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Are you ready for 10/10/10? I hope so, because 350.org is holding some great green events locally and around the world. The theme is “Global Work Party” and there are already 2,800 plus activities planned for over 150 countries. Here’s a list of some of the events that will be held in Philadelphia: Center City

Grid Contributor Billy Brown’s PB&J Campaign got some love on the NBC Nightly News. Check it out below:  

We get a lot of emails requesting the protocol for submitting events for inclusion in the magazine's calendar, so I thought I would offer up some guidelines. Here's our format:
Date: Event Title
Brief description.
Date, time, price (if applicable), location, address, RSVP info (if applicable), website
We'll obviously make sure the formatting is correct, but if you could include

This weekend, Branch Creek Farm in Perkasie will host a Sukkot dinner prepared by Zahav chef Michael Solomonov. The meal will be eaten under a sukkah, and benefit benefit Hazon, America’s largest Jewish environmental organization. I’ll be there, heading over straight from PASA’s Bike Fresh Bike Local Ride (one way to work up an appetite). Guests can

The Inquirer had a couple Eat Local-infused, farm-centric stories this weekend. Here they profile Hillside Community Farm, a project run by Greener Partners and based on the property of Elwyn, a Delaware County nonprofit group that provides services for people with disabilities. And here, they explore a Chester County program that recruits volunteers to harvest

Heaven is a Sandwich (yes, I saw Pavement on Friday)There are a few things in life definitely worth going out of you way for—and one of those things would have to be Four Worlds Bakery‘s breads. Unfortunately for us east-side-of-the-river dwellers, there is only one place that stocks Michael Dolich’s croissants and breads over the

Grid is seeking contributors for our monthly backpage essay, “Dispatch.” These personal essays offer a window into the worlds of people trying to live more sustainable lives, whether they’re lamenting the melancholia of harvest time or the battle with their spouse over leaving the lights on. Keep in mind, these are personal essays, not editorials.

Clem Murray for the InquirerTalk about a clean form of transportation! This Inquirer article tells the story of Roby Burch, a 12-year-old Gladwyne boy who rides his horse to school every day: It’s not often you see a kid riding his horse to school on the Main Line. Burch, a sophomore at the Haverford School, has been

Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp. (OARC) has great things to help green and clean Northwest Philadelphia. The organization has planted close to 2,000 trees, built a working green house for students of Martin Luther King High School and renewed the Awbury, Waterview and Morton Recreation Centers, to name a few accomplishments. Next Saturday, September 25, OARC will

This Saturday, Grid contributor and all-around cheese maven Madame Fromage (a.k.a. Tenaya Darlington) will host another tasting at Quince Fine Foods. Here’s what she had to say on her blog: The weather lately has been sweatery, and that means apple season is upon us. Join me for a tasting of cheese, apples, and ale next Saturday,