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(11/20/19 4:06am)
When I moved into my dorm this past August, I remember seeing a collection of “Green Living” stickers plastered on my neighbor’s door. I thought they had probably done the PennGreen orientation program or were part of a special club. But these stickers are peppered around campus. They read “Green Living Certified” and can be seen on dorm walls, mini fridges, and office windows. They include a ranking—Bronze, Silver, or Gold—and, as I later found out, are an initiative by Penn Sustainability to encourage students to reflect on their environmental impact.
(11/20/19 4:43am)
According to National Geographic, the global average surface temperature has increased by more than 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since 1906.
(11/19/19 11:59pm)
The Designs for Different Futures exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art explores the role of design in different aspects of life in the future, in light of the past and the present. Questions of climate change, sustainability, energy, food, and health encompass the show’s wide–ranging focus, and its creators come from varied fields. A few are visual artists, while other contributors to the exhibition are authors, designers, scientists, and game developers.
(11/20/19 2:49am)
Patrick Teese (C ‘20) is no stranger to Penn’s green community. He's a member of Epsilon Eta, Beekeeping Club, Urban Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board, and an intern for Penn Sustainability.
(11/20/19 3:11am)
During the month of Sept. 2019, a number of faculty and students at Penn came together in front of College Hall to communicate the impending urgency of climate change and its impact across disciplines.
(11/20/19 7:00am)
Welcome to 34th Street Magazine's Climate Change Issue. This is our world too, and we should never forget that.
(11/20/19 3:04am)
Remember those mysterious people standing next to the garbage and recycling bins at New Student Orientation (NSO) who were eager to take your empty pudding containers? Or the people handing out those flashy thermos water bottles? Those were students from Penn Sustainability, a club whose mission tackles so much more than just handing out merchandise or collecting garbage.
(11/20/19 3:51am)
This is not an essay about climate change. It's an essay about futile existentialism—and a little bit about climate change.
(11/20/19 3:56am)
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
(11/19/19 5:48am)
I guess I'd call it environmental guilt—a feeling of being completely useless and also completely responsible for more than I want to accept. It’s the fear of extinction. It’s the discomfort of having my survival instincts kick in, and being confused as to why some people seem so unafraid of the danger. It’s the anger I feel when someone asks me why I protest. It’s the disappointment of forgetting my metal straw, or worse yet, the disappointment of knowing my metal straws won’t save me. It’s hopelessness and helplessness. I feel so guilty.
(11/20/19 4:08am)
As fall term comes to a close, many Penn students begin locking down travel plans. Some will return home, some will travel elsewhere, and others will remain on campus or in Philadelphia. But out of the many students flying, driving, or taking a train elsewhere, it's important to consider the sustainability of travel choices.
(11/20/19 3:00am)
Recycling is a confusing process, and it's made all the more difficult by lack of insight into recycling policies and practices. Recycling is important for a multitude of reasons—it conserves natural resources such as trees and sand, and also reduces the amount of slow–to–decompose waste in landfills—all of which benefit the environment.
(11/19/19 5:47am)
In most dining halls, students place their empty dishes and half–eaten meals on a conveyor belt, never to see their leftover food again. It’s easy to assume that food is thrown out and dishes are scrubbed clean for the next meal, with little thought given to things like composting. But a peek behind the scenes at Penn Dining shows their attempts to decrease food waste from the university’s residential dining cafés.
(11/20/19 3:07am)
There’s a new trend sweeping the fashion industry—and it has nothing to do with tiny sunglasses or statement sneakers. With fast fashion wreaking havoc on the environment, alternative sustainable retailers are popping up all over the world to provide consumers with trendy, eco–conscious clothing options, and Philly retailers are no exception.
(11/20/19 4:12am)
To beef or not to beef, that is the question.
(11/20/19 3:55am)
Whether she was at school or at home, it didn’t matter. If Amira Chowdhury (C ’22) wanted water, there were going to be toxic levels of lead in it, caused by lead infiltration in the public water system.
(11/19/19 11:50pm)
Like many people, I grew up in a family where meat was always the star of the dinner table. But coming to Penn has made me curious about veganism—the lifestyle choice of not using or consuming animal products—especially since, for the first time in my life, I live in a big city with more vegan food options.
(11/24/19 11:44pm)
Gus Dapperton was at home at Union Transfer on Tuesday, Nov. 12. A former Drexel student, Dapperton’s performance in this redesigned farmers' market and factory felt like an easygoing college show. With his bowl cut, baseball hat, and baggy vintage sweatshirt, he’s as much of a peer as he is a performer. He’s Generation Z’s indie rock artist: a goofy guy with a 90’s–inspired look. Dapperton’s not there to put on a spectacle, but rather a fun and comfortable dance party.
(11/18/19 5:50am)
On Nov. 6, 2019, riot grrrl band Bikini Kill announced a 2020 tour that includes a series of shows across the United States and Canada. Less than a week after the tour was announced, eight shows had sold out and several more dates were added to make room for the demand. This will be the first Bikini Kill tour in over 20 years, and in the time that they were gone, the band became the face and heart of the riot grrrl movement.
(11/15/19 8:45pm)
After much delay, genre–bending artist FKA twigs released MAGDALENE on Nov. 8, her first album in four years. Between MAGDALENE and her last album, M3LL155X EP, not only did twigs and now ex–fiancé Robert Pattinson break up, but she also had six fibroid tumors removed from her uterus last winter.
