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Ever since I studied abroad in London, I fell in love with traveling. I’ve been fortunate to see international destinations, national parks, and cities. As one who thrives on adventure, I can share that travel enhances your knowledge and relieves...

OOS kept their promise about being an org for the people. Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability (OOS) originally released their Powering Our Future report in November 2017. After the initial release, they held open hearings and requested comments from the public. Ten...

Want to change the future of what’s on our plates? Several ivy league animal welfare organizations are hosting a conference, open to all. The Ivy League Future of Food Conference is an annual, Ivy League-hosted academic and professional conference dedicated to...

The 13th annual Greenfest Philly is back this Sunday, September 9th. Join 15,000 of your most sustainable friends at the greenest outdoor fest in the 215. Greenfest Philly will feature live music, a bike valet, organic food and drinks, handmade...

Philadelphia Union forward CJ Sapong lives by a simple mantra: “baby steps.” Those two words have guided him both in his soccer career and as he builds his nonprofit, Sacred Seeds. If you attended SustainPHL, you may have heard Sapong...

For the past three months, I’ve had the absolute pleasure of serving as Green Philly’s editorial intern. It’s been a summer of doing the two things I love most — learning and writing — about sustainability. I started identifying as...

Due to a new podcast that we’ll drop soon, I found myself at the Podcast Movement conference networking party a few weeks ago. I was sampling the typical food (i.e., Beiler’s donuts) at Reading Terminal as I was trying to...

Anything can be turned into public art — even trash cans. That’s what Philly’s artists believe. And if you’ve seen a new image or two plastered on a bin, then you’ve stumbled across the #trashcantakeover initiative.  The movement began, like...

We all know that piece of kitchen wisdom passed down from our grandma: don’t dump grease down the drain! But it may not be as much of a no-brainer as you’d think. The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) reports that cooking oil...