Initiatives

Located behind Tocik Hall, our campus garden is small, but mighty! Established in 2025, we grow a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

In addition to providing produce to our DSU community, we also donate to Plant A Row Lehigh Valley.

Located at the Trexler Library, our seed library is a community collection of seeds available to students, faculty, and staff for free!

Earth Month

During the month of April, we collaborate with various campus groups to host different events to celebrate and bring awareness to sustainability and Earth Day.

Free Fest

Held during the fall semester, our Free Fest provides gently used clothing, accessories, home goods, office supplies, and more to DSU students, faculty, and staff for free!

Garden Parties

As a way to give back to our DSU community, we host garden parties that feature food that uses produce grown in our garden.

Green Move Out

Established by Community Service & Advocacy (CSA), the Office of Sustainability partners with CSA to collect clothing, home goods, and other materials during move out week. These items are then donated to a variety of community partners.

And more!

Four ChargePoint dual charging stations (level 2) can charge up to eight vehicles at one time.

• Location: Dooling Hall (in the small parking lot behind the building).
• Cost: $0.25 per kWh.
• Open to: Students, faculty, staff, and the public with electric vehicles.
• How to use: Download the ChargePoint mobile app for Apple or Android. Follow the instructions for account setup, select your charging station, and start charging.

Located on the top of the Isenring Center, this micro-solar system provides energy to charge battery powered tools that are used by our maintenance department.

Our campus utilizes fixtures and the following to help conserve energy and water on campus:

• LED light fixtures.
• Occupancy and vacancy sensors.
• Energy curtailments.
• University provided energy efficient appliances (e.g. washers, dryers, refrigerators, microwaves, dishwashers).
• Low-flow plumbing fixtures.

Bottle-filling stations (and water coolers) provide cold filtered drinking water in 17 different buildings on campus. These stations help to keep our campups community hydrated, all while reducing waste from plastic bottles.

In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of lawn maintenance, we utilize the following sustainable landscaping practices:

• Planting native trees and plants.
• Designated "Grow Zones" that are mowed only once per year and do not recieve fertilizers, herbicieds, or pesticides.

We provide the following recycling services on campus:

• Single-Stream Recycling (including but not limited to):
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Glass
  • Metal and aluminim
  • Additional items
• Specialized Recyling:
  • E-Waste (electronic waste)
  • Toner cartridge