A Rain Garden Grows in Germantown
November 8, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
On Saturday, Germantown’s Vernon Park debuted its new rain garden as part of the citywide Love Your Park clean-up campaign.
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TEDxPhilly: The City
November 7, 2011 | Brian Rademaekers
TEDxPhilly is a local, one-day extension of the annual TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference, taking place on Tuesday, November 8 at the Temple Performing Arts Center.
Read More →Saturday: When You Love Your Park, You Love Your Watershed
November 4, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
On Saturday, November 5, volunteers all around Philadelphia will gather to clean and green their local parks (find your nearest park here).
Read More →A Gain of Salt: How Excess Road Salt Affects Tacony Creek
November 1, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
We’d like to stress that the graph above does not show the marked increase in consumption of Halloween candy in area households. It does, however, tell a tale of two storms and how they influenced specific conductance (rough translation: amount of dissolved salt) in Tacony Creek last month.
Read More →Sunday: Hidden River Expedition Lecture
October 28, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Back in August, we followed author and artist Allen Crawford (a.k.a. Lord Whimsy) as he undertook his Hidden River Expedition, a 40-mile, three-day kayak trip from Mt. Holly, NJ, to Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia.
Read More →Philadelphia Hosts CitiesAlive Conference Nov. 30 – Dec. 3
October 27, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Philadelphia will host the 2011 CitiesAlive conference from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3; the event brings together members of the green roof and green wall industry for workshops, meetings and tours.
Read More →WHYY: History Explains East Germantown Flood
| Matthew Fritch
An article earlier this month by NewsWorks’ Nicole Juday examines the historical reasons for the flash flooding responsible for the drowning death of a young woman in East Germantown on September 8.
Read More →Power Plant: Electricity From PWD Treatment Plant’s Solar Array
October 26, 2011 | mmccar
The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability reports that the 250-kilowatt solar array at PWD’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant has generated enough electricity to power 2.7 houses for a year.
Read More →Venice Island Update
October 25, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The construction of an underground storage basin at Venice Island is underway, and demolition of the existing recreation facilities is complete.
Read More →News Stream: Schuylkill Restoration Projects
October 21, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Seven projects in the Schuylkill River watershed will receive funding from the Schuylkill River Restoration Fund to improve water quality and address remediation issues.
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