The story of biosolids (treated sewage sludge) starts with clean water in the toilet bowls of the residents of Philadelphia ...

Her fight against single-use plastics has been a constant that she speaks out against at every race she attends. “Because ...

In his younger days, Patrick Berkery ate pizza or “something pizza-adjacent like calzone” nearly every day. Chasing pizza ...

Understanding how birds use their entire range, including the migratory path between their summer and winter habitats, is ...

This fun outdoor activity is a life-affirming blend of frolicking in a field and getting access to the freshest local fruit ...

On June 5, 1926, a family of five from Iowa, the McHenrys, arrived in Philadelphia to visit the recently opened Sesquicentennial International Exhibition. John Wanamaker, who had proposed the idea 10 ...

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 ...

In the summer of 2023, farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia had good reason to be optimistic. The City had just published its first urban agriculture plan, called “Growing from the Root,” which ...

Donald Rumsfeld famously, or maybe infamously, once said, “[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some ...

In the 340 years since Philadelphia’s founding, the city’s landscape has constantly shifted, as waves of development and redevelopment shipped out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, on ...

Our Water Matters is an ongoing series produced through an editorial collaboration of the Chestnut Hill Local, Delaware Currents and Grid Magazine. Ever since the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) ...

In the early 1700s, botanist John Bartram surveyed his farmland abutting the banks of the Schuylkill River in what is now Southwest Philadelphia and had an idea: build a garden for his beloved plants.