While vacationing in the Finger Lakes Region, I discovered what could be a new direction in the Community Supported Agriculture movement. What is “Community Supported Agriculture”?

When I think about moving to a different city or even just to a different neighborhood in Philadelphia, my first thought is to check the cost of housing. Most people know or guess that it is more expensive to live in New-York City than Philadelphia and that renting or buying a house in Gladwin will [...]

This “greenified” image of the downtown Philadelphia gives you an idea of what a significant increase in green space could look like along the Vine Street Expressway corridor. Today, July 20 , the Philadelphia Water Department is hosting the presentation of a new 30 mn video titled Green City, Clean Water , followed by a panel discussion on residential [...]

I heard of the Drexel Smart House a while back while working on a series of five articles on the Drexel University Environmental Sustainability Learning Community . Ever since I wanted to find out what is the Drexel Smart House about and possibly visit it in person. My first visit was to the Drexel Smart House website. The picture [...]

A couple of organizations have recently published a Green City Ranking: The ” Green City Index ” was published by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The blog Triple Pundit published a list of the top 10 ” Climate Ready Cities ” in the US. In the Economist Green City Index, Philadelphia ranked 13th with a score of 66.70 out of 27 US and Canadian [...]