image via myfixituplife.comThe last Saturday in April is National Rebuilding Day—the one-day rebuilding event where thousands of volunteers and corporate sponsors unite to rehabilitate homes and community facilities in low-income neighborhoods. In anticipation of National Rebuilding Day, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia (RTP) – featured in our Feb. ’11 issue – will tackle and complete its Walnut Hill

The Parkway Central Library will host author and illustrator Robbin Gourley this weekend as part of the Philadelphia Book Festival. Gourley is the author of “First Garden: The White House Garden and How it Grew,” a story revealing the White House’s agricultural history from Eleanor Roosevelt’s WWII Victory Garden, to Michelle Obama’s organic kitchen garden. The

Image via westphillylocal.comIt seems like eons ago that we told you about Mariposa Co-op’s expansion (Jan. 2011 issue p.16) to a much larger and more user-friendly space on Baltimore Ave. No doubt that the staff and members of Mariposa have been working tirelessly since then to raise the needed funds (2.25 million bucks!) and with the latest

Courtesy of SBNThe Sustainable Business Network (SBN) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary the best way it knows how: by Cleaning Up and Getting Down! SBN will host a community wide clean-up celebration followed by a groovin’ dance party held at Yards Brewing Company this Saturday, April 16. CLEAN UP: Volunteers will be painting benches,

Image via schuylkillscrub.orgWe all know and love Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River—130 miles of streaming water, with a watershed that covers approx. 2,000 square miles of land. We drive past it and row down it, but unfortunately many litter in it as well. Luckily, a team of environmental groups is stepping up to ‘scrub’ the river clean. Starting

In the May issue of GRID, Urban Naturalist Bernard Brown tells you about the plight of the American chestnut tree and how you can help it in its comeback. He writes today with more info: The natural range of the American chestnut | photo courtesy patacf.orgDo you want to help bring the Chestnut back from

Whole Foods Market's "Do Something Reel" Film Festival began on April 1st and is in full swing! The Earth Month fest will travel to 70 U.S. cities where it will screen six films focused on food, environmental issues, and individuals making a difference in their communities.
Included on the film roster are "Lunch Line," a documentary that

It's been about a month since the last installment of True Tales, so it's high time we get serious and talk about deciding which of the energy audit recommendations to implement, as well as how to pay for them.  Let's start with the least painful part: getting work estimates.
Last week, Craig Rogers, an energy consultant

Just a friendly reminder that we’ll be celebrating our May education issue tomorrow night at Kraftwork! Come join us for $1.00 off all 25 of Kraftwork’s on-tap beers (including three from PBC), the musical stylings of PBC’s Chris Morris and Kraftwork’s Adam Ritter, and of course, a brand new issue of GRID bursting with sustainable-education

“Pictured here are some of last year’s volunteers with their morning haul.” Courtesy of Clean Up 2010The Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) are in need of some dedicated volunteers who are interested in participating in their annual Creek Clean Up Saturday, April 30 from 9:00am until noon at