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St. Peter’s Church and Sustainability

September 18, 2019

The St.Peter’s Church Rector,Claire Nevin-Field, and I  recently sat down with Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability to talk about all the wonderful sustainability steps that the church is taking to not only save money and have a healthier environment but to face climate change face on.  The goal? To protect all of God’s creation! Check out […]

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Transforming Philadelphia Energy Services

September 9, 2019

Transforming PES: A Renewables Focused Energy and Resource Recovery Hub The Philadelphia Energy Services site plan has to be deliberate (like a master plan but more like a coordinated effort that thinks sustainable and long term, anticipating changing technologies and environmental changes like ground and tidal river incursions), collaborative (with the impacted communities, city, state, […]

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Roadside Litter Patrol

February 8, 2019

Last week, when I walked out to retrieve a few errant cans along the roadside, I ended up collecting a whopping 5 pounds, 10 ounces of litter – most of it recyclable. To see what might have accumulated in a weeks time I headed out with a trashbag and re-walked the road. Just before leaving […]

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Litter on the Roadside

January 30, 2019

Earlier this week I noticed some aluminum cans along the road next to the Kennett Square Meadow.  Thinking that picking up roadside waste is a great way to get in my steps I grabbed a trash bag and started on a walk along the quiet country road. After about 20 minutes my bag started to […]

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Your Sustainable Bedroom

January 20, 2019

You spend lots of time at work every day. Rewarding yourself with a beautiful, health inducing, sustainable sanctuary to rest your weary head is just what the doctor ordered. Your bedroom is a place for relaxing, playing, stretching, and… oh yeah, sleeping.  You need 7-9 hours of sleep a night to be rested, healthy, and […]

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Your Sustainable Bathroom

January 10, 2019

Your bathroom is probably the smallest, most utilitarian room in your house and, because of its complexity, may offer the most opportunities for making a sustainable impact.  Here are six ways to spruce up that bath while saving money, and reducing your environmental footprint: Install LED lighting Replacing your existing incandescent or compact fluorescent (CFL) […]

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Exorcise Your Electricity Phantoms

December 15, 2018

PECO and Lutron helped us exorcise a phantom from an historic Philly church. I have always thought that many of the historic structures in the city were haunted by long ago Colonists. It had not occurred to me that they could be haunted by phantom electric until we, under a PECO incentive program, relamped – […]

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Stop That Drip!

November 27, 2018

A faucet that drips once every second wastes over 3,000 gallons of water per year.  That’s enough for 180 showers.  That is a lot of water, and a lot of energy. Stop That Drip!

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Conscious Consumption For The Health Of It

November 14, 2018

We are all consumers. Whether we are buying food, couches or drywall we have always weighed price versus perceived quality.  In the past we had very little access to knowing what was in the product.  This changed with the advent of ingredient lists and nutrition labels on food. That information brought the ability to be […]

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