By:
Kristine Yahna Todaro
Thursday, December 3, 2020 02:49 PM
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced today that a Solar Project Collaboration by four Pennsylvania institutions—Muhlenberg College, Dickinson College, Lafayette College and Lehigh University—is a 2020 AASHE Sustainability Award winner.
AASHE’s annual Sustainability Awards recognize outstanding achievements and progress toward environmental, social and economic health. The organization bestows its prestigious awards on the institutions and individuals that are leading higher education to a sustainable future.
"Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time," says Muhlenberg College President Kathleen Harring. "This collaborative solar energy project illustrates how institutions can work together to create an important and extraordinary environmental impact. I'm proud that Muhlenberg's committed staff, faculty and students took the lead in this initiative which, along with our other environmental efforts, enables our campus to have a carbon-neutral electricity footprint for the first time.”