Three Mile Island | Image via www.eoearth.orgNot Nuclear After the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor, many nations are considering moving away from the use of nuclear energy. This may be a problem, however, as 20 percent of the United States’ energy is derived from nuclear power. (Link) Cheap is Better? Are there any environmental
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I confess. I judge books by their covers. I’ll happily lay down an extra couple of dollars for the bottle of wine with the well-designed label. And yes, this unfortunate tendency extends to my little garden. For the past several years, containers sprouting heirlooms with awesome names (Mr. Stripey, Dragon’s Egg, Boothby’s Blonde, Painted Lady)
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5/24: Handlebar Happy Hour This evening head on over to Johnny Brendas, between Frankford and Girard, for cheap drinks and bicycle chat, sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP). Experts in the field of cycling will be on hand to give you information about upcoming projects, bike laws and other fun biking tidbits.
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Susquehanna River (click to enlarge)/Image via American RiversIn Pennsylvania, development of natural gas resources is proving to come at a high price. Thanks to natural gas drilling (or fracking) the Susquehana River has been named the most endangered river in the U.S. by American Rivers for the second year in a row. Each year, American
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I have many photographs of garter snakes attacking. Some are biting my hand. The others are going after the camera, their pink mouths open wide and ready to do battle. I am usually trying for a more peaceful composition, but garter snakes are fighters—they don’t sit there passively while a monster lifts them way off
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One of the many proposed ideas for ocean cleaning | Image via nytimes.com Trash Tracker There is a vast amount of trash that ends up in the ocean each year, eighty percent of which is plastic. In the U.S., the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has created the “Marine Debris Tracker” in order to
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Designed for those seeking more than a waterfall soundtrack on the road to inner peace, Jennifer Schelter (founder of Yoga Schelter and Yoga Unites) has created a series of yoga classes within nature itself at UPenn’s Morris Arboretum. Participants exhale stress and inhale magnolia blossoms while surrounded by one of the most beautifully maintained gardens
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Image via tlc.comPhiladelphia has one of the highest rates of hunger in the United States, but it also has one of the highest rates of obesity and chronic diseases due to the lack of affordable, healthy food in low-income areas. Recently, the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger (GPCAH) teamed up with Groupon in order to raise
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The ANSP | image via ansp.orgThe announcement of an exciting affiliating between the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University was shared yesterday by the ANSP’s President and CEO George W. Gephart, Jr. and Drexel President John A. Fry. The joining together of these two environmentally aware power-houses is great news for Philly’s sustainability scene,
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“Mirror Wall” is just one of many proposed solutions to unsightly power lines | Image via www.spiegel.deAesthetic Value With Germany’s new push to be a country reliant upon renewable energy, designers are trying to find ways to make unsightly power lines and other bulky eyesores chic and clever to the eye. (Link) Deforestation Nation In
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