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

courtesy of philly greenLast month, WHYY featured The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s City Harvest program (see Grid’s November 2009 issue p.16) as an audio story episode of Fit, their healthy food and drink station. This is definitely a program worth revisiting and getting excited about. Through City Harvest, inmates of the Philadelphia Prison System plant vegetable seedlings in a greenhouse

blogher.comHospital food is typically not the tastiest, or the healthiest, but luckily, The Women’s Health and Environmental Network (WHEN) is taking big steps to change that. March is National Nutrition Month, and WHEN has fittingly released its Healthcare’s Harvest: Seeding Sustainability in Hospital Kitchens. The guide includes contributions from five surrounding hospitals and highlights 10

theflowershow.com“Springtime in Paris” is this year’s theme for the Philadelphia International Flower Show being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, and frankly, Je ne peux pas attendre!–Oops, I can not wait!  The exhibition, which supports the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), kicked off its 182nd show yesterday—the first one took place in 1829! The audit, tax,