Goshen College has improved this past year on its STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
Goshen College is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.
Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley '97, Goshen’s urban forester, worked with 2020 alumnus Aidan Friesen to conduct research looking at projected climate change impacts to our urban forest.
The Arbor Day Foundation has once again named Goshen College a Tree Campus USA for 2019. Tree Campus USA is a program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities and their leaders who promote trees on their campuses and engage students in their conservation.
The eight-week Maple Scholars research program and Hickory Scholars sustainability program continued this summer, despite an early end to the academic school year due to coronavirus.
“How do we integrate places more intentionally into our lives and our lives more consciously into places,” is the question at the heart of Joel Pontius’ first book, “Place-based Learning for the Plate,” which explores 21st century stories of hunting, foraging and fishing for food.
Class of 2020 — who have worked hard, and saved, and planned at least the next 20 steps into our future in order to create our own space — are about to enter a world that isn’t ready for us.
From food council research to on-the-ground food asset mapping, Goshen College students are teaming up with ECFC to promote healthier, sustainable food for everyone in the community.
Luke Vance, a junior sustainability studies major from Boise, Idaho, provides reflections on the eight-day, hundred-plus mile canoe experience with Goshen College's Sustainability Leadership Semester.
José is a senior pursuing a degree in Sustainability Studies. He's also a Dreamer with a passion for sustainability, justice, and peace.
