Green On The Not Green

Before noon, the crunchier among us (not to mention the hungrier and the broker-and-seeking-free-food) convened for the greenest thing Penn’s seen since that girl spilled her Gia salad all over the sidewalk on Spruce. Today marked the launch of the Climate Action Plan, Penn’s latest and greatest effort in sustainability, and we were there to witness it! Sadly, Mother Nature did not quite return the favor to Penn. Due to inclement misting, the launch festival was relocated from College Green (clever!) to Bodek Lounge (not so clever).

Displays included a transportation booth, a sustainable farming booth, a free apples…er, Bon Appetit company booth, and one of those show stealing mini models of a park. As we were ogling the tiny plastic trees, a crowd started forming toward the front… A-Gut was about to give a speech about the planet!

Introduced as the “spirit behind the Climate Action Plan,” Amy G filled us in on details of the initiative, repeatedly invoking the phrase "Less is More." She concluded by saying that while Penn will continue to “bleed red and blue,” it will from this point forward “dream a green dream” as well. Aw.

Photos from the event, after the jump.