Image via designsprout.comBarbie Goes Green Under increasing pressure from Greenpeace, Mattel Inc. has announced it will stop buying wood products from a Singaporean company responsible for clear-cutting large portions of Indonesia’s rainforest. But Greenpeace is still demanding greater environmental responsibility from the toy company. LA Times Climate Change? A video version of the satirical
MoreYesterday, Henry Got Crops!, the urban farm run by Weavers Way Co-op and Saul High School, opened its farm stand for the season. The community supported agriculture (CSA) stand is located right next to Saul High School (not far from the actual farm on Henry St.) and will be open every Wednesday from 2-5p.m. through November. As a
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Image via bitrebels.comAttention all potential seed bombers in Philadelphia! A few weeks ago we wrote about seed bombing, a guerilla gardening movement where balls of clay, compost and seeds are launched onto abandoned areas in hopes of restoring some vegetative beauty. And we were really bummed to find out that Philadelphia had little seed bombing
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Morris Arboretum celebrates thirty years of the Moonlight & Roses annual fundraising gala6/9 Natural Pest Control Workshop
Tonight, learn how to control pests while maintaining the balance and diversity of your backyard ecosystem. The Kensington South Neighborhood Advisory Council and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in conjunction with environmental educator Paco Verin will discuss how natural pest management
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“Cambridge Crude,” a gooey substance that powers the MIT Team’s new battery design | Image via web.mit.eduRecycling Spelled Out The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is currently working on a project to redesign recycling labels. The new labels will shun the current confusing number system, and instead favor labels with words. So far, four versions have been
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At the intersection of 11th and York streets sits a new farm run by North Philadelphia high school students and Temple University undergrads. The group has dubbed itself the Philadelphia Urban Creators (PUC), and is utilizing urban agriculture as a gateway to youth empowerment and community revitalization.
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One block off the grid may not be literally one block, or even technically off the grid—both are metaphors—but the program known acrostically as 1BOG is replacing an equivalent amount of power from traditional, dirty energy sources with renewable solar energy in the growing list of cities where it has rolled out its program. And
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Following the announcement late last year by the Philadelphia Eagles that Lincoln Financial Field would become the greenest stadium in the world—in part due to the 80 helical wind turbines to be installed on the rim of the stadium—the concept of harnessing wind power in an urban environment feels like less of a pipe dream.
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When GRID grand poobah Alex Mulcahy and I sat down to plot out this magazine’s editorial calendar back in the icy deep freeze that is Philadelphia February, we suspected that when the mercury climbed into the 90s, we’d be ready for a double dose of two of our favorite things: beer and bicycles.
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"You’re too cute to hate,” I told the hockey puck-sized black turtle as it clawed at me to get down and craned its neck to bite my hand. Biting is cute when the critter is round, helpless and has big, black eyes. Unfortunately, cute doesn’t count for much when you’re holding up development. The bog
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