Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs exercising their personal and political power. Our chapter is just one of hundreds of chapters across the world working to create the political will for a livable world.
The Penn State Berks Center for the Agricultural Sciences and a Sustainable Environment was officially designated a center in 2016 for the purposes of conducting agriculture, horticulture, plant and soil ecology, rhizosphere microbiome, and turfgrass science research, as well as to support teaching and outreach efforts on campus. The center also participates in campus sustainability initiatives through the composting program.
The City of Reading offers infrastructure, parks, trails, litter management, water resource management and support for its 87,000 residents. Read about the interesting projects our students are working on in the Public Works Department and Greenhouse.
Berks Nature is a non-profit organization that has been serving the community for over forty years. Read about our student projects for Berks Nature. Over the past thirty years, Berks Nature has helped preserve over 7,500 acres of land.
Gring’s Mill [photo: Creative Commons licensed by Chris Wiederspahn]
Blue Marsh Lake [photo: Creative Commons licensed by Mike Hoff]
Some student teams will be partnering with two organizations.
The Food Recovery Network (http://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org) unites students at colleges and universities to fight food waste and huger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste from their campuses and the surrounding communities and donating it to people in need.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (http://pagreencolleges.org) is the organizing body for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Food Recovery Challenge. Working together, PERC schools can challenge each other to cut down on food waste and see benefits that range from reducing hunger to reducing campus GHG emissions.
Glenside Elementary School, Reading, PA
Glenside Elementary is a school in the Reading School District. Read about our students’ projects at Glenside School » The Garden Project involves rebuilding its garden, while also helping to raise awareness about the environment we live in.
Hawk Mountain is a wildlife sanctuary open to the public all year. Read about our students’ projects at Hawk Mountain» Hawk Mountain also serves as a scientific research center and learning facility. It opened in the 1930s as the world’s first refuge for birds of prey.
