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University's sustainability plan
View the Plan!The pre-final draft is now available to view online or download (pdf).
About the Planning Process
A committee was convened to create a plan for sustainability at Penn State. The goal of this plan was to document Penn State's unique contribution to a sustainable society and to envision a sustainable Penn State.
Many thanks for your input!
We are thankful for the tremendous support we have received during this planning process! We have received many insightful comments and have reviewed each one. Currently we are editing and revising the plan, taking into consideration the many comments we received. Please check back often for updates!
For questions, please send an email to sustainablestate@psu.edu.
In the News
Note: The news articles below reference five goals but based in input received during the review process, the goals have been refined to three goals.
- Strategic plan's outreach goal encourages public sustainability (10/3)
- Strategic plan's fourth goal supports sustainability research (9/27)
- Strategic plan's third goal bolsters sustainable behaviors, facilities (9/20)
- Sustainability strategic plan town hall meetings scheduled at campuses (9/12)
- Strategic plan's academic goal teaches sustainability to students (9/12)
- Strategic plan's first goal aims to integrate sustainability efforts (9/6)
- Sustainability strategic plan in progress, council seeks public input (8/29)
- The Strategic Plan for Sustainability: frequently asked questions (8/29)
- Penn State drafting strategic plan for sustainability, seeks ideas (7/25)
- Council to draft Penn State's Strategic Plan for Sustainability (4/28)