Blog

Our favorite locavore, foodie event is back! The 11th Annual Brewer’s Plate benefiting Fair Food is happening this year on Sunday, March 8th at the Kimmel Center. Sample from your favorite local food & beer selections and discover new ones....

Happy Monday! (This lovely photo today was from the first-ever Green Allies conference presented by SPARC, for college students, by college students.) Saturday is Valentine’s day, but we can express our LOVE for Philly’s green scene allll week long. Readers:...

Happy Friday! What a week! We learned about the efforts against the crude oil trains around Philly, celebrated the opening of TU’s Rad Dish Cafe, and that Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown wants to double the green roof tax credit. Who’s ready for...

If you ask for it (enough), they will come. A little while back, I tried looking into how Philly residents could register their bikes for our Where Can I Wednesday column. After a few emails and calls, I was surprised...

Now that the holiday season is long over, you probably busted out those gift cards for people who have NO idea what to buy you. (Full disclaimer: my birthday was all gift cards and cash. Captain Unshoppable here. But I loved...

Caitlin Cowan, Global Communications Coordinator, is our new guest columnist from The GREEN Program. GREEN takes liked-minded students and young professionals from around the globe on short-term experiential education & career-focused abroad programs to the epicenters of clean tech, sustainability,...

Happy Monday! We were waiting to see our shadow today (or not, so we could have an early Spring) so have a later edition of this week’s events. But soon enough we’ll be chilling with Schuylkill Trail beer…. on the...

What are you doing to inspire change in your community? This week’s #ThisWeekI column talks to a local business owner whom many readers know for her infamous cheesy pies. (Hint: they were a HUGE hit at the Big Green Party!)...

Happy Friday! Who’s ready to kick back and enjoy the superbowl weekend? Here’s a throwback on how to green your event if you’re hosting a superbowl party. This week, there was a lot of talk about the upcoming mayoral election...