College Park Climate Action Neighborhood
In community we build resilience, in action we build hope.
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JOIN THE RED ROSE REUSES INITIATIVE to reduce single use plastics in the City of Lancaster!
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CHECK BACK SOON for WHAT'S in STORE for 2026!
Sunday, Jan. 18th, 2026, 3-5pm CPCAN ANNUAL MEETING
Learn more about WHO WE ARE!
We are grateful to the Lancaster County Community Foundation and Lancaster Clean Water Partners for their generous support of our River Pathway Connections - Outdoor Community Classroom at Buchanan Park.
View our Clean Water Partner grant application video about the goals of the Outdoor Community Classroom.
Encouraging one another to be cognizant of our footprint and to tap into available opportunities, tools and resources as we consciously make efforts to reduce our consumption and impact.
A collaboration of organizations looking to introduce solution-based reduction of single use plastics within the City of Lancaster.
Based on the impact of our six week program The Plastics Awareness Project held in the spring of 2024, the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood, in conjunction with other community groups and individuals, is actively working towards a meaningful reduction in single use plastics. As other Pennsylvania cities, towns and municipalities work to reduce single-use plastic products, we feel that with a thoughtful, solutions based approach, Lancaster City businesses and the communities they serve will embrace these environmentally impactful steps.
Learn more about the Red Rose Reuses initiative here, or by completing this quick form to sign up!
Tabling at the SoWe Peace in the Streets Block Party June 2025
If you would like to support our Climate Action Neighborhood initiatives please be in touch with us at CollegeParkCan@gmail.com
or CLICK HERE to make a one time or recurring donation directly through our secure online donation platform!
Thank YOU in advance!
The EASY BUTTON to keep up with all of our climate initiatives is to receive our monthly newsletter - sign up HERE!
The EASY BUTTON to be in touch is emailing us at CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com
With a neighborhood full of certified gardens our goal is to create and connect native habitat corridors for wildlife to thrive!
Find out how you can be a part of this community effort here!
Have all those new bike lanes around Lancaster City got you intrigued? Are you interested in giving them a go - but not quite comfortable getting back on a bike again? Then check out our TRANSPORTATION Climate Impact page to learn how you can join a Bike Bus ride, brush up on bike repair skills and more.
LEARN MORE HERE! about our CPCAN BIKE BUS to Central Market Ride every Saturday morning at 10am.
Learn how one College Park Climate Action Neighborhood household went from fair to great on their energy savings. VISIT OUR HOME ENERGY CLIMATE IMPACT AREA PAGE to learn more.
Are you interested in joining a community compost bin in the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood. Now's your chance at the new Lancaster Compost Cooperative RACE AVE location. To sign up, email CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com, or learn what that might look like here!
It's time to TURN OFF THE PLASTIC TAP! Challenge yourself to reduce the plastic in your life - one unrecyclable piece of plastic at a time!
Photo by Arianna Rich
Learn more about this book and our Neighborhood Book Read here.
We encourage everyone to first
REDUCE the PLASTIC in their daily life through awareness, education and lifestyle change.
The College Park Climate Action Neighborhood is made up of home owners and renters, college students and college staff, museums and art centers, restaurants, shops and a park. We all have something at stake in the climate crisis, and we all have the opportunity to get involved in reducing our carbon footprint in a meaningful way. If you LIVE, WORK or PLAY in the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood, please join us!
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Let us know what your Climate Interests are
Join our College Park Climate Action Neighborhood FB Group or follow us on Instagram.
Show your support for our programming by donating HERE or emailing CollegeParkCan@gmail.org
Share your Great Green Ideas
Take the Lead on a climate impact area project
Join us on any of our upcoming Events
Join the College Park CRDC Cooperative - What's That?
Every Saturday Morning 10 AM
Meet at 641 W Games St. (the alley between Race and State). This is a friendly, easy paced, no one left behind ride to help build confidence riding in the city with experienced bikers. Email CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com for more information
FALL NATURE MEDITATION: Nov. 6,13, 20 and Dec. 4
Meet at the Outdoor Classroom at Buchanan Park for guided, seated breathing practice, walking meditation, and mindful movement. Dress for being outdoors. Weather permitting. (Between the Winter Visual Arts Center and the bocce courts.) Sponsored by Franklin & Marshall College’s Mindfulness Program and the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood.