The Bucknell University Environmental Center

The Bucknell University Environmental Center (BUEC) supports faculty, staff, and students and is dedicated to environmental and nature-related learning, teaching, scholarship, service, and action at local, regional, national, and international levels.

Welcome

Since 2005, the Bucknell University Environmental Center (BUEC) has provided a venue for interdisciplinary teaching, research, and outreach related to the environment. The Center brings together faculty, staff, and students from each of the university's four divisions. The Environmental Center also offers exhibits of native plant gardens, organic food gardens, stormwater management, and renewable energy sources. The photo below is of dwarf crested iris, Iris cristata, a native Pennsylvania perennial that is part of the Center's front-yard woodland landscaping.

Our Mission

The Bucknell University Environmental Center seeks to integrate perspectives from the natural and social sciences, humanities, and engineering to enhance faculty, staff, student, and community understanding of complex contemporary environmental issues and of the interaction between nature and human beings in traditions throughout the ages. The center supports faculty, staff, and students dedicated to environmental and nature-related learning, teaching, scholarship, service, and action at local, regional, national, and international levels.

Latest News

Annual symposium highlights collaborative Susquehanna River research

Posted: October 23, 2013

Students, faculty, scientists and others gathered at Bucknell to explores the impact of dams on the river.

Thinking in Place

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The marriage of traditional mapping and software that allows for spatial and statistical analysis creates a new and powerful tool for researchers — and Bucknell is ahead of the curve.

Bucknell a key partner in new river initiative

Posted: October 18, 2013

Envision the Susquehanna seeks to help conserve the Susquehanna watershed’s natural, cultural and historic resources.

Academic West opens its doors

Posted: August 22, 2013

Students and faculty dream new possibilities for Bucknell’s newest academic facility.

A sustainable future, beyond environmental concerns

Posted: April 25, 2013

A daylong symposium brought together professors and experts from across disciplines to address sustainability and global change

Green Screens series presents 'Burning in the Sun'

Posted: April 16, 2013

The BUEC Green Screens series will host a screening of "Burning in the Sun" on April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg.

Renewable Energy Workshop slated for April 27

Posted: April 05, 2013

The Bucknell University Solar Scholars will present a Renewable Energy Workshop April 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., exploring the latest developments in renewable energy technology.

Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania at Campus Theatre

Posted: April 04, 2013

The Mountain Minstrelsy band will perform in concert Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg.

BUEC Green Screens film: 'Black Gold'

Posted: March 15, 2013

The BUEC's spring Green Screens documentary film series continues with a showing of "Black Gold" on April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. It will be preceded by a coffee and chocolate tasting reception.

'Envisioning a Sustainable University' symposium slated for March 28

Posted: March 13, 2013

Bucknell University will host the symposium, "Envisioning a Sustainable University," Thursday, March 28.

Did you know?

The Bucknell University Environmental Center hires student interns and coordinates student research projects throughout the academic year and during the summer.

The Campus Greening Initiative seeks to establish curricular and applied programming that employs all dimensions of the University campus as an interdisciplinary learning environment.

The Marcellus Shale Initiative support objective research, provide a primarily print-based publications database, and critically evaluate information related to the Marcellus Shale natural gas play.

Seeking to understand complex contemporary environmental issues.

Support the BUEC

Make an online gift to the Green Fund. Gifts of all sizes are welcome!

Support BUEC

"Green Screens" Film Series

"Green Screens" events are part of a sustainability-themed public film series that is presented by the Bucknell University Environmental Center as part of the Bucknell University Film/Media Series.

Green Screens Film Series

Bucknell University Environmental Calendar

Upcoming Events

The Garden Guide is a complete guide to the trees, shrubs, and perennials found in the BUEC's native plants garden compiled by BUEC intern Melinda Thomas, a 2012 Bucknell University graduate with an Environmental Studies major. Download now.

Energy Use Intensity Map

Bucknell's environmental assessment project seeks to create greater awareness of resource consumption on campus. This map of energy use by Bucknell's buildings was constructed by Eric Fournier '08 who participated on the environmental assessment's energy team. Click on the map to view this interactive feature.

See The Energy Use Map

Question

An arboretum?

A biodiversity survey conducted by the Landscape Assessment Team has grown into a project by professors Duane Griffin and Mark Spiro to establish an arboretum on the Bucknell campus.