February

The success of a novel collaboration among Drexel University, FMC Corp. and a nonprofit to bring potable water to villages in India will be used to design future endeavors involving external partners who want to take on complex projects in need of a fresh approach.

In the opening scenes of the film Higher Ground: Restorative Science and Sustainability, Carolyn Moseley described the Eastwick neighborhood of Philadelphia as an “environmentally hazardous sandwich.” Adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport and the Heinz Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Philadelphia, Eastwick sits at the convergence of two creeks — Darby and Cobbs — and at the bottom of a watershed. During torrential downpours, homes can flood with up to eight feet of water.