President’s Task Force for Campus Sustainability

• Is Green Gentrification Inevitable? 

           Locating the Green Space Paradox, by Dr. Hamil Persall - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021, 7 – 8 P.M.

Studies in several North American cities point to the connections between green space creation and gentrification, raising questions about how to improve environmental conditions in neighborhoods without unintended socio-economic impacts. This study uses spatial and field techniques and interviews to examine the emergence of the green space paradox in neighborhoods across the City of Philadelphia and to characterize the conditions leading to gentrification associated with new parks. This study finds that gentrification isn't an inevitable outcome but that some neighborhoods are primed for gentrification and parks can become part of this process.

• Combating Food Insecurity through Stewardship, Sustainability, and Social Justice 

           A Role for University/College Campus Farms and Produce Outreach

Guest lecture by Sean Cornell from Shippensburg University

November 17, 2021, 7 p.m.
Weinstock Lecture Hall (Capacity - 31)

This event is limited to York College students, staff, and faculty only. All attendees must wear masks. The public is welcome to join virtually via Zoom. Pre-registration required for virtual attendance. 

2021 Campus Sustainability Awareness Campaign

Sustainability today has three interconnected pillars: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and social equality and justice. All  sustainability is local. The YCP's first Campus Sustainabilty Awareness Campaign starts on April 18 and ends on April 30 joining global celebrations of the 51st Earth Day (April 22, 2021) and Pennyslvania Arbon Day (April 30).   Sustainability for Every Spartan! YCP.

Keynote Speaker - Vanessa Farquharson, April 20, at 7:00 PM  in Zoom. Click here to watch the recording of Vanessa's webinar.

Research Showcase | Sustainability (April 17-23, 2021):  Three top sustability themed student projects are Annika Richards (1st), Sam O'Dea (2nd), and Arianna Evans (3rd).

Speaking Green Panel Sessions: April 19, 20, 22, and 23 from 6-7 PM in Zoom. Click here to watch the recording of it!

Spartan Rock Talk - Learn how to truly be Sustainable as an individual, an organization, and a college on April 21, 2021 at 7:30 PM in Zoom.  

Residence Life - Terracycle

EcoChallenge (April 1 to April 21): 61 participants this time, including students, faculty, and staff. Michelle Fellner is the top one in Student Group; Paul Ackerman for Faculty Group; and Annie Nguyen for Staff Group. Congratulations!

Keynote Speaker: Vanessa Farquharson 

Vanessa Farquharson is an award-winning author, public speaker and journalist. Vanessa worked as a staff reporter at the (Toronto) National Post for six years, where she covered topics ranging from urban development to rooftop beekeeping and wrote a weekly column called Sense & Sustainability. She has worked as a writer and editor for a range of top-tier Canadian publications and has more than a decade of experience in media relations.

More recently, Vanessa has focused on leadership roles in communications and PR within the environmental sector, raising the public profile of global recycling organization TerraCycle before steering a major rebranding effort for Earth Day Canada, where she was Director of Communications and Campaigns. She is also a member of the City of Toronto’s Circular Economy Working Group.

Her 2014 book Sleeping Naked is Green recounted the adventure of attempting to add one more "green habit" a day for a leap year.  By end of it, she had attempted 366 moves to live a more sustainable life, from bringing her own coffee cup with her everywhere to a hilarious attempt to wash her hair with vinegar -- in the dark. 

Vanessa currently is the Interim – Director of Communications for the International Institute of Sustainable Development, focused on editorial strategy, media relations and public awareness.

April 20 at 7:00 PM. Registration now closed.

Other Events and News

• Cindi Reisinger in the President’s Office works with Veterans doing a clothing drive each semester.
  
  
• April 22, 2021 – Earth Day (2021 Theme: “Restore Our Earth”)
  
  
• March 2021 — Climate Change Action Plays
  YCP students spent a weekend working with internationally recognized theatre artist and social activist Joan Lipkin, creating short plays based around the themes of sustainability and the environment. Using performance and civic engagement, Lipkin creates events about the most pressing issues of our time. Students presented their work in the hopes of spurring us all to action

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