climate activists

Love our Earth. Stand up for our planet. PhilHarmonia is proud to close our ninth season with the world premiere of Adam Silverman’s Elegy for the Earth – a powerful setting of poems by Susan Gubernat that bemoan the harmful...

Join us for PA’s largest annual citizen lobby day for climate action — VIRTUALLY!  On Thursday June 2nd, PennEnvironment will be bringing together hundreds of Pennsylvanians from all across the state to hold video lobby meetings with state representatives and...

Rising Tide: The Crossroads Project, a multi-disciplinary live performance fusing original music with art, imagery, and science to address global sustainability and provide a path toward meaningful response. The score by composer Laura Kaminsky is performed by the Fry Street...

In the decades long fight for a cleaner environment, we’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. People feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality...

It’s Black History Month. Let’s reflect on environmentalists who revolutionized environmental justice. Not only does the sustainability movement face greenwashing, it is often whitewashed as well. Many Black environmental leaders rarely receive the same attention as non-Black scholars and activists....

Give back to your community by joining these organizations for a more sustainable city With the oncoming warmer weather, striving for a cleaner Philadelphia will be no easy feat. Climate change often feels like a problem that goes beyond an...

On Tuesday, October 29th, at the Friends Center in Philadelphia the Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore College Philadelphia (#TriCoPhilly) program will be hosting nationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental justice leader, Elizabeth C. Yeampierre. Drawing on her experiences and efforts as a leader in...

Come to the University of Pennsylvania on November 2-3, to start the weekend off with a bang at the 5th Annual Students for Zero Waste conference. Join over 500+ students, staff, industry innovators, activists and community members from across the...

Devastating hurricanes. Record-breaking temperatures. Melting polar ice caps. Climate change is already affecting our everyday lives, but many don’t understand the science behind it (and some don’t even acknowledge it is real). The Wagner Free Institute of Science welcomes renowned...