Articles Written by Ben Seal

The New Kensington Community Development Corp. is working to revive the farm, which was a community resource for 25 years before it succumbed amid labor unrest, infrastructure concerns, and financial disarray. In the year since Greensgrow suddenly closed last July,...

After a year spent defining its own structure, the commission is funding community-scale solutions for healthy foods and clean air, water and homes. It’s been a year and a half since the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission was first convened...

The city’s investment will help secure the future of 91 abandoned properties that stewards have turned into neighborhood anchors. Mara Henao remembers feeding corn into a grinder with her grandparents during her childhood in Colombia, part of the process of...

Parks and Recreation is teaming up with a local composting company to collect food scraps from 1 million meals served annually to children. On a humid day following a week of rain, the smell of composting food waste hung in...

Consumer choice, political action, and joining the conversation may seem small, but can make big strides toward a more sustainable world. At a time when concerning forecasts about climate change and environmental degradation have become commonplace, it can feel like...

Green Philly’s panel discussion on sustainable energy and consumer choice highlighted the potential for individuals to impact the state’s energy transition. With great power comes great responsibility. That was the message for Philadelphians at a panel discussion hosted by Green...

Environmental advocates welcomed the roadmap to improve Philadelphia’s tree canopy while questioning its cost and consistency with recent clear-cutting. The Philly Tree Plan, released last month by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, offers a detailed blueprint to reverse the declining trend...

As Thinx, Coca-Cola & other companies come under fire for products with PFAS, local researchers are racing to understand the long-term health effects of these dangerous chemicals. When Richard Hamilton was stationed at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster...