The Environmental Collaboratory
Community-Based Climate Justice Solutions
The Environmental Collaboratory facilitates the co-creation and implementation of climate justice centered solutions and best practices with the leadership of community partners in the Philadelphia region. We do this through a rigorous process based in trust with the community and by fostering co-learning of these solutions nationally and globally
Solutions are driven through new models and innovative approaches to often-disparate fields such as financing, entrepreneurship, engineering, business, law, policy, public health, medicine, data and information technology, history, infrastructure design and management, and civil and human rights, along with environmental fields. The Environmental Collaboratory is centrally positioned in the Office of the Provost to facilitate expertise across Drexel University.
Solutions are driven through new models and innovative approaches to often-disparate fields such as financing, entrepreneurship, engineering, business, law, policy, public health, medicine, data and information technology, history, infrastructure design and management, and civil and human rights, along with environmental fields. The Environmental Collaboratory is centrally positioned in the Office of the Provost to facilitate expertise across Drexel University.
Initiatives are driven by partnerships with local community stakeholders to facilitate subsequent policy changes and funding opportunities through strategic communication campaigns.
Our research model emphasizes transdisciplinary and participatory approaches to climate and environmental problem-solving by fostering strong collaborations across various academic disciplines, community partners, and external stakeholders.
TEC supports climate and sustainability initiatives through its diverse and talented student leaders. Students engage in community-partnered initiatives, research development, and policy development.
The Environmental Collaboratory Team on EcoVentures
The Environmental Collaboratory team discusses climate justice, climate mitigation projects, and sustainability with host Ransford Renaldo from Down Money Media's EcoVentures series.
The purpose of PCJC is to develop a locally driven, environmentally just, climate transition
plan that includes informing policy through the development of a communications campaign.
This program is a collaboration between TEC, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the Lindy Center that brings together faculty to promote a culture of climate-aware education at Drexel.
Through this partnership, Drexel was awarded a DOE prize to develop an exchange
program to train students through experiential learning activities in the areas of building decarbonization, clean energy, smart building resiliency and electrification.