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After a traumatic experience, Jose Ferran Jr. fights tirelessly to make Hunting Park cleaner and greener, as well as healthier and kinder. His guiding principle: sustainability and mental health interventions are more connected than you might think. This is story...

Have an idea you want to share with other local green pros? Here’s your chance. Green Building United’s tenth annual Sustainability Symposium is returning on May 1st at Penn State at The Navy Yard. The Symposium is a full day...

Entrepreneur Tom Marchetty pours his passion for history, reuse, and innovation into sustainably made furniture. Now, as the finalist in a Camden public art competition, he eyes his next possible project. Tom Marchetty loves a good backstory. Whether he’s slabbing...

The Trust for Public Land is using tons of data thanks to a new tool, combined with community input, to spruce up the city’s parks. The goal: prepare Camden for the climate crisis. As the climate crisis looms, cities like...

It was quite the year for Green Philly! Can you believe we’re almost about to see a new decade? 2019 was quite the year for Green Philly! Before we bid 2019 farewell, here are the highlights for our events and...

Recycle Your Christmas Tree After you take down your Christmas tree, don’t trash it. If you leave it to the curb, it ends up in a landfill (adn take virtually forever to decompose.) Instead, recycle and compost that tree! First,...

We’re psyched to share 2 big pieces of news that we revealed during our Holiday Happy Hour party On Wednesday night, we hosted our Holiday Happy Hour with 50 guests in WeWork. We also shared two exciting updates. (You get...

Got old holiday lights? Don’t trash ’em. Did you know that Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday time frame, which equals an extra 25 million tons of garbage? Don’t add to that number! Have those holiday...

City Council passed legislation, now waiting signature from Mayor Kenney Philadelphia finally passed a plastic bag ban bill, sponsored by Councilman Mark Squilla. The bill bans plastic bags at supermarkets, convenience stores, service stations, department stores, dollar stores, clothing stores,...