Sustainability : Featured Stories

Innovators in green building and design from around the world recently descended on our fair city, sharing their expertise and checking out the city's growing stable of sustainable architecture.

This growing movement, which produces fish and fresh produce in a semi-closed system, offers tremendous advantages in areas low on space and fresh water. A few local groups are diving into the aquaponics game.

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American cities are home to growing number of recycling facilities catering to artists, educators and other creative types. Philadelphia is getting in on the action, creating green jobs and keeping waste out of landfills.

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This rapidly expanding cooperative brings organic, locally-grown produce to restaurants and consumers throughout the region -- less than 24 hours after it was harvested. Manager Casey Spacht is maestro of the mayhem.

Behind the logistics are thousands of CSA members who receive boxes of fresh produce weekly from Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op -- including me.

From large geothermal systems to composting, these four winemakers are contributing to PA's growing wine industry while treading lightly on the land and resources. [Keystone Edge]

While Philly might be playing catch-up in the sustainable building movement, here are three exciting projects that bode well for the future.

When the Spectrum Community Health Center opens in July, it will dramatically increase access to health care in its West Philly neighborhood.

Philadelphia's fertile entrepreneurial environment has produced world class tech and science companies. We're checking in with some of the city's most successful homegrown hits.

Building 661, a crumbling, long-forgotten structure, is being reborn as the Center for Building Energy Science. When construction is complete, it will serve as a nationally-recognized lab and test case for energy-efficient retrofits.

This week's can't miss events include a retrospective on the TLA, a celebration of local agriculture and a crash course in fermented foods.