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#192 May 2025/Climate-Change/Energy/Environment/Featured/Politics

Former Mayor Michael Nutter is representing gas industry interests that aim to drive a wedge between environmentalists and marginalized communities

May 1, 2025

A new native seed library at Strawberry Mansion’s Discovery Center offers resources and education for planting pollinator-friendly gardens

On the first warm Saturday of the year, Taylor Bakeman organized a

May 1, 2025

A single tree on Temple’s campus will boast dozens of different fruits

On March 14, a seven-year-old tree, which had arrived grafted with 15

May 1, 2025

Opportunities exist for Philadelphia to lead the nation in recycling again. Private companies and advocates tell us what needs to change

It has been five years since the pandemic disrupted Philadelphia’s recycling program,

May 1, 2025

Philadelphia is making moves to ban toxic and noisy gas-powered leaf blowers

Imagine the dirtiest engine legal in the United States. It’s an engine

The History of the Delaware River Deepening

May 14, 2025

Is expansion of community composting — access and capacity — the answer to Philly’s food waste conundrum?

May 1, 2025

In the absence of mitigating treatments, volunteers survey the damage of bird-window collisions

May 1, 2025

Quakertown “micro-bakery” offers small-batch, sourdough goodies inspired by grandma

May 1, 2025

Editor’s Notes: Banking on Our Trust

May 1, 2025

Tallow skincare company uses locally-sourced ingredients to make sustainable soaps

May 1, 2025

Area Collective Makes Moves to Advance Climate Justice

April 21, 2025
  • How can we make Philly windows safer for birds? Photo by Adam Litchkofski.

  • How much more should Philly be recycling? Photo by Troy Bynum.

  • Discover a new native seed library. Photo by Troy Bynum.

  • Community garden bees get busy. Photo by Chris Baker Evens.

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#192 May 2025/Community/Current Issue/Food/gardening

The Gardening Issue

The outdoors is surging with the warmth and light of spring. Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. Shoots are sprouting. Your neighbors are digging in the soil. No matter the color of your thumb, you may feel the urge to get your hands dirty and plant something. Indeed, now is the time to get those

by GridPhilly
#192 May 2025/Current Issue/Environment/gardening/Urban Nature

Infographic: Power Flower

by Bryan Satalino
#192 May 2025/Community/Current Issue/gardening

Nonprofit connects veterans with the healing power of gardening

When Navy veteran Salome Jeronimo moved to Philly in 2020, the pandemic was raging. During their first two years here, they didn’t get to explore much of what the city had to offer. That changed in the summer of 2022, when Jeronimo signed up for a 10-week plant-care course at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital

by Emily Kovach
#192 May 2025/Current Issue/education/gardening/Urban Nature

South Philly beekeeper expands operation and educates others

On a windy March afternoon, Mark Berman poured a pile of sugar onto a piece of newspaper to feed one of his 13 bee colonies. Berman was providing the sugar supplement because the night temperatures were still dipping into the 30s, but there were signs that spring — and honey production — had begun. One

by Gabriel Donahue

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Bicycling/Bike Talk/Video

Video: I rode along with the PPA bike patrol to answer all your questions

Meet Craig Santoro, a bike commuter whose trek to work involves constantly dodging cars. From the vehicles parked in bike lanes to the vehicles whizzing by in driving lanes, the city’s streets are always keeping Craig on his toes. Cue the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s bike patrol. Follow Craig and the PPA as they bring us

by Craig Santoro

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#191 April 2025/Fashion/Shop Local

Old City boutique offers locally-made clothing with European flare

The handmade dresses of red lace and black silk displayed in the tall, arched windows of Dafina Co. in Old City (47 N. 3rd Street) prompt passersby to pause and imagine slipping into such elegance. Inside the boutique, restrained electronic music and French artwork set the stage for the runway-ready clothing that designer Gerta Hebeja

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#191 April 2025/Editor's Notes

Editor’s Notes: Resisting Resignation

A few years ago a friend moved to the suburbs after decades in Philadelphia. Last week she came over for dinner, and she joked about a chicken bone she stepped over on the sidewalk on her way to our West Philly door. There’s nothing like chicken bones to let you know you’re back in the

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#191 April 2025/Fashion

Infographic: Don’t Get Fleeced

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#191 April 2025/Fashion/Shop Local

Ardmore clothing brand offers timeless made-in-American threads that last

For the Ardmore-based fashion company American Trench, it’s all about looking sharp and staying stateside. “We make some pieces of classic menswear that guys can identify with as super useful investment pieces,” says cofounder Jacob Hurwitz. When the brand launched its first product in 2013, Hurwitz says he and cofounder David Neill were driven by

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Community/Race and Equity

Philadelphia’s status as the nation’s poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. It is the third story in a three-part series about the roots and realities of gun violence in Black America. You can read the first installments at thetrace.org. Sign up for The Trace newsletters here. Walter Palmer, 90, vividly

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/transportation/Urban Nature

West Fairmount Park’s trolley system is reborn as a multi-use path

Beginning by the Chamounix Mansion, The Fairmount Park Trolley Trail passes through acres of lush forest. It curves and slopes past trees that are home to birds and squirrels, trees whose trunks sprout mushrooms closer to the forest floor. After a 15-minute walk, visitors arrive at the Skew Arch Bridge, the trail’s most popular feature.

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Bicycling/Bike Talk/transportation

Car-free throngs will descend upon Philly in 2026 — will the city be ready?

Millions of visitors will descend on Philadelphia in 2026 to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary), to watch the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and to attend FIFA World Cup matches. To take full advantage of the waves of global travelers traversing our city, officials need to take critical steps to improve infrastructure and

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Circular Economy

Sponsored Content: Unless Kids is reinventing toy sharing for a circular future

Julie McWilliams never liked the idea of buying a toy that her three young boys would outgrow in a matter of months. An environmentally-conscious mom (@climatephriendlyparent on Instagram), she had long struggled with the tension between providing her kids with enriching play experiences and her desire to reduce waste. That’s why, last December, she decided

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Compost/Food/Recycling

Sharing the burden of organics collection could help composting programs get off the ground

In last month’s issue, I wrote about how Philly could start a City-run composting drop-off program. Unfortunately, the City might not have the staffing to mount such an effort. Forty years ago, when the City was launching its recycling program, it had 23 employees in its recycling office. Today, the Department of Sanitation has two.

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April 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Food

Seafood wholesaler brings fish and fellowship direct to customers

Robert Amar had a solid business wholesaling seafood to some of Philly’s finest restaurants — until March 2020. As COVID-19 spread and city restaurants shuttered, Amar wondered what he could do. He had fresh fish on hand. Grocery stores were insane. He figured his Fairmount neighbors might appreciate some free seafood, so he sent a

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