The Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Living and learning for a sustainable future.

Pine Lake Institute
The Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies (PLI) promotes sustainability education, research and outreach in a setting reflecting environmental stewardship that integrates lessons and experiences among all at the College and in the community. Focused on supporting the Upper Susquehanna/Delaware River region, the Institute conducts research and sponsors and runs workshops focused on sustaining the local, regional, and global environment.

The Institute consists of the Pine Lake Environmental Campus, the Center for Sustainable Living, and the Robert R. Smith Environmental Field Station.

Pine Lake Environmental Campus
Pine Lake, as the environmental campus of Hartwick College, plays an integral role in the larger campus. It is a place to learn from and live with nature; a site where the entire community of learners will study and use the environment in ways that sustain rather than deplete resources; a place where collaborative learning connects the environment to the curricular and co-curricular life of the College as well as the lives of individual students, faculty, staff, and community residents.