Pyrite (also known as fool’s gold) can be a real con-artist that often deceives gold miners. But, as researchers at the University of California, Irvine are discovering, Pyrite may be of value to anyone involved or interested in the solar industry. According to the Los Angeles Times (via Philly.com) the UC-Irvine team believes the mineral

Image courtesy http://philafood.net/wp/The Enterprise Center CDC (TEC-CDC) is currently accepting requests for proposals from General Contractors interested in developing the organization’s Center for Culinary Enterprises (CCE). The CCE made an appearance in our December 2010 issue, and is a shared-use culinary business center that will be housed in a former supermarket on 48th Street between Spruce and

pennlive.comThink your nonprofit organization needs a makeover? Does your nonprofit deserve more attention? You may be in luck. From now until March 1, Letter27, a Philadelphia branding agency, will be accepting nominations for nonprofits to win the ultimate BuildingBlocks package, valued at $10,000. It is promised to include a new logo, tagline, five-page website, brochure,

Image courtesy evxteam.org President Obama will give his second State of the Union Address tonight at 9 pm EST. The Adress will give the President a chance to share his agenda for the year ahead with an audience of members of Congress, but there will also be a familiar face among them. Brandon Ford, a junior

Determined to bring vitality back to the city’s East Oak Lane neighborhood, Robert Tyree, Kelly McShain Tyree and Devitt McShain opened Under the Oak Cafe in 2007. Now, according the the Inquirer, the restaurant (which specializes in made-from-scratch recipes that celebrate the bounty of offerings from local farms and businesses) has expanded. The space itself has grown to include the building

RecycleNOW Philadelphia (the plucky recycling advocacy campaign that has been credited with getting Mayor Nutter to place improving the city’s recycling rate at the top of his to-do list) has rolled out its new initiative to train community recycling activists to get more Philadelphians participating in the Recycling Rewards Program. The Recycling Rewards Program offers incentives to

Diets are a popular part of New Year's resolutions, whether they are effective or not. But who says humans are the only ones who participate in dieting? Before the New Year even began, the Chesapeake Bay was placed on a strict “pollution diet” established on December 29, 2010 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The

Grid’s 2010 PASA Farmbook made a cameo in this month’s edition of WHYY’s Friday Night Arts. A segment of the video series features PASA’s Bike Fresh Bike Local event; a 25, 50, or 75-mile bike ride through Southeastern PA’s farmland, that connects biking with sustainable agriculture, and plenty of delicious food. The January screening also featured videos

treehugger.comGreen building is definitely one of the subjects we like to discuss most here at Grid, which is why we get so excited when we see others spreading the word about sustainable building practices. A Chicago Tribune article posted on Philly.com earlier this month explored a side of green building outside of the normal talk

By now I’m sure you’ve heard that the caps on PECO’s electricity rates expired on January 1st, and although I haven’t received my first electric bill of the new year yet, I know it’s going to be a bitter pill to swallow.  Fortunately, we now have EnergyWorks in the City of Brotherly Love.  EnergyWorks is