Christine Knapp

Our exit interview with Christine Knapp asks about her time in office, as well as what the city needs for a sustainable future. After six and a half years, Christine Knapp is stepping down as the Director of the Office...

On this episode of City Rising, we explore what local government is doing to mitigate the impacts of climate change, while positively engaging all communities. Cities are stepping up where the federal government is letting us down. Our guest, Christine...

Last evening, the Office of Sustainability (OOS), Mayor Kenney and the sustainability community celebrated one year of sustainability at the Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest. (Sidenote: If you’re going to throw a green party in winter, why not host it at the...

As we announced on Wednesday, Philadelphia just announced ambitious goals towards clean energy. The  Philadelphia Municipal Energy Master Plan for the Built Environment includes four master goals, including reducing GHG emissions by 50%, reducing the city’s Built Environment energy use, going 100%...

On an unusually hot 84* day in late September, the city’s making strides to fight the climate change we’re experiencing IRL. The city announced four huge energy goals, including to generate or purchase 100% all electricity from renewable resources by 2030 for...

I was so swamped prepping for last evening’s Beyond the Blog panel discussion that I almost missed the HUGE headlines. Trump terrified us again by signing an executive order to roll back Obama Climate Policies – with climate change denier...

This entry is from SBN’s The Good Economist August 2016 edition, published by Saleem Chapman. The Office of Sustainability Gives Preview of Greenworks 2.0 The environmental community converged upon the Innovation Lab inside the Municipal Services Building on August 9th...

Guest post by Russell Zerbo on behalf of the Clean Air Council addresses transportation pollution locally and recaps a recent roundtable on August 23rd. Transportation is now the largest source of carbon dioxide pollution in the United States, although in...

April is officially Earth Month, and the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability wants to talk to you to celebrate! (How sweet.) They’re kicking off a series of public engagement opportunities so you can help shape the next generation of Greenworks (i.e....