There has been a movement in recent years among on college campuses to go green. The Princeton Review, best known for publishing annual college rankings, had added a new ranking for 2009 and will recognize green efforts. The Green Rating ranked 534 colleges according to their environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.

A college’s Green Rating is based their performance in three main areas:

Do students have a campus...

I’ve been living just outside of Center City Philadelphia (about 8 miles to be exact) for nearly four years, and the more I learn about this city, the more I love it.  Just the other day I found yet another wonderful reason to love Philly and its people – The 100K House Project. 

The 100K House project is the brainchild of Postgreen, a Philadelphia-based green developer, located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, just...

Starting a garden can be both fun AND environmentally friendly.  Last spring two friends and I decided we wanted to try our hand at gardening.  Not just tossing a few flower seeds in the ground and seeing what happened, but a full on vegetable garden complete with fertilizer and lattice work for our tomatoes to climb.  We worked hard, but through trial and error and not being afraid to ask questions, we were able to enjoy quite a...

Why are environmental issues important to some and not to others?  Everyone benefits from clean air and water, but not everyone is motivated to act from this perspective.  I would venture that many who have made decisions in their lives based on respect for the environment have done so based on a personal relationship with nature established in childhood.  It turns out that Community Energy employees offer examples that support...

Don’t go there. Too predictable. Resist the urge. Don’t lead a St. Patrick’s Day blog with the obvious expression that links the color of the holiday to the color often associated with the movement and profession engaged in making the air and water cleaner. Let’s skip it and go straight to the tasty part – the beer. 

Green beer is not about the color; it is often about the people with whom you choose to drink. Over 400 cities have...