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Photo courtesy of Overbrook School for the Blind Learning From Nature By Constance Garcia-Barrio At the overbrook school for the Blind (OSB), situated on what was once Lenni Lenape land, staff members seem to have embraced the Native American belief that the Earth is a wise teacher. The school’s new million-dollar M. Christine Murphy Horticulture

Opportunity for Growth I still remember weeping at 13 years old as I ate my first tasteless sliced tomatoes in America, our new home. My South Asian family reassured me that it would taste better with some Tabasco sauce.  I now know that migrant workers in California grow, pick and pack produce that travels thousands of

Illustration By Sean Rynkewicz Middle of the Road Story By Randy LoBasso You might not be familiar with the work of the late John Forester, but if you ride a bicycle, he’s had a huge impact on your safety and the way you interact with the roadway.  The godfather of “vehicular cycling,” Forester promoted the

Photograph by Darius Rhodes Strong Enough For A Man By Gabrielle Houck Have you ever thrown on a pair of someone else’s slippers to go to the mailbox or put the trash out because you didn’t feel like finding your own?  If you have, then you know how downright foolish it feels to wear shoes

Photograph Courtesy of Delaware Riverkeeper Network An Upstream Battle By Emma Kuliczkowski This march, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and other environmental organizations like the Clean Air Council, PennFuture, Environment New Jersey and Clean Water Action petitioned the Delaware River Basin Commission to increase regulations on pollutants discharged into the Delaware River for the sake of

Bring Back The Ban Story by Siobhan Gleason A look behind Philadelphia’s postponement of its plastic bag ban. Single-use plastic bags are designed for a simple purpose: They carry purchased items from a store to a place of residence. After that they are no longer needed, but unlike paper bags, plastic bags do not quickly