Green Philly Weekly Roundup

Catch up on the latest sustainability news before your holiday weekend. The Friends of the Wissahickon focuses on cleanups and wetlands to combat the impacts of climate change in the park. Read more about the century-old group in Billy Penn....

Catch up on the latest sustainability news. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education announced its new Executive Director, Erin Mooney. Mooney was previously communications director of The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Philadelphia Orchard Project created two high...

Catch up on the latest sustainability news. May in Philadelphia has warmed an average of 1.6 degrees over the past 50 years. A river otter captured on camera in Ridley Creek is good news for the animal’s revival and cleaner...

The latest green news you missed. Here comes the sun! Approximately 25% of municipal city buildings are now powered by solar from its Adams Solar Project, and nearly 30% is powered by renewable electricity. This is progress towards the city’s...

Read the latest sustainability news. Earth Day was Monday is every day, and was celebrated much this week. (We won’t stop with our debut EcoFair this Saturday. Don’t forget to join us from 12-6 at Cherry St Pier!) Although many...

Read the latest local sustainability news. Can you believe the solar eclipse was this past Monday? Whether you traveled for the solar eclipse or caught it (behind the clouds during the peak) in Philadelphia, the celestial phenomenon took over social...

The latest environmental news this week. This week we’re at the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference in Philadelphia, and I’m excited to be co-leading a tour on the Delaware River today. Our city has a lot of exciting history...

Catch up on all the latest & local sustainability news Weekly street cleaning is returning in 14 neighborhoods with the highest concentration of litter (according to the Litter Index – last updated in 2019) from April 1st through November 1st,...

The latest sustainability news in the region.  World Water Day is March 22nd. The Delaware River basin Commission released a new tool to estimate future rainfall patterns amongst climate change. Want to celebrate World Water Day in person? Stroud Water...