environment

  • Interdisciplinary team at Etown awarded EPA grant

    Interdisciplinary team at Etown awarded EPA grant

    Photos courtesy of Elizabethtown College Flickr The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Phase I grant to an Elizabethtown College research team led by professor of chemistry Dr. Lauren Toote and professor of engineering Dr. Brenda Read-Daily. The interdisciplinary team is working on developing a cheap and effective

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    • News
    • February 20, 2020

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com In 2019 there was huge global growth in environmental awareness. This growth was so extreme that aviation, one of the largest growing industries worldwide, saw a drop in domestic passenger numbers in many European countries. This trend has even led to new vocabulary. Flyskam is the Swedish term for “flight-shame,” a

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  • Trees represent more long-lasting significance than thought

    Trees represent more long-lasting significance than thought

    • News
    • November 17, 2011

    A 400-year-old white oak tree fell during Hurricane Irene at Messiah College. Due to its age, this 90-foot-tall tree was an icon for the College. Currently, the ecology and sustainability class at Messiah is working diligently, trying to find resourceful ways for the lumber to be used. Messiah’s grounds manager Jared Rudy said, “A sawmill

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