Join us and Crystal Jawn on July 19 for the 7th annual Crystal Cookout, a soul-nourishing celebration of crystals, creativity, and community! This free, family-friendly festival honors the art of ...

George Lakey has seen his fair share of grim political moments. He has, after all, spent nearly seven decades fighting for civil rights, peace and environmental justice. At 87, Lakey recognizes that ...

My daughter and I wended our way through the streets of our West Philly neighborhood, shunted block after block by fire department barricades. We were heading from a playground, where we had started ...

For years, MNC members have been pushing to transform the lots between Main Street and the Schuylkill River into a resiliency ...

Illustration by Nicholas Massarrelli Eliminating Blight by Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition A blighted neighborhood… what does that mean? For many, the word conjures images of cracked sidewalks, ...

In July 2020, after spending several months of the pandemic wondering whether her trash and recycling would be picked up, Sarah Ausprich was frustrated. When it was collected, Ausprich, a resident of ...

Earlier this fall, the future of psychedelics in Philadelphia looked promising. Colette Condorcita Schmitt, the founder of Decriminalize Nature Philadelphia, which advocates for expanded access to ...

If Philadelphia wants to advance its goal of confronting environmental racism, we have to stop sending hundreds of thousands of tons of trash a year to be incinerated and landfilled. Waste ...

Slavet is exaggerating — but only slightly. As the executive director of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, part of her job is to help improve Tacony Creek Park, a 300-acre preserve ...

Why is it that low-income and communities of color bear the brunt of industrial pollution? And when environmentally hazardous facilities move into their neighborhoods, why don’t people leave? These ...

Everything I know about Philadelphia’s plans to clear 120 acres of city-owned forest for a new golf course.

DeLeon served as a municipal court judge for 34 years before resigning to run for mayor. He worked as an attorney before becoming a judge. On protecting trees and natural spaces My plan to protect ...