Essay/Opinion

Raise a Glass of Water to Governor Corbett

Cheer to Urge Governor Corbett to rescind the policy limiting gas inspectors’ authority and stop suppressing issuance of Violation Notices to Gas Drillers. Date: Today May 2nd 2011 @Noon Location: Governor’s Corbett’s Office…

Training of City Employees not a priority for Philadelphia Sustainability Initiatives

Remember the Mindless Ignorance Awards post? How many times have you noticed a truck or a car belonging to the city or to one of its agencies whether it is: Septa, Philadelphia Gas…

How about Philly becoming a “Bright Green” City

I recently stumbled upon an interview of Alex Steffen in the April issue of The Sun Magazine. The Sun Magazine is my favorite magazine and it is actually the only remaining subscription to…

The Gods of Small Things – Episode 1: The Mail Carrier was here

We are the God of Small Things, because Small Things is what most of our life is made of. Here is an example of a very small thing. Did you notice? Did you…

Katherine Gajewski Ain’t No Bully — But She is Coming to Meet You

Katherine Gajewski, Philadelphia’s New Director of Sustainability speaks in West Mt. Airy in Northwest Philly.  She reveals five tactics as to how she will implement Mayor Nutter’s Greenworks Plan to turn Philadelphia into…

“Forest Floor”: Trash as a literacy of ourselves.

Brett Haymaker is taking us on a walk in the woods where trash, abandoned newsprints relate the story of people we discarded. Brett is a promising young writer who lives in West Philadelphia….

Does Philadelphia need a Green SuperSkyScraper ?

This past Friday the Philadelphia Business Journal reported that Walnut Street Capital, a Philadelphia development company headed by Garrett Miller, is proposing to build an $800 million, 2.2-million-square-foot, 1500 feet skyscraper on what…