Articles Written by Julie Hancher

It’s a case of the Mondays. With subzero temperatures, any awesome events can help warm up our hearts this week. Let’s get right to it! Week Events February 16 – 19, 2015: SPARC Working Group: Meet students and professionals from the...

You could say we’re halfway to sustainable, at least in a worldview. Arcadis, a global design & consulting firm, released the Sustainable Cities Index, a report ranking 50 of the world’s largest cities on how well they can juggle the 3...

Helllo, bike share! You’re so close. Philadelphia made a few exciting announcements about the upcoming bike share yesterday. Most exciting, Philadelphia will be launching the bike share system in Spring 2015. It seems so long since we were live tweeting about...

You know those jeans you no longer wear, but keep just in case? You can donate them to homeless teens around the world, as we explore in today’s Where Can I Wednesday column.. The students at Esperanza Academy Charter School are...

Our favorite locavore, foodie event is back! The 11th Annual Brewer’s Plate benefiting Fair Food is happening this year on Sunday, March 8th at the Kimmel Center. Sample from your favorite local food & beer selections and discover new ones....

Happy Monday! (This lovely photo today was from the first-ever Green Allies conference presented by SPARC, for college students, by college students.) Saturday is Valentine’s day, but we can express our LOVE for Philly’s green scene allll week long. Readers:...

Happy Friday! What a week! We learned about the efforts against the crude oil trains around Philly, celebrated the opening of TU’s Rad Dish Cafe, and that Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown wants to double the green roof tax credit. Who’s ready for...

If you ask for it (enough), they will come. A little while back, I tried looking into how Philly residents could register their bikes for our Where Can I Wednesday column. After a few emails and calls, I was surprised...

Now that the holiday season is long over, you probably busted out those gift cards for people who have NO idea what to buy you. (Full disclaimer: my birthday was all gift cards and cash. Captain Unshoppable here. But I loved...