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Penn State Brandywine’s green thumb just got greener. Penn State Brandywine’s Honors Garden won second prize in the Community Vegetable Garden category of the Delaware County Master Gardeners’ 2015 garden contest this past summer. The Delaware County Master Gardeners is an organization...

Thanks to our friends over at Generocity for featuring me on the PhillyChanger Chat to talk sustainability. I sat down in a studio on 7th street with Mo Manklang and discussed how Green Philly Blog started, how I started a...

There’s no denial here: We were pumped for Pope Francis’ Philadelphia visit all week. The people’s Pope isn’t only challenging many conventional Catholic thoughts, but a huge advocate of addressing Climate Change. Pope Francis set the tone in front of...

Post by Dr. Raluca Ellis for CUSP. Dr. Raluca Ellis is the Environmental Scientist for The Franklin Institute and Program Director of the Climate & Urban Systems Partnership. Her expertise is in communicating complex topics such as climate change to...

*Updated 9/17 at 11:15 AM: We received an email from the Zoe Axelrod from the Schuylkill River Development Corporation and have updated a few texts in the original post. A recent string of attacks on both runners and bikers is happening...

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...