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Colleges nationwide continue to energy & electric vehicle efforts, according to PennEnvironment 2020 has been a bad year, but there’s one good thing: colleges continue to trailblaze towards 100% renewable energy and other sustainable efforts. Six Pennsylvania colleges have been...

Want to create a sustainable society? There’s a variety of degrees you can earn to fit your passions and skills – right around the corner. In a world faced by issues like climate change, pollution, and natural resource depletion, degrees...

Penn State Brandywine has been a Fair Trade university since May of 2012. Brandywine was granted “Fair Trade University Status” by Fair Trade Campaigns USA, on World Fair Trade Day, after a 50-page application was submitted by “The TrailBlazers” at Brandywine....

I’ve always been aware of sustainability and found a few easy ways to save money – even while being a poor college student. The best part? These tricks helped me save the planet a little, too. Last semester alone, I saved...

The Sierra Club released its 9th annual Top 10 “Cool Schools 2015” report. Spoiler Alert: No one in Philadelphia (or PA) broke the top 10. The closest we got? Dickinson College (located in Carlisle, PA) got #16. Most of the Top 10...

Philadelphia has a great network of universities around making strides in sustainability. We’ll be featuring campus updates more on Green Philly so you can stay tuned into what these amazing students are up to! The March edition of the Green Philly College update...

Today’s guest post addresses Swarthmore College’s Divestment. Stephen O’Hanlon is a sophomore at Swarthmore College where he studies Political Science and is core organizer with Swarthmore Mountain Justice‘s fossil fuel divestment campaign. He also enjoys biking, spending time outdoors and...

Are you a local college student looking to make a difference? Join Small Steps, Big Wins and turn actions (that you already to every day) into charitable donations! Here’s a brief guide on what it is and why you should join.

We compared the greenest hotels, coffee shops, and more (obviously, that’s in our name). However, one big player in the sustainability game is often overlooked: universities. Philadelphia is lucky enough to have a number of high-ranking universities. the majority of these schools are making progress in sustainability, with initiatives growing annually and beyond their own campuses. Let’s take a look at a handful of these schools and the programs that they've been implementing.