social justice

Sustainable small business Grant Blvd holds two crucial issues – sustainability and social justice – at the heart of its mission. In a May 2019 Green Philly article, Grant Blvd founder Kimberly McGlonn expressed a desire to move from their...

Here’s why equity and anti-racism has to be at the forefront of our climate activism. We know police brutality is far from the only systemic form of violence and oppression black Americans are subjected to today; they also feel the...

Green Philly stands behind the Black Lives Matter movement. As a sustainability-focused organization serving a majority black city, we understand how imperative it is to stand in opposition to injustice as it pertains to both the environment and race. Fighting...

On Tuesday, October 29th, at the Friends Center in Philadelphia the Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore College Philadelphia (#TriCoPhilly) program will be hosting nationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental justice leader, Elizabeth C. Yeampierre. Drawing on her experiences and efforts as a leader in...

Grant Blvd, a socially responsible, sustainable fashion company, is hosting a Pop-Up Shop featuring our Spring/Summer ‘19 collection of one of a kind garments, each created using carefully curated, reclaimed fabrics. We’ll gather together to support slow, locally produced fashion...

In recent decades, the environmental justice movement has arisen to address profound inequalities surrounding the concentration of toxic waste sites, sewage treatment plants, incinerators, and other types of pollution in impoverished communities and communities of color. Allison Acevedo, the new...

Come to the University of Pennsylvania on November 2-3, to start the weekend off with a bang at the 5th Annual Students for Zero Waste conference. Join over 500+ students, staff, industry innovators, activists and community members from across the...

Philadelphia’s likely the city with the most to lose with climate change as we face a hotter, wetter city. Alisha Ebling looks to a current situation in Flint, Michigan to see how Philly can learn from another city’s mistakes.  As...