Green Philly Blog

Seed bombs started to help desolate neighborhoods look better by adding vegetation in barren areas and birthed the “guerrilla gardening” movement. However, you don’t have to go rogue in order to make these yourself – dropping them into a planter...

What’s old is new again. If you’ve checked our website over the last couple of weeks, this is no surprise. We’ve officially relaunched our website with a brand new design. Here are a few of the new features you’ll see:...

Oh hey there, new logo. Although we liked the hot mess of our previous logo, it was time for a makeover as we hinted in our blogiversary. We thought long and hard about what captured the essence of Green Philly. Get the full story, after the jump!

Happy 6th Anniversary, Green Philly! We can't believe that it's been over 6 years of postings, Twitter ramblings, and fun connecting with you guys, online and off. An update from our 5th anniversary, we bring you some of our favorite stats:

Sorry Lana, but no summertime sadness here. We're really excited to introduce our summer interns. You'll be seeing their faces and reading the amazing posts they have in store for you. Let's introduce them...

We're always so humbled to be featured on other publications! Our friends at Be Well Philly included us on their morning checkup for our recent Oil Pulling post. Also, I'm so honored that Philadelphia Neighborhoods included me in their 5 People Making Philly Greener post. Also featured were sustainability rockstars including

Big news today: This post is the 1000th post we've published on Green Philly Blog! We just celebrated 5 years of publishing in July and have seen blogging evolve tons since we started. Although we're typically not a behind-the-scenes publication, I've decided to make an exception in today's post. More people have been asking me for advice/opinions and maybe it's time to mix it up a bit. Whether you want to get into blogging or maybe have started (but haven't quite latched on yet), here's a few gems I've learned over the years. Here are 7 Lessons Learned about Blogging from 1000 Posts:

This week marked a special landmark: 5 years of Green Philly Blog. We also realized that our 5 year anniversary is the SAME anniversary as Beth's wedding. True love, on both accounts. We want to celebrate our anniversary with you by taking a quick look back. In the past 5 years, we've:

Happy New Years Eve! 2012 has been quite eventful for Philadelphia, especially with these 6 Philly green initiatives. Green Philly Blog's year was full of furthering sustainability, both online and off. We hosted a Philly Spring Cleanup Day Site in Northern Liberties, removing many pounds of trash and debris from a shared sports park. We were thrilled at the turnout and plan on increasing cleanups for 2013 due to the success. Our “Ban the Bag” day