Courtesy of Google Images Wednesday, March 16, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Camden’s Newest Community Garden. Join the Camden City Garden Club in building Camden’s first new community garden of 2011. The event is a celebration of the accomplishments of this organization over the past 27 years of community gardening. The event will take place at

Courtesy of Lynn LandesThe Philadelphia Society of Small Streets, (PSSS) in collaboration with the Philadelphia Streets Department and the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, has constructed their newest agenda to preserve, repair and restore some of Philadelphia’s small, historic streets. Their current street of interest: Irving Street.
Irving, located between the 1100 and 1200 blocks of

echoinggreen.org Another opportunity to hear Van Jones speak on Tuesday, March 29th at Temple University. Jones, the former Green Jobs advisor for President Obama and author of The Green-Collar Economy, will discuss the future of the green economy and job market. This event is free and open to the public, so take this opportunity to

It’s time again to celebrate the release of the newest Grid, and our April Gardening Issue is certainly one to get excited about! Are you new to gardening and intimidated by the mere thought of growing your own grub? Never fear, growing guru Char Vandermeer will guide you through starting your first container garden —

Grab your work boots and help Marathon Grille build an urban farm! In our December 2010 issue (Agriculture, p. 18) we shared that Marathon Grille and Emerald Street Urban Farm’s Patrick Dunn were teaming up to transform vacant lots into blossoming farms. The team has identified a site in Brewerytown, and this weekend will kick-off

Van Jones, courtesy treehugger.com Monday, March 14, 6 – 8:30 p.m. Energy Audits – Your Building’s Return on Investments: Everybody’s talking about reducing their energy costs, but where does a condo or co-op building start the process? This Academy of Natural Sciences, Town Square event will tell you how. Register here. Tuesday, March 15, 5:30

As this month's GRID Issue Release Party is nigh, it's time to reveal the winner of the contest (outlined in Part 3 of this series) to guess how leaky my house is.  Drum roll, please!  The winner is Jim Rude, who said that my house registered on the "swiss cheese meter" at 2689 CFM.  I

It's easy to get caught-up in the daily grind of work, school, errands, family, friends, etc. and forget that there is a plethora of sustainable events happening right outside your door. That's what Grid's here for. Each day, we'll let you know of upcoming events happening in your area that are sure to help you

Don’t we all wish our fridges looked like this?I am ashamed to admit this, but it seems to happen every night. I go to the refrigerator in search for something to satisfy my midnight hunger pains, but the problem is I never know what I want, and end up staring mindlessly — fridge wide open.

Keiyo Soy Ministries‘ (KSM) 2nd Annual Philadelphia Walk for Water is definitely an event to mark on your calendar. According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, 884 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. On top of that, 1.4 million children are dying annually as a consequence of disease caused by contaminated water