1. Chester City Council member works for all residents
  2. Philly Thrive: people powered action
  3. Environmental impact on newly-approved Sixer’s arena
  4. Kensington’s community members works for revitalization and sustainability
  5. Philadelphia’s long dry-spell raises concerns
  6. Beautification in Philadelphia
  7. Local Legislative policies on affordable housing
  8. EV’s, public eco-friendly infrastructure and a refinery protesting: A conversation with Sophia Schmidt
  9. Elves on Wheels: Creating urban green spaces with Black farmers
  10. Environmental Impact and Immigration: A Conversation with Magybet Mendez
  11. Philadelphia Must Rethink Its Impact on Chester
  12. New Documentary Explores Philadelphia’s Struggle for Land Sovereignty and a Greener Future
  13. Capturing Hope: Power Circle Mentors Inspiring Youth Through Nature and Photography
  14. Roishetta Sibley Ozane and The Vessel Project: A Beacon of Hope in Sulphur, Louisiana
  15. ecoFEST 2023: A Celebration of Environmental Justice
  16. A is for asbestos: The environmental challenges facing Philly schools
  17. The Age of Preparedness: Securing Your Finances in the Face of the Climate Crisis
  18. A Former Sugar Plantation Up in Flames: The Lahaina Wildfires
  19. From Heatwaves to Hydration: Philadelphia’s Water Landscape Explored
  20. A Sizzling Summer: Philly Faces Extreme Temperatures
  21. Get to Know The New Host of ecoWURD: Tamara P.O.C. Russell
  22. Funding the Fight for Climate Justice: Local and Federal Grants Propel Environmental Initiatives
  23. Where There is Fire, There Will Be Smoke
  24. Lessons at Sea: Capitalism, Climate Change and a Path Forward
  25. Investing in Women, Investing in the Future: The Wise Fund’s Vision for a Greener World
  26. HOW DID “NIMBY” SUDDENLY BECOME THE NEW “N-WORD?”
  27. The Gentrification Problem: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  28. The Roots Run Deep: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  29. There Is No Cost to Live: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  30. Fixing Up Philly’s Homes: Charles Ellison for WHYY
  31. Punishment Past Prison Walls: Environmental injustice in the Carceral State
  32. RACISM IN THE WATER
  33. THE “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT” IS NOW LAW. SO, HOW DOES IT HELP BLACK PHILLY?
  34. PHILADELPHIA HAS AN AIR TOXIN PROBLEM. WHAT IS THE CITY GOVERNMENT GOING TO DO TO FIX IT?
  35. Want to end gun violence now? Let’s save Philly block by block
  36. Here are steps Philly could take to cool urban heat islands
  37. The gas prices conversation we should be having
  38. Reclaiming Black land is challenging but not impossible
  39. Black clergy: Churches can sway views on climate crisis
  40. Can old Philadelphia refineries be cleaned up and restored?
  41. Here’s how Black Philadelphia can help in the environmental justice battle
  42. City Launches Environmental Justice Advisory Commission
  43. FIXING THE STRUGGLE SPACE
  44. SOLAR POLICIES ARE FALLING BEHIND – SO, HOW DO WE CATCH UP?
  45. IS PHILLY’S “TAP” WATER PROGRAM WORKING?
  46. Ian Harris
  47. Melissa Ostroff
  48. THE WATER BILLS ARE WAY TOO HIGH
  49. THE KEY TO APPROACHING FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES ON ALL THINGS GREEN
  50. ICYMI: Watch highlights, panels at ecoWURD’s 2021 Environmental Justice Summit
  51. BLACK MOTHERS NEED CLEANER & SAFER ENVIRONMENTS – IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPERATIVE
  52. USING DANCE TO SAVE A RIVER
  53. TRACKING PHILADELPHIA’S AIR QUALITY
  54. GETTING RELIGIOUS ON CLIMATE CRISIS
  55. WE NEED MORE BLACK PEOPLE IN AGRICULTURE
  56. WHEN THERE’S NO CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE NOTHING
  57. A PREMATURE END TO EVICTION MORATORIUMS
  58. THE LACK OF BELIEF IN CLIMATE CRISIS IS JUST AS MUCH A THREAT
  59. YOU CAN’T HAVE RACIAL JUSTICE WITHOUT FAIR HOUSING
  60. RUN OVER THE SYSTEMS: THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
  61. PENNSYLVANIA IS “WAY BEHIND” ON SOLAR. HOW DOES IT CATCH UP?
  62. Pandemic Relief For Black Farmers Still Is Not Enough
  63. A BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT URBANISM
  64. THAT ELECTRONIC & CLOTHING WASTE PILES UP. SO WHERE TO PUT IT?
  65. THE WOMB IS THE FIRST ENVIRONMENT
  66. WILL THERE BE ANY MASS TRANSIT LEFT AFTER PANDEMIC?
  67. A FRIDGE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S HUNGRY
  68. OLD SCHOOL FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY VS. NEW SCHOOL CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
  69. ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IS THE TOP SOCIAL JUSTICE PRIORITY
  70. IN 2020, DID “BIG GREEN” BECOME LESS WHITE?
  71. CLIMATE ACTION CAN POWER OUR RECOVERY
  72. IN PANDEMIC, AN HBCU DOES IT BETTER
  73. A DANGEROUS LACK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROTECTIONS
  74. HOW FAST CAN A BIDEN PRESIDENCY MOVE ON CLIMATE ISSUES?
  75. CRAFTING A BLACK-DRIVEN CORONAVIRUS AND CLIMATE “STIMULUS” AGENDA
  76. Penn to donate $100 million to Philadelphia school district to help public school children
  77. BLACK ECOLOGIES IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA
  78. WHAT IS “FROM THE SOURCE REPORTING?”
  79. LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
  80. THE ECOWURD SUMMIT LAUNCH
  81. National Geographic Virtual Photo Camp: Earth Stories Aimed to Elevate Indigenous Youth Voices
  82. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit 2020
  83. THE PLAN FOR A 100 PERCENT CLEAN FUTURE IS SAVING NATURE
  84. WHAT SHOULD A PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENDA LOOK LIKE?
  85. THE NEED FOR ABOLITIONIST TEACHING
  86. PUBLIC LANDS & SAVING NATURE
  87. TOO MANY NATURAL GAS SPILLS
  88. GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK
  89. BLACK VOTERS ARE THE ECO-VOTERS CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE LOOKING FOR
  90. CANNABIS PROFIT & BLACK ECONOMY
  91. THE NATURE GAP
  92. BLACK PEOPLE NEED NATURE
  93. WHAT IS TREEPHILLY?
  94. IS AN OBSCURE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE IN HARRISBURG DOING ENOUGH?
  95. AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISM’S RACIST ROOTS
  96. “THERE’S REALLY A LOT OF QUIET SUFFERING OUT THERE
  97. “WE NEED TO GET INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN”
  98. “AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW THAT GIVES YOU A VOICE”
  99. URBAN PLANNING AS A TOOL FOR WHITE SUPREMACY
  100. HEAT WAVES REMIND US CLIMATE CHANGE IS STILL HERE
  101. Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
  102. IN PANDEMIC, MAKING SURE PEOPLE EAT & HOW HBCUs HELP
  103. WE’RE NOT DONE, YET – MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NEEDED AT THE PES REFINERY SITE
  104. COVID-19 IS LAYING WASTE TO RECYCLING PROGRAMS
  105. THE PHILADELPHIA HEALTH EQUITY GAPS THAT COVID-19 EXPOSED
  106. THE POWER OF NEW HERBALISM
  107. THERE’S NO RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
  108. ecoWURD Earth Day Summit
  109. ecoWURD Earth Day Summit 2020 Press Release
  110. Too Much Food At Farms, Too Little Food At Stores
  111. THE LINK BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION & COVID-19
  112. CORONAVIRUS REVEALS WHY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS STILL THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME
  113. FROM KATRINA TO CORONAVIRUS, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
  114. COVID-19 SHOWS A BIGGER IMPACT WHERE BLACK PEOPLE LIVE
  115. THE CORONAVIRUS CONVERSATION HAS GOT TO GET A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THIS
  116. MEDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE COVERAGE KEEPS BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF IT
  117. “WE DON’T HAVE A CULTURE OF PREPAREDNESS”
  118. PHILADELPHIA HAS A FOOD ECONOMY
  119. HOW URBAN AGRICULTURE CAN IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY IN U.S. CITIES
  120. MAPPING THE LINK BETWEEN INCARCERATION & FOOD INSECURITY
  121. PHILLY’S JAILS ARE, LITERALLY, MAKING PEOPLE SICK
  122. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit 2019
  123. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit
  124. “We Can’t Breathe: Zulene Mayfield’s Lifelong War with Waste ‘Managers’”
  125. “Is The Black Press Reporting on Environmental Issues?” by David Love
  126. “The Dangerous Connection Between Climate Change & Food” an interview with Jacqueline Patterson and Adrienne Hollis
  127. “An Oil Refinery Explosion That Was Never Isolated” by Charles Ellison
  128. “Philly Should Be Going ‘Community Solar'” an interview w/ PA Rep. Donna Bullock
  129. “Is The Litter Index Enough?” an interview w/ Nic Esposito
  130. “How Sugarcane Fires in Florida Are Making Black People Sick” an interview w/ Frank Biden
  131. Philly Farm Social – Video and Pictures
  132. #PHILLYFARMSOCIAL GETS REAL IN THE FIELD
  133. THE LACK OF DIVERSE LEADERS IN THE GREEN SPACE Environmental Advocacy Organizations – especially the “Big Green” – Really Need More Black & Brown People in Senior Positions
  134. PLASTIC BAG BANS CAN BACKFIRE … WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PLASTICS TO CHOOSE FROM
  135. WE REALLY NEED POLITICAL STRATEGISTS LEADING ON CLIMATE CHANGE – NOT ACADEMICS
  136. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN A MUCH MORE CLIMATIC WORLD
  137. A SMALL GERMANTOWN NON-PROFIT “TRADES FOR A DIFFERENCE”
  138. IS PHILLY BLAMING ITS TRASH & RECYCLING CRISIS ON BLACK PEOPLE?
  139. BUT WHAT DOES THE GREEN NEW DEAL MEAN FOR BLACK PEOPLE?
  140. HOW GREEN IS PHILLY’S “GREENWORKS” PLAN?
  141. The Future of Work in Philly’s Green Economy event recap #ecoWURD #phillyisgreen
  142. Bike-friendly cities should be designed for everyone, not just for wealthy white cyclists
  143. RENAMING “GENTRIFICATION”
  144. FOUR GOVERNORS, ONE URBAN WATERSHED IN NEED OF ACTION
  145. JUST HOW BAD IS THE AIR HURTING PHILLY’S BLACK FAMILIES?
  146. EcoWURD Presents:The Future of Work in Philly’s Green Economy
  147. IF YOU ARE LOW-INCOME OR HOMELESS, THE POLAR VORTEX IS LIKE A FORM OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
  148. NOT JUST FLINT: THE WATER CRISIS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
  149. DO THE TRAINS STOP RUNNING? THE SHUTDOWN’S IMPACT ON MASS TRANSIT
  150. BLACK WOMEN & THE TROUBLE WITH BABY POWDER
  151. A WHITE COLLAR CRIME VICTIMIZING NICETOWN
  152. IN NORTH CAROLINA, CLIMATE CHANGE & VOTER SUPPRESSION WORKED HAND-IN-HAND
  153. LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD GAIN THE MOST FROM GREEN ROOFS
  154. YOUR OWN HOOD: CLOSING THE GENERATIONAL GREEN DIVIDE IN BLACK PHILADELPHIA
  155. THE PRICE OF WATER: LITERAL & FIGURATIVE THIRST AT WORK
  156. THAT CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT TRUMP DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE? YEAH, WELL, IT’S THE LAW
  157. RACIAL & ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO WILDFIRES
  158. NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTTS Philly Has a Cigarette Butt Problem
  159. HOW SUSTAINABLE CAN PHILLY GET?
  160. USING AFROFUTURISM TO BUILD THE KIND OF WORLD YOU WANT
  161. UNCOVERING PHILLY’S HIDDEN TOXIC DANGERS …
  162. WILL THE ENVIRONMENT DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS? (PART I)
  163. ARE PHILLY SCHOOLS READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE?
  164. 🎧 SEPTA CREATES A GAS PROBLEM IN NORTH PHILLY
  165. 🎧 BREAKING THE GREEN RETAIL CEILING
  166. That’s Nasty: The Cost of Trash in Philly
  167. 🎧 How Can You Solarize Philly?
  168. 🎧 “The Environment Should Be an Active, Living Experience”
  169. Philly’s Lead Crisis Is Larger Than Flint’s
  170. Despite What You Heard, Black Millennials Do Care About the Environment
  171. Hurricanes Always Hurt Black Folks the Most
  172. Are You Going to Drink That?
  173. The Origins of ecoWURD
  174. We Seriously Need More Black Climate Disaster Films
  175. 🎧 Why Should Philly Care About a Pipeline?
  176. 🎧 Not Just Hotter Days Ahead… Costly Ones Too
  177. Philly’s Big and Dangerous Hot Mess
Saturday, February 15, 2025
  1. Chester City Council member works for all residents
  2. Philly Thrive: people powered action
  3. Environmental impact on newly-approved Sixer’s arena
  4. Kensington’s community members works for revitalization and sustainability
  5. Philadelphia’s long dry-spell raises concerns
  6. Beautification in Philadelphia
  7. Local Legislative policies on affordable housing
  8. EV’s, public eco-friendly infrastructure and a refinery protesting: A conversation with Sophia Schmidt
  9. Elves on Wheels: Creating urban green spaces with Black farmers
  10. Environmental Impact and Immigration: A Conversation with Magybet Mendez
  11. Philadelphia Must Rethink Its Impact on Chester
  12. New Documentary Explores Philadelphia’s Struggle for Land Sovereignty and a Greener Future
  13. Capturing Hope: Power Circle Mentors Inspiring Youth Through Nature and Photography
  14. Roishetta Sibley Ozane and The Vessel Project: A Beacon of Hope in Sulphur, Louisiana
  15. ecoFEST 2023: A Celebration of Environmental Justice
  16. A is for asbestos: The environmental challenges facing Philly schools
  17. The Age of Preparedness: Securing Your Finances in the Face of the Climate Crisis
  18. A Former Sugar Plantation Up in Flames: The Lahaina Wildfires
  19. From Heatwaves to Hydration: Philadelphia’s Water Landscape Explored
  20. A Sizzling Summer: Philly Faces Extreme Temperatures
  21. Get to Know The New Host of ecoWURD: Tamara P.O.C. Russell
  22. Funding the Fight for Climate Justice: Local and Federal Grants Propel Environmental Initiatives
  23. Where There is Fire, There Will Be Smoke
  24. Lessons at Sea: Capitalism, Climate Change and a Path Forward
  25. Investing in Women, Investing in the Future: The Wise Fund’s Vision for a Greener World
  26. HOW DID “NIMBY” SUDDENLY BECOME THE NEW “N-WORD?”
  27. The Gentrification Problem: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  28. The Roots Run Deep: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  29. There Is No Cost to Live: The Environmental Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
  30. Fixing Up Philly’s Homes: Charles Ellison for WHYY
  31. Punishment Past Prison Walls: Environmental injustice in the Carceral State
  32. RACISM IN THE WATER
  33. THE “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT” IS NOW LAW. SO, HOW DOES IT HELP BLACK PHILLY?
  34. PHILADELPHIA HAS AN AIR TOXIN PROBLEM. WHAT IS THE CITY GOVERNMENT GOING TO DO TO FIX IT?
  35. Want to end gun violence now? Let’s save Philly block by block
  36. Here are steps Philly could take to cool urban heat islands
  37. The gas prices conversation we should be having
  38. Reclaiming Black land is challenging but not impossible
  39. Black clergy: Churches can sway views on climate crisis
  40. Can old Philadelphia refineries be cleaned up and restored?
  41. Here’s how Black Philadelphia can help in the environmental justice battle
  42. City Launches Environmental Justice Advisory Commission
  43. FIXING THE STRUGGLE SPACE
  44. SOLAR POLICIES ARE FALLING BEHIND – SO, HOW DO WE CATCH UP?
  45. IS PHILLY’S “TAP” WATER PROGRAM WORKING?
  46. Ian Harris
  47. Melissa Ostroff
  48. THE WATER BILLS ARE WAY TOO HIGH
  49. THE KEY TO APPROACHING FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES ON ALL THINGS GREEN
  50. ICYMI: Watch highlights, panels at ecoWURD’s 2021 Environmental Justice Summit
  51. BLACK MOTHERS NEED CLEANER & SAFER ENVIRONMENTS – IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPERATIVE
  52. USING DANCE TO SAVE A RIVER
  53. TRACKING PHILADELPHIA’S AIR QUALITY
  54. GETTING RELIGIOUS ON CLIMATE CRISIS
  55. WE NEED MORE BLACK PEOPLE IN AGRICULTURE
  56. WHEN THERE’S NO CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE NOTHING
  57. A PREMATURE END TO EVICTION MORATORIUMS
  58. THE LACK OF BELIEF IN CLIMATE CRISIS IS JUST AS MUCH A THREAT
  59. YOU CAN’T HAVE RACIAL JUSTICE WITHOUT FAIR HOUSING
  60. RUN OVER THE SYSTEMS: THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
  61. PENNSYLVANIA IS “WAY BEHIND” ON SOLAR. HOW DOES IT CATCH UP?
  62. Pandemic Relief For Black Farmers Still Is Not Enough
  63. A BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT URBANISM
  64. THAT ELECTRONIC & CLOTHING WASTE PILES UP. SO WHERE TO PUT IT?
  65. THE WOMB IS THE FIRST ENVIRONMENT
  66. WILL THERE BE ANY MASS TRANSIT LEFT AFTER PANDEMIC?
  67. A FRIDGE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S HUNGRY
  68. OLD SCHOOL FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY VS. NEW SCHOOL CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
  69. ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IS THE TOP SOCIAL JUSTICE PRIORITY
  70. IN 2020, DID “BIG GREEN” BECOME LESS WHITE?
  71. CLIMATE ACTION CAN POWER OUR RECOVERY
  72. IN PANDEMIC, AN HBCU DOES IT BETTER
  73. A DANGEROUS LACK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROTECTIONS
  74. HOW FAST CAN A BIDEN PRESIDENCY MOVE ON CLIMATE ISSUES?
  75. CRAFTING A BLACK-DRIVEN CORONAVIRUS AND CLIMATE “STIMULUS” AGENDA
  76. Penn to donate $100 million to Philadelphia school district to help public school children
  77. BLACK ECOLOGIES IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA
  78. WHAT IS “FROM THE SOURCE REPORTING?”
  79. LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
  80. THE ECOWURD SUMMIT LAUNCH
  81. National Geographic Virtual Photo Camp: Earth Stories Aimed to Elevate Indigenous Youth Voices
  82. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit 2020
  83. THE PLAN FOR A 100 PERCENT CLEAN FUTURE IS SAVING NATURE
  84. WHAT SHOULD A PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENDA LOOK LIKE?
  85. THE NEED FOR ABOLITIONIST TEACHING
  86. PUBLIC LANDS & SAVING NATURE
  87. TOO MANY NATURAL GAS SPILLS
  88. GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK
  89. BLACK VOTERS ARE THE ECO-VOTERS CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE LOOKING FOR
  90. CANNABIS PROFIT & BLACK ECONOMY
  91. THE NATURE GAP
  92. BLACK PEOPLE NEED NATURE
  93. WHAT IS TREEPHILLY?
  94. IS AN OBSCURE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE IN HARRISBURG DOING ENOUGH?
  95. AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISM’S RACIST ROOTS
  96. “THERE’S REALLY A LOT OF QUIET SUFFERING OUT THERE
  97. “WE NEED TO GET INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN”
  98. “AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW THAT GIVES YOU A VOICE”
  99. URBAN PLANNING AS A TOOL FOR WHITE SUPREMACY
  100. HEAT WAVES REMIND US CLIMATE CHANGE IS STILL HERE
  101. Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
  102. IN PANDEMIC, MAKING SURE PEOPLE EAT & HOW HBCUs HELP
  103. WE’RE NOT DONE, YET – MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NEEDED AT THE PES REFINERY SITE
  104. COVID-19 IS LAYING WASTE TO RECYCLING PROGRAMS
  105. THE PHILADELPHIA HEALTH EQUITY GAPS THAT COVID-19 EXPOSED
  106. THE POWER OF NEW HERBALISM
  107. THERE’S NO RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
  108. ecoWURD Earth Day Summit
  109. ecoWURD Earth Day Summit 2020 Press Release
  110. Too Much Food At Farms, Too Little Food At Stores
  111. THE LINK BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION & COVID-19
  112. CORONAVIRUS REVEALS WHY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS STILL THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME
  113. FROM KATRINA TO CORONAVIRUS, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
  114. COVID-19 SHOWS A BIGGER IMPACT WHERE BLACK PEOPLE LIVE
  115. THE CORONAVIRUS CONVERSATION HAS GOT TO GET A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THIS
  116. MEDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE COVERAGE KEEPS BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF IT
  117. “WE DON’T HAVE A CULTURE OF PREPAREDNESS”
  118. PHILADELPHIA HAS A FOOD ECONOMY
  119. HOW URBAN AGRICULTURE CAN IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY IN U.S. CITIES
  120. MAPPING THE LINK BETWEEN INCARCERATION & FOOD INSECURITY
  121. PHILLY’S JAILS ARE, LITERALLY, MAKING PEOPLE SICK
  122. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit 2019
  123. ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit
  124. “We Can’t Breathe: Zulene Mayfield’s Lifelong War with Waste ‘Managers’”
  125. “Is The Black Press Reporting on Environmental Issues?” by David Love
  126. “The Dangerous Connection Between Climate Change & Food” an interview with Jacqueline Patterson and Adrienne Hollis
  127. “An Oil Refinery Explosion That Was Never Isolated” by Charles Ellison
  128. “Philly Should Be Going ‘Community Solar'” an interview w/ PA Rep. Donna Bullock
  129. “Is The Litter Index Enough?” an interview w/ Nic Esposito
  130. “How Sugarcane Fires in Florida Are Making Black People Sick” an interview w/ Frank Biden
  131. Philly Farm Social – Video and Pictures
  132. #PHILLYFARMSOCIAL GETS REAL IN THE FIELD
  133. THE LACK OF DIVERSE LEADERS IN THE GREEN SPACE Environmental Advocacy Organizations – especially the “Big Green” – Really Need More Black & Brown People in Senior Positions
  134. PLASTIC BAG BANS CAN BACKFIRE … WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PLASTICS TO CHOOSE FROM
  135. WE REALLY NEED POLITICAL STRATEGISTS LEADING ON CLIMATE CHANGE – NOT ACADEMICS
  136. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN A MUCH MORE CLIMATIC WORLD
  137. A SMALL GERMANTOWN NON-PROFIT “TRADES FOR A DIFFERENCE”
  138. IS PHILLY BLAMING ITS TRASH & RECYCLING CRISIS ON BLACK PEOPLE?
  139. BUT WHAT DOES THE GREEN NEW DEAL MEAN FOR BLACK PEOPLE?
  140. HOW GREEN IS PHILLY’S “GREENWORKS” PLAN?
  141. The Future of Work in Philly’s Green Economy event recap #ecoWURD #phillyisgreen
  142. Bike-friendly cities should be designed for everyone, not just for wealthy white cyclists
  143. RENAMING “GENTRIFICATION”
  144. FOUR GOVERNORS, ONE URBAN WATERSHED IN NEED OF ACTION
  145. JUST HOW BAD IS THE AIR HURTING PHILLY’S BLACK FAMILIES?
  146. EcoWURD Presents:The Future of Work in Philly’s Green Economy
  147. IF YOU ARE LOW-INCOME OR HOMELESS, THE POLAR VORTEX IS LIKE A FORM OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
  148. NOT JUST FLINT: THE WATER CRISIS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
  149. DO THE TRAINS STOP RUNNING? THE SHUTDOWN’S IMPACT ON MASS TRANSIT
  150. BLACK WOMEN & THE TROUBLE WITH BABY POWDER
  151. A WHITE COLLAR CRIME VICTIMIZING NICETOWN
  152. IN NORTH CAROLINA, CLIMATE CHANGE & VOTER SUPPRESSION WORKED HAND-IN-HAND
  153. LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD GAIN THE MOST FROM GREEN ROOFS
  154. YOUR OWN HOOD: CLOSING THE GENERATIONAL GREEN DIVIDE IN BLACK PHILADELPHIA
  155. THE PRICE OF WATER: LITERAL & FIGURATIVE THIRST AT WORK
  156. THAT CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT TRUMP DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE? YEAH, WELL, IT’S THE LAW
  157. RACIAL & ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO WILDFIRES
  158. NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTTS Philly Has a Cigarette Butt Problem
  159. HOW SUSTAINABLE CAN PHILLY GET?
  160. USING AFROFUTURISM TO BUILD THE KIND OF WORLD YOU WANT
  161. UNCOVERING PHILLY’S HIDDEN TOXIC DANGERS …
  162. WILL THE ENVIRONMENT DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS? (PART I)
  163. ARE PHILLY SCHOOLS READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE?
  164. 🎧 SEPTA CREATES A GAS PROBLEM IN NORTH PHILLY
  165. 🎧 BREAKING THE GREEN RETAIL CEILING
  166. That’s Nasty: The Cost of Trash in Philly
  167. 🎧 How Can You Solarize Philly?
  168. 🎧 “The Environment Should Be an Active, Living Experience”
  169. Philly’s Lead Crisis Is Larger Than Flint’s
  170. Despite What You Heard, Black Millennials Do Care About the Environment
  171. Hurricanes Always Hurt Black Folks the Most
  172. Are You Going to Drink That?
  173. The Origins of ecoWURD
  174. We Seriously Need More Black Climate Disaster Films
  175. 🎧 Why Should Philly Care About a Pipeline?
  176. 🎧 Not Just Hotter Days Ahead… Costly Ones Too
  177. Philly’s Big and Dangerous Hot Mess

Penn’s $100 million contribution to the School District—$10 million annually for 10 years—will be used to remediate environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, in our public school buildings. This funding will have an immediate impact, supplementing the ongoing efforts of the City and District, and enabling them to dramatically accelerate and expand their response to environmental concerns in our public schools.

 

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, School Board President Joyce Wilkerson, and Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia William R. Hite Jr., today announced that Penn will contribute $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia, representing an unprecedented commitment to the City and its public schoolchildren. This is the largest private contribution to the School District in its history.

 

“Nothing is more important than the health and welfare of our children, and few things are more crucial to a community than the safety and quality of its public schools,” said President Gutmann. “When Philadelphia’s schools and school children succeed, all Philadelphia succeeds. We are proud to be able to partner with our City and School District to significantly improve the learning environment for Philadelphia’s schoolchildren in a way that will have a long-lasting impact on the health, safety, and wellbeing of our entire City. This historic commitment by the University and Penn Medicine will help support a most critical and immediate need that will benefit generations of Philadelphia students, their teachers, and school staff.”

 

“All Philadelphia students deserve high quality and safe learning environments, but we know that achieving this systemwide in our aging school buildings requires significant resources,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. “I commend the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Amy Gutmann for this historic gift. It will go a long way in accelerating the District’s aggressive environmental remediation work. I also hope it will inspire other institutions to follow Penn’s lead. It takes all of us working together—government, business, nonprofit, and philanthropy—to tackle our most pressing challenges and ensure our kids have access to great schools in every neighborhood.”

 

Mayor Kenney, Superintendent Hite, and the Board of Education have embarked on aggressive environmental remediation efforts in School District buildings. The School District currently has an estimated $4.5 billion in unmet capital needs. Since 2018, the School District has fully stabilized lead paint in 54 elementary schools, completed work to certify an additional 25 schools as Lead Safe, and invested more than $23 million to complete asbestos-related projects. The District announced in November 2019 an Environmental Safety Improvement Plan that outlined new safety and inspection measures. The District approved $41 million in January 2020 for asbestos testing, abatement, project management, and other remediation resources.

 

“Every student in Philadelphia deserves the dignity of a safe and welcoming school building,” said School Board President Joyce Wilkerson. “This tremendous gift will not only help us to ensure these safe spaces for every student, it will free us to direct our focus to investing in a new and compelling vision for school facilities. I thank the University of Pennsylvania for this incredible gift which is an investment in all of our city’s children.”

 

“We are thrilled to have this very generous contribution from the University of Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Hite. “It will be a great support as we move forward to address the immediate environmental conditions in all of our schools. This will allow us to shift our focus to creating 21st century learning environments for all students.”

 

Penn’s commitment to environmental remediation is one of many contributions that the University makes to the School District and the broader community to provide important support to public education in Philadelphia. In partnership with the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the University has invested more than $25 million over the past 15 years in the District’s top-performing Penn Alexander School, providing land for the school, funding for construction, and annual payments of approximately $1 million for operations. In 2013, the University deepened its commitment to the nearby Henry C. Lea Elementary School with an expanded partnership.

 

“Penn’s contribution will catalyze even more aggressive and comprehensive remediation of environmental hazards in all our public schools,” said President Gutmann. “Philadelphia is our home. Education is at the very heart of all that we do at Penn, and we will continue to ensure that we are doing all that we can to support the success of public education in Philadelphia. Our schoolchildren and teachers deserve no less.”

 

With a Penn Graduate School of Education-based liaison on site serving as a partnership coordinator, 16 Penn-affiliated organizations facilitate 37 district partner programs at Lea. Penn’s 12 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, led by Penn’s Graduate School of Education, as well as Penn centers including the Penn Museum and Penn Libraries, operate more than 500 activities in 248 schools in every catchment area throughout the School District.