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Earth Day Welcome and Awards, April 21, 2023
Our Earth Day Welcome on April 21, sponsored by WC Green Team and WCU Office of Sustainability, was held on the Academic Quad with the inspiring backdrop of the Frederick Douglass statue. The group was welcomed by WC Mayor Lillian DeBaptiste, who dedicated the new look of our signs with a “Plant a Tree in…
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Reducing Sports-Related Waste
by Emily Miller Football games, and sporting events in general, are notorious for their waste. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 50-100 tons of garbage is produced at each professional or high-level collegiate game (this info can be located in places like this study, which found that just one of Penn State’s football games produces 50 tons of waste…
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West Chester’s Adopt-a-Rain Garden Program: please help!
Rain gardens are important and so is your help! Short version: please sign up here. West Chester Borough, like many other municipalities, is under federal mandate to improve the quality of its streams. But how can we reduce pollutants flowing into them? Rain gardens absorb those pollutants (chemicals running off yards, road salt, dog waste…
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WCGT/WCU Environment & Sustainability Forums in Fall 2022
These were the programs in our fall 2023 series (download pdf of the series here, with thanks to all presenters and audience members: The forum on September 20, Chester County Climate: Plans and Progress, included many insights about the future of climate protection and other environmental measures. Hear the full audio recording here. See more…
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