U Penn School of Arts & Sciences Sustainability

04/18/2023

Thanks to everyone who came out to the recycling event and brought materials to divert from landfills. We had a great time planning and staffing the event with Annenberg & Law!

04/12/2023

Earth week is coming! Join us for a special recycling event Next Tuesday 4/18 (Rain date Friday 4/20) from 11-2! Bring your e-waste, books, binders, and office supplies.

12/20/2022

Do you really know how to best reduce your carbon footprint? You might be surprised:

Take this quiz to see how you stack up.

04/29/2022

Earth Day was a great success! Check out our scavenger hunt:

To celebrate Earth Day 2022 we commissioned artists Eurhi Jones and Diedra Krieger to create a piece of art representing the holiday. Made of recycled materials we hope the piece motivates people to recycle in effective and creative ways.

04/22/2022

Check out both our Earth Day projects, the Art wall and the Bio Pond Scavenger hunt!

To celebrate Earth Day 2022 we commissioned artists Eurhi Jones and Diedra Krieger to create a piece of art representing the holiday. Made of recycled materials we hope the piece motivates people to recycle in effective and creative ways.

04/22/2022

Happy Earth Day!!! SAS Sustainability will be at Green Fest on College Green with the art wall from 1-3 today. Come take an Earth Day Selfie and sign our virtual waste reduction pledge!

04/20/2022

Come out to the Penn Park Farm workday and have your selfie taken with the Earth Day wall!!! Hope to see you there: https://www.sustainability.upenn.edu/events

04/18/2022

Earth Week is here!!! It's been 2 years too long. To celebrate, SAS has worked with local artists Diedre Kreiger & Eurhi Jones to reimagine an original 1970 Earth Day logo using found objects. (Second image: By Peter54321 - http://earthweek.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Earth-Week-70-logo-426x500.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10012655)

04/18/2022

Join SAS Sustainability at the Teach-in on College Green happening now!

08/12/2021

The thoughts of Arts & Sciences and Stuart Weitzman School of Design faculty on the IPCC report:

The assessment describes ‘unequivocal’ human influence that no doubt caused ‘widespread and rapid changes’ to the atmosphere, oceans, and more. Professors Mark Alan Hughes and Michael Weisberg discuss the findings, plus how we can avoid passing the point of no return.

09/16/2020

Climate Week is coming! Stay safe but learn more about what you can do to stop climate change and promote environmental justice:

"Climate change takes any problem, any threat, and multiplies it. … Climate change is not the Great Equalizer. It is the Great Multiplier." – Mary Heglar, We Don’t Have to Halt Climate Action to Fight Racism Check out the wide range of webinars, workshops, teach-ins, showcases, readings, clima...

04/19/2020

We are missing you, sustainable friends! But that doesn't mean we can't celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day together, remotely. Here are some ideas:

For Earth Day during the coronavirus pandemic, many events have moved online. Here's how to celebrate.