Articles Written by Marie Bouffard

You can create a container garden with little space or budget – we shared how to find the best spot, types of containers and how to choose soil & plants. Now, we’ll share a few tips to have you gardening like...

That $6 top from H&M doesn’t seem so sweet when you consider that Americans produce over 25 billion pounds of textile waste a year and about 85% of consumer textile waste ends up in landfills. the problem with Fast Fashion...

You can create a container garden with little space or budget – we shared how to find the best spot and types of containers. In this Part II of our Start a Container Garden Series: we’ll share how to choose soil...

If you dream of having a garden of your own but have limited space and cash, you can create a container garden that fits space you do have available. But where do you begin? You find everything you need from...

Worried about recycling documents containing sensitive information? No need to stress! Safe ways to recycle sensitive documents Recycling is a pretty automated process, so there isn’t much time to look at documents. Workers in recycling facilities are very unlikely to...

The annual Philly Spring Cleanup was this past Saturday, April 8, 2017. 20,625 volunteers gathered at 825 sites across Philadelphia to remove litter from the streets, parks, and public spaces. Deputy Commissioner Keith Warren was pleased with the results of...

Thanks to the growth of urban farms, more people than ever have access to local, healthy food across Philadelphia. But how did they pop up across our city? The stories behind the farms are even more impressive than the juicy,...

Reader Question: When are we going to get citywide yard waste pick up? It is ridiculous to put yard waste in a landfill when it can be composted. Sincerely, Spring Cleaning Philly Places to dispose (and Recycle) yard waste Year-Round Dear Spring Cleaning,...

Welcome to April and (hopefully) the actual beginning of spring. We’ve got loads of great events on our calendar but picked the best to keep you busy this month even on those April shower days! 8 Can’t-Miss Sustainability Events in April...