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Penn’s Environmental Sustainability Performance Rates at Gold Level in STARS

The University of Pennsylvania has completed its STARS survey for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and has received a Gold Rating for its 2017 submission.Read more »

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Student Eco-Reps Final Project Reports

Penn's Student Eco-Reps program is an internship program for undergraduate students interested in learning about environmental issues and working on sustainability projects that advance the University's Climate Action...Read more »

Just Salad Opens on Spruce Street

Just Salad opened its second Philadelphia location in April at 3728 Spruce Street. The fast-casual, value based restaurant chain offers salads, wraps, toast boxes and more starting at...Read more »

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ReThink Your Footprint may be coming to a close, but efforts to minimize waste on campus are never over! Did you know that Penn is a member school of the @postlandfill Action Network (PLAN)? Furthermore, PLAN’s annual Students for Zero Waste conference will be held at Penn this year November 2-3! Visit the link in our bio for more information. #MinimizeWaste #SZW18 Did you know it takes about 290 gallons of water to grow enough cotton for a single t-shirt? #ReThink your clothing footprint and stop by Penn Closet in Williams Hall today for a Clothing Swap from 11am-4pm! #ReThinkYourFootprint Who’s getting excited for #ReThinkYourFootprint next week? We’ve got a great lineup of events, including a bin giveaway and plastic bag takeback, a tour of the @upennbiopond and @penngarden, and e-waste collections throughout campus! Visit bit.ly/ReThinkPenn for more information ♻️ Hi! My name is Samantha Friskey, and I’m a junior in the College. I like to think I’m pretty involved in the green scene here at Penn - I’m a second-year Eco-Rep, the RA of Eco-House, and an active member of @ssapenn clubs. I’ll be taking over the @pennsustainability Instagram stories this week, so make sure to #checkitout!