Lehigh Sustainability

JOIN OUR TEAM! Lehigh's Office of Sustainability is looking to hire passionate and dedicated work-study students who are committed to championing sustainability on campus.   We have multiple open work-study positions for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year. Explore open positions today! https://lnkd.in/etkZ2-Vk

Join the Young Alumni Council (YAC) on Monday, June 24, 2024, at 6:00 PM for an inspiring *webinar! Meet five exceptional Lehigh University graduates from the past decade, honored on the YAC's 10 Under 10 list, who are making waves in their fields, contributing to their communities, earning accolades, and driving global change. Don't miss this inspiring event! Date: Monday, June 24, 2024 | Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. ET Location: Online via Zoom Featuring: Dean J. Kroker ’16, Diana Nicholas ’19, Jonathan Jean-Pierre ’15, Nadine C. Clopton ’19 ’20G, and Rachel Sholder ’16 ’17G *Registration required!

Lehigh Students, there are only 2 weeks left to apply to be an Eco-Rep for the '24-'25 academic year! Join the Eco-Rep Leadership Program and be an advocate for sustainability at Lehigh! Learn more! https://lnkd.in/eU4ypBEB

Support the Pride Center, a place where people of all genders and sexualities thrive. Dollars go directly to grants, oSTEM conference attendees, and the center’s mission. The Pride Center funded thousands of grants to assist LGBTQIA+ students in financial distress from their coming-out journeys. Grants helped students as they needed support for rent, lost wages, gender-affirming care, and legal name changes. Such monetary support saves lives and retains talented students. https://lnkd.in/ef5GjR3d

Lehigh Joins Partnership with Eight Colleges and Universities to Bring Large-scale Solar Facility Online Lehigh University will be paying for an amount of energy equal to 92% of the electricity used by its campus. In exchange, Lehigh University will receive renewable energy credits, which can be used to account for greenhouse gas emissions related to purchased electricity. “Lehigh is thrilled to join our partner institutions in this collaborative effort,” said Audrey McSain, Lehigh’s sustainability director. “Not only does the project help each of us reach our respective sustainability goals, but it also provides real-world experiential learning opportunities and other educational benefits to our students.”

The Swap Shop, the free, sustainable, on-campus thrift shop, wants to expand to better serve students’ needs. Help them grow rack by rack! Gifts of all sizes directly support operational needs and engagement initiatives. $20-$100: Offers clothing care supplies, like a steamer, iron and ironing board, and lint rollers or event supplies like fabric markers and patches, boxes for clothing drives, mini sewing kits, and more. $500: Purchases specific types of clothing in bulk to address student needs (e.g., winter gear, interview clothes) or creates a storage system for out-of-season clothing and overflow donations. $1,000+: Replaces all clothing racks and displays and implements ways to optimize space. https://lnkd.in/e8wXy-bh #Sustainability #ThriftShop #LehighValley #Lehigh

This week the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market 🧑🌾 will be back for its 17th season! Join us from 11 am to 3 pm *every Thursday from April 25th to November 9th at Farrington Square (🌳located between New & Morton St.)! 🌷 *Note there will not be a market on June 6th or July 4th! . . . Lehigh University #lehighsustainability #lehighu

🌎🌳☀️HAPPY EARTH DAY ☀️🌳🌎  Earth Day is an annual event that marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, first held on April 22nd, 1970! Every year Earth Day highlights current environmental concerns while promoting sustainable behaviors across the globe that help safeguard a brighter tomorrow. 🌱 This year’s 🌎 Earth Month theme is PLANET VS. PLASTIC! Today also marks the start of EARTH WEEK at Lehigh! Swipe or read below to check out the amazing events happening this week! 🌾 April 25th: Bethlehem Farmers’ Market Opening Day | 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Farrington Square - Open to the Public! ♻️ April 26th: Earth Day Fair | 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | STEPS Lawn 👜 April 26th: Trashion Show | 6:30 PM | LUAG Art Gallery 🌳 April 26th - April 29th: Bethlehem City Nature Challenge | Lehigh Campus Click the link for more information about how you can get involved! https://lnkd.in/eESBhq-N . . . Lehigh University #lehighsustainability #sustainability #earthmonth #earthday #earthweek

Are you a Lehigh University student who loves free stuff?! Then keep on reading ⬇️ The Office of Sustainability and the Lehigh Sustainability Council are conducting a short multiple-choice survey to assess sustainability literacy on campus. This 15 multiple-choice question, not graded, survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete! Want to know the best part? All participants will be entered into a 🎟️ prize drawing to win one of two prizes ⎯ noise-canceling headphones or a zero waste starter kit (includes Ello thermos, bamboo cutlery set, and a set of beeswax wraps)! We greatly appreciate your participation in this survey as we strive to improve sustainability education and opportunities on campus. Click the link to take the survey! 🌱 https://lnkd.in/ex_wwb3b *Must be completed by April 22nd, 2024 to be entered! 

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