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Acorn seals plant the seeds of sustainable business
Foodies seek out restaurants with Zagat’s distinct burgundy logo, and those interested in patronizing the highest-rated local establishments may look for the “Best of Philly” sign. Now, those who have a greener goal in mind can look for a new seal of approval.
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Staff Q&A / Louise Clarke
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David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, delivers Annenberg Distinguished Lecture
Penn President Amy Gutmann with Annenberg Dean Michael Delli Carpini (left) and The New Yorker Editor David Remnick (center).
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A.D. (After Disaster)
The last 10 years have seen more than their fair share of disasters, some man-made, like the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and civil wars in Africa, and others caused by nature, like 2004’s Asian tsunami, 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and China. These disasters have altered the landscape of many cities throughout the world. The PennDesign Black Student Alliance (BSA) says previous mistakes in planning and design have proven difficult to fix, and the recent economic crisis has only exacerbated the complexities.
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Penn’s 40-year pledge to Earth Day still going strong
The first Earth Day, celebrated 40 years ago today, grew out of classic 1960s campus uprisings. Flying back from a tour of a California oil spill, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., read an article about the “teach-ins” that were being used to protest the Vietnam War. Instead of skipping class to dissent, students and faculty gathered to discuss the war and what they believed were its illegalities and immoralities.
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UC Green unites Penn and West Philly in a common goal
It’s a story that anyone who has spent time at Penn in the past couple of decades knows well: By the early 1990s, the neighborhood around Penn had fallen on hard times. Crime and poverty were on the rise, shops were shutting doors and schools were falling behind state standards.
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Penn Relays go green with focus on recycling
What is left behind after thousands of track and field athletes, fans and volunteers pack Franklin Field for the three-day Penn Relay Carnival? Memories of great competition? Absolutely. A few new records? Possibly. Trash? A mountain of it.
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The first Earth Day
Photo credit: University Archives Global interest in saving and protecting the environment has been picking up steam in recent years, but it all started 40 years ago, on April 22, 1970, with Earth Day.
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Penn investigates Earth’s critical zone
Rising high above the pristine northeast coastline of Puerto Rico, the lush Luquillo Mountains are a natural laboratory for environmentalists and climate scientists. A national forest since the 1930s, large sections of the mountains look much the same today as they would have to European settlers 500 years ago. Except the forest is not the same. Not hardly.
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University of Pennsylvania Honored in Newly Published ‘Guide to 286 Green Colleges’
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania has been acknowledged as one of the country’s most environmentally responsible schools, according to the Princeton Review, which partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council to create “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.”