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Jan. 26, 2015 11:29 am
Event: PHILO Project Information Session
provides professionally shot, lighted, written, and edited video free of charge to small nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia area who normally cannot afford them. On Wednesday, January 28 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., PHILO Project will hold an information session at the Parkway Central Library in Room 108 (walk through cafe area). PHILO Project was founded by […]
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Jan. 23, 2015 12:32 pm
Tree Philly is Holding Its Community Yard Tree Giveaway Grant Program Again This Year
Once again, TreePhilly is offering 50 or 100 trees and grants worth $500 that will enable Philadelphia community groups to host yard tree giveaways in their neighborhoods this spring. TreePhilly is a program of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Wells Fargo. TreePhilly’s efforts are in direct response to […]
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Jan. 23, 2015 11:30 am
EvoXLabs, An Initiative to Serve Philadelphia Through Accessible Web Technologies, Launches
Ather Sharif, a software engineer and web developer who became a quadriplegic due to a car accident in March of 2013, has experienced firsthand how a lack of accessibility can lead to major hurdles for people with disabilities. He launched EvoXLabs in the beginning of January in an effort to serve people with disabilities in Philadelphia through accessible […]
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Jan. 22, 2015 12:47 pm
Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild will host 5th Annual Natural Bee Symposium on February 8
The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild is hosting their Natural Beekeeping Symposium on February 8 from 10 a. m. – 4 p.m. at Temple University. The fifth annual symposium will feature guest speakers Ross Conrad, a well-respected beekeeper and author of “Natural Beekeeping” and Katy Ciola Evans from the University of Delaware. Evans will share results from […]
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Jan. 22, 2015 11:29 am
Tagging Along for Philly’s Homeless Count
Last night, while the city lay under a thin blanket of snow, the homeless service provider Project HOME orchestrated one of the largest volunteering efforts of the year. It gathered over 300 hundred volunteers in the auditorium of the Congregation Rodeph Shalom on North Broad Street and sent them out across the city to help […]
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Jan. 21, 2015 2:34 pm
Counting the Kids: How Philly is Measuring Youth Homelessness
Illustration by Mo Manklang Every year in late January, hundreds of volunteers spread out into the cold to search alleyways, parks and subway tunnels across Philadelphia. These volunteers are participating in what’s called the Point in Time (PIT) count, a one-night survey designed to measure the unsheltered homeless population in a given area. “It’s basically […]
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Jan. 21, 2015 2:00 pm
Event: #BigGreenParty with Green Philly Blog and Sustainability Nexus
On Friday, January 23, Green Philly Blog and Sustainability Nexus are hosting the Big Green Party at City CoHo to celebrate the release of Green Philly’s new website design. At the party, you’ll be able to enjoy an evening of food, drinks and fun at Philly’s sustainable coworking space, CityCoHo | Philly Nexus. We’ll be […]
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Jan. 21, 2015 11:37 am
Asian Arts Initiative’s Latest Exhibit is “Pallets & Palates: Placing Taste, Sound and Sight”
Asian Arts Initiative‘s latest exhibit, Pallets & Palates: Placing Taste, Sound and Sight, is a community-oriented research project that aims to facilitate conversations about the sense of taste in relationship to food distribution and transportation systems. The project, first exhibited at 40th Street AIR Gallery in July 2014, features local collaborating artists Heidi Ratanavanich and Eileen […]
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Jan. 20, 2015 3:06 pm
Social Impact Across the U.S.
This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: New federal environmental regulations, more money for community development, and an intimate look at the impact of poverty. Under the Clean Air Act, a landmark environmental law passed in 1970, the EPA has implemented a series of regulations capping carbon dioxide and ozone emissions from industrial sources. […]
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Jan. 20, 2015 12:30 pm
Biz Journal: Turn Philadelphia into an innovation hub with these simple steps, says Chamber
This article originally appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal here. The Philadelphia region is good at research. But it’s not so good at turning discoveries into products that can be commercialized. That’s where the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Council for Growth is coming into play. The group released a new report this morning […]