Blog

On behalf of Green Philly and SustainPHL, we are heartbroken and saddened to hear about the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Shenandoah, a community advocate. Shenandoah, 34, was struck and killed by a moving car on August 21st. Just...

The bathroom can seem like a daunting place to choose sustainable products and develop greener behaviors. It’s the most important room in our residences when it comes to personal hygiene and keeping clean, yet most bathrooms contribute to an unclean...

The twenty-three fellows, hosted by centers in the Alliance for Watershed Education, shared projects to create a directory of urban farms, lessons for school groups, creating innovative ways to encourage park visitors to clean up litter, or tracking and eliminating...

If we want to create a more sustainable and equitable world, we need to pressure governments and companies to adopt greener policies, AND ALSO challenge ourselves to take individual action. There’s no better way to do that than by breaking...

Don’t just throw it away. Food waste alone composes more than 20% of our landfill waste. Aside from the fact that we’re purchasing more food than we can consume and therefore wasting it, there is a major environmental concern associated...

Now that we’ve established that we have a plastic problem (or several…), let’s delve deeper into possible solutions. Enter Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics Biodegradable plastics and bio-based compostable plastics are not new. Biodegradable plastics and polymers were first introduced in...

We at Green Philly recognize that we can’t just “talk the talk” when it comes to sustainability; We need to “walk the walk” at our workplace and especially at our events. SustainPHL is our biggest annual event, and it’s important...

Yesterday, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed two clean energy bills into law halfway into the city’s Solar Week. The bills target both residential and commercial buildings, providing incentives to build solar projects on both. “Philadelphia is ramping up our efforts...

Almost everyone knows we have a plastic problem, but looking at the numbers shows what we’re really up against. We have all, at some point, become aware of the environmental implications our rampant consumption of plastics cause, either through a...