The Temple University Ambler Library Building didn't escape the wrath of the EF2 tornado that ravaged campus on September 1, 2021. Ferocious winds and debris tore holes in the building's roof and blew out most of the large windows, threatening the collection of 130,000 books, periodicals, research material and historical archives inside."Our first concern was the care of the materials. That was paramount in our thinking — how to save what we had because we knew there was major damage to a number of books," said Sandi Thompson, Head of the Ambler Campus Library. "We...

As main campus has continued to transform in recent years, Temple outlined an ambitious but necessary goal as part of its updated Climate Action Plan released in 2019: becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A key component of this push? Retrofit current buildings and communal spaces to incorporate updated sustainability features, such as green roofs. Green roofs aim to provide better stormwater management and improve temperature efficiency within the building are coupled with lush greenery—equal parts form and function. Many Temple schools and colleges began work to support the...

The Tyler School of Art and Architecture's certificate in community arts practices is participating in a workshop series called Heat Response PHL (an initiative of the Trust for Public Land) that will illuminate the problems of climate change and environmental racism in three Philadelphia neighborhoods hit hardest by excessive heat: Fairhill, Southeast Philadelphia and Grays Ferry."It's been exciting and transformative for our students to find their creative voices in neighborhood mapping and visual production, facilitating climate justice arts workshops for youth, creative...

Thrift and Flop, the most recent recipient of the "Outstanding New Student Organization'' Student Activities Award, is run by communication studies juniors Miyalani Wagner and Allison Altobelli. The club has maintained its membership even during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now its initiatives and programming are being strengthened by its collaborative work with Temple University's Office of Sustainability. Labeled as #EcoChampions by the office, Thrift and Flop is making a difference in the lives of its fashionable members, its campus and its community. Thrift and Flop educates...

Temple President Richard M. Englert has approved the university's 2019 Climate Action Plan, which outlines Temple's long-term sustainability goals and its move toward

When Meara Kuhfahl and James Maguire signed up for a course on urban ecosystems, they figured they'd get a convenient online night class that fulfilled a general

Temple and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society are teaming up—and looking for help from the university's neighbors—to make North Philadelphia greener and provide food

The UN estimates that, by 2050, one in four people will live in a country with shortages of fresh water. As it is now, nearly 2 billion people use water sources that are

Temple's Give + Go Green and Surplus Property programs are co-winners of the Daniel G. Weisenbach Environmental Stewardship Award. The award is given by the Professional