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Photo: GPB Insta. (Follow us! Happy Tuesday! Did you hear a local green tech company that created charcoal to increase a soil's ability to hold water and nutrients is in the running for a cool $25 mill from Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Challenge? On that note... We were so psyched to check out No Lib's 2nd Street Fest this weekend that we thought our week started Tuesday instead of Monday. Don't fret, friends: It's time to get our calendar of events straightened out this week.

Once the summertime hits, it's so easy to get inspired to move your booty outside and take on a more positive mood. Editing and writing about sustainability everyday becomes a part of my routine, so I try to consciously do more than the three Rs and practice what I preach. Find out what I'm doing to inspire in our weekly #ThisWeekI column, after the jump!

Happy Friday readers! What did you do this week? Have you been acting drunk due to lack of sleep? Or drunk by the awesome pop up gardens that help our local economy? Celebrating our rising cat numbers in Philly? Maybe even voting for Green Philly as Best Local Blogger on the Philly Hot List? (Hint hint… please!) Regardless, good news: The weekend is back with a variety of things to do. Whether you’re looking to join in a Bud Light park clean up, go for a family nature walk, or celebrate with a Northern Liberties street festival, Philly is the place to be. Here are Philly’s best events for the weekend of August 1-3, 2014:

*Or very low cost. But you clicked, right? Green City, Clean Waters, Philly’s 25-year plan for protecting its watersheds, uses green infrastructure for stormwater management. The project, recognized by the EPA for setting the standard for a national model for green infrastructure, catapulted Philly to the forefront for stormwater management. Why is stormwater a concern?

Inspired by our newest debut column (#ThisWeekI), we love to acknowledge the wonderful organizations that work hard to create environmental awareness, building a better world for us to live in. This week, I’m shining the community spotlight on Philly’s Urban Tree Connection (UTC).

Are you leaving your 90s or 00s best-self behind and cleansing your memories form the era? (A few of those essential collections are becoming obsolete.) It's time to donate those used CDs in today's Where Can I Wednesday. And those scratched CDs? You can donate them, too!

Oh hey there, new logo. Although we liked the hot mess of our previous logo, it was time for a makeover as we hinted in our blogiversary. We thought long and hard about what captured the essence of Green Philly. Get the full story, after the jump!

My top two passions in life are sustainability and traveling. When Citizens Diplomacy International (CDI) Philadelphia invited me to represent the local green media and meet with five Indonesians in Philadelphia to discuss the US's take on sustainability (back in June), I enthusiastically accepted.

Got the Monday blues? Check out some of these events that are sure to get you excited for the rest of the week!