{"id":180562,"date":"2026-04-30T20:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180562\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:22:06","slug":"earth-day-fair-reinforces-commitment-to-caring-for-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180562\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Fair Reinforces Commitment to Caring for Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s annual Earth Day Fair brought together students, campus\u00a0partners\u00a0and community organizations, all joining together to promote sustainability and environmental awareness.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held Tuesday, April 21, attracted\u00a0roughly 150\u00a0students who learned about environmental-friendly initiatives and efforts being made by more than a dozen\u00a0participating\u00a0vendors that set up tables at the lobby inside the Loyola Science Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Earth Day Fair was a huge success for the Society for Sustainability and Conservation and our partnership with the Jesuit Center,\u201d said Samantha\u00a0Kosmark\u00a0\u201926,\u00a0an environmental science major from Old Tappan, New Jersey, and president of the University\u2019s Society for Sustainability and Conservation. \u201cLearning about the environmental efforts within our surrounding community and their positive impact on the world around us was reassuring and showed that we truly care.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/04\/21\/u-of-s-students-learn-of-sustainable-living-ahead-of-earth-day\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s annual Earth Day Fair brought together students, campus\u00a0partners\u00a0and community organizations, all joining together to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5781,80562,8039,178,180,179,1128,274],"class_list":["post-180562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-climate","tag-earth-day-fair","tag-science","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sustainability","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}