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  • Celebrate Trails Day on Cobbs Creek Trail

    Celebrate Trails Day in Cobbs Creek will celebrate its sixth year running on Saturday, April 26th 2025 from 10am-2pm at the playground/park area at Thomas Ave & Cobbs Creek Parkway just north of Whitby Ave. Brought to you by Clean Air Council and Fairmount Park Conservancy this free event will kick off beginning at 10:00am with over a dozen exhibitors offering family friendly games, resources, information, education and activities for residents to connect with. The event will conclude with a ribbon cutting for a new playspace that will offer playful learning and early literacy opportunities for children in Cobbs Creek.

    Free

  • Fungadelphia Festival

    Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Philadelphia Mycology Club’s second annual Fungadelphia Festival is returning to the Schuylkill Center this year! 🎉 It's family-friendly, fungi festival filled fun with guided walks, lectures, workshops, vendors, food, crafts, and more. WHEN: Sat., Aug. 23, 11 - 3 WHERE: Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA FREE/Donation-based registration required

    Free

  • City Nature Challenge 2026

    Washington Square Park Philadelphia, United States

    The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world record as much wildlife as possible. Wildlife is measured by the total number of observations, the number of species and the number of people making observations. CNC is also a great way to engage in community science and help document the biodiversity of our urban areas. The event takes place using the iNaturalist website and app. Any observation photo, geotagged from anywhere in the seven-county Philadelphia area (Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania, and Camden, Gloucester and Burlington counties in New Jersey) and time-stamped

  • City Nature Challenge 2026

    Laurel Hill Cemetery West 225 Belmont Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA

    The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world record as much wildlife as possible. Wildlife is measured by the total number of observations, the number of species and the number of people making observations. CNC is also a great way to engage in community science and help document the biodiversity of our urban areas. The event takes place using the iNaturalist website and app. Any observation photo, geotagged from anywhere in the seven-county Philadelphia area (Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania, and Camden, Gloucester and Burlington counties in New Jersey) and time-stamped

  • Organizing DNA: How Neighborhood‑Level Power Drives Today’s Movements

    Reinvestment Fund 1700 Market Street, Philadelphia, United States

    Jeremy Nowak began his career as a community organizer, known for his ability to build power at the neighborhood and block level to achieve larger-scale change. His work was rooted in deep listening, relationship‑building, and the belief that ordinary people could transform their communities when given the tools to act. The practices he championed continue to shape organizers and campaigns today. A recent New Yorker article explored the effectiveness of creating broad-based coalitions of independent, and often pluralistic units to drive change. Hyper local organizing allows for numerous leaders to emerge, build networks, and train others — an approach that