Do you have gently used or new art and craft supplies that are collecting dust? Are there things you bought for projects you’re never going to get to or lost interest in? Do you want to try a new hobby but need inspiration and means? Let’s share materials that are in good condition! The Art
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We learn and promote ways to reduce our impact on the environment we inhabit by reducing the waste we generate.
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We learn and promote ways to reduce our impact on the environment we inhabit by reducing the waste we generate.
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You’re Invited to the resourcePhilly Launch Party! Join Circular Philadelphia, The Resource Exchange, and Urality on June 26th from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Resource Exchange (1800 N. American Street, Phila, PA 19122) for a night of celebration, discovery and fun at the resourcePhilly online platform Launch Party! Started as a local sustainability resource
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Introducing the latest sustainability collection from emerging designer at Jefferson University. Join us at Trunc to meet the artist and see their vision come to life. It’s guaranteed to be an experience you will enjoy. 10% of the proceeds from tonights sales will be donated to support Galaei’s youth and young adult center.
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Are Zero Waste College Campuses in Our Future? by Jamie Bogert Trash. Recycle. Laundry. These are the three options offered at CityCoHo, the largest and only green co-working space in Center City—and the new home to PLAN, the Post-Landfill Action Network. The laundry bin, located in the common space next to an old red-leather couch you
MoreIllustration by Kathleen White Oil Change by Matt Bevilacqua For many people, excess cooking oil is something to pour down the drain after preparing a meal. But at Leigh Maida’s restaurants, all that greasy liquid has another destination: gas tanks, where it will power cars rather than block sewer pipes. “You have to do something
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Illustration by Kathleen White Leftovers by Justin Klugh On a cold night in Philadelphia, Jane grabs her box cutter and flashlight, a fistful of plastic bags and a container of baby wipes. “I take a step ladder for if I fall and can’t get out once I get in,” she says. “I usually don’t ever
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Second Harvest by Marilyn Anthony Monika Crosby, a “true blue farmer’s daughter,” does not grow vegetables. Employing what she calls “picking with a cause,” Crosby runs Philabundance’s gleaning program, coordinating volunteer vegetable harvests at three commercial farms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Since 2014, Philabundance has redirected 760,000 pounds of produce to low-income families. Dating
MorePhoto by Mark Likosky The Crucible by Thomas Parry It’s below freezing and the wind blasts across a lot in Northeast Philadelphia, but Chris Little doesn’t shiver. He’s big. Defensive-tackle big. And fast. In a moment he’s around the back of his battle-worn Ford pickup, sorting through a pile of metal set against the wall
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