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The city of Philadelphia has weekly curbside trash and recycling collection and serves about 530,000 residential units. Yet, new residents (or recently moved) aren’t sure which day they should be setting out their cans. When is my trash day? Find out...

Philadelphia’s innovative bike share program, Indego. We talked to Aaron Ritz, Transportation Manager in the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, about the past two years of Indego and where it is headed for the future. Indego turns two years old “It’s...

You can create a container garden with little space or budget – we shared how to find the best spot, types of containers and how to choose soil & plants. Now, we’ll share a few tips to have you gardening like...

Are you heading to the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival this weekend? Use the discount code EARTH5 to get tickets to any film block for only $5. Find out more information and flicks about the Philadelphia Environmental Film Fest here.

With spring finally here and feeling a little more adventurous, it’s time to find your new favorite brewpub! Don’t worry, Green Philly readers – I decided to explore for you and found Evil Genius.  4 reasons why we’re digging the...

That $6 top from H&M doesn’t seem so sweet when you consider that Americans produce over 25 billion pounds of textile waste a year and about 85% of consumer textile waste ends up in landfills. the problem with Fast Fashion...

You can create a container garden with little space or budget – we shared how to find the best spot and types of containers. In this Part II of our Start a Container Garden Series: we’ll share how to choose soil...

If you dream of having a garden of your own but have limited space and cash, you can create a container garden that fits space you do have available. But where do you begin? You find everything you need from...

So we’ve all grumbled about 2017 policy actions. But here’s a tiny thing you can do with a significant impact locally. If you’ve walked around Philly neighborhoods lately, you’ve probably noticed Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers in front of homes. These...