Dive In Before the Deadline!
November 14, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Designers! Take the plunge and help make our communities green, clean and beautiful with your expertise and innovation. Oh – and win $10K while you’re at it!
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Going With the Flow: PWD and Hurricane Sandy
November 5, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
This time last Monday, communities all along the East Coast braced for Hurricane Sandy, a ferocious event pushing tropical storm conditions into a cold front directly over the Northeast, all during the high tides of a full moon.
Read More →Soak It Up Cafe: Now Accepting Reservations
September 18, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Join the Philadelphia Water Department at the Soak it Up Café for this year’s Park(ing) Day on Friday, September 21st from 9:30-5:00. Park(ing) Day is an annual, international event where metered parking spaces are converted into temporary public parks for the day.
Read More →Soak It Up In Style: Enter the Green Infrastructure Design Exhibition
July 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Traditionally, most stormwater management features, like pipes and basins, lie underground and don’t rely much on design beyond the functional.
Read More →More from RIO+20!
July 5, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
The spotlight is shining on Philadelphia at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read More →New Video: Philadelphia’s First Porous Street
June 22, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Pass by the 800 block of tiny Percy Street near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia and you may not even notice that you’re in the presence of Philadelphia’s first street to be retrofitted with porous paving.
Read More →UN Sustainability Conference in Brazil Puts the Spotlight on Philly
June 21, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
This week, world leaders are gathered at the UN Conference of Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what are they talking about? Philadelphia, for one –
Read More →A Tale of Two Cities: Philadelphia and Rio de Janeiro Lead the Transition to Sustainability
June 20, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Hey, that doesn’t look like the Schuylkill River. Pictured above is Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia’s sister city in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS).
Read More →That’s Progress: Mayor Nutter Releases Greenworks Update for 2012
| Public Affairs
We’re at the halfway point of Greenworks—the plan that outlines how Philadelphia will become the greenest city in America by 2015—and giant steps have been taken toward sustainability.
Read More →New Philly Greenway: Gray’s Ferry Crescent
June 15, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Philadelphia’s newest greenway—Gray’s Ferry Crescent, stretching from 34th Street to Wharton Street along the eastern bank of the Schulykill River—was dedicated earlier this week.
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