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UPenn Affiliated Event | Submit an EventOctober, 2018
The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) will be hosting a "Back to Basics" Fair featuring water tasting, an e-waste sculpture, book swap, office supply swap, green office info table, and waste/recycling contamination table.
Stop by the Penn Dental Medicine's E-Waste Collection to recycle "anything with a plug," including keyboards, mice, and charging cords, as well as phones, cameras, and computer parts.
Join Penn Environmental Group and dozens of sustainable campus and city organizations for an afternoon of free music, games, and food. Come to College Green for fun activities and the opportunity to learn more about sustainability in Philadelphia.
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’.
