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!
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:
Camphill communities in Chester County will host the fifth annual Camphill Challenge cycling event on Sunday, October 16.
Camphill Special School, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, and Camphill Soltane provide life sharing and educational opportunities for children, youth, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In just five years the Challenge has grown from twelve cyclists to over 300!
The bike ride begins and ends at Kimberton Waldorf School in Kimberton this year and offers 50, 25, and 10-mile courses for all ages and ability levels.
Read on for more details!
September is chock-full of green events! Greenfest Philly returns to our lovely city in Headhouse Square (2nd St btwn South & Pine) on Saturday, September 10th, 2011!
Greenfest Philly educates the public on how to be more sustainable in their daily lives (just like us at GPB!) Urban Green Partnership passed the torch to the Clean Air Council to organized the festival.
Highlights of the festival include:
Bike Philly 2011, aka YOUR chance to ride car-free on Philly Streets (ahem minus Carrie Denny’s SUV…), is brought to you by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.
You can bike car-free for 10 or 20 mile loops, or bike a 35-mile loop (which includes some shared roads.) Routes go through Philly landmarks including Chinatown, Olde City, by the Ben Franklin bridge, the Zoo and other awesome scenes. The 5th annual event supports (find out who, what & how to participate, after the jump!)
Filmmaker Josh Fox of the critically acclaimed and Oscar nominated documentary, “Gasland”, comes to Franklin Commons Wednesday September 7that 6:00 pm. The public is invited to join Fox and legislators for an important discussion regarding the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking.”)
Fracking is a means of natural gas extraction that involves millions of gallons of water, sand, and undisclosed chemicals being injected under high pressure into the ground. 205,000-935,000 pounds of chemicals are used per frack per well and scientists have identified many carcinogens, including benzene, in gas drilling waste.
The event at Franklin Commons in Phoenixville, PA will begin at 6:00 p.m. and include (read on after the jump!)
Free Yoga? At the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Pop Up Garden at 20th & Market? Awesome! Click through for details!
Whales, sharks, seals, schools of fishes, killer whales, penguins.
The Mann Center certainly delivered incredible visuals of all of these aquatic creatures (plus many more!) combined with amazing sounds from the Russian National Orchestra during last night’s Blue Planet Live.
Starting off Blue Planet Live with a video of the biggest creature to ever roam the earth (including dinosaurs), the Blue Whale is fascinating at the least, as you can see from this video: (catch the video and much more after the jump!)
After recently attending the Mann Center’s “Down the Abbey Road” Tweetcert, I’m beyond psyched for “Blue Planet Live“!
On July 27th at 8:30 PM, The Russian National Orchestra takes the stage for the eco-friendly, outdoor Mann’s classical season finale. The Orchestra will provide classical scores conducted by (find out more about the show, and how to get free tickets to another Mann show, after the jump!)
