Keeping campus trees—all 6,800 of them—healthy and vibrant Dedicated staff from Facilities and Real Estate Services and the Morris Arboretum maintain the leafy canopy with a discerning eye for safety and sustainability.
Topping off Penn’s new energy science building A project nearly four years in the making sees new heights as the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology marks a significant milestone in its construction.
Celebrating Earth Week 2023 at Penn Organized by Penn Sustainability, Earth Week runs April 17-23 and will include dozens of events centered on the themes of environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions.
Winners of President’s Sustainability Prize are making a difference for people and the planet Springboarded by University recognition and support, the alums behind the three prize-winning projects—Baleena, The Community Grocer, and Shinkei Systems—are realizing, even surpassing, their goals.
Red & Blue & Green All Over The Spring 2022 issue of Penn Parents magazine featured a story on sustainability at Penn.
Quaker Kitchen and Penn Park Sustainable Food Quaker Kitchen, the small dining café in Gutmann College House, has formed a collaborative relationship with Penn Dining and the Penn Park Farm to prepare food grown on the Farm and to use the space as a teaching opportunity.
Penn Transit's Electric Fleet Penn Transit has added four 100% electric powered vans to its vehicle fleet.
Caring for the Campus Landscape with an Ecological Mindset The Ecological Landscape Stewardship Plan, developed in 2018, offers a framework for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services to design, maintain, and celebrate the beauty of the campus landscape with an emphasis on its role as a balanced ecological system.