This year, Penn Sustainability’s ReThink Your Footprint campaign will align with Climate Week and will broadly encourage members of the Penn community to consider their environmental footprints and take action to reduce them.

Engage Through Our Interactive Social Media Campaign. During ReThink, we encourage the Penn community to take action to reduce their environmental footprint and engage with local organizations. Each day of the week, Penn Sustainability will highlight a different footprint (travel, shopping, etc.). Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and look for the posts where we ask you to tag organizations in your area. We will be keeping track of who participates, and one lucky social media participant will win a Penn Sustainability swag basket.

Self-Report Recycling and Donations. Since we cannot hold recycling and donation collection events on campus due to COVID-19, we are asking for students, staff, and faculty to self-report any specialty items that they recycle or donate during the week that are not recyclable via single-stream recycling. Items include clothing, shoes, writing utensils, printer cartridges, electronic waste, light bulbs, batteries, books, and much more. Philadelphia residents can schedule doorstep pick-up of electronics and clothing through Retrievr.

Whatever you donate or recycle, report it using the Qualtrics survey. We will be keeping track of who participates, and one lucky participant will win a Penn Sustainability swag basket.

—Penn Sustainability