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How can consumers advocate for a climate-smart and local farm-centered 2023 Farm Bill?

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

October 31, 2022

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Protest the Keystone XL Pipeline While Obama is in Philadelphia

People in Lawrence, Kansas, protest during President Obama’s visit. | Photos courtesy 350.org As the president meets with House Democrats, activists will urge them to reject Keystone XL and take meaningful action on climate Tomorrow, as President Obama visits Philadelphia to meet with House Democrats and plan their Congressional agenda, hundreds of climate change

January 28, 2015

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Mobile App Helps Improve Transparency of Unconventional Drilling

FracTracker’s free mobile app gives users the power to share the impact of fracking As New York State’s decision to ban high volume hydraulic fracturing continues the conversation on the dangers of fracking to the environment, the public is actively moving forward in recording and sharing the effects of drilling throughout the United States. The FracTracker

January 23, 2015

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Volunteer with PowerCorpsPHL on MLK Day

Photo courtesy PowerCorpsPHL What a better way to honor and celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering? On Jan. 19, PowerCorpsPHL, a new AmeriCorps program, is hosting three volunteer opportunities around the city, where you can honor the legacy of a man who dedicated his life to serving communities. The following is

January 14, 2015

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Philadelphia Communities Promote Local Wind Energy Options

In a bid to raise awareness to the connection between air pollution and respiratory health, ChoosePAWind and the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic partnered to launch a campaign promoting local wind energy options, using a group of local organizations as the initial participants. The goal of the campaign is to bring faith-based institutions, environmental groups,

January 2, 2015

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Recycle Your Christmas Tree

When your Christmas tree needles begin to fall this year, don’t throw your tree curbside, recycle it. Providing an alternative for trashing dying trees, the Streets Department’s Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Program will recycle it. This year, the program will run from Monday, Jan. 5 through Saturday, Jan. 17. where from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., you can

December 29, 2014

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Even Cows Love Holiday Jazz

Happy holidays! Video courtesy of the Holter Farm in Frederick County, Maryland.

December 23, 2014

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MANTLE’s Kickstarter Meets Goal

Image courtesy Wild Mantle No stranger to Grid, Avi Loren Fox, the creator of the MANTLE (formerly the JANEY), has reached her Kickstarter goal and we couldn’t be prouder. The luxurious hooded scarf is made sustainably in the U.S. to combat the cold and is way more fashionable than that old scarf you’ve been wrangling with all

December 20, 2014

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New York State Bans Fracking

Gov. Cuomo cites health risks; Pa. governor-elect opposes ban A gas well in Susquehanna County, PA. | Photos courtesy Delaware Riverkeeper Network In a major win for fracking opponents, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that the state would ban high volume hydraulic fracturing, citing health risk concerns and the lack of studies

December 17, 2014

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Come Party With Grid and the Sustainable Business Network

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we are in full holiday mode here at Grid magazine. And you’re invited to join us! We once again paired with the Sustainable Business Network to host our third annual December issue release and holiday party from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Reading Terminal Market.

December 1, 2014

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Cranberries as You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Philadelphia-based video producer and journalist Nicole Cotroneo Jolly and her husband produce the web-based food education series, “How Does it Grow?,” where they investigate where our food comes from, one crop at a time. The newest episode is all about cranberries, filmed in the New Jersey Pine Barrens using drones and underwater cameras, producing some of the

November 26, 2014

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