sport
18 Feb 2011 PERC Webinar: Perspectives On Cancun: A first hand look at COP16 from three PA faculty and a student who were there
26 Jan 2011 "2011: Building the Path to Sustainability"
20 Oct 2010 "Building a Sustainability Community in Pennsylvania" w/ Tony Cortese
20 Sep 2010 Member-school event: Climate change impacts: beach & riparian

In 2022, the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (PERC) will host exciting programs to advance education, action, and partnerships for sustainability. We will continue to advance our strategic focuses on climate action, public health, and environmental justice. 

  • Building Pennsylvania's Bright Climate Future (February 4, 2022): Pennsylvania is one of the nation’s leading emitters of greenhouse gas emissions from energy production and export, transportation, industry, and agriculture. We are also one of the nation’s most forested states. If Pennsylvania reduces its greenhouse gas emissions and adapts to the changing climate, we can be a leader. Join incredible speakers to learn about the opportunities, dilemmas, challenges, and our connected potential in this exciting 2-hour event. 

You can now view the recording of the event HERE, and the slides HERE.

  • Partners by Nature: Action for Health Equity in Pennsylvania: (Online, January to May, 2022): Our goal is to help you both build a network of contacts and develop skills within a community of practice involving practitioners and researchers from both public health and sustainability. Our five monthly sessions will all be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 12-1 p.m.:
    • January 11 – Introductions and Goal Setting
    • February 8 – How to Foster Community Dialogues Using “The ECHO Process" 
    • March 8 – How to Create Internal Networks Within Your Organization 
    • April 12 – How to Work with Non-Traditional Community Partners 
    • May 10 – How to Find Funding for Public Health-Sustainability Initiatives 

Click HERE to register.

  • University Leadership for a Bright Climate Future (Penn State University Park, April 2022 TBD): Following on our February event, PERC will convene its spring conference and focus on climate action on campuses and in our communities. Informed by what we have learned from the January Pennsylvania Acts on Climate talks, the 2021 EJ in PA event, and our members’ interests during Spring 2022, we will convene to spur higher education’s role in equitably drawing down carbon emissions and facilitating adaptation to the climate crisis through education, student engagement, community cooperation, research, investments, and operations. A full call for proposals will be pending.
  • Campus Sustainability Champions: (April 2022) Every year, PERC recognizes students, faculty, and staff from its member schools as well as a lifetime achievement award for champions of sustainability. Nominations will be solicited in early 2022.


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