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The Sierra Club released its 9th annual Top 10 “Cool Schools 2015” report. Spoiler Alert: No one in Philadelphia (or PA) broke the top 10. The closest we got? Dickinson College (located in Carlisle, PA) got #16. Most of the Top 10...

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Ever get frustrated trying to navigate Kelly Drive on a beautiful afternoon run/bike ride? (Not like we’d speak from experience…) The Kelly Drive trail saw a whopping 663,201 biker/runners on the past year. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) placed permanent...

Sad news on the Plastic Bag front… After Councilman Mark Squilla took on the twice-rejected plastic bag legislation and introduced a bill in April, and we’ve learned that the hearing scheduled for today will NOT happen. According to an email from...

As we mentioned in our 2015 Mayoral Election Guide, Jim Kinney has a super green agenda. But one thing keeps popping up in the Sustainability Scene: Why does Kenney have the ties with Phil Rinaldi of Philadelphia Energy Solutions (aka...

Guess what you guys.. we’re counting down until we can hit the polls! Who’s excited! (You should be.) With Election Day less than a week away, you’ll want to be well prepped for the polls. Although we’ve decided to not publicly...

The 2015 Mayoral democratic candidates have made their rounds amongst the forums, and Sustainable Business Network (SBN) had their turn hosting on Saturday evening. A few hundred community members heard five of the candidates discuss small business incentives, taxes, schools and...

As some of you may remember, we started a “Ban the Bag day” in July 2012 to bring awareness to plastic bag legislation in Philadelphia. We synced up with Logan Welde of the Clean Air Council and other environmental organizations...

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) dropped the news (via press release) that President Drew Becher is resigning on June 1st. Becher has been with the PHS since 2010 and is leaving for San Francisco, where his partner Eric Lochner accepted...