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Share Ideas about Philly Bike Share
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No CommentsIn 2012 Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced that Philadelphia develop a Bike-Share System that will enable Philadelphians, commuters and visitors to checkout iconic, sturdy bikes from a self-service docking stations and drop it off at another station. With this announcement Philadelphia joins 42 other cities in North... -
Can OFA Create some Action?
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No CommentsOrganizing for Action (OFA), a group formed in 2012 to promote the Obama administration’s agenda, is entering the climate change conversation. Beginning today with a video targeting climate change deniers and featuring individuals Ivan Frishberg, OFA climate change campaign manager says are “really out of... -
Philly Shreds on Earth Day
Posted on April 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn celebration of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, the Philadelphia Streets Department will host Confidential Document Destruction events citywide. Residents may drop off their private documents to five locations. The free service provides residents with an environmentally, secure alternative for the destruction of their... -
Fertilizer Bomb
Posted on April 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe horrific explosion Wednesday at the West Fertilizer plant in West, Texas, has many asking questions about ammonia, fertilizer and their potentially lethal relationship. Fertilizer makers often use anhydrous ammonia (anhydrous means “without water;” the compound is one part nitrogen, three parts hydrogen) as a... -
The Cicadas are Coming!
Posted on April 19, 2013 | No CommentsThis spring southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware will be visited by something that comes around every seventeen years: cicadas. There are fifteen different types of periodic cicadas visit the US in cycles 13 and 17 years. Those visiting the east coast this year, Brood 2, will... -
Getting Inside InsideClimate News
Posted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsInsideClimate News earlier this week won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The site is just six-years old and unlike most of its fellow winners, its newsroom is virtual. Boasting a fulltime staff of just seven and operating under a nonprofit business model with an... -
2013 Philly Spring Cleanup Recap
Posted on April 15, 2013 | No Commentsgreenlimbs was pleased to participate in Mayor Nutter’s 6th Annual Philly Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday at Jefferson Square Park and Sacks Playground. With the help of volunteers from Pennsport, Dickinson Square West, Queens Village, Nebinger and George Washington elementary schools, we bagged trash and... -
Crowdfunding Green Space
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsSouth Philly High wants a rooftop garden. Partnering with Lower Moyamensing Civic Association (LoMo), the school has launched a project on Projexity, a crowdfunding platform for urban-based projects. Currently in beta testing, the S. Philly High project is just one of two projects visitors are... -
The Right to Record
Posted on April 8, 2013 | No CommentsIn some states videos shot by undercover animal welfare activists have revealed the horrors of animal cruelty and led to harsh punishment for the offenders. In other states, the videos have been received quite differently. About a dozen state legislatures have proposed or enacted bills... -
Bewetiful Lawns in Paris
Posted on April 5, 2013 | No CommentsParis mayor Bertrand Delanoe has been environmentally-minded since taking office in 2001. He has introduced bike and car share programs, improved bike lanes and pedestrian pathways. Now, he is making municipal landscaping greener by employing four black sheep to mow the lawns. By “eco-grazing” the...
