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Sustainability

Painted Turtle student garden opening day 2008

Gettysburg College is committed to sustainability.


From our Central Energy Plant to our residence halls, the Gettysburg College community is reducing our ecological footprint as we stride toward a greener future. A few of the steps we've taken:

• Our Environmental Studies department is among the largest at the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.

• We signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.

• Each May, departing students donate reusable items for our Give It Up for Good Sale, raising funds for the local United Way and diverting tons of material from the waste stream.

• Produce from our student garden (above) goes to the local food bank and our campus Dining Center. In turn, dining waste becomes compost for the garden.

• Our campus-wide recycling program has been in place for a decade.

• Our new Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Fitness will comply with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.

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Gettysburg College students examine proposed development's impact

Development presentation

Far from being in an ivory tower, Gettysburg College students in an environmental studies seminar are engaged with the real-world locally as they studied growth, development and concerns about "urban sprawl," and what that means for one local community.

Seniors in an environmental studies seminar spent last semester examining the ecological, social and economic impacts of a proposed 455-home development near Gettysburg. The students concluded that the proposed development would reduce the tree canopy, alter the natural hydrology of the land and require an expansion of infrastructure and public services. The students are proposing a different solution.

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