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#170 July 2023/Urban Nature

Not all of Philly’s finest parks are public

Are you searching for places in the area that allow you to enjoy what the outdoors has to offer? As summer heats up, many of us are looking for an urban (or rural) oasis that will let us briefly escape the hustle and bustle of city life to enjoy the natural environment. While popular locations

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June 28, 2023
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#170 July 2023/Community/Race and Equity

Weavers Way Co-op’s vendor diversity initiative is building business and community, one BIPOC entrepreneur at a time

After the protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the racial reckoning that followed, enterprises from major corporations to independent businesses around the globe released statements of support for the protests and commitments to do better. But Weavers Way, a cooperative grocery store founded in the historically diverse neighborhood of Mount

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June 28, 2023
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#170 July 2023/Editor's Notes

Editor’s Notes: The Billionaires’ Agenda

On light posts around the city flyers proclaim “No Arena in the Heart of Our City,” protesting the proposal to build a new stadium for the 76ers in Chinatown. The billionaires pushing the scheme make vague promises about jobs and economic activity. The economic benefits of sports stadiums have long been debunked, but, more importantly,

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June 28, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Environment/Urban Nature/Water

The decline of the oil industry along the lower Schuylkill River could offer tidal wetlands room for a comeback

A red-bellied turtle basking on a log next to a pocket of wetlands at Point Breeze on the Schuylkill River doesn’t know that it is threatened, legally speaking, or that its home is tiny compared to the once-expansive ecosystem that used to stretch far beyond its current territory. The controversy over a planned warehouse development

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023

Could alkaline hydrolysis be the body disposition option for you?

If you want to go — ultimately, that is — the way of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, better call (email, write to … ) your legislators. When the South African theologian and human rights activist died in December 2021, his remains underwent — per his request — alkaline hydrolysis. Alkaline hydrolysis (AH) combines

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Air/Environment/Water

At former PES refinery, pollution concerns persist under the surface

In the 340 years since Philadelphia’s founding, the city’s landscape has constantly shifted, as waves of development and redevelopment shipped out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, on many occasions across the city, transitions went terribly wrong. Consider Logan Triangle, a 35-acre site in North Philadelphia where developers filled in a creek

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023

How a pro gets critters out of human homes — and keeps them out

Philadelphia is a city of old houses that offer, as anyone who lives in anything from a two-story row house to a grand Victorian knows, plenty of gaps where wildlife can slip in. Bats, flying squirrels and especially gray squirrels and raccoons can end up making a home in old crawl spaces, chimneys and in

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023

Shedding the earthly possessions of a deceased loved one can be overwhelming, but there are people to help

Grief hangs like a shroud. The memories from so many years together come rushing back in a storm of emotions. There are phone calls to make, condolences to share and a funeral to plan. And in the midst of it all sits a houseful of things: the books, furniture, memorabilia and heirlooms that are the

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023

The peaceful landscape of The Woodlands Cemetery invites nature and people in

On an April morning the heat soars into the realm of summer as a runner cruises back and forth along a paved path. A pair of chatting college students overtakes a man walking a spotted dog. And beyond the green borders, urban sounds from sirens and passing trolleys fade as birdsong rises through the trees.

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Food/Shop Local

Entrepreneur finds that second time’s the charm for launching her bakery

The year was 1970. The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” was a number-one hit. The New York Knicks were the NBA champs. And Amira Abdul-Wakeel had made her first pound cake. Although she was extremely proud of her creation, her pride was quickly tempered when her mother tried it and proclaimed, “Sweetie, this is the

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May 29, 2023
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