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Today is a big day for PHS: the opening of our 2012 Pop Up Garden! If you’ve been by 19th and Walnut streets lately (on the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square), you likely noticed a team in brown PHS t-shirts braving the heat and busily planting. All the hard work is worth it; we can’t […]
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), with whom PHS is a proud partner, is one of six entities to be honored by The Clean Water America Alliance with its 2012 U.S. Water Prize for their watershed-based approach toward water sustainability. “These six water champions are showing America how to innovate, integrate, and educate for water sustainability […]
Big news from overseas: the PHS Pop Up Garden from 2011 will be showcased at the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale. The theme this year is “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good.” What an honor! The goal of Spontaneous Interventions is to “frame an archive of compelling, actionable strategies, […]
On Wednesday, PHS staffer Bob Grossmann participated in a webinar for HealthyPeople.gov, a science-based, national organization that aims to improve the health of all Americans. The 30 minute presentation, titled Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators?, focused on PHS’s Philadelphia LandCare Program, which has demonstrated significant reductions in crime through the clearing and maintenance of […]
If you’re at all familiar with PHS’s City Harvest initiative, you know PHS is committed to urban agriculture. If the topic interests you as well, then come to the latest installation of the Urban Sustainability Form for… High Tunnels: A Sustainable Solution for Local Urban Agriculture Wednesday, February 15, 2012 The Academy of Natural Sciences […]
Trees, gardens, and grass may be pretty, but did you know they might actually keep you safe, active, and happy as well? It’s true. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently found that neighborhoods in which blighted, vacant lots have been cleaned and greened report lower crime rates than neighborhoods in […]
June 22, 2012 by Daniel
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