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

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

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

Ideas We Should Steal: Climate Resilience Hubs

When government was slow to help Wilmington, DE residents hit by Hurricane Ida, one woman stepped up with a grassroots disaster response team that is now a permanent fixture. Could a similar program help underserved Philly communities at climate risk?

By Angie Bacha

Is My Recycling Being … Recycled?

Philadelphians' skepticism about the City’s waste policies has led to an abysmal recycling rate. Here’s what really happens after you put out your blue bin — and how the City could do more

By Courtney DuChene

Earth Day Philadelphia Guide

More than 50 years after the holiday began, there are more reasons — and more ways — than ever to combat climate change, right here in Philly

By Rosamelia Lara Sanchez, Christina Griffith and Lauren McCutcheon

Ideas We Should Steal: Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

In California, Colorado and other states, Extended Producer Responsibility laws help fund recycling efforts in underserved communities. Could a similar rule improve Philadelphia's trash problem?

By Courtney DuChene

Business for Good: Solar States

The Kensington-based solar panel installer has always had a mission to grow jobs for Philadelphians while helping the planet. Now, it’s training a new cohort of workers who’ve been through the justice system

By Courtney DuChene