Summit highlights sustainability efforts

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News & Managing Editor

Students, faculty and offcampus guests gathered to learn about each other’s efforts toward sustainability at the first annual Cardinal Sustainability Summit Friday, April 21 — a day before Earth Day.

Programming spanned from 2 to 7:15 p.m., beginning and ending in the Cardinal Lounge at Angell College Center with presentations in the next-door Alumni

Conference Room. The sustainability efforts presented included research by students and faculty alike, student clubs — the Environmental Club and Biketopia — and community initiatives, such as the Plattsburgh Climate Task Force, Climate Smart Communities and the monthly talk and game show Late Night for the Planet.

In his opening speech, College President Alexander Enyedi mentioned his profound academic interest in the environ- ment prior to taking on administrative roles: From his bachelor’s to his postdoctoral studies, he studied environmental biology, plants and air pollution biology. The summit asserts the campus’ dedication to sustainability and provides a platform to learn about ways to “better preserve and protect the only planet we’ll ever have,” Enyedi said.

The first segment of the summit saw the most activity, with about 50 attendees not only seated at five round tables, but lined