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#001 February 2009/Food

Doctor’s Orders

When Greg Salisbury opened Rx restaurant in University City, almost no one in the Philly restaurant industry was thinking local. “When we started in ’01 there was only one other restaurant doing this,” says the laidback and laconic Salisbury. “My first exposure to a CSA [Community Supported Agriculture] in 1997, at 17th and South, caused

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February 1, 2009
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#001 February 2009/Energy/Environment/Politics

State Support

New legislation could mean Pennsylvania is finally turning around its energy policy
by Will DeanPennsylvania has long lagged behind other parts of the country in terms of supporting alternative energy and energy conservation. Perhaps because of our massive coal resources, the Keystone State has kept its thinking about energy production firmly in the past. In 2008,

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February 1, 2009
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#001 February 2009/Energy/Environment

Sun City

Alternative energy entrepreneur Mike McKinley talks about what solar can do for Philly
by Dana Henry
Mike Mckinley was a cognitive neuroscientist working for Pfizer in southern California when the lights went out. Utility spikes caused by the deregulations of Enron and Reliant Energy (the same will happen with PECO in 2010) had led to a series

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February 1, 2009
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#001 February 2009/Energy/Green Building/GridPhilly/Guides

Warm Your Home, Keep Your Cash

Efficiency tips save energy and dollars
According to the Energy Coordinating Agency, most of Philly’s aging housing could use around 40 to 60 percent less energy, but it will require more than just changing light bulbs. Many solutions are simple DIY projects, but larger projects carry some risk. Insulation, for example, can cause moisture build-up (and

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February 1, 2009
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#001 February 2009/Energy/Green Building

This Old, Audited House

Audits uncover energy leaks in a Philly rowhome.
by Will Dean

On a brisk December morning, a white van pulls up outside a quaint, stone-fronted, two-story duplex rowhome in Mount Airy. There are a few people inside, myself included, and some ghostbuster-esque equipment, including fans, various detectors, meters and a big fan. The only invisible thing we’re

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February 1, 2009
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Meet the candidate ➡️ @jeffbrowngrocer Brown Meet the candidate ➡️ @jeffbrowngrocer

Brown is the founder and CEO of Brown’s Super Stores, Inc., which runs 12 supermarkets.

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Meet the candidate ➡️ @helengymphl Gym served Meet the candidate ➡️ @helengymphl

Gym served as an at-large City Council member from 2016 until 2022, when she resigned to run for mayor. Gym is a former public school teacher who rose to prominence as a community organizer before running for City Council.

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🎶 Attention: talented DU students - there is a 🎶 Attention: talented DU students - there is a 20k prize pool up for grabs! Participants in Anthems for the Anthropocene are challenged to create, perform, and record an original song that conveys a message about climate change to inspire and empower listeners!! 🎶 
 
More info: Climate change has arrived and we are living through this crisis now. We feel its impacts in our health, our environment, our infrastructure, and our economy. It has implications for just about every facet of our daily lives. A warming climate means more summer heat, rising sea levels, more extreme weather, and threats to human, animal, and plant communities around the world. The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally: Black and brown communities and the Global South bear the heaviest burdens even as their economies contribute far fewer greenhouse gas emissions per capita compared to the Global North.

We need to muster all of our available tools to address this crisis: science, engineering, policy, diplomacy, communication, and, not least of all, artistic expression.

We have learned that simply knowing climate change is accelerating is not enough to spur effective action, and that we must find ways to convey the urgency of climate action that reach our families, friends, and neighbors on a deeply personal level. Music has long been a way of inspiring reflection, action, and change. Can it generate climate action? We think it can.

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Participants in Anthems for the Anthropocene are challenged to create, perform, and record an original song that conveys a message about climate change to inspire and empower listeners. The strongest entries will feature both lyrics and musical composition that are creative, compelling, and entertaining. Participating bands and solo performers will be able to take advantage of skills workshops and drop-in guidance sessions on climate content during the span of the contest.

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Meet the candidate ➡️ @allandombforphilly Dom Meet the candidate ➡️ @allandombforphilly

Domb was an at-large City Council member from 2016 to 2022, when he resigned to run for mayor. He owns a real estate firm and is known as the “Condo King.”

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Meet the candidate ➡️ @mariaqsanchez Quiñon Meet the candidate ➡️ @mariaqsanchez 

Quiñones Sánchez served as the 7th district City Council member from 2008 until 2022, when she resigned to run for mayor. She came to City Council after a career as a nonprofit leader and community activist. 

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✅ Our new issue has arrived - featuring the Grid ✅ Our new issue has arrived - featuring the Grid Mayoral Voters Guide 2023! ☑

"When it comes to critical sustainability issues, where do our mayoral candidates stand?

You're going to want to make sure you get a copy of this very special issue, where Grid editorial staff — along with the help of 24 local experts — ask questions designed to find the candidate best suited to ensure a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future for Philadelphia!

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🌟 The husband-and-wife founders and owners of U 🌟 The husband-and-wife founders and owners of Urban Essence, Theresa P. Minor and Timothy L. Minor, know firsthand how spa and body care treatments can rejuvenate the skin and the soul. In 2003 Theresa was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. An IT professional, Theresa didn’t know if she was going to be able to continue working in that field — or if the crippling disease would rob her of her ability to enjoy everyday pleasures. At that time, there was one place where she could seek refuge. 🌟 

“I always enjoyed going to get my hair done and those other types of services,” Theresa explains.

Newly focused on her health, Theresa realized that the products used in spa and salon treatments often contain petroleum-based chemicals. Leaning on her analytical background, she began researching the biology, chemistry and even technology used to create these products and realized that there was a more holistic and natural approach. Many of the products she wanted didn’t exist, however, so she convinced her husband, Timothy, to do the next best thing — start their own salon and spa business.

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🐛 You may be aware that the planet is losing la 🐛 You may be aware that the planet is losing large mammals such as elephants, rhinos, pandas, and whales because of human actions, but insects are also facing devastating declines. While they may be unpleasant or repulsive to many, insects are what the naturalist E. O. Wilson called the “little things that run the world.” In an essay of the same name, he wrote, “If invertebrates were to disappear, I doubt that the human species could last more than a few months….” 🦋

Insects are essential for almost all ecosystems on the planet. Indeed, the sharp decline in bird populations, for example, can be traced to loss of caterpillars. Forty percent of all insect species are now experiencing declines. It might seem overwhelming to address these declines, but something as simple as changing a lightbulb can make a huge difference.
Insects are critical to the planet and to human civilization.

Around three-quarters of the world’s food crops and 90% of all wild flowering plants depend on pollinators, the vast majority of which are insects. The estimated economic value of services provided by insects is around $57 billion a year. Doug Tallamy writes in his book “Nature’s Best Hope” that 96% of North America’s terrestrial bird species rear their young on insects, rather than on seeds or berries. Populations of nearly half of all bird species are declining, due partially to the loss of insects.

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