Friday Roundup: Phila’s New Recycling Coordinator, Eat Dirt & Green Rocky Video

Happpppy Independence Day Week! The celebration to kick off America’s birth has begun, and we’re celebrating all things red, white & green. Here’s a few links for your enjoyment:

• Philth-a-delphia no more: The Streets Department announced that Phil Bresee has taken over as the new Recycling Coordinator for our City of Philadelphia. Bresee has 20+ years of experience directing recycling program, coming from Broward County, Florida. He’ll be responsible to increase recycling participation & initiatives like Philadelphia Recycling Rewards Program, and improving commercial & institutional recycling. Welcome Phil, but we’re keeping our eyes on you… 😉
• After we explained how to local food movement rocks, Treehugger validated that conventional farming isn’t the best choice to solve world hunger.
• Green advertising extraordinaire Paige Wolf is blogging about her Go Green Get Fit challenge to get fit sustainably – Check out her progress!
• The NY times telling us it’s good to eat dirt.
• Philly.com praises Horizons for Philly’s vegan scene, calling Rich Landau the ‘Godfather’ of Vegan.
• Philly Recycling Awards Sweepstakes ends tomorrow, June 30th! Our featured pick above is of a winner from last week.
• The Clean Air Counsel celebrated the EPA’s proposed Carbon Solution Standard, to limit air pollution from Power Plants. They have a little rocky video you can see here: