History

The Philly Eco City blog was born out of the frustration of seeing the debates preceding the 2007 mayoral elections  void of any substantial discussions on the need to move the local economy to a sustainable model.

Since then, Michael Nutter, the one candidate who seems committed to articulate a vision for a Philly Eco City was elected. One more reason to keep the vision alive.

I believe that the Philadelphia area has incredible assets in place to become one of the first large Eco Region in North America. See the post listing some of these assets right here.

My objectives for this Blog are:

1. To report on the sustainability initiatives emerging all around the region.
2. To inspire and motivate us toward making Philadelphia a model Eco City.
3. To create a forum for debates around issues around creating a local sustainable economy.
4. To organize and facilitate a series of community conversations in the different neighborhoods and communities of the Philadelphia region on building a resilient and sustainable future .

My hope is that this Forum will help gel a community of people energized to act locally to address global Warming.So please feel free to comment, respond, react to your hearts’ content.

To illustrate the home page of PhillyEcoCity, you will see a rotation of images of Philadelphia taken by different photographers from different angles and point of view.