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• PERC Sponsored Event: Northeast Student Farmers Conference

  • When
    25 Mar 2023
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    9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Penn State’s University Park Campus

  
  

  Penn State's Student Farm Club, will host the Northeast Student Farmer Conference on March 25-26 at Penn State’s University Park campus! For full conference details, visit the conference website here.
  

  Student farmers across programs and universities often face similar experiences as they start and grow their programs, yet there are few spaces for students to gather and collaborate. The goal of this conference is to bring together these active and passionate future agriculture and food systems leaders and provide the space to do collective work towards growing and improving campus food systems. The conference is also intended to help these young professionals enter the field with a sense of place and community of peers.

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  Registration for the conference here and purchase your ticket here.

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• Member School Event: 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium at Bucknell University

  • Start
    14 Apr 2023
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    5:30 PM
  • End
    15 Apr 2023
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    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Bucknell University

  
  

  The Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment is hosting the 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium, Moving from Hope to Action: Building Thriving Communities to be held April 14-15. This year’s Sustainability Symposium, Moving from hope to action: Building thriving communities, provides faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders a forum to share research, teaching, creative works, and collaborations that generate dialogue on the effect of hope in influencing action towards creating prosperous communities. Last year, we hosted 70 presenters from 12 universities, organizations, and government agencies to discuss the power of radical hope as the foundation of future research, teaching, and community engagement. 

  This year, with our keynote speaker Dr. Curt Gervich of SUNY-Plattsburgh, we move forward to discourse on actions that help conserve natural and human communities, stories of tribulations and achievements, and reflection on best management and collaboration practices that guide communities towards thriving futures in an ever changing world. Dr. Gervich and students will also lead us through a Climate Action Simulation to model how communities can move towards action. 

  Here is a link to the symposium website: 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium
  

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• PERC Sponsored Event: 2023 MACCA Conference

  • When
    17 Apr 2023
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    9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    George Mason University, Mason Square (Arlington Campus) Van Metre Hall, Multipurpose Rooms 125-126, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201

  The First Annual MUNICIPAL-ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION (MACCA) Conference, and Fifth Annual Mason Energy Forum!

  

  The first annual Municipal-Academia Cooperation for Climate Action (MACCA) and the fifth annual Mason Energy Forum (MEF) seeks to empower ideas that advance local climate innovations and collaboration through a learning community of engaged municipalities, universities, and partners. This free conference brings together academics, industry professionals, and local leaders to develop effective pathways for collaboration on energy and climate action. Whether through engaging panel discussions, multiple networking sessions, or conversations with students about their research posters, the 2023 MACCA-MEF Conference is a place to connect and empower ideas for the future.

  Conference Agenda Summary

  • All Day – Energy-Sector Employer Job Fair
  • 9:00 AM – Welcome Address
  • 9:15 AM – Panel 1 | State/Federal Agencies working with Universities to Engage with Local Communities for Successful Climate Action Planning
  • 10:45 AM – Panel 2 | Developing the Right Toolbox for University-Community Engagement
  • Noon – Networking and lunch break
  • 1:00 PM – Panel 3 | Engaging Communities for Climate Resilience
  • 2:30 PM – Panel 4 | Building Institutional Capacity: Educating Students to work in the Municipal Climate and Energy Space
  • 4:00 PM – Reception and Student Poster Awards

  
  

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