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Creek check: are rising temps luring you into the Wissahickon Creek? You should read this. During a “normal” year in June, local residents can look forward to cooling down in one of the city’s public pools, an oasis for those...

Menstrual products are expensive and difficult to access for many communities. Two Temple University graduates are doing something about it by running an organization that donates pads and tampons to those in need. A 2019 survey of low-income individuals found...

The Independence Seaport Museum received a Special Achievement award in Interactivity from the American Alliance of Museums earlier this month. The ‘River Alive!’, Delaware river-focused exhibit, was one of seven winners in the 32nd Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition. Truly...

June 22nd-28th is National Pollinator Week, but Philadelphia Zoo employees urge visitors year-round to create natural spaces where pollinators can prosper. On its expansive 42-acre site, the Philadelphia Zoo is in the early stages of transforming manicured gardens and unused...

Nonprofit mobilizes to send 35,000 boxes of produce from local farmers to residents in need weekly. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box program awarded nonprofit regional food distributor The Common Market $5.7 million to purchase,...

Tired of watching paper cups and plastic bags blow down your block? So are we. Amongst nicknames like “the City of Brotherly Love” lies a less appealing reference, “Filthadelphia,” derived from Philly’s notoriously littered streets. Although the City of Philadelphia...

This story by Michael Butler originally published on Next City. Since 2008, Philadelphia’s annual citywide cleanup has helped people all over The City of Brotherly Love make it even more green. The neighborhood of Kensington, a northeastern community near the...

You may have heard the catchphrase “GSI”, but what does it ACTUALLY mean? We have a water dilemma. Philadelphia already experiences a hotter and wetter city, with an increased 4 inches of annual rainfall thanks to the climate crisis. So...

The city hasn’t announced where the $14 million will go. But how could those dollars make a safer, more sustainable city? “Philadelphia can’t breathe…” reads the opening line of the city council’s letter to Mayor Kenney this past Monday, informing...