Check any biology textbook for an example of evolution through natural selection, and you’re pretty much guaranteed to read about the finches of the Galapagos Islands. Some have smaller beaks ideal for eating insects. Others have sturdier beaks that crack seeds. As Charles Darwin realized when he visited the Galapagos, all are descended from colonists
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The past and the future are calling Judy Wicks.First, on April 13th, she’s going to attend a statewide rally in Harrisburg against pipelines, fracking and “the greed and ignorance that impedes clean energy alternatives.”
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On Wednesday, April 11, The Sustainability Nexus hosts the second installment of the Urban Regeneration Forum. This free session, which also doubles as a part of Temple University's Campus Sustainability Week, focuses on the theme “Resiliency.”The term “resilience” has become commonly used in regards to sustainability and as a response to climate change – how
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Is working toward world peace and pursuing personal happiness possible? Can we transcend the social angst that eats away at our contemporary society? Sometimes you need to ask the big questions. Devamrita Swami, the director of Mantra Lounge meditation studio, will be in town next week lecturing on these critical topics and connecting the dots
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Does seeing litter make you a little crazy? Us too! That’s why we recommend the Swedish trend of plogging, which involves picking up litter while running. Thanks to our friends Clean Air Council, Not in Philly, Pennsylvania Resources Council, and West Philly Runners, there will be a series of plogging events from April 9-15.Plogging not only creates
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Grid's guide to the best April festivals in the greater Philadelphia area.
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As is too often the case in Philadelphia, when a project takes one step forward, someone, somewhere, decides to bring it two steps back. That one step forward happened for bicycling infrastructure last summer, when Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell introduced an ordinance that would allow for a protected bike lane along 11 blocks of Chestnut Street, between
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Everyone knows “the media is the message,” but as the second annual Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival expands in size and scope, we’re reminded that the message—naturally—is also the message.“Some documentaries can go on and on and on, often repeating things,” says PHEFF Artistic Director Alexandra Drobac Diagne as she excitedly describes this year’s shortest film.
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Sad news from the Reading Terminal Market today: The Fair Food Farmstand will be closing. Fair Food, the nonprofit who has run the beloved Farmstand, will continue its advocacy work, and will still run the Philly Farm and Food Fest, which will take place at the Navy Yard on October 28. (The event had previously
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Spring has finally sprung, but it’s not all sunshine and clean air for Philadelphians. In 2015, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked the city as the number three asthma capital in the United States, beaten only by Richmond and Memphis.According to the Natural Resource Defense Council, “Philly clinched the third spot due to
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