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Green Philly’s Everyday Heroes: Skyler Willman-Cole

Although we love celebrating sustainable organizations like Philadelphia Water, we truly believe in the grassroots power of Philadelphians here on GPB.

A south Philly resident via South Ohio & Baltimore, Skyler Willman-Cole is a new Philadelphian who cares about his community. In lieu of presents, his family gives back to an organization with a mission each year for Christmas. One year, Skyler recognized the work Solar States does for at-risk youth and suggested to donate to them. Not long after, he landed a position at the company and now lives a South Philly sustainable lifestyle.

To kick off our video series, we introduce this video with Skyler Willman-Cole, Operations Manager at Solar States. Find out how he lives a sustainable life both in work in play in the video below.

Skyler Willman-Cole

Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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