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Although Garrett Melby felt like a guest at SustainPHL 2016, his GodoCompany Ventures received the Business Innovation of the Year award. GoodCompany Ventures has graduated over 70 entrepreneurs through its mission. However, they’ll be able to solve future problems of climate...

The one-stop shop for all of your green thumb desires, City Planter, is offering a class to help you build your own terrarium. What is a terrarium, you may ask? It’s basically a self-sustaining ecosystem in a glass where, after...

I was so swamped prepping for last evening’s Beyond the Blog panel discussion that I almost missed the HUGE headlines. Trump terrified us again by signing an executive order to roll back Obama Climate Policies – with climate change denier...

The flower show this year was themed, “Holland: Flowering the World,” celebrating Dutch culture with wooden shoes, tulips, bikes, and windmills. Beyond the stereotypes, the exhibits also paid homage to the Netherlands’ environmental innovation and technology. To honor the Netherlands...

How can a vision turn into reality? In 1996, Morris Holland Derry III was incarcerated and realized that 75-80% of the prisoners would become reincarcerated. Not satisfied with those high statistics, Derry founded No More Pain, a nonprofit organization that...

Despite a long history of community gardens in Philadelphia, the city has not had a consistent abundance of greenery. Many Philadelphia community gardens (some which have been running for 70 to 80 years) had to close in the early 2000s...

Hi Green Philly, I was wondering if you know of any collection events coming up soon to collect TVs and other electronic waste that we can’t put out curbside.  Thanks, Bala Cynwyd Resident Dear Bala Cynwyd Resident, Electronic waste can be...

Step outside of your normal weekend routine and into a Parisian carnival for the 48th annual “Dance with the Bride” on Saturday, April 1. The “Fool’s Night Out.” Benefiting nonprofit The Painted Bride, the fundraiser will include belly and silk...

How can individuals fight climate change? Sam Holloschutz believes education is key to getting your neighbors and friends on board. Watch him give his hyperlocal secrets as he accepts his Neighborhood Champion Award during SustainPHL 2016. SustainPHL 2016: Sam Holloschutz,...