By Owen Giblin The popular grocery store chain Wegmans has removed plastic bags from its stores to help the impact plastic bags are having on the environment. Photo of Wegmans in Lancaster In September of 2022, Wegmans stated that it…
Preserving the Farmland
We have some of the richest soil in the world. Why waste it? By Chris Heller Living in Lancaster County the smell of cow manure should come to no surprise. Lancaster county is home to some of the richest and…
Pervious Basketball Courts Help Lancaster Go Green
Three newly constructed courts manage millions of gallons of stormwater yearly. By Vanessa Anders Lancaster city has installed permeable macadam basketball courts at Brandon Park and Sixth Ward Park. The two basketball courts now capture and retain rainwater underneath the…
How Can We Shift to Clean Energy?
By: Jalen Nicholson-Bourn Renewable energy sources are available in all countries, and their potential is yet to be fully harnessed. 90 percent of the world’s electricity can and should come from renewable energy We have all heard that the fuel…
Storm Water in Lancaster, PA
By Megan Rapone Stormwater is water that follows a snow or rainstorm and it does not infiltrate the surface. The City of Lancaster has developed maintenance, design, and monitoring manuals in addition to an updated green infrastructure plan. Lancaster City…
Lancaster City is Going Green
Lancaster is taking initiatives to make the city a better, healthier place to live. By Elizabeth Goetz Lancaster City has been working on ways to be more environmentally friendly. There are multiple projects that help the city in their…
Pennsylvania Household Items & Waste Management
by Bomaly Castamby Pennsylvania waste management acts are in place to overwatch the rate at which PA takes care of the toxic waste problems that we all face. Lancaster has since created LCSWMA and has been managing waste for the…
E-Waste Recycling Initiative in Lancaster
by Caitlin Gibson As technology evolves, people are stuck with finding what to do with their old devices. In 2019, the world produced 48.6 million tons of electronic waste (Staggering E-waste facts & statistics 2022, 2022). Electronic waste, or e-waste,…
Food Recovery Network
by Michael Zabkowski The Food Recovery Network club has donation boxes set up around campus for food to be donated to the Campus Cupboard. Millersville University has given a substantial effort to not only be environmentally friendly, but also take…
Climate Change Affects Corn Yields
Penn State researchers examined the farming conditions of Lancaster County farms for their corn yields depending on climate change predictions. Written By: Hunter Lohmann Photo taken by Hunter Lohmann Lancaster county farmers may have to change their strategies for growing…