The Environmental Steering Committee (ESC)
is a group of faculty, staff and students that work to promote the well
being of the campus environment through the promotion of conservation
and education. The ESC also acts as an important liaison between
environmentalists on campus and the University regarding important
environmental issues. The current co-chairs of the ESC are Dr. Tim Hawkins and Dr. Claire Jantz from the
Geography-Earth Science Department.
At this website,
you will find information about the ESC and about environmental news,
events and stewardship at Shippensburg University.
Meeting schedule (Spring 2010):
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held in Shearer Hall 205 at 3:30
February 22 (in Shearer 206), March 18, and April 22
News and Events
The first load of finished ceramic work fired in Prof. Culbertson's biodiesel kilm.
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Since 2006, Professor Ben Culbertson (Art Department) has been collecting all of the waste vegetable oil on campus and making biodiesel. He has hand fabricated a set of collection containers that are in use at every dining facility on campus. In 2010, Professor Culbertson embarked on a project with several ceramics students to design, build and test a biodiesel-fueled burner system to fire ceramics kilns. To date, they have successfully built and fired a 30 cubic foot kiln to 2,350 degrees F using biodiesel. The work of Professor Culbertson is saving money for Chartwells, SU's food service vendor, saving energy, and reducing SU's carbon footprint.
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Shippensburg completes a greenhouse gas
emission study.
Under the advisement of Dr. Tim Hawkins, ESC co-chair, and the
assistance of many staff members and departments across campus, student
Jim Spatz (major: Geoenvironmental Studies) has completed Shippensburg
University's first greenhouse has emissions study. Click here to view the
full PDF report.
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