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...
When Charles Library opened in September 2019, so did its green roof, one of the largest in Pennsylvania. A crucial part of the library's stormwater management system and
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
For Temple's Engineers Without Borders chapter, an ongoing clean-water project in Peru offers students the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to travel internationally
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
A month before Rachel Hall, CLA '15, was set to graduate, she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle near 13th and Diamond streets on Main Campus.
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
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