LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — On Thursday, April 21, SUNY Sullivan will host an Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the DeHoyos Gallery (E-Lobby) and the Seelig Theatre (E-Building) and will feature vendors, exhibitors, campus sustainability tours and a live animal show presented by Simmons Wildlife Programs. The community is invited to join students, faculty and staff for the festivities.

SUNY Sullivan was recognized in a 2015 proclamation from the Sullivan County Legislature as the official countywide site for Earth Day. In part, the proclamation stated that “SUNY Sullivan has been a proponent for sustainability for many years and has held an Earth Day Event on campus open to faculty, staff, students and outside community members for the last 20 years….” The proclamation praised SUNY Sullivan as “the only college in New York to be selected as a finalist for the 2014 Second Nature Campus Sustainability awards” and as a long-standing member of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.

The annual celebration brings sustainable and agricultural businesses, local farms and vendors to the college campus and offers attendees an opportunity to learn about the extraordinary challenges we face with regard to climate change, food and water shortages and global health issues. SUNY Sullivan continues to demonstrate its ongoing commitment to green living by operating a student-run composting facility, a community garden, a campus powered by geothermal heating and cooling and a nine-acre solar garden.