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#015 June 2010/Circular Economy/Guides/Recycling

Recycling Challenge: Pots, Pans & Pyrex

The Challenge: Those cheap Walmart pots and pans you bought just out of college are reaching the end of their usefulness, but there’s a good chance they’re made out of aluminum or stainless steel, which are both recyclable. You can’t put them in the blue bin at the curb, but, according to the Institute of

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Design/Energy/Green Building/Guides

Energy: Cooler Heads

For energy savings, cool roofs are a no-brainer by Samantha WittchenThe roof is no longer on fire. First there was the Mayor’s “Coolest Block” Contest, offering Philadelphians the chance to win an energy-saving cool roof and other energy efficiency upgrades from the city for every house on their block. Then there was City Council’s Earth

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Food/gardening

Shoots & Ladders: Be the Bee

A guide to helping cucumbers and melons get their groove onby Char Vandermeer
If summer were a taste, it would surely be cucumber—or maybe muskmelon. They’re both little bursts of sunshine on the vine. While your planting space may be limited to a few pots or a tiny patch in a community garden, that doesn’t mean

May 11, 2010

1 min read

#015 June 2010/Circular Economy/Compost/Farming/Food

Profile: King of Compost

Urban farmer and MacArthur Grant recipient Will Allen on the importance of greens, worms and moreby Lee Stabert
Everything about Will Allen is big. The pro basketball player turned urban agriculture iconoclast has hands like baseball mitts, and arms like tree trunks. His normal uniform—jeans, baseball hat, hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves removed—only serves to emphasize

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Cooking/Food

Dispatch: Greatest Hits

Some people geek out over wine. Others, old vinyl. For me, it’s cheese. The stinky stuff. Stilton. Fontina. Époisses. When I meet a strong cheese, it stops me cold, the way hearing a new song on the radio can make you pull over the car, motivated by a desire to really listen. You don’t forget

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Bicycling/transportation

Along for the Ride: Via Bicycles’ Curtis Anthony

Julie Lorch pedals along with notable members of Philly’s bicycle community on a route of their choice. They ride, they chat, she reports back.
Nice ride!” shouts a dude on a bike. “Awesome!” yells another. In 2010, a high wheel bicycle is a strange sight in Center City. But in 1886, the year that Curtis Anthony’s

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Circular Economy/Compost

Local Business: Black Gold

A local company helps Philly businesses jump on the composting bandwagon by Lee StabertThere is one word showing up left and right on the lips of top urban sustainability and food access experts: compost. To hear them speak of it, the stuff is magic—now it’s just a matter of getting the rest of society on

May 11, 2010

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News: Lots of Food

A CSA sprouts in West Philadelphia by Cassie CumminsThere is an abundance of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs across Pennsylvania, but the latest West Philadelphia CSA is significantly different.

May 11, 2010

1 min read

#015 June 2010/Design/Green Building/GridPhilly

News: Collaborative Effort

Infill Philadelphia Receives Community Action Grant from the ULIInfill Philadelphia has more than one reason to celebrate. The five-year urban revitalization initiative will complete phase three of the program this fall, and they’ve also been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Community Action Grants program.

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Cooking/Farming/Food

From the Editor: Home Made

Alex passed his Publisher’s Notes duties along to me this month because I am, simply put, obsessed with food. I’ve been looking forward to this issue for months. Last June, I moved back to Philadelphia—my hometown—after a few years in the wilderness (read: Nashville, TN).

May 11, 2010

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