Archive for the 'Environmental Justice' Category
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Here’s why you should:
If you haven’t worn this silky soft natural fabric that Footprint Bamboo offers, you’ve got to experience it! According to the National Geographic Green Guide, bamboo is an “a priori” eco-friendly material because it’s naturally pest-resistant, requires little water, is amazingly regenerative and known to grow a foot a day.
Did you know […]
Sustainability, Community, Environmental Justice, National, Press Release, Polution | No Comments »
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Some of us bike not just because its fun, and healthy but because its good for the planet. A future with more bikes and less cars is not only a nice idea, but an absolute necessity if we are to avoid burning up the planet and running out of petroleum which is far too […]
Sustainability, Global Warming, Community, Environmental Justice, PA Issues, Jersey | No Comments »
Friday, September 1st, 2006
The Upper Holmesburg Civic Association is resisting a plan by an Atlanta Company to turn a tract of land in their neighborhood that is currently a parking lot for tractor trailors, into a commercial auto junkyard. This is the same land that in 2000 was the site of a tire fire so big, that it shut down I-95. The neighbors […]
Community, Environmental Justice, Economy | 2 Comments »
Friday, August 18th, 2006
Its hard to push the message to adults when it comes to saving our enviornment. Telling someone to recycle is like pulling teeth nowadays! But its even harder to push this sell to children. Children need guidance in their lives , why can’t we pitch saving the earth at a early age. Children shouldn’t have […]
Uncategorized, Sustainability, Community, Media, Environmental Justice, Students, PA Issues, Recycling | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
What: Press Conference
When: 10:00 a.m. Thursday August 10, 2006
Where: Block Two (2) of Independence Mall Site, Philadelphia, PA
It is time to use America’s technological know-how to reduce our dangerous dependence on oil and build a stronger economy by leading the world in the creation of new, clean energy. Please join Pennsylvania environmental leaders […]
Media, Environmental Justice, Global | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
This thursday at 1pm at the DEP office in Norristown are the public hearings before the Environmental Quality Board.
We’ll need a crowd to make our point clear- the federal standards, as gutted by the Bush Administration, fall short of corporate accountability and public health standards so we need a strict, state specific rule that dissallows […]
Environmental Justice, Policy, PA Issues | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
This is the first post to Greenadelphia! Look forward to many more!
Community, Media, Environmental Justice, Policy | 1 Comment »