http://www.greenphillyblog.com Philadelphia's resource for environmental news, companies, events & recycling do's & don'ts Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/18/eagless-lincoln-financial-to-be-1-green-stadium-in-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eagless-lincoln-financial-to-be-1-green-stadium-in-world http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/18/eagless-lincoln-financial-to-be-1-green-stadium-in-world/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:54:58 +0000 Julie http://www.greenphillyblog.com/?p=5829 Apparently, the Eagles are leaving no stone un-turned. After a kick-ass performance by Vick & 59-28 victory on Monday night and as we reported yesterday, PETA naming the Linc as #1 most vegetarian-friendly NFL stadium, the Eagles announced their plans to becoming the greenest stadium in the World. Talk about a few week's accomplishments. By next opening day next September, the Linc will have 2500 solar panels on the roof & facade, 100 spiral sharped wind turbines and a cogenerational power plant to run biodiesel or natural gas to fully power any game, lights, sound & crowd roars. Over the next 2 decades, the Eagles can save $60 million in energy costs. The Linc can compete for the (read more, after the jump)

]]> http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/18/eagless-lincoln-financial-to-be-1-green-stadium-in-world/feed/ 3 http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/17/todays-irony-peta-names-lincoln-as-1-veggie-friendly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todays-irony-peta-names-lincoln-as-1-veggie-friendly http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/17/todays-irony-peta-names-lincoln-as-1-veggie-friendly/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:50:09 +0000 Julie http://www.greenphillyblog.com/?p=5815 Citizens Bank Park has topped PETA's Most Vegetarian Friendly MLB Stadium in 2009 & 2010, even calling CBP an "undisputed dynasty" in the rankings. Now, Philadelphia Eagle's own Lincoln Financial Field has been named PETA's #1 Vegetarian-Friendly NFL Stadium. According to the PETA article, "Flying high at number one is the Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field, where protein-packed mock-steak sandwiches, faux-chicken sandwiches, veggie dogs, and veggie burgers are coming off the grill faster than DeSean Jackson in the open field". Opening in August 2003 & seating 68,532, the Linc has quadrupled their number of concession areas compared to the Eagles' former home of Veteran's Stadium. PETA released the news last week, but there is one very ironical part of this: Michael Vick's current position as dominating QB for the Eagles. 47 Pit Bulls were seized from Bad Newz Kennels in 2007, leading to Vick's prison sentence. The LA Times

]]> http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/17/todays-irony-peta-names-lincoln-as-1-veggie-friendly/feed/ 0 http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/09/30/philadelphia-eagles-green-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philadelphia-eagles-green-impact http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/09/30/philadelphia-eagles-green-impact/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:24:14 +0000 Beth http://www.greenphillyblog.com/?p=5339 Philly's gearing up for the big game this weekend. It'll be a particularly interesting battle as Sunday marks Donovan McNabb's return to the Linc. I could go on about what the outcome of the game means for perception and morale. But, this is an environmental blog after all. So let's talk green. Where do the Eagles stand with their eco-efforts in 2010?

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]]> http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/01/16/eagles/feed/ 1 http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2008/11/28/quick-tip-green-gift-ideas-for-black-friday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quick-tip-green-gift-ideas-for-black-friday http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2008/11/28/quick-tip-green-gift-ideas-for-black-friday/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:00:12 +0000 Julie http://greenphillyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1148 Fretting over what to give this holiday season? Try giving gift cards instead of presents. Gift cards are more useful and green then conventional presents - there's less packaging involved, and the recipient can choose what they really want. Worried about retail stores going under?

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