Stories about sustainability

EcoCoins

EcoCoin Encourages Sustainability, Supports Student Organizations

Customers receive an EcoCoin each time they decline a single-use plastic bag when making a purchase at Lehigh's bookstore.

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Lehigh Releases Climate Action Strategy

The Climate Action Strategy establishes a goal of achieving net carbon neutrality by 2040.

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Hungry Hawks App and Web Interface Take Flight

The new platform helps address food waste and food insecurity on Lehigh's campus.

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Making Strides: First Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030 Progress Report Released

One year after its release, Lehigh’s first Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030 Progress Report shows key progress to date.

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Lehigh Partners in Solar Array Project to Power Goodman Campus

The proposed project, which will be installed on a swath of university-owned land on Goodman Campus, is in line with the goals of Lehigh’s Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030.

A colorful illustration of people walking on and alongside a path through green grass and giant flowers. The people are wearing gas masks.

Human Behavior, Climate Risk and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Y.C. Ethan Yang works with a team of researchers incorporating data on human behavior into a climate-risk modeling framework to improve resilience of critical water, food and energy systems.

Student Sebastian Wick working on a project called EcoRealm Environments.

Growing Green

EcoRealm Environments explores retrofitting spaces with hydroponic grow systems—and boosting people’s wellbeing.

 Cynthia Marten, Audrey McSain and Mark Ironside

Lehigh Accepts Green Ribbon Schools Sustainability Award

The university was just one of five post-secondary institutions nationwide to receive the U.S. Department of Education award Tuesday at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Students on campus planting a tree

Lehigh Named Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Awardee

The university was just one of five postsecondary institutions to be honored by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Striving for Sustainability

As Lehigh unfolds its bold, new sustainability plan, we highlight six alumni who are doing their part for a more sustainable planet.