Cobbs Creek Community Cleanup

Penn Sustainability invites students, staff and faculty to join a community clean-up of Cobbs Creek. Penn Sustainability will provide transportation to and from the clean-up location, as well as coffee and snacks.

Communities along Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia have endured some of the watershed’s heaviest burdens of environmental injustice. Access to the creek is inhibited by a lack of public amenities and its adjacent low-income communities of color endure frequent flooding by polluted stormwater. The Water Center at Penn is working with the Cobbs Creek Environmental Education Center and partners to build a state-of-the-art educational facility to support community members to connecting with their environment safely and offering STEM learning opportunities to support knowledge building among youth and community members. Neighbors of the creek have long been the environmental champions of environmental stewardship. In this cleanup, we will be joining the Cobbs Creek Community Ambassadors who coordinate grassroots initiatives to keep the creek and surrounding environment free of litter and pollution. Registration will remain open until our chartered transportation spots fill. You can still attend the event after registration closes but will have to make your own way there via public transport.