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Mayor Jim Kenney officially was inaugurated over at City Hall, coinciding with transition in the Sustainability Office. We called the new Director of Sustainability, Christine Knapp to follow up our exit interview with Katherine Gajewski. Along with the director transition,...

Happy almost-2016! Let’s hope that this year was great for you as it was for us! Let’s reflect on 2015 for the blog. January We started off 2015 with a BANG during the Big Green Party. Over 200 of you attended...

Dearest readers, We’re wishing you a happy holiday full of love, joy and time with your nearest and dearest. And for those mass-produced gifts you’ll receive, we’re crossing our fingers for gift receipts too. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Something big happened in Paris recently. On December 12, following two weeks of negotiations, representatives from 196 nations agreed to adopt a landmark climate agreement more ambitious than anything like it in history. With scientists continuing to warn about the...

Cleanup organizer extraordinaire Sam Holloschutz reported another successful cleanup in the Fairmount neighborhood. On November 14, Sam said that had about 45 volunteers who picked up 86 bags of trash, recycling, and leaves. As Sam described, I expected about double but...

Newsflash: The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability has released a report about how Philly is going to be affected by Climate Change – and how we can prepare. Appropriately released in conjunction with the Paris Climate Talks, the 82 page doc is the first climate...

By Philly Watersheds Blogger Brian Rademaekers The biggest source of pollution impacting the quality of Philly’s rivers today? Stormwater runoff. Philadelphia Water is fighting that pollution in a number of ways, including our multi-decade green stormwater infrastructure program, Green City, Clean...

Paris has been in the news the past few weeks due to the horrific terrorist attacks on the city. Although It was truly devastating, it was inspiring how the world came together to stand with the people of Paris. On November...

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you likely noticed we’re tweeting a bunch from the Greenbuild 2015 conference from our nation’s capital! Greenbuild was a smashing success in Philadelphia two years ago, so I was psyched to return to this conference....