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By the time you read this post, you probably can’t stomach another election piece. I’ve attempted publishing and deleted 2-3 versions of this post already. I couldn’t formulate words. The election results felt heavy. Like so many others, I was...

UPDATE via Fossil Fuel Penn’s Facebook: a meeting with senior members of the administration has been scheduled. After last week’s election results, city and organization actions proved more vital than ever. University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann has previously denied student...

Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda is an Environmental, Politics and Society MSc student at University College London. His guest editorial below is titled “America Trumps Climate Change.” Follow him on Twitter @ellhoneybun. .Climate change is undoubtedly the most pervasive and prominent risk to human...

Go vote! Whether history tips for one of progress and inspiring millions everywhere or totally sets us back 200 years and let us question if 50% of our country needs a lobotomy – partially is in your hands! First and...

SEPTA strike got you down? Here are a few local options while SEPTA can’t get you where you need to go: Bike: Thanks to our friends at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, you’ve got handy bike-friendly maps! This map shows...

Mayor Kenney (and the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, OOS) released the newest version of Greenworks: A Vision for a Sustainable Philadelphia yesterday at a press conference and online. So how did Greenworks shape up after we chatted with OOS Director Christine...

NBD — The former Secretary of State (and soon-to-be Madame President if the whole country doesn’t lose their minds in a few weeks)  just gave major props to Green City, Clean Waters with Al Gore by her side in a Miami speech....

Wallethub (AKA the local media’s favorite website for Philly ranking clickbait), ranked Philly #33 out of 100 cities for their ‘greenness’. “Greenness” of Philadelphia (1=Best; 50=Avg.) 59th – Greenhouse-Gas Emissions per Capita 33rd – % of Green Space 8th –...

Are you ready for some… (flag) football? This past Monday, I was one of 24 local media folk who played flag football for charity. $30,000 was donated total; each player gave $1000 to a charity of their choice + $5000...