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One of our favorite ways to be sustainable is with our food choices. Between our CSA and farmers market choices, we are conscious about what we put on our plate. it’s important to practice sustainability on the most important holidays...

Fall is (sorta) here! Camping is best in the autumn – warm days, cooler nights become the perfect combination for a campfire and s’mores. Where can you go within a 4-hour drive of Philly? We rounded up ten ideas for...

Plus, enter to win her new book!  Ever struggle about raising children consciously without going crazy? Local publicist & author Paige Wolf released a book to help. Spit that Out!: The Overly Informed Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in the Age...

Saleem Chapman, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Sustainable Business Network, received the inaugural SustainPHL Local Advocate award on August 18th, 2016. However, he pumped the crowd and motivated us to get off our tails and do something more than the...

Want to give back to our Philly Parks? TONIGHT: Join United By Blue, SustainPHL & other partners to clean up FDR Park in South Philly. Due to our Ticketleap partnership, we’ll also have a bus from City Hall (1401 JFK...

Guest post by Russell Zerbo on behalf of the Clean Air Council addresses transportation pollution locally and recaps a recent roundtable on August 23rd. Transportation is now the largest source of carbon dioxide pollution in the United States, although in...

Ahh, food waste. What to do… Earlier this year, I was at a farewell party for a leader at my organization at the time. I remember when one of my colleagues turned to the caterer and asked what was happening...

It seems like getting feedback on sustainability plans is ALL the rage with city agencies these days. Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability (or “OOS”) held an open house to discuss their next phase of Greenworks a couple weeks ago, and SEPTA...

When we began to plan the SustainPHL details, we realized that we had an extra step of screening questions. How could we make this event as sustainable as possible, without distracting from the experience? In years past, I’ve received many email...