Articles Written by Julie Hancher

Soooo it seems that the entire city WILL shut down on Thursday due to Eagles fever. More importantly: the Streets Department is declaring a holiday schedule for Thursday. The residential trash and recycling will be delayed and is suspended on...

The Eagles are Super Bowl Champions! (Sidenote: If you’re expecting an educational sustainability post, you’re not getting it today. But we’re taking our name, Green Philly, literally today and painting our website Green. So celebrate history with us for one...

Last evening, the Office of Sustainability (OOS), Mayor Kenney and the sustainability community celebrated one year of sustainability at the Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest. (Sidenote: If you’re going to throw a green party in winter, why not host it at the...

A reason to celebrate! The Schuylkill Banks section that’s been under construction (i.e., South St to Christian St) is finally OPEN for use! Although the trail is open, make sure to stay on the path. The plants and grasses need...

Guess what. We’re kicking off a new roundtable series! First, here’s why. About Conversations to Build an Inclusive Philadelphia Philly’s making moves, but we’re still the poorest big US city. How can we create opportunities as we pave the way...

Much like we obsess over healthy food, using natural beauty products should be another piece of our daily lives. Cosmetics, to some extent, penetrate the skin – it’s estimated that up to 60% of the makeup products we use are absorbed...

The Wonders of Combining Baking Soda and Vinegar With all the different products aimed to make our life “easier,” there are many hidden ingredients and toxins in our daily lives. However, there are natural alternatives can be when used for...

We wear them on our feet but then what do we do when their work is done? Although there are a lot of places that will accept gently used shoes, your beat-up Nikes or Toms may be harder to find...

Have an opinion? The city is really trying to listen to its constituents. After releasing Powering Our Future in November, the Office of Sustainability (OOS) briefed the plan with 50 attendees yesterday at the Municipal Services Building. OOS released the Municipal...