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Can't get enough of Planet Earth? The Mann Center is featuring Planet Earth Live on Thursday, July 29th at 8:30 PM with a background of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Beautiful, hi-def images from the hit BBC documentary series, Planet Earth, along with the sweeping majestic original Emmy award winning score will be the finale to The Philadelphia Orchestra’s annual summer season. You'll see & explore everything from the

The recent heat waves have me humming Will Smith's "Summertime" and The Lovin Spoonful's "Hot Summer in the City" embarrassingly often... Now that I've gotten that off my chest it's time to share some summer appropriate bbqing advice... Grill wisely : Choose a electric or clean-burning propane grill over the charcoal variety. Charcoal is a major cause of poor air quality. If you must use charcoal go for brands harvested from sustainable forests. Feast on earth-friendly eats...

Let's break it down by the numbers...The average American: Generates an average of 4.6 pounds of trash per day 2.5 lbs of that trash goes to landfills Only 2.1 lbs of trash is recycled or incinerated How much are you recycling, Philly? What can you recycle that you aren't currently? What are you having problems recycling? After the jump, let us know in the comments.

Did you know the #1 mistake of plants is actually OVER-watering them? Over-watering causes soil to get so soggy that oxygen cannot reach the roots, encourages certain bacteria growth and can lead to root rot. I've recently started my back-porch city garden with a deceased pepper plant limited snafu's & have reaped 6 tomatoes already! Unfortunately, my baby desk plant has recently caught the downfall of my 'learning' green thumb and was slightly overwatered: How can you prevent your plants from overwatering? Here's some tips:

Philly, it's hot. And it's going to get hotter. As many of Philly-ites head to the shore this weekend to cool off (myself included!), we should be thankful we're testing the oil-free waters of NJ & DE. After 80 days of Gulf oil spilling, apprx 86 - 169 million gallons oil, a pathetic lack of clean up effort from BP, a new BP backup plan regardless of fate being left in the hands of Kevin Costner, and wildlife tragedy, it's hard to even read the news. For those of you who have been upset for 3 f'ing months too long, here's a little comic relief courtesy of the BP Spills Coffee video:

Vote for a local chef AND benefit local Camphill Village Kimberton Hills! Stephanie McKeon Krzywanski, Phoenixville resident, personal chef and owner of The Comfort Gourmet is 1 of 24 chefs nationwide to participate in the Sears Chef Challenge. Readers, vote once a day until July 10th via www.searschefchallenge.com and enter to win an entire suite of Kenmore appliances. We caught up with Chef Stephanie to see how her green passion translates to the kitchen: Green Philly Blog: What sustainable practices do you use while cooking?

Hey Readers! We heard you missed us, and we missed you too! After a major web host mishap, we’re almost back to normal but still have some changes to come… stay tuned! In the meantime, PLEASE feel free to send...

Hey readers! Thanks for checking in! We’re making a few changes to our site to make Green Philly Blog more fabulous for you and are taking a slight break from posts… We’ll be up to full speed soon! Best, Julie...

For those of you who want to know more about Solar Renewable Energy Credits, this video is entertaining AND educational: (Thanks to our guest blogger Clayton for passing on!) Posted by Julie