Sustainability

Published: August 21, 2024 One in eight Ohioans is connected to farming or production in some way, and this time of year the state’s bounty is on full display. From…

Published: August 16, 2024   Everyone loves wildflowers. They are prolific – an estimated 20,000 species in the United States, colorful – yellow, pink, blue and beyond, and they grow…

Published: June 13, 2024 Whether you walk leisurely on a park trail or hike briskly through your tree-lined neighborhood or “saunter in the mountains” as naturalist John Muir did, you’re…

Published: July 22, 2021 When it comes to sun facts, did you know: Since 2014, the average cost of solar PV (photovoltaic) panels has dropped nearly 70%; Solar panel efficiency…

Published: April 27, 2022   Kendal at Oberlin, and Kendal Corporation’s other affiliates are independent and not part of, or sponsored by any religious or social institution, but they were…

Published: June 4, 2021 Making dirt makes a difference in our environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that in 2018, 2.6 million tons of food (4.1 percent of wasted…

Published: October 20, 2021 We hear a lot about the importance of eating healthy or following a diet low in sodium and fat and high in fruits and vegetables. So,…

Published: June 18, 2020 We always celebrate Ohio’s summer harvest of corn, peaches and the like but this year when we’re searching for reminders that life’s beauty continues it’s especially…

Good news for Kendal at Oberlin and the John Bartram Arboretum! The Arbor Day Foundation has named Kendal at Oberlin a 2022 Tree Campus® Healthcare institution for its commitment to planting, nurturing, and celebrating trees.