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Happy Monday, y’all! Hope you’re enjoying this blast of cold weather that’s sneaked its way back to us. I was lucky to catch the fall foliage while camping this past weekend with several layers on my side. How can you...

Do you find yourself getting pissed at everyday norms in the city, but have no idea how to get started to make a real change locally? Clean Water Action, Temple University, and PennFuture  are teaming up this Monday for an...

As they explained in last week’s post, Philadelphia Water is taking a new approach to stormwater management through its Green City, Clean Waters initiative. Philadelphia Water isn’t slowing down with initiatives. From a living wall that you can see, to...

The city of brotherly love continues to battle it out in the greenest city ranks. Philadelphia has been named the #15 greenest city of 2015 in a report by Wallethub. We were beat by top 5 cities (in descending order), Honolulu,...

Are you a park champion? The Fairmount Park Conservancy is hosting its annual young friends’ event to celebrate Philly parks! Ditch the idea of hosting “wine in the park” with your friends and class it up by having catered food...

Penn State Brandywine’s green thumb just got greener. Penn State Brandywine’s Honors Garden won second prize in the Community Vegetable Garden category of the Delaware County Master Gardeners’ 2015 garden contest this past summer. The Delaware County Master Gardeners is an organization...

Just because America hasn’t changed the name of the Post Office & Government holiday today doesn’t mean we need to stay tied down to such weird traditions. For example, I declared today “Pounce DeLeon Day”, but that’s only because I...

Way out in the boondocks of suburbia, there is a college campus. This campus is only a few square miles. The surface parking lot across the street is nearly the same size of the main campus. In fact, planning has...

I’ve always loved strolling through farmers’ markets and browsing through the assortments of fresh and local fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses and baked goods. In addition to the abundance of seasonal goodies that farmers’ markets have to offer, I also enjoy...