Main Line Chamber of Commerce Go Green Committee is taking action to help area businesses learn about sustainable practices and resources, and how saving energy, saves money.
Ardmore law firm, Silver & Silver is the lucky recipient of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce 2012 Green Makeover award. Find out more info on the award here.
On February 1 Go Green Committee co-chairs, Roderick Wilson of Wolfson Architect and Beke Beau, a popular Main Line makeup artist , joined by a team of local business people will set up shop in Silver & Silver’s 100-plus-year-old shop to film an on-air energy audit.
Can Philly benefit from an urban farming movement?
A screening and discussion of the documentary Urban Roots is being hosted by the Westphal College (Drexel University) to explore this possibility. Urban Roots follows urban farming in Detroit, Michigan, where local farmers healed their communities by growing local food. The film’s discussion (including panelist and director Mark MacInnis - full panel list below), following the film will focus on how Philadelphia’ urban farming can assist our local community – and how you can get involved.
Find out when, where and how to get involved after the jump!
Hey Green Philly Blog Readers, Fans & Friends,
Thanks for reading, commenting, and inspiring us to help Philly become a shade greener. We still have a long way to go, but we’re very thankful for our readers – veteran and new!
We started this blog over 3 years ago… as two women who wanted to make a difference. Carpooling & complaining about our former company’s lack of recycling bins, we realized our passion could develop into something bigger. Something that can educate others. Something that could help make our city a little bit greener.
Since Green Philly Blog’s infancy, we’ve… (click through to read the rest of our 500 post reflections!)
The Philadelphia Flower Show gained some street cred on SNL. In the clip, Golden Globe host Ricky Gervais (played by Jason Sudeikis) hassles a plant.
See the clip on the Flower Show Website here. (Clearly we don’t care, but there’s disclaimers. So we’ll repeat. Please note: this video contains content that may not be suitable for all audiences.)
Don’t worry, Philly’s not the only target – “Gervais” also insults Kids’ Choice Awards, The Westminster Dog Show, & the BET Music Awards.
Want the best of the tropics with a twist of mad-artist-cutting-off-his-ear?
The Philadelphia Flower Show’s escape to “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha” is far off (March 4-11), but tempting us with early sales combined with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Van Gogh Up Close collaboration.
Depending on your price range and what you want, the packages differ. Here’s a breakdown of how you can get the most bang for your buck:
Now that you’ve hauled out the holly and looted the gifts from Santa, it’s time to figure out how you’re handling those dead Christmas Trees – in an environmentally friendly fashion, of course.
The Streets Department has announced the 2012 Christmas Tree Recycling Program is running Tuesday, January 3 (aka today) – Saturday, January 14th. There is NO curbside collection, so here’s the Sanitation Convenience Centers where to take your trees:
Did you know our current recycling rate is 34% annually? Although it saves greenhouse gases of 35 million cars on the road (or growing 5 billion trees over 10 yrs), we can still increase this stat.
Tomorrow (November 15th) is America Recycles Day, a day to promote, educate & motivate recycling in the USA.
Here’s a few ways Philly & you can celebrate this joyous holiday celebration:
After last year’s successful drive, Philly is kicking off their 2011 Bagged Leaf Drive this Monday, November 7th through Friday, December 16th.
Collected leaves are used for composting, for beautiful benefits like fertilizing gardens & nourishing trees… and wayyy better alternative to face-planting in a wet leaf pile. (Not like I’ve done this…)
Here’s how to get your leaves collected:
