Sustainability News

Sustainability is central to the mission and strategic plan of ºÚÁÏÍø, and we're proud of the many ways our campus community has effected positive change in the world we all share.

college leaders signing contract
ºÚÁÏÍø Adds Cooperative Admission Program with FLCC

A new cooperative admission program between ºÚÁÏÍø and Finger Lakes Community College allows FLCC students to…

Variety of yarn colors
Geneseo Tempestry Group Embraces Activism Through Crafting

The Geneseo Tempestry group uses crafting to create colorful, tactile visualizations of climate change over time.…

Students gather in a circle in the Sturges Quad
2022 Student Ambassadors Named

Planting a food forest on campus, exploring issues of hunger and vaccination, and designing a literature-based…

Geography students
Study Looks at Impact of Native American Land Use on Forests

In a new article published in the Journal of Biogeography, geographer Associate Professor Stephen Tulowiecki and…

ºÚÁÏÍø campus
Geneseo Is a Tree Campus USA College

ºÚÁÏÍø is named as a Tree Campus USA College by the Tree Campus Higher Education, an Arbor Day Foundation…

Water runoff
American Rock Salt Lecture on People, Erosion, and Chemistry

Amanda Schmidt, Ph.D., will deliver this year’s American Rock Salt Lecture in Geology on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30…

Pointing at waterfall in Letchworth State Park
Professor to Publish Letchworth State Park Atlas

Stephen Tulowiecki, associate professor of Geography and Sustainability Studies at ºÚÁÏÍø, has spent two years…

red jacket
Geneseo Recognized as a 2022 "Green College"

ºÚÁÏÍø is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review…

Carolyn Finney portrait on a railing outside
Harding Lecture Features Storyteller and Cultural Geographer

Author, storyteller, and cultural geographer Carolyn Finney will deliver ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s annual Walter Harding…

A student harvests tomatoes in the eGarden.
Geneseo Celebrates Sustainability Month

ºÚÁÏÍø is hosting a series of events in observance of Campus Sustainability Month.

Furhana Sultana
President's Lecture on Sustainability Focuses on the Climate Crisis

Farhana Sultana, an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of…

Jess Rivera, Class of 2022, harvests tomatoes from the eGarden.
Summer Farmers Market Effort Increases Diversity in Sustainability Activities

Geneseo students are learning the full cycle of farming, from planting in the campus eGarden to selling at an urban…