You can’t miss the signs all across campus – at Penn, February is Power Down month. Throughout the month, the Penn Green Campus Partnership has been partnering with groups across campus to host events that bring awareness about the simple ways everyone can reduce their energy footprint. This will culminate […]
Author: Anna Levy-Balfanz
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Meat Served in Zoos
Aside from pets, the majority of people interact with animals in two ways: eating meat and visiting zoos. These two topics therefore receive their fair share of attention when discussing animal ethics. People question whether eating meat fits into the natural food chain or perpetuates a system of animal cruelty, […]
Local Organization Provides Books for Prisoners
“Thank you for the books and magazine. I understand how busy you must get with requests and other responsibilities so I greatly appreciate your time and effort. I am in a special housing unit known as a disciplinary house or “the box.” We do not have access to programs, school, […]
Stolen and Smuggled: Behind Illegal Wildlife Trade
The Illegal Wildlife Trade refers to animal or animal products taken from their environment and traded within or across national borders in a manner that violates the law. The revenue procured from this trade falls, by experts’ best estimates, between ten and twenty billion dollars each year, following only the drug […]
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