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Are you looking to get involved in Philly’s sustainability scene? Whether you’re looking to switch careers or simply involve your company, here’s a few of our favs for today’s Where Can I Wednesday. 4 green professional philly Organizations Sustainable Business...

By Philly Watersheds Blogger Brian Rademaekers The biggest source of pollution impacting the quality of Philly’s rivers today? Stormwater runoff. Philadelphia Water is fighting that pollution in a number of ways, including our multi-decade green stormwater infrastructure program, Green City, Clean...

Happy Monday! Obama’s visiting Paris today to talk with world leaders about climate change and how we can collectively lower the global temp. How can you get involved in Philadelphia? Here’s a few of the best events around town, with...

Paris has been in the news the past few weeks due to the horrific terrorist attacks on the city. Although It was truly devastating, it was inspiring how the world came together to stand with the people of Paris. On November...

Break out the seitan and stuffing – it’s time for Thanksgiving already. Whether you’re sticking around Philadelphia for Thanksgiving or fleeing town, there’s plenty to do before and after the holiday. Here’s what to do around town. Week Events November...

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you likely noticed we’re tweeting a bunch from the Greenbuild 2015 conference from our nation’s capital! Greenbuild was a smashing success in Philadelphia two years ago, so I was psyched to return to this conference....

Those leaves tho’. Many of my outdoorsy friends have been commenting on how gorgeous the leaf colors are this Autumn, and I can’t disagree. But more importantly: What should you do when they fall from all those trees? We’re helping...

Happy National “Take A Hike Day”! As I mentioned about my increase of outdoorsy camping lifestyle, I’ve been hitting the trails and challenging myself to bigger and better hikes. In honor of this National hike day, I trolled my Facebook to see...

It only seemed like yesterday when our friends at DVGBC planned a successful hosting of Greenbuild 2013 right here in our city of brotherly love. (Remember when our current democratic Presidential candidate Hillz gave an on-point keynote?) For those of...