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How the Green Team Celebrated Earth Day
On the 54th “Earth Day Birthday,” April 22, the Green Team held a rally at the County’s Historic Courthouse, moderated by Prof. Megan Schraedley. At several points in the program, Smithsonian recording artist Rev. Dan Schatz of West Chester’s Unitarian Congregation played and sang beautifully and meaningfully for all committed to beneficial change. Lenape elder…
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From Campus to Community: My Journey in Compost
by Tiffany Kennedy If you had asked me in 2016 what compost was, I would have told you I had no idea. I had just moved to West Chester and was studying nutrition & dietetics at the University. One course required a volunteer activity, and I ended up at the campus garden. The garden intern…
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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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