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
As a Temple student living just southeast of Main Campus, Brett Riley, ENG '18, would often ride his bike past an urban farm at 8th and Poplar streets, in North
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
Temple has been participating in RecycleMania, a nationwide competition among colleges, for a decade—and Director of Sustainability Kathleen Grady has a feeling this year
Students walking into the renovated Howard Gittis Student Center food court can't help but notice the new dining options, modern furniture and inviting layout. It just
Every fall since 2000, student leaders and staff from various Temple departments and student organizations have visited students living in the communities around Main
As Eric Grzybowski, Temple's surplus property coordinator, walks through the university's off-campus warehouse space in North Philadelphia, he passes by a sea of office
Temple uses more than 55 million kilowatt-hours of green power each year—enough to power more than 5,000 average American homes. That use of green energy recently earned
An endowment of more than $100,000 from a Fox School of Business graduate has created a scholarship fund to allow Temple students to pursue hands-on internships in
When you look around Temple's campus, the growth can't be hidden. The site for the soon-to-be library could be mistaken for an archeology site, nearly taking up an entire
It might look like that student hauling buckets of compost up Broad Street is just taking out the trash. Look closer and you'll see that she's hauling pre-consumer waste
The Rad Dish Co-op Café in Ritter Hall Annex, the only student-run food cooperative in Philadelphia, was born out of classroom projects and is now in its second semester
From smokestacks to tailpipes, artist Caroline Rothwell collects carbon emissions and transforms this soot into delicate drawings of endangered plants.
On Feb. 5, students, faculty and staff lined up in Ritter Annex, eagerly waiting to scoop up house-made hummus with organic carrots or to dig into a salad of locally
When Meredith Thomas, Class of 2014, completes her degree in journalism at Temple University this December, she will embark on a career path centered on helping make the
When Morgan Nemtuda, College of Engineering, Class of 2016, became involved with Students for Environmental Action (SEA) in 2012, the organization was already working to