Fracking (and how to tax it) has been a major issue in the Pennsylvania governor’s race between incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett and his challenger, Tom Wolf, but what about all the other environmental problems you care about: Clean water? Bicycling infrastructure? Alternative energy? From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is hosting
MoreThe 202 Parkway Trail, part of The Circuit connects three towns—Montgomery, Warrington, and Doylestown—on its 9-mile route paralleling the scenic byway. | Photo courtesy the Philadelphia Environmental Council
Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Patrick Starr works to expand network of bicycle and pedestrian system
If you’ve ever ridden a bike in Philadelphia then chances are you’ve been
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The Humane League's black bean burritos | Photo courtesy the Humane League
Philadelphia Public Schools offer vegetarian education, meals
This fall, Philadelphia Public School students have a new kind of assignment—learning about alternatives to eating meat. Schoolchildren throughout the city will partake in the once-a-week meatless “Lean and Green Days,” part of an effort to create a healthier,
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People's Climate March will be taking place this Sunday, September 21 in New York City.
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With the biggest climate march in history taking place this weekend in New York City, one of over 2,200 similar events happening worldwide on September 21, you can be sure that the foreordained “Greenest City in America” isn’t
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For one day, Spring Garden Street between 9th and 10th streets will be transformed into a vibrant commercial corridor. | Rendering courtesy Star Group
For just one day, a pop-up greenway will emerge on Spring Garden Street between 9th and 10th street. The block party will transform the parking lane on Spring Garden Street, creating a
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This Silver-Spotted Skipper was one of many butterfly species that were documented during a July count around Bryn Mawr. | Photo by Jen Britton
Volunteer efforts across the region keep track of our fine fluttering friends
The flashy colors of butterflies are matched only by their names: red admirals, great spangled fritillaries, tiger swallowtails, painted ladies
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Flatbreads are great for an easy dinner on—or off—the grill. | Photo by Emily Teel
Fire up the grill as autumn begins to chill
Although I enjoy soups, stews, root vegetables and roasts as much as the next locavore, I try to postpone that kind of cold-weather cooking for as long as possible. These flatbreads
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Rebourne’s upcycled and reusable diapers keep babies’ bums dry and reduce waste
A few times each year, Marni Duffy spends the day digging through bins of old thrift store sweaters at a warehouse outside of New York City. She looks for just the right type of soft, untreated merino wool to haul back to Philadelphia. There,
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Bartram's Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says the historic site has "something for everybody." | Photo by Dan Murphy
Mary Armstrong expands Bartram's Garden network
Longtime Bartram’s Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says she especially loves engaging visitors from the Southwest Philadelphia neighborhoods that surround the garden. “I like the fact that you can get people who just
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Educators receive discounts at Oxford Mills' mixed-use apartments in South Kensington
Oxford Mills, a residential and commercial development, is a renovated former dye works factory. | Images courtesy D3 Real EstateLafeesah Waalee’s fell in love with the exposed brick of Oxford Mills apartments in South Kensington, but what sealed the deal for her was the opportunity
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