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In a world saturated with digital content, Philly-based creators are using their platforms to reconnect us with the environment — and inspire real-world action right in our own neighborhoods. In 2023, local urban forester Andrew Conboy, aka @Andrew_the_Arborist, posted a...

Fed up with trash on the street, internet users are coming together to clean up litter around Philadelphia It’s no secret that Philly has a trash problem. Ranked as 2020’s dirtiest American city by Forbes, inadequate street cleaning and lack...

Reusable bags have been declared an unlikely mode of virus transmission, but the widespread use of single-use plastic continues at stores and restaurants nonetheless. Here’s how residents are navigating the sustainability hurdle. Philadelphia achieved a major milestone in December 2019...

This is a post in our socially conscious media series. Here’s what our new column is all about, in case you missed it. Whether Cheryl Strayed’s journey in Wild gave you the camping bug or swear off the outdoors, United By...

(Because who isn’t as excited as these two?) Throughout talking with blog readers over the past few years, I’ve been fascinated with who reads our blog. The young professional who moved to Philly and wants to become more involved in...

When did going out socially turn into isolation? Have you been out lately and looked around? Maybe thought, “OMG, everyone is on their goddamned phones.” I’m not being sadistic. I’m talking about the inability of anyone to communicate without a damn...

The Litterati sounds like a super secret society out to change the world. (Dan Brown fanatics, anyone?) And it kind of is. It is a secret, though it tries hard not to be and yearns to change the world (but, just not in a evil sort of way). Founded by Jeff Kirschner , Litterati is a website that encourages people to photograph and pick up litter.