Jan. 2, 2014 11:50 am
Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Philadelphia
Image via Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability Facebook. There’s dozens of options to recycle your Christmas tree this year, but leaving it curbside is not an option if you’re looking to have your tree recycled. Trees left curbside will be treated as trash and collected on normal trash days. More than 20 local civic and nonprofit […]
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Dec. 12, 2013 3:05 pm
Guest Post: Nic Esposito on the Sustainability of Black Friday
One of my favorite side effects of farming is figuring out American colloquiums while I’m working. It was in the moment of moving hay with a pitchfork that made me understand the term “pitching in,” or the term “thinning it out” while I pruned a plant or thinned seedlings. So it was appropriate that on […]
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Dec. 4, 2013 3:52 pm
University City Food Recycling Project Brings Together Amtrak, EPA, Philabundance
Philadelphia’s University City District (UCD) has long exhibited a commitment to sustainability. But with its new Food Recycling Program, the UCD is thinking outside the blue bin to help reduce its carbon footprint and feed its less fortunate residents.
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Nov. 13, 2013 9:30 am
Guest Post: Nic Esposito’s Bicycling Blues
The tense relationship between motorists and bicyclists is more systemic than personal. I argued if there was a bike lane on Second Street I’d have more room to ride, and if the lights were timed, motorists wouldn’t be in a breakneck rush that forces bikers to run red lights to stay ahead of them.
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Nov. 7, 2013 4:30 pm
Delaware Valley College “Hope of the Harvest” Farm Program Stocks Bucks County Food Pantries
Delaware Valley College is expanding both its on-campus farm and its ties to the community by growing food and partnering with hunger relief organizations to distribute healthy produce throughout the region and to Bucks County food pantries.
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Nov. 6, 2013 1:30 pm
How Common Market Connects Local Farms to Hospitals and Schools for a More Sustainable Food System
Regional food producers have found a market in Philadelphia through food co-ops, farmers markets and restaurants devoted to providing local food on their menus.
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Oct. 28, 2013 3:10 pm
New Segment Added to Delaware River Bike Path in Port Richmond
Philadelphia's bike trails along the Delaware River have grown in increments of a mile or so at a time.
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Oct. 22, 2013 3:19 pm
The Bicycle Coalition Merges with Cadence Cycling Foundation
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) and the Cadence Cycling Foundation (CCF) have merged to create Pennsylvania and the Greater Philadelphia region’s largest bicycling-focused nonprofit effective immediately.
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Oct. 15, 2013 12:18 pm
Guest Post: Finding Time for Sustainability in the 40-Hour Work Week
My hope is that the ensuing articles in this series explore that balance between personal and societal sustainability, no matter what point of our lives we find ourselves in.
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Oct. 4, 2013 12:07 pm
Amid Government Shutdown, Mural Arts Forced to Move “70 x 7 The Meal” from Independence Mall to Thomas Paine Plaza
The Mural Arts Program’s 70x7 The Meal, act XXXIV is an outdoor dining event bringing together 900 diners to the same communal table to discuss the importance of heirloom foods in preserving our cultural heritage and environmental diversity.