Events

While the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $50 billion to upgrade America’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, much more will be needed to address the nation’s water infrastructure needs amid a changing climate and shifts in population. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the US will need almost $900 billion in water investment over the next twenty years, plus hundreds of billions more for maintenance. These sums will burden federal, state and local budgets but also pose new opportunities—and risks—for investors in water projects.

SNF Paideia Program and Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2024 present Race and Food and Environmental Justice with Duong Ly and Lan Dinh, VietLEAD

The Andrea Mitchell Center hosts Dana R. Fisher in conversation with Dr. Parrish Bergquist (UPenn). Fisher argues that there is a realistic path forward for climate action—but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events.

Please join us for our monthly CEET Seminar Series with Erin Haynes, DrPH, MS on Thursday, April 25, from 3pm-4pm. Light refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.

The Penn Healthcare Sustainability Group is excited to host an Earth Week Panel with 4 distinguished clinicians active in climate research and advocacy to discuss the intersection of climate change and human health. 

Join the Weitzman School of Design Landscape Architecture department in celebrating the work of Professor Emeritus, Co-Founder, The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology, Richard Weller.

Join us for a virtual tour of 21 of the most exquisite private gardens in the Philadelphia area-- behind tall hedges, down quiet lanes, or tucked into bustling neighborhoods. Here, gardening knowledge and plants themselves have been passed down through generations, culminating in a wonderful depth of expression from the artists, designers, writers, conservators, and other experts whose gardens are included.