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PENN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
The University of Pennsylvania Environmental Group (PEG) is a student run group aiming to increase campus awareness of global environmental issues across the Penn community and throughout the world. PEG seeks to incorporate ideals from a diverse community, and expose the campus, community and the world at large to an expanded knowledge of environmental issues. |
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PENNGREEN
With the enormous growth of the environmental movement on Penn's campus in the past few years, an environmentally-themed pre-orientation pilot program was created in 2008. The mission of the PennGreen program is to provide incoming freshmen with an environmental introduction to Penn and the City of Philadelphia, offering them a chance to form relationships with environmentally-minded peers.
Along with upperclassmen who are members of the Penn Environmental Group or are involved in some way with the green movement at Penn, participants in this program engage in a number of activities. They meet faculty and senior administrators, learn about campus recycling and Penn building projects that are designed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, volunteer at local urban farms, partake in and learn about how the community participates in the sustainable food and living movement, and take an ecological river tour. |
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FARMECOLOGY
Founded as an outgrowth of an Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) class, FarmEcology is a student-initiated endeavor that is raising awareness and educating Penn's campus about the benefits of local foods. The group's projects include coordinating a local food buying club, consulting with Penn Dining and other on-campus food outlets on local food purchasing and hosting speakers and other events relating to eating sustainably. |
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COMMUNITECH
CommuniTech is a student organization in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences that aims to assist neighborhoods in need by supplying them with computers and teaching technology skills to their residents. Their efforts stem from the recognition that the computer has become a central facet of everyday life in this rapidly advancing age of information technology. Click here to visit the Communitech website. |
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UNDERGRADUATE ASSEMBLY
The Undergraduate Assembly (UA) is an elected body consisting of thirty-three undergraduate students selected by their respective schools. It is charged with representing undergraduate interests to the administration, faculty, and all other constituent groups at Penn.
The UA Facilities and Campus Planning Committee works on sustainability initiatives such as off campus recycling and socially responsible investing. |
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GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) is the University-wide government for graduate and professional students, interacting regularly with the President, Provost, Board of Trustees, and other University officials. GAPSA is governed by elected representatives from each of Penn's twelve schools and a student executive board. GAPSA also works with the student governments of individual schools and with other specialized student governments at Penn. GAPSA representatives are part of Penn's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC). |
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