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Saleem Chapman will become the next Director of Sustainability. The City of Philadelphia announced that Christine Knapp will step down as Director of the Office of Sustainability. Knapp will leave the role at the end of August after six years...

Temperature trends show an increase in local temps July is the hottest month of the year, and only getting hotter. Over the past 40 years, July has increased by 3.7°F in Philadelphia according to Climate Central. Nationally, July temps have...

The Academy of Natural Sciences, Water Department and BOMA are teaming up for the new initiative There’s a new initiative to kick plastic use. The Academy of Natural Sciences is kicking off Plastic-free Philly, a volunteer effort to reduce single-use...

Climate change is already making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. Monthly temperatures are trending hotter and wetter in line with climate change, and this past month was no exception. May was hotter and wetter than normal. The average temperature of 67.5°F...

The space provides students access to an outdoor learning space and decreases the park equity gap in the Olney neighborhood. A newly renovated community schoolyard at James R. Lowell Elementary School in Olney provides green space to students while integrating green...

Climate change trends are shifting us towards warmer temps earlier in the year. May heating up is another reminder of climate change. Climate change not only shifting us towards hotter weather but also coming earlier in the year. In Philadelphia,...

The conference returns to the Navy Yard in person On Friday, over 450 local sustainability professionals attended the Green Building United Sustainability Symposium. The symposium was hosted at Penn State at the Navy Yard, a low-energy intensive Living Laboratory featuring...

Celebration at Cherry Street Pier included storytelling, local partners and other activities The Office of Sustainability released its annual sustainability report, the 2022 Greenworks Review, on Friday. It held an Earth Day event in person for the first time in...

The evening honored Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) leaders, partners, and stakeholders The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBN) hosted its annual Excellence in GSI Awards on Thursday night at FringeArts and La Peg. MC of the evening was GSI...