Shippensburg University Sustainability Tour
Take a tour of Shippensburg's most notable sustainable landmarks.
Go Ship! Bus Stop (RRT)
Raider Regional Transit (RRT) is a local bus system serving the Shippensburg University and the Shippensburg community. Riders can access local shopping areas as well as the regional Chambersburg Square.
ShipShare Bike Program
ShipShare is a free bike share program available to Shippensburg University students, staff, and faculty. Venture downtown or enjoy routes and trails on campus and nearby. Renting a bike is currently available at the Rec front desk.
Bike Repair Stations
Bike repair stations are available on campus to assist with all of your personal bike repair needs! These stations are found in three locations on campus: Naugle Hall, Harley Hall, and the ShipRec building. If you're low on tire pressure or need to tighten a bolt, the repair stations will have you covered.
Center for Land Use & Sustainability (CLUS)
The Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS), now located on King Street, is an interdisciplinary center of Shippensburg University. It is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and based in the Geography-Earth Science Department.
Campus Farm
Shippensburg University Campus Farm provides students with a hands-on learning environment where they can apply class concepts to practical situations. The farm enables the campus and the community to improve sustainability and to provide fresh produce for campus dining services and community members in need.
Shippensburg Orchard
The Shippensburg Orchard provides the local community with organic fruits, including cherries and peaches, fresh from campus trees. The orchard is run by students who also work on the farm over the summer.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Our campus supports the shift to electric cars to lower emissions and improve our campus air quality. To this end, Shippensburg University has installed an EV Charging station behind Kriner Dining Hall. The charging station is managed through the ChargePoint app and is accessible to all students, faculty, and staff.
Franklin Science Center Greenhouse
The Franklin Science Center Greenhouse is run by Shippensburg University students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in the Biology department. Dr. Sahli, our Botany & Plant Taxonomy professor, teaches students how furthering our knowledge of plants is vital in order to keep ecosystems thriving.
Reisner Solar Thermal Tube System
This Solar Thermal Evacuated Tube System was installed to demonstrate a strategy for sustainably providing Reisner Dining Hall with hot water. Within these glass tubes, "absorber plates" collect solar energy and transfer it as heat to metal pipes through which water flows before entering Reisner.
Solar Workstations
Shippensburg University powers outdoor study time with sustainable energy using two Sunbolt solar workstations outside Seavers Hall. These workstations provide students with solar-powered chargers for cell phones, tablets, laptops, and other mobile devices. The stations were built using eco-friendly, architectural-grade materials.
PurpleAir Monitors
Shippensburg University has two air quality monitors using PurpleAir, a real-time air quality monitoring service. The monitors are located at Shearer Hall on campus and at the CLUS building on King Street. The monitors also contribute to Airwyn, a free app that lets people nearby check the local air quality.
Shearer Hall Weather Station
Here at Shippensburg University, the Department of Geography and Earth Science maintains an official National Weather Service/ National Climatic Data Center weather station that has collected daily data since 1932. The department has also collected higher resolution data since 2008.
Geography & Earth Science Department
The Geography & Earth Science Department, based out of the Shearer/Rowland Hall building, gives students a new understanding of the nature and interactions of the human and natural environment. Sustainability majors learn how we can shift towards a social and ecological balance and how to analyze the world around them through a geographic lens.
Burd Run: Restored Stream and Wetlands
Dr. Christopher Woltemade (retired) led a project restoring a 21-acre section of Burd Run and its neighboring wetlands. The area was transformed from a straight cut through agricultural land to a meandering, ecologically thriving creek with a healthy riparian buffer zone.
Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
The Cumberland Valley Rail Trail, built along a 13-mile section of the former Cumberland Valley Railroad, is open from dawn to dusk and runs from Shippensburg to Newville, PA. Bikers and hikers are welcome to use the crushed limestone path while equestrians are required to keep to the grass beside the trail.
Future Site of ShipComposts Windrows
We hope that within the next year, this will be the location of our new composting windrows, which will process organic materials from the campus's groundskeeping and food waste.
Go Ship! Bus Stop (RRT)
Raider Regional Transit (RRT) is a local bus system serving the Shippensburg University and the Shippensburg community. Riders can access local shopping areas as well as the regional Chambersburg Square.
Commuting through public transportation improves air quality, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and slows global climate change!
ShipShare Bike Program
ShipShare is a free bike share program available to Shippensburg University students, staff, and faculty. Venture downtown or enjoy routes and trails on campus and nearby. Renting a bike is currently available at the Rec front desk.
Students switching to bicycling as one of their main methods of transportation reduces their ecological footprint. This program helps students take that extra step to help our environment.
Bike Repair Stations
Bike repair stations are available on campus to assist with all of your personal bike repair needs! These stations are found in three locations on campus: Naugle Hall, Harley Hall, and the ShipRec building. If you're low on tire pressure or need to tighten a bolt, the repair stations will have you covered.
Bicycling is a great way to lower your carbon emissions, and students who switch to biking help us achieve our goal of achieving carbon neutrality.
Center for Land Use & Sustainability (CLUS)
The Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS), now located on King Street, is an interdisciplinary center of Shippensburg University. It is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and based in the Geography-Earth Science Department.
CLUS provides hands-on learning opportunities for SU students to engage with the community and is a proud supporter of sustainability initiatives on campus, such as the SU Climate Commitment .
Campus Farm
Shippensburg University Campus Farm provides students with a hands-on learning environment where they can apply class concepts to practical situations. The farm enables the campus and the community to improve sustainability and to provide fresh produce for campus dining services and community members in need.
The campus farm hosts Fountain Fridays over the summer, run by students and faculty to provide the local community with fresh organic produce harvested from the farm.
Shippensburg Orchard
The Shippensburg Orchard provides the local community with organic fruits, including cherries and peaches, fresh from campus trees. The orchard is run by students who also work on the farm over the summer.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Our campus supports the shift to electric cars to lower emissions and improve our campus air quality. To this end, Shippensburg University has installed an EV Charging station behind Kriner Dining Hall. The charging station is managed through the ChargePoint app and is accessible to all students, faculty, and staff.
Franklin Science Center Greenhouse
The Franklin Science Center Greenhouse is run by Shippensburg University students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in the Biology department. Dr. Sahli, our Botany & Plant Taxonomy professor, teaches students how furthering our knowledge of plants is vital in order to keep ecosystems thriving.
Reisner Solar Thermal Tube System
This Solar Thermal Evacuated Tube System was installed to demonstrate a strategy for sustainably providing Reisner Dining Hall with hot water. Within these glass tubes, "absorber plates" collect solar energy and transfer it as heat to metal pipes through which water flows before entering Reisner.
Solar Workstations
Shippensburg University powers outdoor study time with sustainable energy using two Sunbolt solar workstations outside Seavers Hall. These workstations provide students with solar-powered chargers for cell phones, tablets, laptops, and other mobile devices. The stations were built using eco-friendly, architectural-grade materials.
PurpleAir Monitors
Shippensburg University has two air quality monitors using PurpleAir, a real-time air quality monitoring service. The monitors are located at Shearer Hall on campus and at the CLUS building on King Street. The monitors also contribute to Airwyn, a free app that lets people nearby check the local air quality.
Shearer Hall Weather Station
Here at Shippensburg University, the Department of Geography and Earth Science maintains an official National Weather Service/ National Climatic Data Center weather station that has collected daily data since 1932. The department has also collected higher resolution data since 2008.
Data from the weather station, as well as a full suite of instruments that can be deployed on a temporary basis, are used by students regularly for in-class assignments as well as independent research projects.
Geography & Earth Science Department
The Geography & Earth Science Department, based out of the Shearer/Rowland Hall building, gives students a new understanding of the nature and interactions of the human and natural environment. Sustainability majors learn how we can shift towards a social and ecological balance and how to analyze the world around them through a geographic lens.
Burd Run: Restored Stream and Wetlands
Dr. Christopher Woltemade (retired) led a project restoring a 21-acre section of Burd Run and its neighboring wetlands. The area was transformed from a straight cut through agricultural land to a meandering, ecologically thriving creek with a healthy riparian buffer zone.
Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
The Cumberland Valley Rail Trail, built along a 13-mile section of the former Cumberland Valley Railroad, is open from dawn to dusk and runs from Shippensburg to Newville, PA. Bikers and hikers are welcome to use the crushed limestone path while equestrians are required to keep to the grass beside the trail.
Future Site of ShipComposts Windrows
We hope that within the next year, this will be the location of our new composting windrows, which will process organic materials from the campus's groundskeeping and food waste.
The windrows (elongated mounds of composting materials) will be aerated by Tilly the Tractor, pictured above.