The Green Fund Grant

Have a project idea that needs some funding to get off the ground? Apply for the Green Fund Grant through Penn Sustainability!
Penn’s Green Fund welcomes ideas from students, faculty, and staff about ways to improve the University’s environmental performance and reduce campus emissions. Since 2009, this initiative of the Penn Sustainability Office, funded by the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services, has seeded innovative ideas in environmental sustainability from members of the University community.

Post Landfill Action Network

 Penn has joined as a member of the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN), an organization dedicated to helping students with sustainability skill-building and campus waste reduction projects. All Penn students and alumni with an @upenn.edu email address get free access to their member hub, including workshops and certifications, online guides and resources, and discount pricing on environmentally-friendly products. Register here!

Vegetals: Penn Garden

The Penn Student Garden is a raised-bed organic garden located between Harrison House and Spruce St. Founded as a Green Fund project by a group of students in 2009, the garden serves as a shared educational space for the Penn and West Philadelphia communities. As of Spring 2019, the Penn Garden is now a part of the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI).

Host a Green Event

Incorporating environmentally friendly decision making into your clubs standard practices can help foster an atmosphere of sustainability on campus. The Green Event Guide was developed by the Green Campus Partnership to help students, faculty and staff in the Penn community host more ecologically sustainable events.

Campus Recycling Guides 

 Are you doing on- and off- campus recycling right? Did you know you can use any standard bin as a recycling bin, as long as you label it recycling? Do you know what you can and can't recycle in the city?
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Check out guides by the Undergraduate Assembly and Penn Sustainability to find the answers to these questions and more!

Also for more information about how Penn manages its waste check out the Penn Waste Management and Recycling webpage!

Green Living Certification

 Green Living Certification provides Penn residents the opportunity to reflect on their environmental impact and rewards those taking steps to improve it. You can win prizes such as tumblers, S'well bottles, hammocks, yoga mats, and more. Get certified now!

Water Bottle Refilling Station Map

This map can help you find a free water bottle refilling station anywhere on campus.