- Book Talk
Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability 2025 Reception and Ceremony
This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the global discourse on environmental sustainability. A cocktail reception will precede the formal award ceremony, where Edward Humes will speak about his book Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.
Registration is required for all guests.
The Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability is more than an award; it is a call to action, encouraging authors and thinkers to contribute to the vital discourse on sustaining our planet for future generations.
Join us for an opportunity to meet our 2025 awardee.
- 4-5pm – Cocktail reception
- 5-6pm – Award ceremony and author presentation
About the Winner
Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author whose sixteen previous books include Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash, The Forever Witness, Mississippi Mud, and the PEN Award– winning No Matter How Loud I Shout. Ed and his family, including their rescued racing greyhounds and collie, live in Southern California.
Special Thanks
Penn Libraries Board of Advisors member Haniel J. Lynn, ENG'91, WG'95, PAR'23 and his wife Anita Hsueh Lynn, ENG’91, PAR’23 generously provided funding to establish the Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability.
Featured image: Edward Humes (photo by Michael Goulding)