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Learn about Urban Composting from the comfort of your Tablet.
Can I have my latte with a few worms on the side? If anyone needs an example of what Transitioning to a local economy looks like along with combining the benefits of Technology…
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Will the techno-optimists save the world?
Please first watch Paul Gilding’s TED Talk video entitled “The Earth is Full” which you will find on the PhillyEcoCity homepage. Below I chose to re-publish the commentary that Paul published on his…
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The “Nudge Theory” to becoming greener.
As part of its series “The Road to Rio”, CNN just published this great article written by George Webster on social research done in Denmark on how subliminal suggestions can be used to…
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The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard
This article was just published by the Post Carbon Institute Energy Bulletin. It was written by Bill McKibben who is the founder of the global climate campaign 350.org. In my opinion, Bill McKibben…
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Why most of the Milk sold at the supermarket is unfit to drink?
I decided to post this story with very little editing because of the blatant abuse of public trust that it is shedding light on. In this 10 minutes video: Monsanto & Cancer Milk,…
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One Plastic Beach
This is article is directly connected to the “Why I get pissed off” article. Jason Sandman posted this video on Facebook and I decided to repost it here. What captured my attention…
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Why I get pissed off.
A while back I started picking up aluminum cans and pieces of recyclable plastic I encounter on my daily runs and while I bike across the city from point A to point…
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Kids vs Global Warming
I have been telling my sons that we are seeing now and that I will live to see the beginning of the impact of Global Warming . Whereas, they will have to have to…
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The End Of Capitalism? – David Harvey Speaks at Penn
Three years after the near collapse of global financial markets, America is still struggling with unemployment, debt, and foreclosure, European governments are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy—and the world’s billionaires are getting…
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Local, Organic: the Dark and the Light
“To be a centrist when it comes to food is, unfortunately, to be a radical,” writes James McWilliams in his recent book Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can…
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First main stream media article on the impact of Global Warming on day to day life!!
Something amazing happened. One of the reasons why I decided to build this website is because there is not discourse on Global Warming or its impact on daily life in the American main…
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The easiest way to help people change behavior
… Is to make it FUN For a while now I have written about my struggles with what is it that I can do to move people to dispose of their trash properly…
Filadelfia – Guatemala
Thirty three years after my first visit, I just spend a week in Guate. That is Guatemala. If you have not made the trip, I strongly suggest you do. Be ready to be…
What if… What if Obama was not an enlightened progressive after all??
Despite massive public outcry, including over 20,000 emails from the Organic Consumers Association, President-Elect Obama has chosen former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to be the next Secretary of Agriculture.
Calling for a GREEN New Deal
The most amazing thing about this presidential election is the wave, the huge wave of energy that unfolded into Barak Obama’s campaign. It was the best organized election campaign I have ever seen:…
The Big Picture
A Visionary Speech: This past Thursday July 17th Al Gore has given a major speech with another visionary call: “Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our…
Heat Wave and Global Warming.
Well, it rained tonight over Philadelphia, temperature dropped. Time to open the windows, set fans in the window frames and recycle the hot air in the house with fresh cool air from outside….
Will the US Government ban plastic shopping bags?
What do you think ? Vote here: http://www.will_the_US_Government_ban_plastic_bags?
What happens to the plastic floating on the Ocean ?
Did you ever wonder what happens to all those plastic bags that fly away or to the plastic bottles that you see in the Ocean when you spend the day at the shore…
May 15, 2012
PhillyEcoCity — Thank you for the suggestion of offering a cold bottle of water along with a bag of recovered rubber bands...
May 12, 2012
Kate — Hello, As a mail clerk I feel i have to weigh in, in my office rubber bands are more often...
April 2, 2012
Nova Harris — Provenance Architecturals, located in Northern Liberties, is also a good resource for reclaimed building materials & lumber, salvaged architectural elements,...
April 1, 2012
Jacques — Great, well informed article.
I particularly appreciate the personal tone that you take in your article which gives it a more...
March 28, 2012
Andrew — Great article, Nic. I've always held the view that property owners shouldnt be able to simply sit on land for...