Maybe Obama is listening. The White House will once again boast a rooftop photovoltaic rig. From the New York Times’ Green blog: Nancy Sutley, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Steven Chu, the energy secretary, will unveil plans to place photovoltaic solar collectors and a solar hot water heater atop 1600
MoreThe new location of Good Karma is much largerThe second Good Karma Cafe (928 Pine St.) is now open. I used to be neighbors with the Fitler Square location, and they make one of the best iced coffees around—not that you’d want one of those today. Also open: Provenance Old Soul Salvage’s new space on Canal
MoreNext weekend, the new issue of Grid hits the streets. It includes “Greenprint,” a special insert done in conjunction with the Delaware Valley Green Building Coucil (DVGBC)—check out features on the school district’s new LEED Platinum gem in Kensington, take a look inside Greensaw Design & Build’s latest stunning home and read stories on local
MoreOn Sunday, Grid spent a few hours Sunday at Slow Food Philadelphia’s Dig In! event at World Cafe Live. The food, drink and local love were all flowing freely. It got us really excited—not only about the future of Grid, but also about the healthy, fresh, community-connecting food movement in Philadelphia. Reading Terminal Market and
MoreI spend a fair amount of time perusing the eco-minded content on both Grist and TreeHugger. The sites feature everything from sustainable fashion shows, to local eating, to rare sea creatures. Today, both sites featured strikingly similar leads on the “green-ness” of Obama. Both stories posed the question: Should Barack Obama be replaced with a “Greener”
MoreVia the Bicycle Coalition (via Philly Brownstoner): “The Philadelphia City Planning Commission is kicking off the second half of its new master Pedestrian/Bicycle plan for the Southwest, West and North Philly neighborhoods NEXT WEEK. Please spread the word about these meetings. This is a major opportunity for you to influence how bike lanes, crosswalks, and sidewalks
MoreMarathon Grill will host its first ever "Farmraiser" on October 12. The dinner will support Kensington's Emerald Street Urban Farm and feature four courses spotlighting the seriously mouth-watering combo of fresh veggies from the farm and Philadelphia Brewing Company suds, paired with each course.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the dinner will go directly to
Grid will be representing at two exciting events this weekend: On Friday, it’s the Fermentation Festival in Kennett Square. We’ll be sharing a booth with Grid favorite Marisa McClellan of Food in Jars. And, on Sunday, we’ll be enjoying the Slow Food Dig In! at World Cafe Live. Click here for tickets. Check out the
MoreAccording to Philly Brownstoner, Postgreen (subjects of Grid‘s May cover story) have run into some snags with the streets department over the bay windows on their upcoming Avant Garage development: The architects had attempted to creatively solve a number of unique urban issues, using open grates in place of a block-killing row of garage doors,
MoreSee. Hard at work!Things are a little crazy over here at Grid HQ—we’re putting the finishing touches on our upcoming November issue. And it’s a doozy! Once we catch our breath you can look forward to blog reports on Bike Fresh Bike Local, the Hazon Harvest Supper and new items from John & Kira’s, chocolate
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