Overbrook Environmental Education Center

Would you like a free soil analysis? Interested in learning how to keep your home safe from lead? Join us for a day of informative, & free activities for everyone! Activities Include: FREE On-site Soil Analysis, Fruit Smoothies, Apple Cider...

This Philly style “Green New Deal” underscores how much sustainability can inform tangible solutions to issues plaguing this community and others like it. The Overbrook Environmental Education Center’s (OEEC) has been a hub for environmental justice and a living example...

Black-run nonprofits are allocated fewer resources than White-led ones, according to a 2016 report commissioned by the Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum. Because of this disparity, black nonprofits are heavily dependent on grants for funding—leaving them vulnerable when unexpected events...

The Philadelphia County Master Watershed Steward Program will be offering a training in Spring of 2020! Master Watershed Stewards volunteer to protect our environment, by: Organizing educational events,  workshops, and community walks Planting trees and restoring streams Sampling water quality...

For the past three months, I’ve had the absolute pleasure of serving as Green Philly’s editorial intern. It’s been a summer of doing the two things I love most — learning and writing — about sustainability. I started identifying as...

If you couldn’t make it to the Green Economy Tour and Roundtable event last Tuesday, no worries. We’re here to recap everything we learned from our visits to the Hestonville Rain Garden and Overbrook Nature Center, and even share some...

We don’t need to tell you: Philadelphia is getting hotter and wetter, thanks to rising global temperatures. But the city is taking steps to combat climate change, and boosting the economy while they’re at it. Join our tour and roundtable...