eco-friendly

The reCreate gallery features local artists & makers who incorporate various forms of sustainability & material reuse into their creative process. The gallery is free and open to the public during our retail hours by design, so that the works...

Come craft and create at this Basketry Basics workshop at Urban Village! Make a basket, have a drink, leave with a treasure!   Come on out for a lovely evening of learning and crafting with natural materials! This workshop will guide participants through the...

Enjoy some time being guided through the basics of making a simple basket with natural materials using your own hands!   Come on out for a lovely evening of learning and crafting with natural materials! This workshop will guide participants through the basics of making a...

It seems everything is “green” these days: green cars, green cleaning supplies, and even green eating. That leads us to an important distinction:  Are things businesses actually green or are they greenwashed? More ubiquitous than eco-friendly businesses is the phenomenon...

This Friday, we're asking you to go for the Bar! (of soap.) Over the past year, I’ve swapped liquid body wash for the bar variety.  It’s less expensive and saves packaging waste. Plus, all of that water IN the liquid wash uses… you guessed it, more water.  (More water = more weight & energy = increased fuel costs for transportation) Supposedly the average bar of soap lasts for 20 showers (vs. a 16 ounce of body wash is 80) – Although body wash costs more than 4 x’s the bar. (However, my bars of soap seem to last literally for 30-40 showers.)

In response to the youtube sensation Shit Girls Say, we've created our own meme take on those eco-friendly freaks. Shit Green People Say. Go ahead... point fingers at the greenies in your life... (or in our case, yourself!) Readers, what shit are you sick of eco-friendly people saying?

Hey Green Philly Blog Readers, Fans & Friends, Thanks for reading, commenting, and inspiring us to help Philly become a shade greener. We still have a long way to go, but we're very thankful for our readers - veteran and new! We started this blog over 3 years ago... as two women who wanted to make a difference.  Carpooling & complaining about our former company's lack of recycling bins, we realized our passion could develop into something bigger.  Something that can educate others.  Something that could help make our city a little bit greener. Since Green Philly Blog's infancy, we've... (click through to read the rest of our 500 post reflections!)

56% of women use disposable razors, according to Gillette. Don't do it! But just because you're green doesn't mean you have to stop shaving. Here's greener alternatives:

Adam Rung Woodworks is a Philadelphia-based, eco-friendly furniture company. The works are beautiful - Need proof? Check out the Dogwood Cherry bench/coffee table below: This work has a