Wednesday, 10 July 2013 14:30:00

As you might guess, we love rain gardens around here. Yesterday, while visiting the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, I checked out their awesome gardens! Here's some snapshots from there, including one of a hummingbird moth! ...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 11:30:00

InFill Philadelphia's Soak It Up! competition brought out some inspiring community designs. Our documentary captures the exciting process, which will be discussed further tonight at the Academy of the Natural Sciences! ...
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:30:00

Design professionals from around the nation are encouraged to enter Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up! This is an interdisciplinary design competition promoting the creative, innovative use of green stormwater infrastructure in Philadelphia...
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Friday, 19 October 2012 16:15:00

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced their plan to provide up to $3 million to fund projects that advance green infrastructure efforts in Philadelphia....
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Friday, 17 August 2012 11:00:00

U.S. EPA Awards $58,000 to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and its community partners to revitalize a Philadelphia-area watershed while creating a model green jobs training program....
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Monday, 30 July 2012 11:00:00

The Community Design Collaborative, in partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department and the US EPA Region 3, is hosting Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!, an exhibition of best practices in Green Stormwater Infrastructure. ...
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:15:00

At a recent meeting of self-described "stormwater geeks" facilitated by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Chesapeake Stormwater Network, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and Water Environment Research Foundation, discussions ranged far and wide. At the end of the day (two days, actually),they came back to the central theme: local implementation is what will get the job done......
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012 10:00:00

Yesterday saw another Philadelphia first, when U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, joined by U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz and city and federal officials, signed an agreement that represents a $2 billion investment in Philadelphia green infrastructure during an event at the Fairmount Water Works....
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:33:55

A recent article in the Center for Watershed Protection's newsletter on the costs and benefits of green infrastructure raises some interesting points. ...
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Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:00:00

Officials and environmentalists are increasingly stressing that controlling the negative impacts that come from excessive runoff starts at home. In Pittsburgh, where the government is under pressure to prevent flooding, the small things individuals can do really add up....
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