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UPenn Affiliated Event | Submit an EventAugust, 2018
Come hear from Solarize Philly, a program through the Philadelphia Energy Authority, about residential solar in the City of Philadelphia, and how you can go solar in your home!
Learn more about our pre-freshman program to introduce students to sustainability at Penn and in Philadelphia.
Move-In Green is Penn’s sustainability engagement program focusing on new and returning students as they arrive to campus. Volunteer student ambassadors provide educational outreach and hands-on recycling assistance during NSO. Learn more here.
Simply calling one's design practice "activist" isn't enough. The challenges posed not only by this Administration, but by the simmering threat of climate change demand more.
September, 2018
Data Refuge and the Center for Media at Risk present a joint series on the languages of data at risk, as a part of PPEH's annual theme of Places of Language, Languages of Place.
Event held at Wharton San Francisco. Learn more here.
Marisol de la Cadena's visit is part of PPEH's 2018-2019 Annual Theme: Places of Language, Languages of Place.
Join us for our monthly Eco-Reps meeting, where we will be discussing our three waste reduction goals set in 2017.
Please RSVP to emain@upenn.edu if you plan to attend.
Three quarters of utility executives in North America believe that a major cyber attack is likely to occur within the next five years. A recent survey of utility professionals found cyber and physical security to be the most pressing issues facing the industry.
PLAC conferences promote interaction and collaboration across Penn Schools. This year we focus on climate change as it relates to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the projected mean warming for Latin America to the end of the century ranges from 1 to 4°C. This warming, already experienced through more frequent extreme weather events, has major social, political, economic, environmental, health, and financial implications.
October, 2018
Data Refuge and the Center for Media at Risk present a joint series on the languages of data at risk, as a part of PPEH's annual theme of Places of Language, Languages of Place.
Data Refuge and the Center for Media at Risk present a joint series on the languages of data at risk, as a part of PPEH's annual theme of Places of Language, Languages of Place.
The Penn Sustainability Office invites the Penn Community to come together for its annual ReThink Your Footprint campaign to promote waste minimization efforts. ReThink Your Footprint raises awareness of already-established waste minimization programs and initiatives in this area, inspires students, staff, and faculty to create new activities related to source reduction and recycling, and encourages everyone to rethink their footprint.
The Summit brings together C-suite executives from across the industry to talk frankly about money and water, and how the two combine with innovation and leadership to create strategy. AWS is a space where the decision makers and thought leaders join the dialogue that will shape water’s future. It is a compelling discussion for all of the industry’s key participants: utilities leaders, engineers, technology suppliers, service providers, and investors. Visit conference website.
This New Metrics conference will be hosted in Philadelphia. Visit the conference website.
November, 2018
Speakers will include Omar Blayton, CFO, SunWealth; Sarah S. Chang, World Wide Director, Sustainability, Johnson & Johnson; Ryan M.
PPEH and Price Lab present a two-day workshop, including a keynote from Shannon Mattern, to explore Community Mapping, Civic Data, and Waterways, as a part of PPEH's annual theme of Places of Language, Languages of Place.
January, 2019
Every two years, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) holds a summit that focuses on developing practical solutions to challenges facing our tidal Delaware River and Bay. We invite scientists, managers, educators and the public. Our next summit, set for January 2019, will be a four-day event featuring dozens of experts and more than 100 presentations about clean water, healthy habitats, shellfish, tidal wetlands and more. Learn more here.
June, 2019
In recognition of McHarg’s legacy, the department of landscape architecture at Penn is establishing The Ian L. McHarg Center—a nexus of research, teaching, and advocacy for improving the relationship between cities and their landscapes, and processes of urbanization and ecosystems. The Center’s official launch is a part of Design with Nature Now?—an international symposium to be held in Philadelphia in the summer of 2019, marking the 50th anniversary of McHarg’s magnum opus, ‘Design with Nature’.
