Events

HUGE news you guys: National leaders from Black Lives Matter, B Lab, Etsy and Campbell Soup Company are all slated to speak in Philadelphia from November 3-5. Net Impact, the national nonprofit helping students and businesses turn their passions into...

Sustainable homes should be available to families of all income levels. Due to a unique partnership between Postgreen Homes and the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC), it’s one of the first projects of its kind in Philadelphia. LEED Platinum houses...

Want to give back to our Philly Parks? TONIGHT: Join United By Blue, SustainPHL & other partners to clean up FDR Park in South Philly. Due to our Ticketleap partnership, we’ll also have a bus from City Hall (1401 JFK...

It seems like getting feedback on sustainability plans is ALL the rage with city agencies these days. Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability (or “OOS”) held an open house to discuss their next phase of Greenworks a couple weeks ago, and SEPTA...

Summer is officially here! What better way to enjoy the bounty of our city’s farms than an evening spent outdoors, enjoying locally sourced, farm-fresh food, live music, and classic lawn games, all against the backdrop of the beautiful Weavers Way...

We’re getting excited for SustainPHL on August 18th. With an all-star nominee lineup, Who’s behind the event and organizing it? Julie Hancher: You guys know me as co-founder & Editor of Green Philly Blog. Aside from avid bourbon taster, explorer...

Now that we announced the SustainPHL 2016 nominees online here, it’s now time to get tickets for the summer’s biggest sustainable event! SustainPHL is an awards ceremony and celebration of sustainability visionaries to unsung heroes making a difference in their communities. Green...

Let’s talk about trash. Vocal performer Martha McDonald is performing the “Songs of Memory and Forgetting,” premiering June 12 (due to a rain-out on June 5th) at RAIR’s (Recycled Artist in Residency) headquarters at the Revolution Recovery recycling facility in Northeast Philadelphia....

July 2008: I’m driving home with my colleague and we uncover the shocking secret that our employer is gathering the recycling bins and dumping them into the trash. 2008: Mayor Nutter becomes Mayor of Philadelphia and shortly after creates the Greenworks Initiative...