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The Morris Arboretum has officially been awarded the Platinum Level LEED Certification, the highest rating of the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), in honor of its new $13 million Horticulture Center located at Bloomfield Farm, marking a first for the University of Pennsylvania.
According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification

makingmemories.typepad.comBy now you’ve certainly heard how vital it is to diminish the number of plastic bags we take home from our shopping trips. It’s also a good idea to keep lightly used plastic bags around for reuse. I know all those accumulated hours each night of rinsing and drying my snack bags will pay off. Each morning

Beginning tomorrow at 7am, Cafe Estelle (444 N. Fourth St.) will open up reservations for a series of Monday-night, communal-table tasting dinners kicking off on the first day of spring, March 21.
The seven-course Monday dinners, reoccuring on April 18 and May 23, will give chef/owner Marshall Green a chance to flex the fine-dining muscles he

As promised, I'm back with the details of the energy audit I had completed at my house as part of the Energy Works program, as well as the big reveal of the first True Tales contest!  (But you'll have to read to the end to find out the contest details.)  Last Monday, February 7th, was

Bookkeeper- Full-time positionContact: jobs@redflagmedia.com Red Flag Media, Inc. (RFM), publishers of GRID, Decibel and Cowbell, is a young and growing media firm inCenter City Philadelphia, specializing in magazine publishing. The atmosphere is fun but fast-paced, requiring multi-talented and flexible team members. RFM is seeking a Full-Time Bookkeeper to manage accounts payable and receivable, process payroll, and maintain the company’s banking

View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com. Need a way to detox from all those chocolate candies and sweets your valentine gave you on Monday?  Ali Shapiro, author of The Roots of Going Green, was on NBC 10’s The 10 Show Tuesday with five easy tips to cut down on our sugar intake. Step 1: Get Support!

gaslandthemovie.comWe’re hoping that you have gotten your hands on our March issue, featuring Jacob Lambert's profile of the very strong-willed Iris Marie Bloom, the director of the grassroots group Protecting Our Waters, host of Frack Radio: The Shale Gas Report, and one of the local leaders fighting to suspend the natural-gas drilling of the Marcellus

The standard burger and a side of fries—this greasy meal can be found virtually anywhere around the city. But what has our mouths watering in anticipation is the grand opening of O Burger, a rare green and organic burger joint. Meal Ticket posted the news, and frankly, we can’t wait for the South Street location to

p>thedailygreenThis week's break from the bitter cold has been a promising glimpse into the future. Somewhat warmer weather is in the forecast, and what better way to celebrate than to cook up and bake those still-available winter veggies and fruits.
The Daily Green listed thirty delicious winter recipes, and we thought we’d highlight two of the

For all yotreehuggeru compost fanatics out there — here’s something to look forward to. The latest and greenest step in eco-friendly shoe wear has been taken. TreeHugger has just alerted us to OAT Shoes — the first ever completely compostable sneaker! Once you’ve worn them out, you can chuck the shoe, made from biodegradable materials, right into