President’s speech: “Rooted in good soil”
What makes our community so unusually fruitful? Because we are rooted in good soil. We are like a prairie.
Archives for Sustainability Category
Research team studies effects of prescribed burns in Kenya
For two weeks in February, five Goshen College students joined Ryan Sensenig, professor of biology, in Kenya to assist with prescribed burns inside the Kenya Long term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).
Defending peace, defending the climate: Anabaptist organizations collaborate on climate change
Leadership from 18 Anabaptist organizations in the United States and Canada convened at the Anabaptist Collaboration on Climate Change (ACCC) on Jan. 26 and 27 to address what many consider a moral emergency.
Alumni Spotlights from the Sustainability Leadership Semester
In celebration of Honoring the Headwaters: 10 Years of SLS, we had a conversation with three alumni from the Sustainability Leadership Semester (SLS).
Leadership and Transformational Learning in the Sustainability Leadership Semester
Read students’ perspectives on how they are experiencing leadership development and new understandings of sustainability in the Sustainability Leadership Semester.
Honoring the Headwaters: 10 Years of Sustainability Leadership Semester
Since the SLS began in 2012, this immersive, residential semester uses water as a tool and gateway to broader discussions about how students can influence the holistic health of communities. This fall, we celebrate ten years of transformational learning and leadership by Honoring the Headwaters: 10 Years of SLS.
Professor Joel Pontius named co-editor of Springer Nature’s Environmental Discourses in Science Education Series
Joel Pontius, associate professor of sustainability and environmental education at Goshen College’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, has been named the editor for Springer Nature's Environmental Discourses in Science Education Series.
Sculptures, turtles, documentaries and more: 2021 Maple and Hickory Scholars
This summer, 15 students participated in the Maple Scholars and Hickory Scholars, Goshen College’s eight-week, hands-on interdisciplinary summer research programs.
Jerrell Ross Richer ’85: Becoming carbon positive
Jerrell Ross Richer teaches courses in economics and sustainability at Goshen College in Indiana. He also teaches Global Sustainability in the Collaborative MBA program
Students prepare for ‘Climate Ride’ across U.S.
Three Goshen College students are joining 14 other cyclists for a Climate Ride 3,737 miles from Seattle to Washington D.C., stopping at communities along the way to hear and share stories of what climate change means to a range of people across the nation.