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Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- National Solar Tour: October
- Bra Recycling Drive: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Winter Coat and Clothing Drive: November/December
- Campus Race to Zero Waste: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Earth Month Events: April
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![Solar array at the College of Podiatric Medicine in Independence, Ohio.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Kent_State_Expands_Solar_Installations_1.jpg?VersionId=RLjX2kmNieaxYpuVcocRSR8fOPCm4zIF)
Kent State continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations—to attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money.
KENT STATE EXPANDS SOLAR INSTALLATIONS; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations—to attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money.Image
![Alumni Climate Advocates](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Alumni_Climate_Advocates2_0.jpg?VersionId=G49pPDQEcruvkKnqLCt54KgCfcTZWhUx)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jillian Kramer, BA '06
Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem…
ALUMNI CLIMATE ADVOCATES; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA '06 Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem…Image
![Grace Springer, a second-year journalism student, collaborates with students from other universities to cover climate change issues.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Grace_Springer_1.jpg?VersionId=I8IFspokbt9xQg_uNfBONWZ3MSuUpfL6)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94
Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of…
COMING TOGETHER TO COMMUNICATE CLIMATE CHANGE; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94 Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of…Image
![Volunteers from the tree advisory board, the grounds department and the Herrick student organization meet to maintain the Climate Change Grove during an Arbor Day/Earth Day event on April 22, 2022.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Climate_Change_Grove_group_photo_1.jpg?VersionId=_VcBukakBH.NrRX_DOjYD62KS7FkUiEc)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA ’20
Imagine a day when Ohio’s environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into…
SURVIVAL OF THE TREES; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA ’20 Imagine a day when Ohio’s environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into…Image
![Land and Sea](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/LandAndSea_together_main_2.jpg?VersionId=_X5B8Ja0k58MdXZe8_7FKaXFATj64B.N)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jillian Kramer, BA ’06
In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson “…
ON LAND AND AT SEA; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA ’06 In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson “…Image
![Daffodils at Kent State](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/20200503_BC_may%204_261_0.jpg?VersionId=BChd2LH1DwMA0sxOi7zjgCSKxG7mTo2W)
Daffodil Hill, on Kent State University’s Kent Campus, is part of the May 4, 1970 site, which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2016.
The cascade of flowers on the hill overlooking Kent State Commons was part of a concept by Kent State Professor Emeritus…
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? MAINTAINING THE LIVING MEMORIAL OF DAFFODIL HILL; Kent State Today; May 6, 2022
Daffodil Hill, on Kent State University’s Kent Campus, is part of the May 4, 1970 site, which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2016. The cascade of flowers on the hill overlooking Kent State Commons was part of a concept by Kent State Professor Emeritus…Image
![Grind to Energy](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Grind2Energy_3.png?VersionId=NjZp9hMAmcPObRtrvXwlnoO20vFBYSkJ)
The central component of the Grind2Energy systems at Kent State University are larger versions of the in-sink garbage disposals found in many homes. The difference is that at Kent State, these units aren’t disposing of food waste, but processing it with a purpose - as the first…
CAMPUS GRIND2ENERGY SYSTEMS ARE A KEY COMPONENT IN KENT STATE’S SUSTAINABILITY FUTURE; Kent State Today; April 28, 2022
The central component of the Grind2Energy systems at Kent State University are larger versions of the in-sink garbage disposals found in many homes. The difference is that at Kent State, these units aren’t disposing of food waste, but processing it with a purpose - as the first…Image
![A blaze burns the prairie grass behind the Warren Student and Recreation Wellness Center during a controlled burn by the Kent Fire Department](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/04.19.21%20Photo%20of%20annual%20prairie%20burn_0_0.jpg?VersionId=Y5jtpk6.OkrA0YBzrrteRmthhXmqoZGy)
The protected prairie surrounding Kent State University’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Friday, April 29, starting around 9 a.m., to allow for new growth during the summer season.
The city of Kent Fire Department will conduct the…