Election Day is Tuesday, November 2nd. It’s crucial that you vote, and here’s a quick guide to who’s on the ballot & their environmental stances to help you be informed & decide:
(Disclaimer: My opinion is italicized so you can tell the difference between what’s actually on the candidate’s page/fact and my opinion, which does not reflect the candidates’ thoughts. None of the candidates have contacted myself nor Green Philly Blog for endorsements.)
This past Sunday marked Philly’s 2nd Annual Naked Bike Race.
The #1 reason was to promote “fuel-conscious consumption” – with bikes lessening our city’s carbon footprint. This city-wide trek draws attention to environmental awareness & cyclist safety.
While not every biker was naked, many were creative between strategically placed objects, paint, covers in the shape of a bicycle, and Phillies “uniforms” painted on.
Nakey bike riders, we at Green Philly Blog support you!
Phillies Pitcher Ryan Madson is making eco-friendly Philadelphia fans proud. He and his wife, Sarah, have decided to make their Wayne home greener.
They purchased the house in April and have hired Main Line’s Caledonia Renovations to green the property.
The Madson’s eco improvements include:
Guest Blogger Clay gives Julie’s nostalgic obsession alma mater a shout out & updates us on the PSU Energy Hub. Read more below!
“End-use-efficiency improvements are the cheapest, cleanest, surest, most rapidly expandable energy option we have…the ultimate limits on this option are…the lack of knowledge by firms and consumers about the opportunities that exist and how to exploit them.”
-John P Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Penn State University has successfully lead a campaign to secure $130 Million in grant funding over the next five years to start an Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Energy Innovation hub will focus on
Philadelphia Streets Department has installed 20 BigBelly solar-powered eco stations on Ogontz Avenue in West Oak Lane, funded by the 
Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.)
Philly’s well on their way to its goal of nearly 1,000 (949 in total; 394 have recycling capabilities) BigBellies that will be installed by the end of 2010. Last year’s 474 BigBellies (210 with recyclers) have saved $850K with an estimate of ten years at $13 million.
Other benefits of Big Belly include:
Back in the day, I remember a Saved by the Bell Episode where Bayside started drilling for oil to get rich… and instead, Zack & co’s hearts 
were broken as Zack’s favorite duck Becky dies and the football field is ruined. Lucky for Bayside, Zack makes a 2 minute presentation to the oil tycoons and they end the drilling because of his speech.
Unfortunately, the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t have a Zack Morris.
1 month ago today, BP had (arguably) the largest environmental disaster with its massive oil spill.
Recap of what’s currently going on in the Gulf:
School’s out for summer… which means a new batch of students are coming in the fall! Besides factors such as location, campus size and party school ranking, students often take a university’s sustainability into account for deciding on a college. The Princeton Review & Green Building Council published a “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” to help students find the top green schools – It’s the 1st college guidebook to list schools with the most environmentally-responsible campuses and school-wide commitment to sustainability.
The Princeton Review
’s “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” looks at an institution’s
