Floating wetlands at the Washington Avenue Green (Click for larger image). Image via plancentraldelaware.com Start your Saturday morning off with a free sailing trip down the Delaware River! This Saturday, July 9 the Friends of Washington Avenue Green invite you to board the sailboat Northwind, and learn about the history and ecology of this iconic
MoreFor a self-described “ecology geek” like Mike Weilbacher, the chance to direct the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education—Northwest Philly’s 340-acre green treasure—is a dream realized. Formerly executive director of Lower Merion Conservancy and, for the last year, Abington’s Briar Bush Nature Center, the Long Island native is one month into his new post, and busy
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A satellite lunch. Image via fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.comSo Long Fresh School Lunch Providing healthy, fresh school lunches is getting harder in Philadelphia. The school district has recently released plans to close kitchens at 26 elementary and middle schools, replacing on-site lunches with “satellite” meals, pre-fabricated lunches cooked off-site and delivered to schools. Philadelphia Inquirer Food Safety Not
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We’ve finally done it. GRID has officially taken the plunge into wedded bliss, and we couldn’t be more excited to share all the details with you! We searched far and wide for the most sustainable, waste-free companies and tips to ensure that the GRID Green Wedding Guide will lead you – blushing brides and grooms –
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The panel at Longwood Gardens featuring climate change information from NOAA. (Image via Longwood Gardens)Climate change is affecting all aspects of our natural environment, and our backyard gardens are no exception. A new exhibit at Longwood Gardens is showing visitors how the warming weather trend is effecting garden plant growth. The exhibit is a pilot
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Volunteers at the Kitchen’s Lane work site | Image via FOW The environmental and aesthetic quality of four sites along the west side Wissahickon gorge will improve thanks to a partnership between the Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) and Fairmount Park’s Natural Resources staff. The two-year collaboration, dubbed the Wissahickon Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project,
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Anna Bario and Page Neal are in the business of turning sparkly daydreams into reality, with lessened impact on people and planet. From their Bario-Neal studio/shop in Queen Village, they handcraft fine jewelry from conflict-free gems and reclaimed precious metals, both from their own designs and custom orders.
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With so much excellent grub being produced all around our city, building your wedding menu with seasonal foods has never been easier—or more delicious. Jennifer McCafferty holds sustainability as the core value of JPM Catering, based out of a Manayunk kitchen and serving the city and Main Line.
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When choosing a wedding venue, consider parks, private gardens, local farms and even friends’ backyards before looking to conventional hotels and ballrooms. Facility rental fees paid to nonprofit organizations can benefit historical or environmental preservation and programming. For a winter wedding, investigate outdoor spaces with indoor counterparts, or seek out venues with environmental building credentials.
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Can one imagine an economy in which labor hires capital? Where workers have a legal right to the profits and legal responsibility for the liabilities because they are the owners, where workers jointly manage the firm and themselves in a democratic fashion?
—William Greider, national correspondent for The Nation, in his introduction to The Real World
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