The Sunday following Philadelphia’s apocalyptic microburst storm, the Garden Court gardeners gathered late in the day to honor our fallen fruit trees. They sat around the apple stump and shared stories of the shade the tree had offered on hot July days and the roost the branches had made for birds and squirrels. Of the
MoreElementary students at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education get down in the mud during a hike | photo by Rebecca Dhondt by Justin Klugh As a child, environmental leader Mike Weilbacher can remember getting lost in the pine woods of Long Island. “That was our home,” he recalls. “We’d go off, two miles away from
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Endangered tigers and gorillas are now roaming the grounds at the Philadelphia Zoo. Can its consumer education programs make conservation activists of the humans walking among them?
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MoreTen high school embarked on a weeklong expedition in June throughout the 2,000-square-mile Schuylkill River watershed. | Schuylkill Acts & Impacts: An Expedition to Inspire Watershed Action
On June 7 a group of high school students pushed off into the Schuylkill River on a voyage of environmental discovery. The students came from all five of the Schuylkill Watershed's counties: Schuylkill, Berks,
TreePhilly partnered with the Friends of Gorgas Park, the Boy Scouts, and the Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Tree Tenders in April to give away 284 trees at Gorgas Park in Roxborough. | Photo by Charles Bouril
Program is Offering Community Yard Tree Giveaway Grants to Groups and Local Businesses
In a bid to help restore Philadelphia’s urban forest, community
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Invisible River Public Art Performance on the SchuylkillAdvocates for Increased Access
Alie Vidich, a Philadelpha-based choreographer and dancer, is on a mission to make the Schuylkill River more accessible—and more visible. In Invisible River, a public art and boating event on July 12 and 13, Vidich and her troupe of 30 performers will use
U-Bee-Well is made with beeswax, olive oil, lavender, tea tree oil and honey. | Photo courtesy U-Bee-Well
Bee advocate uses her locally made lip balm to get the word out on the plight of bees
Nestled in the corner of Barbara Gettes' West Philadelphia apartment is a cramped kitchen space with barely room for two people to
Data from the CyclePhilly app can be used by regional transportation planners to make Philadelphia a better place to ride. | photos by Photo courtesy of Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC)
The future of Philadelphia’s bike lanes is in your hands thanks to the new smartphone app CyclePhilly. Launching the app when you start
It looks like the wait for Kensington Quarters (1310 Frankford Ave.), an ambitious combination of butcher shop, restaurant and classroom, is about to end. The restaurant is a partnership of Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello (the owners of Cafe Lift, Prohibition Tap Room and Bufad), and a newcomer to Philadelphia, butcher Bryan Mayer.
Data from the CyclePhilly app can be used by regional transportation planners to make Philadelphia a better place to ride. | Photo courtesy of Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC)The future of Philadelphia’s bike lanes is in your hands thanks to the new smartphone app CyclePhilly. Launching the app when you start your ride allows CyclePhilly
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