Green machines
As Penn works to reduce its carbon footprint through recycling and energy-saving initiatives, it's also encouraging faculty, staff and students to green up their driving habits.
The University has entered into a partnership with PhillyCarShare, a local nonprofit dedicated to reducing the number of cars in the city through vehicle-sharing. This partnership, the largest university car-sharing program in North America, encourages faculty, staff and students to use a CarShare vehicle—some of which are hybrids—for University business. The program also promotes CarShare use outside of work, giving free credits to the first 1,000 faculty, staff and students who set up personal accounts with the company.
Meanwhile, PhillyCarShare has agreed to set aside 1 percent of profits from the University partnership to the Penn Sustainability Fund, which will support environmentally sustainable projects.
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