Sustainability

September 2025

Temple faculty demonstrating glassblowing furnace

Sep. 2, 2025

- Sustainability

Tyler glass program receives a grant to install carbon-friendly electric furnace

By Kiki Volkert

The gas furnaces in the glass facilities in Tyler School of Art and Architecture, which melt and […]

April 2025

Image of a truck carrying furniture and trash driving past a tree

Apr. 22, 2025

- Sustainability

TUmove partners with Habitat for Humanity

By Lindsay Hargrave

Two years ago, Temple created TUmove, a program to help students living off campus coordinate trash […]

September 2024

Farrah Al-Mansoor and Ken Kaiser pictured.

Sep. 11, 2024

- Sustainability

Temple, Pitt and Penn State award joint office supplies contract

By Steve Orbanek

In recent years, three of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities—Temple University, the […]

February 2024

Image of staff from the Office of Sustainability.

Feb. 21, 2024

- Sustainability

Temple earns STARS gold for sustainability accomplishments

By Jonny Hart

Temple University has earned a STARS gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of […]

November 2023

Attendees roasting marshmallows.

Nov. 8, 2023

- Sustainability

Temple Ambler hosts the Great American Campout

What’s the key to a happy life? For some, the answer might be camping. A recent survey found that […]

December 2022

Image of Temple students outside on Mazur Terrace

Dec. 5, 2022

- Sustainability

Eco-friendly faces: Meet Temple’s EcoReps advocating for a sustainable campus

By Maria Klecko

As part of Temple’s efforts to advance climate action and environmental justice, the Office of […]

April 2020

Students studying in Charles Library, with the green roof visible through a window nearby.

Apr. 22, 2020

- Sustainability

On Charles Library’s green roof, sustainability starts from the top down

When Charles Library opened in September 2019, so did its green roof, one of the largest in […]

April 2019

student perusing at Temple pop up thrift

Apr. 19, 2019

- Sustainability

Temple revises its Climate Action Plan, aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050

Temple President Richard M. Englert has approved the university’s 2019 Climate Action Plan, which […]

Engineers Without Borders student leaders discussing a project

Apr. 16, 2019

- Sustainability

Engineers, public health join to improve health outcomes in Peru

For Temple’s Engineers Without Borders chapter, an ongoing clean-water project in Peru offers […]

James Maguire and Meara Kuhfahl at a park cleanup

Apr. 15, 2019

- Sustainability

Unusual assignment gives students firsthand experience in the urban ecosystem

By Morgan Zalot

When Meara Kuhfahl and James Maguire signed up for a course on urban ecosystems, they figured […]

Indego bike share on 13th Street and Montgomery Avenue

Apr. 5, 2019

- Sustainability

Temple and others make strides to promote bicycle safety

A month before Rachel Hall, CLA ’15, was set to graduate, she was struck by a car while riding her […]

March 2019

peaches

Mar. 13, 2019

- Sustainability

Temple to host fruit tree adoption for North Philadelphia neighbors

Temple and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society are teaming up—and looking for help from the […]