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Mother Nature’s tease of spring-like weather probably has you ready to swap your gloves and snow shovels for gardening supplies. But while winter is still sticking for a few more weeks, it’s never too early to start planning your gardening.
Throughout the month of February local gardening gurus are holding a number of workshops
A new Grid issue will be hitting stands soon, but if you’re looking for a sustainability fix, join us this Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. for the first in a series of conversations hosted by The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Alex Mulcahy, Grid’s publisher, and Mike Weilbacher, executive director at the SCEE, will
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Image via allaboutbirds.orgHere’s something worth tweeting about: The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is doing a bird census this Saturday, January 7, and they’re looking for volunteers. Don’t worry, budding ornithologists, no experience is required. You can join their birding team to help collect important data about wintering bird populations. My phone is predicting a
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For a self-described “ecology geek” like Mike Weilbacher, the chance to direct the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education—Northwest Philly’s 340-acre green treasure—is a dream realized. Formerly executive director of Lower Merion Conservancy and, for the last year, Abington’s Briar Bush Nature Center, the Long Island native is one month into his new post, and busy
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