GreenWorks

Celebration at Cherry Street Pier included storytelling, local partners and other activities The Office of Sustainability released its annual sustainability report, the 2022 Greenworks Review, on Friday. It held an Earth Day event in person for the first time in...

Philadelphia’s getting a little extra help to meet climate goals. Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that Philly was a winning city in the American Cities Climate Challenge yesterday. Philadelphia will receive a package of around $2 million, including a City Advisor that...

OOS kept their promise about being an org for the people. Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability (OOS) originally released their Powering Our Future report in November 2017. After the initial release, they held open hearings and requested comments from the public. Ten...

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...

Mayor Kenney (and the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, OOS) released the newest version of Greenworks: A Vision for a Sustainable Philadelphia yesterday at a press conference and online. So how did Greenworks shape up after we chatted with OOS Director Christine...

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...

When Mayor Nutter took office in 2008, he set two important goals: for Philadelphia to become the Greenest City in the USA and to reduce homicides by 30-50%. In 7 1/2 years, the city has reduced homicides by 37%. So how...