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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 2021...Read more »
Penn students are actively engaged in how sustainability is taught at Penn and how it is activated in the City of Philadelphia through two programs, Integrating Sustainability Across...Read more »
Nearly 35 Penn organizations collaborated to host Climate Week 2021, September 20-24. A mix of virtual and in-person activities were held in order to maintain social distancing, but also to...Read more »
Did you know that air travel alone typically makes up approximately 10% of Penn’s main campus carbon footprint? This travel emits nearly 20,000 metric tons of CO2 per year —...Read more »
Penn’s campus waste is far more than just trash and recycling. Composting is widely available, yet collection points vary from building to building. On our large academic and research campus...Read more »
Five recently completed campus construction projects received LEED recognition — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the most widely used green building rating system in the world....Read more »
Penn is now accepting flexible plastic packaging through our single-stream recycling hauler! Effective immediately, you can simply put the accepted flexible plastic packaging materials in the same blue recycling container...Read more »
Migratory bird populations as well as those feathered friends who are our West Philadelphia neighbors are getting increased consideration in Penn’s built environment. Studies show that birds are often unable...Read more »
It’s hard to believe that the Green2Go food containers offered by Penn Dining started as a Green Fund project in 2013. Since then, the program of reusable dining containers...Read more »
Progress through FY21 on the 2019 University-wide Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 environmental goals.Read more »
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