Articles Written by Julie Hancher

The 2015 Mayoral democratic candidates have made their rounds amongst the forums, and Sustainable Business Network (SBN) had their turn hosting on Saturday evening. A few hundred community members heard five of the candidates discuss small business incentives, taxes, schools and...

As some of you may remember, we started a “Ban the Bag day” in July 2012 to bring awareness to plastic bag legislation in Philadelphia. We synced up with Logan Welde of the Clean Air Council and other environmental organizations...

Happy Earth Day… AKA the day we’ve allll been waiting for. We’re co-hosting a Philly Tech Week: Green Challenge Scavenger Hunt with everyone’s fav app, MilkCrate. Your tips for today: Use MilkCrate & Green Philly for hints… Dash to the spots...

Philly, are you ready for Bike Share? Great news that we’ve all been waiting for… Bike Share is coming THIS Thursday, April 23rd. Bike Share will be available in Philly, 24 hours a day in 70 locations including neighborhoods like Point...

Although we personally think of every day as Earth Day, Philly’s got lots of awesome events for you to celebrate sustainability this week. Whether you’re looking for a jog, sampling food, donating electronics or a drink, here’s the best events this...

Earth Day is right around the corner. How are you celebrating? We can’t find a better way to get ourselves going than hosting a scavenger hunt with MilkCrate as part of Philly Tech Week. How can you join in the...

Finding, dishing and keeping SEPTA Tokens are a pain in the butt. Although SEPTA should be transitioning to the Key Fare system in 2015, we still love those little metal tokens as of now. So where can you buy SEPTA...

Run for sustainability this Saturday! The Clean Air Council’s annual Run for Clean Air is this Saturday, April 18th. Starting at 8:30 AM at the Art Museum Steps, there will be a 10K & 5K runs or a 3K walk to choose...

How gorgeous is the weather outside? This week has a lot of drink-related events on tap (pun intended) to get us out of our houses & back into socializing. Philly Week Events of April 13-16th, 2015: The Lost World of...