Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities

The festival will showcase stories from Philly high school students and feature discussions and performances about climate change.This one-day climate storytelling festival, produced in partnership between WHYY’s PlanPhilly and the University of Pennsylvania’s Program in Environmental Humanities, showcases the power of story to explore how one collaborative learning community in Philadelphia is building climate resilience by documenting and sharing personal climate stories across our region. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.Note: This is a closed event and only invited guests are welcome.

In this workshop, participants will create their own sculptures of saproxylic organisms to take home and learn about dead wood advocacy!The term “saproxylic” refers to creatures who depend on dead trees for their survival. These critters are mostly hidden from view inside logs and hollow trunks, but they form a large and diverse multispecies assemblage that is critical to forest health.Saproxylic creatures are under threat worldwide because dead wood is so often removed and destroyed out of a lack of understanding about its role in the environment. This issue is especially pressing in urban areas like Philadelphia, but fortunately we