Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed

On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 23, Cheltenham EAC will host the second FREE Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup event beforehand (9 am), bird walks, self-guided hikes, birding activities, a Trail Feasibility Study update, environmental art, free...

Join us in Tacony Creek Park for an edible plants and Bioblitz walk! What’s a BioBlitz? Learn more here! During this walk, we’ll identify common plants, the parts that are edible, and look-alike plants that aren’t edible. Learn how the foraged...

Join us for an Open House and presentation of the Master Plan for Tacony Creek Park. A light dinner is included. Bring your neighbors and family. Children’s activities provided. Plenty of parking and on a number of bus routes. This...

Changing our individual habits is a great start toward helping the environment, but it is not the ultimate solution. Climate change is a systemic issue that requires collective action. There is power in numbers. If we want to see a...

How can one cleanup make an impact? Here’s an extra incentive to get out there for Philly Spring Cleanup Day tomorrow. Over fifty volunteers including Temple University students and Olney residents teamed up to clean Tacony Creek Park last Saturday...

This week Green Philly Blog is interviewing some of Philadelphia’s women sustainability leaders in honor of closing out March as International Women’s History Month. Some of the women are well-known in our city, and some are a little more under the radar. Our interview for today is with Executive Director of Tookany/Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Watershed, Julie Slavet! A Boston native, Julie Slavet has been involved in the sustainability scene for over 30 years. Designing her own undergraduate degree in environmental studies (since it didn't exist yet) at Smith College, she proceeded to get an energy independence internship with the National League of Cities and receive her grad degree at UMass. She's worked in a variety of places including work on local, sustainable initiatives in Washington and local governments in Massachusetts. Not one to settle for par, she left a Dallas Texas Suburban hell to raise her family in the more walkable Philadelphia community, Jenkintown. After working various local communication positions and learning about sustainable initiatives in Philly, she landed her role at the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed. Let's get to our interview with (the other) Julie!