Photo by Nadine Rovner The Tide is Nigh By Francesca Furey With looming fears and anxieties brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak, concerns about climate change or the health of local watersheds might seem secondary. That is an illusion. As Thomas Fuller, a 17th-century physician, wrote, “We never know the worth of water till the
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Photography by Albert Yee Pick-Me-Up By Alexandra W. Jones Things didn’t go as planned on V Marks the Shop’s first anniversary. Instead of enjoying a laidback gathering with customers, vegan corner store owners Carmella Lanni and Carlo Giardina found themselves caught in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of March, busily filling
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Photography by Aubrey Abel Waterway Protection: Cleanup Time By Claire Marie Porter Alec Clelland grew up on the isolated, South Jersey peninsula of Delanco, without much to do but explore the shoreline of the Delaware River. Doing so, he encountered lots of garbage, and occasionally brought back some of the “treasures” he found. Despite aggressive
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I had low expectations for the fungus walk that the Philadelphia Mycology Club hosted last year in April. I showed up as part of the City Nature Challenge, an international urban citizen science event that connects people to nature while documenting urban biodiversity. I sit on the Challenge’s local organizing committee, and while we welcomed
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Photography by Albert Yee Bike Talk: Room to Breathe By Randy LoBasso Any other year on St. Patrick’s Day, you’d have seen a barrage of green-plastic-Leprechaun-hat-sporting college kids falling over themselves as they paraded the sidewalks of Center City. This year was different. Bars were closed and the city was slowly moving toward a stay-at-home
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From our homes, we can be a light. I am not on the front line of this pandemic, but in my own quiet way, from home, I press on. Being at home has been a blessing and a curse for all of us. I am learning how to be resourceful, optimistic and a better listener.
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I was leaving for work on my creaky old bike, which now you can hear on our vacated streets. I spotted my neighbor holding a newborn, seated in a folding chair in a sliver of sunshine. “Congratulations,” I said, without rushing over. I would see her from no closer than 20 feet. She thanked me
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A Growing Trend By Aaron Salsbury In mid-March, seed sales skyrocketed for Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds. “We can hardly keep up with online orders,” he says. “We are selling out of seeds that we had imagined would last several years, and so we may have a limited catalog in the next year or so.”
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