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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

Professor Ben Culbertson

Ceramics fired in biodiesel kiln

The first load of finished ceramic work fired in Prof. Culbertson's biodiesel kilm.

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.

Breaking ground on community garden.
Shippensburg faculty and students break ground on a new community garden on campus.




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This page last updated: February 2010

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