Ideas We Should Steal

Sustainability Education for All Students

New Jersey is the first U.S. state to mandate climate change education in every grade and nearly every subject. Can a similar solutions-based curriculum help prepare Philly kids for a green future?

By Courtney DuChene
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Ali Velshi on the Climate Crisis

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says the climate crisis is here. We'd better deal with it.

By Ali Velshi

The I-95 Wake-Up Call

The message is clear, an environmental justice advocate says: We must Stop. Using. Fossil Fuels.

By Charles D. Ellison

The New Normal is Scary

The widespread resistance to evidence — facts! — and the undermining of educated responses alarms a long-time university president

By Elaine Maimon

Do Philadelphia’s Mayoral Candidates Care About the Environment?

Here’s why the managing editor of EcoWURD is doubtful about Cherelle Parker and David Oh

By Charles D. Ellison

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sustainability

Newish SBN Executive Director Devi Ramkissoon spent most of her career helping businesses in developing countries become engines of poverty relief. Here’s how she plans to do the same in Philadelphia

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal

Mayor’s Youth Climate Action Council

In L.A. and other cities, young people influence local climate policy and enact climate fixes — while learning what it means to be an engaged citizen. It’s time Philly joins the movement

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Chief Heat Officer

At least seven cities worldwide have officials solely focused on mitigating rising heat. An event at Penn this week will lay out why that could help Philadelphia’s most vulnerable

By Diana Lind
Guest Commentary

A Green Agenda for the Next Mayor

Safer, healthier and more environmentally equitable neighborhoods are key to Philly’s future success. Here’s what a group of local organizations say our next mayor must do

By The Green Living Plan for Philadelphia Executive Committee
Guest Commentary

The Unchecked Threat of Natural Gas (LNG) at Our Port

PhilaPort Communities are being ignored in the state’s push to build a local terminal for explosive gas. A Clean Air Council exec calls for accountability — to residents and the climate

By Joseph Otis Minott