Sustainable Student Life

Green Living Certification provides students the opportunity to reflect on and be rewarded for their environmental impact. Certification is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students living on and off campus.

Penn Green is a Pre-Orientation Program for new, incoming students. Participants learn about and engage in the culture of sustainability at Penn and throughout Philadelphia, all while meeting new peers with a shared interest in environmentalism.

This summer fellowship matches Penn’s undergraduate and graduate students with local organizations advancing sustainability in their communities. This program provides professional development and real-world learning opportunities to interested and selected students.

Interested in advancing campus sustainability? This program is for you! Eco-Reps is a sustainability leadership program where students work with experts to lead hands-on solution-oriented projects.

The ISAC Program helps course instructors at Penn introduce environmental sustainability into new and existing courses. The program provides full funding for summer research assistants to update or create new syllabi, lectures, assignments, texts, and/or tests that incorporate environmental themes.

The Student Advisory Group for the Environment (SAGE) advises Penn's Climate and Sustainability Action Plans.

The Penn Farm, which originated through the Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative (PFWC), is a unique, multidisciplinary initiative that engages stakeholders from across the Penn community around four central pillars of wellness, food access, sustainability, and education.

Offering a unique dining experience like no other, Quaker Kitchen is serving home-away-from-home-cooked meals while acting as a teaching hub for food sustainability.

Green2Go is Penn Dining's signature program to reduce disposable materials in our residential dining cafes. Students are provided with Green2Go containers to reuse throughout our residential dining halls.

With sustainability events taking place throughout campus and the greater Philadelphia region, students have the opportunity to connect and engage with others in the climate change space. Events include panel discussions, presentations, community clean-ups, tours, networking events, and more!

Hosted annually, Climate Week at Penn offers events across the University to discuss, learn and innovate on the climate emergency. With the belief that everyone has a place in the climate movement, Climate Week offers a chance for the entire Penn community to engage in learning and action around the climate.

Hosted annually, Energy Week at Penn offers events across campus focused on energy and related issues. Through panel discussions, student lightening talks, and live podcast recordings, Energy Week mobilizes the Penn community to take energy-focused action to tackle environmental issues.