Every year, my boyfriend's family gives gifts Christmas Grab Bag-style—and this is the first time I’m participating. The yearly tradition can get pretty cutthroat, so I've been nervous from the moment I signed on. I knew I needed to come up with an original array of selections, or risk being shunned and booed.
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The New York Times has an excellent in-depth feature on China and the wind turbine industry. It’s yet another example of the contrast between China’s increasing resource usage and pollution production and their progressive, ambitious stance towards alternative energy. The story offered this specific example of their increasing expertise: One Chinese supplier here became so adept at

Last week, we told you about the House passing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. On Monday, Salon reported that President Obama has indeed signed the school nutrition legislation into law. The Act will improve the quality of school lunches, increase federal reimbursement for free lunches and provide new funding for an additional 20 million after-school

We won! For the second year in a row! Come celebrate with us tonight at the Trocadero; cold weather be damned.

In spring 2010, the Environmental Coordinating Agency (ECA) opened the John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center. Housed in a Kensington factory (106 W. Clearfield St.) renovated to LEED Gold standards, the center has trained over 900 individuals for careers in the green economy. The training facility is missing a key component—a solar

Within the last two weeks, through a strange cocktail of coincidence and boredom, I have watched 2012 and (re)watched The Day After Tomorrow. It was hard not to think of those recent climate-themed destruction smorgasbords while witnessing this: And turns out Minneapolis isn’t the only place experiencing extreme weather. The New York Times‘ Green Blog

On Wednesday, D.C.-born fast/healthy/sustainable joint Sweetgreen will open its first PA location in Ardmore. The restaurant was founded in 2007 by three Georgetown guys tired of the constant question, "Where should we eat today?" They wanted to create a casual, healthy, environmentally-friendly place that people would want to eat at everyday.
With seven locations already up

Inspired by yesterday’s big win over the Cowboys, I thought I would link to a short feature from this month’s Grid on the Eagles’ astounding new energy plan. Long story short, the team will generate all their own electricity, using wind turbines, solar panels and a onsite co-generation plant. Oh, and they might also want

We’re flattered to be nominated for a Philebrity Awards for the second year running—after all, we’re barely two years old. We’d love your support in taking home another win for City Publication of the Year. Vote here!

The first step in tackling the complicated world of stormwater fees is to educate yourself. Start with our latest cover story—it explains the stormwater crisis, and how the Philadelphia Water Department is confronting it head-on. Next, attend the Academy of Natural Science’s GreenCity, Clean Waters event on Monday. This program is designed for condo and co-op