Speaking of the Greenprint, the site for Greensaw Design + Build‘s latest project, Slow Build 1205, has gone live. You can read more about the amazing progress at this South Philly rowhome in November’s Grid, and check out the site for photos that are sure to make salvage-lovers salivate.  

The Phillies have freed up your week with their dominance. Join Grid tomorrow (Tuesday) at Earth Bread + Brewery in Mt. Airy to celebrate the November issue. There will be $4 brews from PBC, delicious flatbreads (try the “Seed”) and lots of interesting conversation to be had with Grid fans and featured players from Greenprint,

Philly takes a stand on 10.10.10 On Friday, we told you about 350.org’s 10.10.10 Global Work Party, and today the numbers are in: 188 countries worldwide hosted a total of 7,347 events to bring more awareness to the world’s climate crisis. Check out photos from the day, and be inspired to take action on climate change.

Grid‘s October issue featured a report on the drama surrounding Manatawna Farm in Roxborough. Writer and urban farmer Nic Esposito ran through the plans—and the unexpected controversy—surrounding opening the land to small-scale commercial agriculture: The proposed project—destined for five acres of Fairmount Park land, satisfying a portion of the Mayor’s Greenworks Plan—would provide ten half-acre plots,

Last year on October 24, 5,200 peaceful environmental demonstrations took place in 181 countries around the world as part of 350.org’s “International Day of Climate Action.” The goal of the demonstrations was to grab the attention of delegates at the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference. Although the outcome of the conference was not what many had

The mystery of the disappearing bees—dubbed “colony collapse disorder”—has seen a major breakthrough. According to The New York Times, military scientists and entomologists forged an unlikely alliance to finger the culprits: One perverse twist of colony collapse that has compounded the difficulty of solving it is that the bees do not just die — they

Tonight, check out Lancaster County farmer Tom Culton and his giant gourd on The Late Show with David Letterman. City Paper‘s Meal Ticket has the full story:  This is Culton’s first season with the Long of Naples, direct-seeding (rather than transplanting) an acre of the squashes, whose tangled 30-foot vines turned the land into an