The Citizen Recommends: The Kindred Podcast

It’s easy to forget that we humans are literal animals. Two Philadelphia-area sisters remind us, one audio episode at a time

By Courtney DuChene

Business for Good: Carbon Reform

Could a Philadelphia company’s clever carbon capture capsule transform how buildings breathe — and impact climate change?

By Courtney DuChene

Guest Commentary: Right Up Our Alley

Philly’s downtown has 2.5 miles of alleys. Here’s why the President/CEO of Center City District sees the potential for beauty and community instead

By Prema Katari Gupta

Citizen of the Week: Elena Jadach and Gen Z for Sustainability

The William Penn Charter School senior launched a nonprofit that empowers her peers to pitch in on protecting the planet

By Stephanie Ostroff

Mystery Shopper: Does City Council Answer Residents, Like, Literally?

Our Gen Z Mystery Shopper reached out to each member of Philadelphia City Council via email and phone to ask what they are doing about climate change. Here’s what happened

By Citizen Mystery Shopper

Business for Good Update: Glitter Grows Up

The three-year-old “Lyft for litter” is an essential, ethical solution to Philadelphia’s ongoing trash problem on 700 blocks. If only the City would hire them to expand everywhere

By Courtney DuChene

Ideas We Should Steal: Cool Down Creatively

Rio, Seville, Singapore and Munich have all implemented common-sense to high-tech ways to handle the hotter days ahead

By Valeria Morales-Soto

New Urban Order: It’s Time For a Shademaking Movement

It’s getting hotter. We need to start planning for it.

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Should We Envy Paris’s Swimmable River?

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo got a lot of attention for cleaning the Seine in preparation for the Olympics. But that may not be best goal for Philly’s local waterways

By Diana Lind

My Week of Eating Local

Cooking and consuming ingredients that are grown near where you live is good for the environment and your health. But is it worth the cost and effort in Philly?

By Olivia Kram