Environment
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