Malone University to host inaugural Sustainability Festival on April 6

CANTON −Malone’s University’s first Sustainability Festival will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 6 outside Mitchell Hall.

It is free and open to the public. The festival will include local vendors (including student vendors), a food truck, educational activities, community partners, children’s activities, and animals from the Malone Zoo collection.

"On April 22, 1970, Malone celebrated the first-ever observation of Earth Day in the United States where students across the country engaged in activities that opposed environmental degradation,” Bryson Davis, assistant professor of sociology, said in a news release.

“To this day, we continue to be committed to environmental care and sustainability in our efforts to put Christ's Kingdom first, which includes how we care for all of creation. Sustainability Fest is a celebration of our natural environment and an invitation for the Malone, Canton, and Stark County communities to enhance our individual and collective efforts toward cultivating flourishing for people and the planet."

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Malone University's Sustainability Festival is April 6