Articles Written by Julie Hancher

Can't wait for five o'clock? Here's two job alerts for y'all: Urban Blazers: Program Coordinator Urban Blazers is hiring an additional 2- 3 program coordinators, with part-time program coordinators can be hired to manage a single site at as little as 3-4 hrs per week or several sites at 18-22 hrs per week.

PR agents often promote their client's cause, but Paige Wolf also makes it a point to promote sustainability just as much as her clients. I met Paige years ago on an all-lady session based on sustainability and have followed her passion projects ever since. She's enthusiastic, compassionate and an all-star Crossfit mom of two. Let's get to know Paige a little better:

Streets Department & Recyclebank receive 2014 Pennsylvania Waste Watchers Award. Our own Philadelphia City Street and Recyclebank won the 2014 Pennsylvania Waste Watchers Award for their Hunting Park Recycles Initiative. The Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP) recognizes Pennsylvania’s best recycling programs annually. Find out more about this award, after the jump:

Have plans for this Saturday? The Race Smart Urban Challenge will test your physical and mental strength with a clues and heart-racing adventures. Explore 4-6 miles of Philly with cash (and best dressed) prizes, swag bags and more. We've teamed up with the Race Smart Challenge for a discount for you, dear readers:

Photo: GPB Insta. (Follow us! Happy Tuesday! Did you hear a local green tech company that created charcoal to increase a soil's ability to hold water and nutrients is in the running for a cool $25 mill from Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Challenge? On that note... We were so psyched to check out No Lib's 2nd Street Fest this weekend that we thought our week started Tuesday instead of Monday. Don't fret, friends: It's time to get our calendar of events straightened out this week.

Once the summertime hits, it's so easy to get inspired to move your booty outside and take on a more positive mood. Editing and writing about sustainability everyday becomes a part of my routine, so I try to consciously do more than the three Rs and practice what I preach. Find out what I'm doing to inspire in our weekly #ThisWeekI column, after the jump!

Are you leaving your 90s or 00s best-self behind and cleansing your memories form the era? (A few of those essential collections are becoming obsolete.) It's time to donate those used CDs in today's Where Can I Wednesday. And those scratched CDs? You can donate them, too!

Oh hey there, new logo. Although we liked the hot mess of our previous logo, it was time for a makeover as we hinted in our blogiversary. We thought long and hard about what captured the essence of Green Philly. Get the full story, after the jump!

My top two passions in life are sustainability and traveling. When Citizens Diplomacy International (CDI) Philadelphia invited me to represent the local green media and meet with five Indonesians in Philadelphia to discuss the US's take on sustainability (back in June), I enthusiastically accepted.