Expand renewable energy locally beyond your own roof! The Clean Energy Co-op empowers individuals to directly expand renewable energy on nonprofit, co-ops, or community-oriented businesses in our community through collective community investment. This information session will describe our award-wining model, our current projects with Valley Greene Apartments, Inc. (East Falls section of Philadelphia) and West
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Expand renewable energy locally beyond your own roof! The Clean Energy Co-op empowers individuals to directly expand renewable energy on local nonprofits, co-ops, and community-oriented businesses through collective community investment. Please join us to learn about the Clean Energy Co-op, our current projects with Valley Greene Apartments, Inc. (East Falls section of Philadelphia) and West
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Sun Day, September 21, 2025 is a national day of celebration and action on solar energy. Sun Day Philadelphia, at Love Park from 11 am – 3 pm will be full of solar powered and sun inspired activities for all ages. Live music, arts, solar car races, solar s’mores, solar kits for teachers, zero emission
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Historic Hopewell Vineyards grows wine grapes in Chester County By Emily Kovach Nestled in a patch of verdant farmland in Oxford, Pennsylvania (about 30 miles southeast of Lancaster), sits Historic Hopewell Vineyards, a 2-acre vineyard run by Karen and Anthony Mangus. From the rich, well-drained Brandywine Valley soil, they grow seven varieties of wine grapes
MoreInterfaith Walk for Green Energy Culminates After 100 milesAn interfaith, intergenerational group of activists concluded their 100-mile trek through PECO’s service area, a demonstration dubbed the Walk for Green Jobs and Justice. About 40 walkers began the journey May 8 at Morris Chapel Baptist Church in North Philly, and upon their return to the city
MoreIllustration by Abayomi Louard-Moore The Energy Bottom Line by Jerry Silberman Editor’s note: This is Part Three of a series that concludes in July. Question: Which kind of energy is the most efficient?The Right Question: How much energy does it take to get energy? The most important aspect of energy that most people have never
MoreBlowin’ in the Wind by Jerry Silberman Question: How much of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels?The Right Question: How much of the energy we use is dependent on fossil fuels? Last month we identified the sources of energy that make our high-technology civilization possible. What it really comes down to is fossilized
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Plugging Into Community by Justin Klugh Shopping for anything when you have too many choices can mean not making a choice at all. That’s one thing when you’re roaming the grocery store. But when it comes to energy for our homes, many of us are not yet used to having a choice, much less understanding
MoreTemple University's solar panels can be seen by approximately 26,000 regional rail riders.Although the newly installed solar panels are mounted three stories up on Temple University’s Edberg-Olson Hall, about 26,000 regional rail riders see them daily as they pass through the Temple University Station. The visibility is what the university is hoping will draw attention
Morestory by Bernard BrownYou would think Greg Scott was talking about building bookshelves from a box, not installing a solar array on his roof. “Once you know how to build stuff for a reason, you sort of figure out how to build things,” he explains. Scott, together with his do-it-yourself partner
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