People's Climate March will be taking place this Sunday, September 21 in New York City.
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With the biggest climate march in history taking place this weekend in New York City, one of over 2,200 similar events happening worldwide on September 21, you can be sure that the foreordained “Greenest City in America” isn’t
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For one day, Spring Garden Street between 9th and 10th streets will be transformed into a vibrant commercial corridor. | Rendering courtesy Star Group
For just one day, a pop-up greenway will emerge on Spring Garden Street between 9th and 10th street. The block party will transform the parking lane on Spring Garden Street, creating a
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This Silver-Spotted Skipper was one of many butterfly species that were documented during a July count around Bryn Mawr. | Photo by Jen Britton
Volunteer efforts across the region keep track of our fine fluttering friends
The flashy colors of butterflies are matched only by their names: red admirals, great spangled fritillaries, tiger swallowtails, painted ladies
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Flatbreads are great for an easy dinner on—or off—the grill. | Photo by Emily Teel
Fire up the grill as autumn begins to chill
Although I enjoy soups, stews, root vegetables and roasts as much as the next locavore, I try to postpone that kind of cold-weather cooking for as long as possible. These flatbreads
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Rebourne’s upcycled and reusable diapers keep babies’ bums dry and reduce waste
A few times each year, Marni Duffy spends the day digging through bins of old thrift store sweaters at a warehouse outside of New York City. She looks for just the right type of soft, untreated merino wool to haul back to Philadelphia. There,
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Bartram's Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says the historic site has "something for everybody." | Photo by Dan Murphy
Mary Armstrong expands Bartram's Garden network
Longtime Bartram’s Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says she especially loves engaging visitors from the Southwest Philadelphia neighborhoods that surround the garden. “I like the fact that you can get people who just
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Educators receive discounts at Oxford Mills' mixed-use apartments in South Kensington
Oxford Mills, a residential and commercial development, is a renovated former dye works factory. | Images courtesy D3 Real EstateLafeesah Waalee’s fell in love with the exposed brick of Oxford Mills apartments in South Kensington, but what sealed the deal for her was the opportunity
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What a sustainability leader learned walking from Boston to San Diego
Considering a green career? You might research the field by hiking it. In 1978, I crossed the U.S. entirely on foot through forests and desert, along a maze of quiet dirt and gravel roads, by day and at night, in rain, hail and blasting sunshine.
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Backyard chickens have been illegal in Philadelphia since 2004. It's time for that to change.
Bailey Hale and his (now) husband Thomas McCurdy, a pastry chef, were happily tending to their flock of hens and chicks in South Philadelphia, an area they had lived in for 10 years. They owned their house and the lot
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Maybe you’ve been learning how to tell your silver maples from your reds, or you’ve been psyched to see the monarchs starting to flutter by on their way down to Mexico, or you’ve been trying to learn more about those native sparrows on your smartphone bird identification app. Ready to take your knowledge of urban
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