It can be easy to get discouraged these days. Everywhere we look, there are signs of a struggling planet and, often, it’s difficult to see a clear path to an effectual response. 2022 may well eclipse recent years as the hottest on record. Rainfall has alternated between being absent or violent in Pennsylvania, one of
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"Mom,” a red-tailed hawk and Philadelphia’s most-watched bird, napped in a small London plane tree next to Sister Cities Park on a gray winter morning. On the sidewalk below, I joined Christian Hunold, associate professor of political science at Drexel University and a nature photographer. We suspected Mom had already filled her crop with rat
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In 2005, Judith Robinson was fed up with the litter and illegal dumping plaguing her North Philadelphia neighborhood. A real estate broker and grandmother of two, Robinson refused to accept the status quo of garbage-filled lots, and she took her concerns to community meetings—as well as into her own hands.First, she noticed groups of teenagers
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Delaware River City Corporation, the organization tasked with implementing the 11 miles of trails that will connect Port Richmond and Torresdale via the North Delaware Riverfront Greenway, will now be known as the Riverfront North Partnership, with the North Delaware Riverfront Greenway renamed as Riverfront North.The change comes as longtime executive director Tom Branigan announces
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Check any biology textbook for an example of evolution through natural selection, and you’re pretty much guaranteed to read about the finches of the Galapagos Islands. Some have smaller beaks ideal for eating insects. Others have sturdier beaks that crack seeds. As Charles Darwin realized when he visited the Galapagos, all are descended from colonists
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The past and the future are calling Judy Wicks.First, on April 13th, she’s going to attend a statewide rally in Harrisburg against pipelines, fracking and “the greed and ignorance that impedes clean energy alternatives.”
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On Wednesday, April 11, The Sustainability Nexus hosts the second installment of the Urban Regeneration Forum. This free session, which also doubles as a part of Temple University's Campus Sustainability Week, focuses on the theme “Resiliency.”The term “resilience” has become commonly used in regards to sustainability and as a response to climate change – how
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Is working toward world peace and pursuing personal happiness possible? Can we transcend the social angst that eats away at our contemporary society? Sometimes you need to ask the big questions. Devamrita Swami, the director of Mantra Lounge meditation studio, will be in town next week lecturing on these critical topics and connecting the dots
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Does seeing litter make you a little crazy? Us too! That’s why we recommend the Swedish trend of plogging, which involves picking up litter while running. Thanks to our friends Clean Air Council, Not in Philly, Pennsylvania Resources Council, and West Philly Runners, there will be a series of plogging events from April 9-15.Plogging not only creates
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Grid's guide to the best April festivals in the greater Philadelphia area.
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Everyone knows “the media is the message,” but as the second annual Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival expands in size and scope, we’re reminded that the message—naturally—is also the message.“Some documentaries can go on and on and on, often repeating things,” says PHEFF Artistic Director Alexandra Drobac Diagne as she excitedly describes this year’s shortest film.
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