Tag: Highlight
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Coal Region Air Quality
Air quality is an under-studied social and environmental issue in the lower anthracite coal region. This project seeks to understand the region’s air quality through both scientific measurements and qualitative lived experiences. By combining the science with the social to inform community outreach and K-12 education, this project advances key issues in environmental justice.
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Shaping Shamokin’s Pearl Street Brownfield into a Community Asset
Foraging Friends partnered with the Place Studies program to conduct an initial site assessment of an abandoned industrial lot in Shamokin’s 5th Ward, including soil sampling and archival research, and sought to understand local perspectives on reuse through community surveys and conversations.
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Coal Region Rising Podcast Series: Students Interview Community Change-Makers
The Coal Region Rising podcast series features interviews by Bucknell with community change makers revitalizing businesses and supporting residents in towns like Shamokin and Mount Carmel, working towards sustainable futures for the Anthracite Coal Region.