Articles Written by Grace Rieck

The summer solstice is around the corner, and Philly is packed with events to celebrate the official start of summer. Whether you want to party on a farm, celebrate local food or gardens, join a cleanup or hackathon, we’ve got the best fun and green options for you:

Since I’m still in college, I’ve moved around a lot over the last couple of years. Every move, I end up with unwanted or disproportional furniture. Being new to the Philly area, I had no idea where to donate gently used furniture. I’ve since learned from experience that places like Goodwill or the Salvation Army aren’t very user friendly. They tend to be pickier about items they accept and it’s difficult to schedule pickup times (especially without a car). Whether you’re looking to buy or donate old furniture, we saved you some of my previous stress and found a few places for you on Where Can I Wednesday. Plus, they all benefit great causes. Here’s where to donate furniture in Philly:

Philadelphia, including West Laurel Hill, is covered with invasive species of plants and trees like knotweed, hops, thistle, stilt grass, and poison ivy. One cemetery needs to remove all invasive species before introducing new ones. The best way to remove these invasive species of plants? Use “environmentally friendly vegetation control”. AKA Goats.

I come from a tennis-playing family. My parents play. My brothers play. My grandparents, aunts, uncles and even a few cousins play. As you can probably imagine, we have A LOT of used tennis balls always lying around. My family tries to recycle or reuse most old tennis balls so they don’t end up in a landfill - like the 20,000 metric tons of that end up there each year. So what can you do with used tennis balls? We tackle this question in today's Where Can I Wednesday column.