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While environmental initiatives are essential to creating sustainable communities, addressing education issues is equally important. The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC) was started in the 2003-04 academic year to support literacy efforts in the community. In support of WePAC’s Open Books Open Minds initiative, Impact100 recently awarded the organization a $100,000 grant.     Developing

Image via kickstarter.com In our December and June issues we featured Marathon Grill’s urban farming initiative, Marathon Farm. Now, the Philly-wide restaurant chain has announced plans to expand its foray into the agricultural world, and begin sourcing more products from local farms in PA and NJ. Great news for Philadelphia residents seeking a wallet-friendly option

Image via scienceblogs.comArsenic Chicken Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced last week it would stop selling roxarsone, an arsenic-laced poultry feed additive that has been used since the 1940s. Despite long-time concerns from scientists, the FDA only recently agreed to test supermarket chickens. Unsurprisingly, they found traces of arsenic. Mother Jones Clash Over Coal Over the weekend

A rendering of the green roof bus shelter | Image via phillywatersheds.org
Today, the Philadelphia Water Department announced the debut of a new green roof bus shelter at the intersection of 15th and Market, across from City Hall. The demonstration project is part of the PWD’s Green City, Clean Water, and the Mayor’s Greenworks Philadelphia initiatives,

Imagine what changes you could make as the city planner for Philadelphia. Would you add more affordable housing, better access to healthy, locally grown foods? How about safer bike lanes and an expanded, more efficient public transit system? These are just some of the changes the Philadelphia City Planning Commission proposes in their Philadelphia 2035

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

Yesterday, 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

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

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

“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