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#029 August 2011

The Wedding Issue: Dishing It Out

With so much excellent grub being produced all around our city, building your wedding menu with seasonal foods has never been easier—or more delicious. Jennifer McCafferty holds sustainability as the core value of JPM Catering, based out of a Manayunk kitchen and serving the city and Main Line.

July 5, 2011

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#029 August 2011

The Wedding Issue: Change of Venue

When choosing a wedding venue, consider parks, private gardens, local farms and even friends’ backyards before looking to conventional hotels and ballrooms. Facility rental fees paid to nonprofit organizations can benefit historical or environmental preservation and programming. For a winter wedding, investigate outdoor spaces with indoor counterparts, or seek out venues with environmental building credentials.

July 5, 2011

1 min read

#029 August 2011

Banding Together: Cutting-edge architectural salvage company Greensaw has taken the bold step of becoming an employee-owned co-op. Will the risky move pay off?

Can one imagine an economy in which labor hires capital? Where workers have a legal right to the profits and legal responsibility for the liabilities because they are the owners, where workers jointly manage the firm and themselves in a democratic fashion?
—William Greider, national correspondent for The Nation, in his introduction to The Real World

July 5, 2011

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WAKE UP CALL: Start your day right with GRID’s grab bag of sustainability news

Shoe Pot Looking for a small yet sustainable container garden? Why not use your shoe! One man shows Treehugger how he kept his apartment green while living in the city by using his shoes as container gardens. Treehugger Waste Less July GOOD is taking their monthly challenge to greener heights this July by vowing

July 5, 2011

1 min read

#028 July 2011

Dispatch: Money Down the Drain – How I learned to say goodbye to half-hour showers.

I distinctly recall my sister pulling back the shower curtain and telling me that my dad was seconds from exploding. I was in elementary school and had developed a habit of falling asleep in the shower every morning—staying in there for easily half an hour. I used to stay up all night knowing I could

July 1, 2011

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#028 July 2011

Never Too Late to Learn

In a city as bike-crazy as Philadelphia, even occasional riders take for granted that everyone knows how to ride a bike. But just as there are many people who never suited up for swim lessons, there are many adults—myself included—who never wobbled their way off training wheels. If you never felt the urge to learn,

July 1, 2011

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The Last Mountain: Doc displays hidden secrets of Big Coal in America

The Last Mountain, a documentary directed by Bill Haney, will make you mad. You will step out of the theatre ready to write a letter to the government, and spend the night researching how to get involved in this issue. This is how you know a documentary is effective. The film focuses on the terrifying

July 1, 2011

1 min read

#028 July 2011

NBW Goes to Washington

Last summer marked the first ever Ride of Dreams, a 240-mile bike ride from West Philadelphia to the state capital in Harrisburg and back to raise funds for Neighborhood Bike Works (NBW), the Philly-based nonprofit that teaches urban youth the benefits and joy of cycling. This year, NBW will ride from Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania Avenue;

July 1, 2011

1 min read

#028 July 2011

Connecting the Dots: Expanding lanes and trails is part of a grand design.

“How can we all coexist on these very skinny streets?” asks Rina Cutler, Philadelphia’s deputy mayor for transportation and utilities. “We don’t have room to add more, so we have to make better use of the streets. For me, it’s less about biking, [and more about] creating complete streets and giving people choices.”

July 1, 2011

1 min read

#028 July 2011

The Audacity of Hops: You, too, can grow beer’s signature ingredient.

When you think of hops, you think of beer. After all, the viney, aromatic plant is what makes beer taste like beer: Without the distinctive bitterness, your favorite brew would taste like alcoholic pancake syrup.
But if you think about where they come from, you probably don’t think of Philadelphia.

July 1, 2011

3 mins read

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