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Return to Gasland
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsAcademy Award nominated documentarian Josh Fox intends to follow his acclaimed natural-gas drilling film “Gasland” with a sequel. “Gasland 2” will continue in the vein of the first film to address “methane emissions and climate change, the internationalization of the issue, and another layer of... -
Losing A Lane
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 1 CommentPhiladelphia’s 10th Street bike lane experiment will end in August when the lane is repaved for cars and fit with the chevron-symbol sharrows. For biking advocates it’s easy to scream about the injustice of losing the lane, but let’s for a moment play devil’s advocate…... -
LOVE Your Parks
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsPhiladelphians love their parks! To prove it many will participate in LOVE Your Park Week May 12-19. A collaborative effort between Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Fairmount Park Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, LOVE Your Park Week celebrates the beauty of our city’s parks.... -
Protect Your Bike
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA) has joined forces with the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department’s 17th District to create an online bike registry for residents of the district. The registry is a pilot program designed to decrease theft... -
Criminal Climate Minds
Posted on May 7, 2012 | No CommentsA billboard linking climate change believers to a notorious criminal mind has been removed. The Heartland Institute last week posted a digital billboard over Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway that featured the face of Ted Kaczynski (AKA the Unabomber) with the line “I still believe in global... -
Green City Schools, Clean Waters
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters program a $200,000 grant to help green George W. Nebinger School in South Philadelphia. The funds, which were matched by the Philadelphia Water Department and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary,... -
Pity the Peas
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsNext time you’re pushing peas around your plate, do it gently. According to new science, peas have feelings, too. It appears that plants, by way of roots and soil, communicate with one another to relay stresses (like drought). This communication has some questioning whether eating... -
The New New Market
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsAttention Locavores: there’s a new market coming to town! Bob Logue of Federal Donuts and Bodhi Coffee has organized the New Market to be held Friday nights this summer in Headhouse Square. The market harkens back to a time when skilled laborers, craftsman and entrepreneurs... -
Performance Lab
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsA London-based performance artist, Jacqueline Traides, spent time this week at the Lush Cosmetics store in Central London. She wasn’t shopping, but rather protesting the animal testing so common in the cosmetics industry. Traides, joined by fellow artist, Oliver Cronk—in the role of lab tech—was... -
A Carnival at Meadowbrook
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsOn Saturday, April 28 from 8am-4pm, Meadowbrook Farm invites you to a spring carnival. Located just outside Philadelphia in Abington Township, Meadowbrook has been tended to by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) since 2004. The grounds were bequeathed to PHS by J. Liddon Penncock, Jr; a...
