The Trolley Car Diner ice cream line

HOW TO GET A GREEN JOB

1.  Read “What’s a Green Job”
2.  Read “How to Green Your Resume”
3.  Attend meetings to meet green business owners (see EVENTS below)
4.  Meet fellow green jobseekers to brainstorm starting a business
5.  Check the green jobs listed
6.  Read back issues of Green Jobs Philly News and browse hundreds of links to Philadelphia green initiatives.

SURVEY FINDS STEADY GROWTH FOR GREEN ECONOMY

JOBLESS IN PHILLY

BRING YOUR MONEY HOME TO CREATE JOBS HERE: There are 62 CREDIT UNIONS in Philadelphia and 592 in Pennsylvania.  The best of them invest deposits in their neighborhoods.  They are controlled by boards of directors elected by neighbors.

EXTERMINATION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

Suns heats water even in winter

LATEST SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEM, installed by Rushforth Solar, at Gateway Towers, 3800 Sheaff Ln (west edge of FDR golf course).  Public tour 7/30, 11am.

SPRINGSIDE SCHOOL GOES SOLAR:  Blue Renewable Energy will install a 194 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on six connecting rooftops of facilities at 8000 Cherokee St. The system will generate 66% of their electricity.

GREEN AND HEALTHY INITIATIVE introduces two initiatives.   Healthy Homes Program teaches green energy to homeowners, and the Green Professionals Training prepares residents and contractors for green construction jobs.  This is an impressive partnership between The Partnership CDC, LISC Sustainable Communities Initiative West; PECO, BIO Neighbors, and R.I.S.E.– the Mayor’s Office of Reintegration Services for Ex-Offenders.
—Homes with eco-roofs save an average of $300 per year on their energy bill.
Alix Howard (215) 662-1612 x 22  ahoward@thepartnershipcdc.org

FREE AIR CONDITIONING: MOVE TO THE BASEMENT: While it’s 90 degrees outside, your basement stays 15-20 degrees cooler. Remodeling hundreds of thousands of Philadelphia basements can create thousands of green jobs.

It's cool to live underground

* from rec room to living room
* underground Philadelphia
* how-to
* local contractors
* costs vary according to extent of finish and waterproofing needed
* more estimates

SUNSCREEN RATINGS: TOXIC AND NONTOXIC

GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY CONNECTION seeks to “create an inclusive, diverse, self-sufficient, thriving and environmentally friendly Germantown that welcomes people of all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to a safe, visually pleasing and well-coordinated community for shopping, eating, living and cultural enrichment.”
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FOOD NOOZ

Got my job through Green Jobs Philly:
Lee Meinike with Jen Spencer

PHILLY COMPOST PARTNERS WITH THE SCHUYLKILL CENTER. Philadelphians discard tons of food daily.  This is the food of more food, when composted.  Philly Compost’s new home, beside the Schuylkill Center’s two acre organic farm, moves kitchen waste from trash to treasure.  Students from Philadelphia University, Philly Compost and Schuylkill Center staff will create a structure using reclaimed materials.  The post-frame building’s shed roof will capture rain for on-site use.  Two Earth Tubs inside will keep food scraps mixed and aerated.  Visitors will learn the composting process.  Lee Meinicke and Meenal Raval started the business last year and foresee vast growth.

GREENING AND FEEDING THE CITY WITH GARDEN BLOCK

LOVE N’ FRESH FLOWERS stem the damage done by the flower industry (global import, energy-intensive, pesticides, herbicides, worker exploitation) by growing locally organically, drip irrigated and hand-weeded.  Over 50 species of flowers are available, many native, perennial and/or heirloom,  to help support biodiversity.  Currently in season are poppy seed pods, green and purple lisianthus, hydrangea, flowering oregano, magenta sweet williams, and sunny rudbeckia.
—”Most of the flowers in our market garden are put to good use in creating eco-lovely floral decor for Philadelphia weddings.  Because we only use locally grown flowers (we mean it when we say ‘from seed to centerpiece’), our floral designs are always different and changing.”  They teach floral design workshops.

GREENER PARTNERS is contributing to the resurgence of organic farming within the Greater Philadelphia region.

PHILADELPHIA CROPMOB Folks interested in group-effort agriculture to plan mob days, to weed, plant, harvest, build gardens, etc. Inspired by http://www.cropmob.org

PHILLY FOOD BUCKS: Food Stamp/SNAP users get a 40% discount on Fruits and Vegetables at 19 farmers’ markets by receiving a $2 Philly Food Bucks coupon for every $5 spent. Organized by the Food Trust and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

WEST PHILADELPHIA: COMMUNITY GARDEN PROVIDES FRESH FOOD AND JOBS

PHILADELPHIA URBAN FARM MACHINERY AND TOOLS COOP forming to save money “to help make urban farms the most profitable and run smoothly.”  Kimberly Mackiewicz, Agribusiness Management, Penn State Philadelphia County Extension Office. kimberlymack@gmail.com

VEGAN DRINKS PHILLY

GRID AUGUST ISSUE

COMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE VOLUNTEERS
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HEALTH NEWS

PATCH ADAMS FREE CLINIC AT PHILADELPHIA is organizing via Facebook.  Will provide primary care free to all, and special benefits to members.  PATCHatPHILLY LISTSERVE

—BOOK REVIEW
HEATH CARE SURVIVAL GUIDE: Cost-Saving Options for the Suddenly Unemployed, by Martin Rosen and Abbie Leibowitz.  This clear small  book, published in Plymouth Meeting does a good job of helping the uninsured and under-insured navigate worse and worse choices.  For deeper background about Pennsylvania’s corrupt insurance regulation, see A Crime Not a Crisis

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EVENTS

7/30 JOB HUNTING SEMINAR by Philadelphia Business Journal, 8-9:15am, 400 Market Street, 12th Fl

8/7 GREEN ROOF WORKSHOP Learn the benefits and design of green roof systems and make your own “mini” green roofs!  RSVP by August 1st to Zoe: zlloyd@nkcdc.org or 215.427.0350 x 103

8/14 COMPOSTING WORKSHOP  Learn how to set up, maintain, and customize your own backyard composter!  RSVP to Zoe or 215.427.0350 x 103

8/14 PEOPLES FESTIVAL HONORING MOTHER EARTH, Vernon Park, Germantown Ave at Chelten, noon-8pm.

9/10-12 PHILLY HONEY FEST: Wyck Historic House, 1825 Frankford Ave. 215-739-691

PENNS LANDING EVENTS
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YOUR LETTERS

”I wanted to ask you if you knew of anyone in town who had initiated and “transition town” meet ups? I noticed on the DVS mailings that Glenside and Media had started up groups. Have you heard of West Philly or anyone else getting together?”  Tony Larson, Green Renovations (267) 266 5325
—[REPLY] Transition Towns is the latest incarnation of the sustainability movement, which during the 70s was called the community self-reliance movement.  Cheltenham is also organizing a Transition Town network.  In West Philadelphia, contact folks at Evolver Philadelphia.  They’re part of the Evolver social movement –a younger crowd.  LIkewise connect with Volk Libre.  Many good voices and efforts will converge.
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“Please put me on your mailing list. We have a Green Workforce Training school. We are looking to open one of our schools in Philadelphia.”  –Rudy Scott
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“Have you heard of the BlueGreen Alliance, out of D.C. and maybe the west Coast?  Thinking about volunteering with them in the future.”  –Bruce
—[REPLY]  Yes, see bluegreenalliance.org They bring together blue collar workers and environmentalists to advocate standards that conserve natural resources, which are the foundation of business and jobs.
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”Your web site is inspiring. Makes me want to live in Philadelphia”  –Lawrence Souder
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“ I am a researcher working on a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that is examining state and local government policies aimed at supporting green jobs and clean energy industries in the U.S.  Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in particular are two out of approximately twenty states and major metropolitan areas selected for inclusion in what will be a nationally-distributed white paper comparing and evaluating different practices.
—”The project is currently in a draft phase after initial data collection from public sources.  I am wondering if you would be willing to look over the work that’s been done so far and comment on any errors, oversights, or directions for further investigation.  –Joe Datko
—[REPLY]  Seems like a good summary of state-level programs, though of course there’s more happening than any list completely covers.  While most green jobs program development focuses on federal and state programs, and on large corporate installation of solar and windmill, my focus with Green Jobs Philly News http://www.greenjobsphilly.org/news has been on neighborhood-based initiatives.
—With 400,000 unemployed in Philadelphia and 200,000 uninsured, all facing higher food, fuel  and health care prices, our greatest urgency as I see it is to facilitate community initiatives which employ neighbors to make and install simple technologies that lower the costs of living for heating, cooling, eating, healing.  Green Jobs Philly News has, for the past two years, introduced such initiatives amidst the formal programs.  Funding these, while federal and state monies move elsewhere, requires new community-based financial mechanisms.  I’ve drafted a plan for the Philadelphia Regional and Independent Stock Exchange (PRAISE) and the Philadelphia Fund for Ecological Living (PhilaFEL)
—More such programs are introduced in my article “Enriching Philadelphia”
—Such urgent needs as Pennsylvanians have cannot wait for sufficient dollars, corporate investment, or legislative authorization.  I’ve started local currency elsewhere and co-op health plans.
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“Just wanted to let you know that I am thoroughly enjoying the Green Jobs newsletter.  Keep up the great work.  Also wanted to let you know that there is a new beekeeping organization in Philadelphia.  Started last fall, the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild is growing rapidly.  We offer monthly meetings with speakers on beekeeping and also sponsor other bee-related events.  We are also sponsoring Philadelphia Honey Fest which is a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lorenzo Langstroth (Philly native) who invented the movable beekeeping frame and revolutionized beekeping.”  –Adam Schreiber
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“I represent a group of people with communities around the globe.  We are interested in local currencies, but are having a difficult time finding the U.S. government’s language that describes its legality.  Can you tell us where we can get the answer straight from the horses mouth, so to speak?”  –Mark Sheridan, Sacramento California
—[REPLY]  The best source is “Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System: the Case for a System of Local Currencies.” Author Lewis Solomon, professor of legal research at GW University, lays out the legalities of community currencies.
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“ How can I get a job to teach about the environment?”  –Robert Allen
—[REPLY] There are several Philadelphia schools which feature environmental education, though more and more include this theme.  If you’re ready to teach such subjects you might contact them.  Google environment educators philadelphia.  If you need to learn more in order to teach about the environment, visit Overbrook’s Environmental Education Center and study the articles on our home page.  Let me know what you’re particularly interested in.
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“I am a co-founder and volunteer  Executive Director of the Community Cultural Exchange (CCE) whose mission since 2006 is to create community through art and culture. We do so by acting as a bridge between local art and culture groups, businesses, artists and the South Street Area community.  Encouraging the exchange of Philadelphia culture, we facilitate programs and events of all disciplines including musical, visual, performing, literary and wellness arts.
—”However, we do have a long term goal of creating a community facility with a library (of local works), a theatre, gallery, community living room and classrooms for individuals and groups to use. We would like to create a barter system so that people who want to use space to do their homework, practice an instrument, work on art, etc. will hand out programs at the theatre performance, restock the library, etc.
—”Therefore, I was wondering if you would be interested in speaking with me about ways the CCE can begin to create and implement a barter system?  Thank you so much for your time and all of the hard work that you do!”  –Natalie C. Felix
—[REPLY] Pleased to discuss local currency and barter with you.  Without these, as dollars decline, Philadelphia’s economy will crumble.  Let’s be rich instead.
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Elfreth's Alley, by Dwight Davis

GREEN TRAINING

“I WANT A JOB IN THE NEW GREEN ECONOMY!” The “commencement walk” from City Hall to Senator Bob Casey’s office (6/10) delivered petitions from young people and students concerned about their future and the future of the American economy.  ”Students and recent graduates face a turbulent economy that will provide little opportunities for jobs and success. Innovation and implementation of renewable energy is an exciting and viable solution; clean energy will create 2 million new American jobs and protect our environment!”  Sara Milner smilner@cleanair.org

BUILDING EFFECTIVE GREEN ENERGY PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: new report by Workforce Strategy Center.  Download from top of list.
—PENNSYLVANIA’S WORKFORCE: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES

FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY MINOR “sustainability will continue to dominate business practice in the forthcoming decade. Business leaders will incorporate three pivotal elements into their decision making – economics, the environment; and the social good. For the students in the Fox School of Business these topics are becoming increasingly relevant to our future.”  Required courses: Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Law, Sustainability on the Ground.  Elective courses:Social Entrepreneurship, Business Ethics; Energy, Ecology & the Economy; Marketing for the Sustainable Enterprise. srbonline.org

PHILADELPHIA IDEALIST JOBS

BOOK REVIEW: GREEN CAREERS FOR DUMMIES, by Carol McClelland, PhD.  This is an efficient introduction to preparing for and finding green work.  Whether corporate, nonprofit or small business, these guidelines help plug us into the fast-growing green economy.  McClelland notes specific green industries, their current status, sample jobs, paths to explore and ways to connect.  Essential themes not emphasized are mutual aid systems, consumerism, greenwashing, and living simply.  She does, however, note that people are more adaptable to the new economy to the extent we’re “not committed to the status quo.”http://www.greencareercentral.com

JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION

WORKREADY PHILADELPHIA: “WHO GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST BREAK?”

PHILADELPHIA YOUTH PROGRAMS

FRATER HERU INSTITUTE on Facebook

PHILLY INTERN

THE INTERNSHIP INSTITUTE (Newtown, PA) CRITICISES DEPT OF LABOR FOR NEW RULES RESTRICTING INTERNSHIPS “the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has effectively told youth and students – the very core of the Obama “change” movement – internships are effectively over. In its over-zealousness to “regulate” the corporate use of youth and students, the DOL has put a chill on the future of internships.”

JOBS NOT JAILS: South Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders helps everyone find employment, including those with criminal records.  Free cell phone and email account for all applicants.
—Next EPIC Meeting 6/10, 5pm-7pm.1920 South 20t.  Glenn Wrighten 215-468-6111 ext.25

Healing with Love and Time and Fun

PATCH ADAMS FREE CLINIC AT PHILADELPHIA is organizing, will include green jobs training.  This is the first clinic authorized in his name.   Needs volunteer web designer/s, land, doctors, healers, clowns!   paclinic@yahoo.com Facebook.  They seek votes for $25,000 seed grant.
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SPREADING THE WORD

PHILLY BLOCKS ON FACEBOOK

MEGAWORDS MAGAZINE “has a simple purpose: to document our surroundings, experience, to have a voice free from the noise of commercialization and competing novelties, and to create an open and active dialog…”

SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD FOR PENNSYLVANIA 2010-2011 shows that the livable wage is far higher than poverty level.
—Pathways PA Jobs

GRID MAGAZINE: JULY 2010

PHILADELPHIA WORKING CONDITIONS: from Temple to taxis (starting in Pottstown).

PHILADELPHIA WINS SIEMENS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY AWARD.  National contest organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The other finalists were Dallas and Atlanta.

WAY TO WORK PHILADELPHIA! connects to federal stimulus funding.

TAKING BACK HOMES FROM THE BANKS: Exercising the Human Right to Housing
—”Resisting Home Evictions Becomes a Group Effort”

SKETCH BOOK REPORTER
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OUR TOWN

PHILADELPHIA IS MORE FUN THAN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT LESS FUN THAN LOS ANGELES, says Portfolio.com/bizjournals.

“WHOSE CITY IS PHILADELPHIA? Is it the downtown or the neighborhoods, the corporations in skyscrapers or the families in row homes?” FRINGE FEST SUBMISSIONS: “We are a city of many lives, many voices. Out of a shifting collage of performance, music, visual arts and poetry, we will gather stories that weave together our multiplicity and our common dreams.  Under the banner of this theme, artists will offer multimedia presentations reflecting the reality of our city, its life and its people, the achievements we celebrate and the problems that beset us.”

FEAST: FUNDRAISING DINNERS FOR ARTISTS.  “At each FEAST, participants pay a sliding-scale entrance fee for which they will receive supper (organic/local) and a ballot. Diners vote on a variety of proposed artist projects. At the end of dinner, the artist whose proposal receives the most votes will be awarded funds collected through the entrance fee to produce the project. The work will then be presented during the next FEAST.”  First FEAST in September. More info later.

DOO WOP STILL ALIVE IN PHILADELPHIA  Group harmony on Philadelphia streetcorners soared 55-60 years agp.  The Castelles, The Hideaways, The Angels, The Re-Vels, The Capris, The Bluenotes, and Teddy & The Twilites. Also The Orlons, Dovells, The Tymes, The Dreamlovers, Anthony & The Sophmores, Billy & The Essentials, The Silhouettes, and Danny & The Juniors among them.
—PHILADELPHIA DOO WOP HERITAGE

SWAP O RAMA RAMA (SORR)  is a “giant community clothing swap.  “SORR combines clothes swapping with artists and designers to transform swapped goods through things like silk screening and sewing modifications.  There are also workshops on sewing and craft techniques and creative recycling with garments.”

LANCASTER STOCK EXCHANGE launches.  Green Jobs Philly met with these folks last year to explain the Philadelphia Regional & Independent Stock Exchange (PRAISE)

BREAD & ROSES COMMUNITY FUND: donations received during June will be matched dollar for dollar.

PHILADELPHIA DYOTT DOLLAR, 1838, backed by $500.000 “Capital Secured in trust on Real Estate and Publicly Recorded.” in the “Manual Labor Bank.”  Issued by local glass industrialist David Dyott, who is pictured alongside Ben Franklin.  This is the first appearance of Franklin on a $100 bill.   From book “Remembering Kensington and Fishtown.”

GREEN TRAGEDY: LEED’S LOST DECADE Book contrasts “LEED’s performance of 25-30% energy savings with the dramatic 75% energy savings achieved by the German Passive House standard in 15,000 buildings in Europe.”

PHILADELPHIA GREENFEST EXHIBITOR INFO

OTHER WORLDS ARE POSSIBLE

GREEN INTERNET TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
—CHAKKA FATTAH SIGNS LETTER AGAINST NET NEUTRALITY

PHILADELPHIA BIKE CAB ALLIANCE

FRIENDS OF THE CRESHEIM TRAIL
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EAT YOUR GREENS

PHILADELPHIA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EXAMINER

GROWLOTS PHILADELPHIA REPORT

GREEN VILLAGE PHILADELPHIA

SWEET FREEDOM BAKERY serves healthy ingredients only.

LIBERTY BIOMASS PHILADELPHIA

RECLAIM CONCRETE PLANNING COLLECTIVE is transforming 12th Street at Passyunk Avenue and Morris Street into “a more green and pesdestrian-friendly space.”
—DEPAVE ORG
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EVENTS

6/16, 21, 22. YOUR GREEN SPACE IDEAS to RSVP “share your thoughts about the future of green space in your neighborhood. Help us shape the city’s action plan to add 500 acres of public space to meet the mayor’s sustainability goals.”
—6/16, 6:30 pm - Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd.
—6/21, 6:30 pm - Perzel Community Center, 2990 Saint Vincent St.
—6/22, 6:30pm - Phila. Free Library - Skyline Room, 1901 Vine St.

6/15 CAMPUS PHILLY OPPORTUNITY FAIR

6/17 PHILADELPHIA SUSTAINABILITY: YEAR IN REVIEW panel discussion , Academy Natural Sciences, 6-8:30pm, 19th St & Benjamin Franklin Parkway

6/30 & 7/1 GREEN CITY TEACHERS SUMMER SERIES: CREATING A SCHOOL GARDEN

8:30 am–1 pm “how to design, build and maintain a school garden year-round; relevant classroom activities; involving the community; gardening and testing; and working with administrators. Participants will help build an outdoor school garden.” greencityteachers@pennhort.org Sally McCabe 215-988-8846. FREE pre-registration required. Deadline 6/25.

6/30 PHILADELPHIA URBAN FARM NETWORK,  Weavers Way Farm, Aubury Arboretum, 6pm.

7/2 session deadline for NATIONAL BROWNFIELDS CONFERENCE April 3-5, 2011 in Philadelphia.  For “cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation.”  This year focuses on “new ideas related to green jobs, community engagement and environmental justice, the business of brownfields, green technology and emerging solutions, planning for community revitalization, and sustainability.  Julie Butler

7/17 PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT MUSIC FESTIVAL & FUNDRAISER 2:30-8:30pm, Liberty Lands Park, 3rd & Wildey St.

7/19 PHILADELPHIA FOOD & BEVERAGE FORUM, Community College, Winnet Bldg, 10am-6pm

150 FREE EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA PARKS THIS SUMMER
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YOUR LETTERS

“I’m a job counselor and I’m very interested in Green Jobs…this is my email address and I’d also like to have someone or a group come to our facility to speak in regards to Green Jobs…any suggestions?”  Dave Johnson, Southwest Community Development Corporation
—[REPLY]  I give talks around town about green jobs: what they are, where they are, how to create them, who they benefit and how.  My focus is on grassroots initiatives in lower-income neighborhoods.
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“Great newsletter - appreciate you doing it and keeping the momentum for a greener philly.”  –Garian
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“Hi!  I am interested in the PhilaHealthia health co-op and would like more information like: is it already up and running?  How many current members?  Is there a residency restriction?  I live in Ambler, PA so would that be covered?”  –Keith
—[REPLY]  We started in 2005 but have been blocked by PA Insurance Dept.  So we’re intending to proceed anyway.   Pledge campaign: when 1,000 have agreed to pay initial $100 membership, we’ll announce ourselves.  We follow the example of the Ithaca Health Alliance, which I organized in 1997.  To pledge, send name, address, phone.
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“I finished reading the book you sent me on the Green Jobs in Philadelphia. We have so much in common about what we can do to change Philadelphia. As I move forward in the near future with my projects, I will be contacting you. I believe we can do a great deal together to bring about the positive change we need for our city.”  –Maurine McFarland
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“Of the three disciplines under the national ASHRAE/IESNA/ANSI Standard 90.1 (Energy Conservation), Lighting is the easiest with which to save energy. Long used abroad, glass fibre optics functional architectural lighting is still the most energy efficient, sustainable technology now known.As an alternate lighting tool, in many cases, it often can do a better job than conventional products
—”A new profession of Commissioning Lighting (like that for HVAC) is emerging.  This specialist is involved from the beginning of the concept, through installation, and returns regularly to assure that the design is being carried out as originally planned.
—”Excessive energy conservation without increase in productivity, safety and personal comfort will fail because people always find ways of circumventing unwanted or impractical restrictions.”  –Gersil N. Kay, IESNA, Conservation Lighting International Ltd.
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“Your work is important for everyone in this area, and that includes my family.”  — Dwight Davis
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“Terrific issue!”  –Rea
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Enroll with Green Jobs Philly, like Gavin DiRusso. “I want to stay involved in the green building field. I have an affinity towards green roofs because of my experience and hands-on work style, but I am open to anything. I am a self starter and work very well with others. I pride myself in taking on challenges and learning new things. I want a career that can benefit from a non-conformist and has the passion and drive to lead their industry.”

WORKING GREEN

All skills can be adapted for the green economy.  From accounting to zymurgy, from GED to PhD, people are creating new jobs providing goods and services that cost less and clean the environment.  Take these steps:
* LEARN GREEN: read current and back issues of Green Jobs Philly News.  These link you to hundreds of Philadelphia initiatives.  Google “green Jobs” + philadelphia
* MEET GREEN: visit the events (see below) to meet others seeking work or hiring.

PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE GREEN JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM for North Philadelphia residents

Fishtown Collage

”It’s been really nice dedicating a day to take pictures of each part of the city, trying the figure out the vibe, and create it through these collages [at right and below]. I’ve gotten an amazing response to them. People in Philadelphia love their neighborhoods. Each one of them is so unique. It’s been great to watch people pick out recognizable buildings/murals/statues in their specific neighborhood collage. That’s the whole point I guess, to bring some sort of joy and pride to the lovely citizens of this city.” –Shana Hostetter
—She is applying to grad schools for either Sustainable Design or Landscape Architecture with an emphasis on sustainability.

[The] “Green Jobs Philly newsletter has galvanized the local green scene, connecting skilled people with positions and serving as a bulletin board for all kinds of sustainability info.”  –Philadelphia Daily News, 4/21/10.  Find us on FACEBOOK and TWITTER

GREEN SPIDER GREEN JOBS IN PHILADELPHIA RSS feed

WORK READY PHILADELPHIA “provides academic enrichment, career and college preparation and access to the growth economy for thousands of young people each year.”

REINDUSTRIALIZING PHILADELPHIA

NEIGHBORHOOD INDUSTRY, by Paul Glover

Philadelphia has lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs. Green factories can restore our industrial prominence. These can be organized and run by workers, solar-powered for health and quiet, producing all the useful goods we need for a much better American Way.
—By decentralizing industries to neighborhood control, products can be made with pride and skill, by those with least formal education.  Production schedules and product design could suit local resources.  Recycling processes could be developed for all materials.
—Operating expenses and living costs are reduced by interneighborhood exchange of such goods as tools, pottery, bikes, glassware, clothing, solar equipment and furniture.
—Industry has been the noisiest and ugliest part of cities.  By rescaling and soundproofing industries for neighborhood life, they can blend with urban beauty.
—Philadelphia can learn to luxuriate in the necessities before the necessities become luxuries.  In societies whose goods are crafted more is appreciated, less is consumed.  This kind of priority gives us a short work day amid pastimes worthy -of leisure: romping, playing, sunbathing, musicmaking, storytelling, meditation, inventing, dancing, exploring, exercising, learning.
—Such an industrial base thrives on peace rather than war.  Relying on regional raw materials makes us independent of foreign supplies, ending the competition for these which has caused most war.
—Here are examples:

South Philly Collage

WATER: Rainwater barrels (filters, valves); Carousel biodigester ( fiberglass recycled plastic, nuts & bolts & bearings, pvc substitute, shovels and carts); green roof understories (drains, flashing, sealant, microfab, sopradrain); Depaving (recycling machines, grinders, pickaxes).
TRANSIT: Cargo bicycles and carriers (frames, chains, cables and sheathing, panniers); Bikepaths (aving, shade arbors, rest areas and fountains); Walkways (mosaic: tile, glazing, kiln, shade arbors, rest areas and fountains); Ultralight rail (steel, alloys, woodwork stations & cars, stained glass, electric motors, ironwork, access ramps.  ENERGY: Insulation (newsprint, fly ash, boron, weatherstripping, caulk); Solar electric arrays, Solar hot water (glazing, boxes (metal, wood); Thermal windows (glazing, frames, argon); Windowbox heat grabbers.  FOOD: Greenhouses (glazing, framing, tubing, misters); Cultivators, Mulchers, Irrigation, drip (tubing, valves); Orchardry (pruning shears, shovels); Processing (bottles, jars, buckets, cookers, canners, dehydrators).  HEALTH: Swabs, recyclable Surgical tools.  HOUSING: Cement, Rebar, Lumber, recycled.  CLOTHING: Sewing machines, Threads, Cloth, Tires (recycled for shoes).  HOUSEWARES: Clay, Ceramics, Wood, Steatite.  FINANCE: Treefree paper (local currency), Ceramic (local coins).  ARTS: Musical instruments (strings, percussion, winds); Stained glass, Paint, tree free, theatre settings,costumes).  RECREATION: game balls.  COMMUNICATIONS: radio, internet

NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDUSTRY

PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL & INDEPENDENT STOCK EXCHANGE

INFILL PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL SITES

PHILADELPHIA COOL ROOF LAW requires all new construction in the City to use highly reflective roofing materials that meet or exceed Energy Star cool roof standards.  Cool roofs deflect the sun’s light and heat, reducing indoor temperature on hot days, extending the life of the roof, and reducing the outdoor air temperature of the surrounding area.

Local book, Local author, Local hope

BOOK REVIEW: Release the Prophetic Destiny in Philadelphia: A City Under Reconstruction. Literally preaching the gospel of green jobs, Maurine McFarlane raises a scriptural and practical call to fix Philadelphia.  She declares that everyone, of all faiths and income, needs to repent of  greed.  Then, she says, we can rebuild our city by restoring the jobs that globalization took away.  This will heal our fatherless families, from which much crime rises.  To create these jobs she prescribes energy efficiency, tree planting, microfinance, CDCs, smart growth, and legisation to promote them.  She emphasizes the need to rely on local resources and talents as much as possible.  Our greatest local resource?  Philadelphia’s poor (24% of us) are essential partners.  Ending poverty here is both a moral imperative and practical necessity.  Philadelphia cannot become a green city without becoming a just city. lighthousecovenantintl.com.

DECONSTRUCTION vs DEMOLITION: Los Altos Hills, California offers free, fast track permits for disassembling buildings rather than smashing them.   Deconstruction reduces noise and dust pollution, extends the life of landfills and returns reusable materials to the marketplace. Building owners may offset the cost of deconstruction by donating salvaged materials to nonprofit organizations
—pilot program in Philly ILSR

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA SURPLUS PROPERTY LIST of “properties that are owned by the City, and are not being used in connection with the work of any City department, board or commission, or any other governmental agency.  When authorized by City Council, surplus property of the City may be offered for sale under certain conditions.”

BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
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FOOD NOOZ

GROWLOTS FEEDS PHILLY’S URBAN FARMING MOVEMENT

GREATER PHILADELPHIA FOOD SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS for “innovative ways to address major sectors of the food system through business development, farmland preservation, public awareness, school food, and natural resource protection.dvrpc.org/food

PHS CITY GARDENS CONTEST “celebrates the beauty and diversity of Philadelphia…”  Categories: container and vegetable gardens to street planters, garden blocks, green roofs, etc. Deadline 6/10. fnarducci@pennhort.org PHSOnline.org

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) WINS $15,000 GREEN HERO AWARD. To date: 19 Orchards, 215 fruit & nut trees, 352 berry bushes & vines, and “countless edible, medicinal & ecological perennials”

LOVEPHILLYLOCALFOOD for Philadelphia urban “gardeners, farmers, and anyone interested in growing. It is also intended to show what areas of the movement are lacking resources, in hopes that nonprofits and government organizations that seek to assist the movement will focus on creating solutions for the gaps that are apparent from the website.”  Also has a social networking component for people in the urban agriculture movement to interact more freely, not just gardeners or farmers but also members of nonprofit organizations and government officials.”

SHARED EARTH CONNECTS LANDOWNERS TO FARMERS

PHILLY COMPOST LISTSERVE
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ETCETERAE

PHILADELPHIA NATURAL DYE INDUSTRY being started by Elissa Meyers and others who seek land for growing indigo, marigold, and other plants which create brilliant color.  They’ve completed an apprenticeship

PHILADELPHIA NONPROFITS STUDIED BY PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

PHILADELPHIA BICYCLE NEWS

THE BICYCLE AMBASSADORS 215-242-9253 x8

PHILLY ECO-CITY

WHITE FENCE INDEX displays the average Philadelphia residential costs for electricity and natural gas.  “PECO predicts that residential and commercial customers alike will experience a 10% average increase in monthly electric bills beginning in January of 2011 when rate caps terminate.”  Provided byKO Angotti energy auditors

high-class low-income housing from recycled materials

PHILADELPHIA EARTHSHIP PETITION to City Council.  These low-cost residences are built using discarded tires.  Rashida Ali-Campbell

PEACE ADVOCACY NETWORK “Philadelphia veganism, animal advocacy, and social justice

PHILADELPHIA DISC GOLF is chemical-free, tree-planting, flower-friendly form of the game, in Fairmount Park

URBAN BLAZERS “has grown to annually serve 700 young people from Philadelphia’s most under-resourced communities. Our programs consist of experiential education and are typically delivered through outdoor activities…”

GIUDE TO GREEN COLLEGES includes several in Philadelphia

dignity for healing is green

THE EMPOWERED MUNICIPALITY: Pennsylvania cities take control.

BIG PROBLEMS NEED LITTLE SOLUTIONS

MISSIONEURS (mission + enterprise)  LISTSERVE

DELAWARE VALLEY SMART GROWTH ALLIANCE

MEDIA MOBILIZING PROJECT MMP stood with PASNAP’s striking technicians and nurses at Temple University Hospital; continued work on the first episode of MMPTV — scheduled to premiere this spring — which will connect the stories of health care workers, students, and immigrants; and supported local immigrant parents and families in their successful fight to retain their right to drive.”

PHILADELPHIA “MEDIA ECOSYSTEM” COLLABORATIVE
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MINI-EDITORIAL

GROWLOTS is Philadelphia’s newest and biggest garden tool.  This site will help urban gardens and farms take control of land to harvest a green city.  With widespread malnutrition here, 60,000 chronically hungry children, struggling food pantries, and gross dependence on imported food, it’s essential that most of our city’s 40,000 vacant lots become farms, edible landscapes and orchards.  Transferring control of food production to neighborhoods will create healthy work and healthy people, stimulate related enterprise, reduce crime, freshen the water and air, and plant Philadelphia’s next 300 years.
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EVENTS

5/6 “ADULT BIKE REPAIR CLASS in North Philly“  6:30-9pm series to May 27.  NBW North Philadelphia Shop, 1426 W. Susquehanna Ave.

5/7 TAKING YOUR FOOD PRODUCT TO MARKET “Learn what it takes to put your homemade delicious recipes into your local markets. An expert from Weavers Way Co-Op will show you how to distribute in their stores.”  Point of Destination Cafe, 6460 Greene St, 8-10am

5/8 YOUTH SUMMER EXPO Imhotep Charter School, 6100 N. 21st, 9am-3pm.

5/8 BLAST OFF TO DETROIT! SOCIAL FORUM FUNDRAISING DANCE PARTY spinning 80s/Boogie Funk/Hip Hop, 9pm-3am, 4811 Chester Ave.  Philly’s Road to Detroit meets every Third Thursday of the month at the American Friends Service Committee, 15th and Cherry St., 6pm.

5/8 VILLAGE ARTS SPRING BRUNCH 11am-2pm, Ile Ife Park, 2544 Germantown Ave.  Tickets $50/adult, $25 per school aged child.   “Performances by students from The Village of Arts and Humanities, fabulous food and drinks, explore it for the first time. Silent auction with donations from Garces Restaurant Group, John & Kira’s chocolates and more.”

5/8 EVELYN SANDERS ORCHARD PLANTING, 10am, 3016 Percy St. RAINDATE: May 9 @ 1pm

5/11-13 ADVANCING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.  “Learn what it takes to be a great youth worker and the theory behind what you do.  Arte Verbrugghe

5/12-14 REINVENTING OLDER COMMUNITIES at Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.  Workshops consider the benefits of gentrification, converting foreclosed housing to condos, whether the poor should own homes, whether green jobs are worthwhile, and whether the Community Reinvestment Act (fair lending practices) is obsolete.  Featured speaker is FED Chairman Ben Bernanke.  President Obama has been invited.

5/13 GRID MAGAZINE FOOD ISSUE RELEASE PARTY Swift Half Pub, 5-7pm

5/15 WOODFORD ORCHARD HARVEST FESTIVAL, 10am NW of 33rd & Dauphin.  Celebrate the strawberry harvest.  Help cleanup and planting, eat grilled gardenburgers, take tour of historic Woodford Mansion.  RAINDATE: May 16 @ 10am

5/15 NOT A DROP TO DRINK! performance by Public Eye: Artists for Animals ”puppetry, film, theater, live music feature the dangers of fracking (drilling for natural gas) .Parade with the cast & crew, large-scale puppets. Children can come to the show dressed as their favorite animals!” 1-2pm performance, 2-3pm parade. Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.. $5 child, $10 adult.  215-620-2130 lisa@publiceyephilly.org

5/15 NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER PLANTS GARDEN FOR REFUGEE SENIORS Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church, 5200 N. Broad, 9am-1pm. Light snacks provided.  (215) 324-7554

5/16 INTERFAITH GREEN FAIR: CONNECT VALUES & ENVIRONMENT, 1-5pm, Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Ave (Manayunk)

5/19 YOUNG FRIENDS OPEN HOUSE, “adults age 40 and under who share a common interest in greening and the positive impact it has on the Philadelphia.”  5:30-7:30pm at Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 N. 20th St , 1st fl.  RSVP mnicoletto@pennhort.org

5/22 KINETIC KENSINGTON SCULPTURE DERBY

5/22 Exploring Ways to Support Our Community Members who are Coming Home from Prison and Their Families. First United Methodist Church, 6001 Germantown Ave.  9am-2pm.  Free.  Breakfast and lunch provided.  RSVP 215 525-0460 x410.

5/26 NEWS YOU CAN USE: JOB HUNTING “70% of all open positions aren’t listed on any job site.  Do you know where to find them?” 400 Market Street, 12th Fl.  8-9:15am  register

5/27 INFILL PHILADELPHIA DESIGN REVEAL Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St, 4-6:30pm Register http://infillphiladelphia.eventbrite.com

5/29 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE

6/5  PennMOVES COMMUNITY SALE.  PennMOVES collects items left behind by University of Pennsylvania students when they leave campus each summer. Last year over 90,000 pounds of items were collected. 8am to 6pm.  Penn Ice Rink, 3130 Walnut St.  8am-6pm.Early admittance fee $5 for 8-10am.  All proceeds to United Way charities in West Philadelphia.

7/9, 10, 11  NICOLA TESLA ENERGY INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS

7/12 CENTER FOR MALE ENGAGEMENT SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.  Four-week intensive for African American male high school students graduating June 2010 who intend to enter the Community College of Philadelphia in fall 2010.  “You will be assigned a Support Coach who will assist you.  Dates of Program 7/12-8/5. Apply by 5/27. cme@ccp.edu. 215.751.8817

7/12 DESTINY STATEMENT SUMMER INSTITUTE  “We Train High School and College Students to Succeed in School and Life! “A personal, professional and academic process that teaches how write personal mission and vision statements, identify core strengths and intelligences and how to set goals in the seven key areas of life.” Monday-Friday 9am-2pm at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2800 W. Cheltenham Ave.  There are three, one-week sessions from which to choose: 7/12-16; 7/19-23; 7/26-30. 267.918.1145 info@bemoreexcellent.com
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YOUR LETTERS

“I would like to subscribe to the Green Jobs Philly email list, I am working with individuals who have experienced homelessness, and this web site and email list is a great resource for helping people access jobs.”  –Melissa Berkey-Gerard, Recovery Services Coordinator, Project H.O.M.E.
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“I am a student at Temple, reporting about the Solar Panel Factory that is projected to be built at the Navy Yard this year and the 400 jobs that are estimated to be created through the factory. I was wondering if you know anything about the factory and possibly the types of employment it will provide to the Philadelphia region. Also, as an expert in the green industry, I was wondering if you have any information about the pros and cons of building such a facility? In what other areas should Philadelphia be focusing besides Solar energy? If you have any spare time to chat by phone, please let me know!”  –Dana Ritter
—[REPLY]  The Heliosphera solar panel factory is an excellent enterprise.  But even greater benefit to average people will come through simple passive solar tools built by neighbors and installed in their neighborhoods.  My booklet Green Jobs Philly features dozens of such initiatives that will transfer power and well-being to lowest-income neighborhoods.
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“I just got your latest news edition and thought of something. On our site at http://www.sustainabledelco.org we have a widget that displays jobs from SustainableBusiness.com. I think it would be more appropriate for us to list your jobs as they are local.”  –James Wurster
—[REPLY] Sure, this would be welcome, since you folks are neighbors
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“I am a job counselor for ex-offenders.  What resources do you recommend?”  –Lenny Wright
—[REPLY]  While some large green companies are locating here, they’ll hire at best a few hundred.  Providing constructive work for hundreds of thousands, including 100,000 Philadelphia ex-offenders, requires us to take initiatives that rely on neither City Hall nor Wall Street.  My booklet Green Jobs Philly introduces neighborhood-based industries that low-income and least-educated people can start, with little money.  These build and install tools that reduce the costs of living while cleaning water and air.  Top of the list: insulation factory, urban agriculture, solar box heaters, cool roofs, deconstruction (instead of demolition).
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“I am a volunteer with HIAS, which re-settles amongst others, Burmese refugees in South Philadelphia.  I am trying to find land that we can use for a community garden for the neighborhood residents.  Any leads?  Please contact me, Hannah Lee
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“Thanks for making our Full Employment seminar a success.  Your information was timely and important and your delivery was superb. We appreciate your doing it on short notice.”  –David West, Beulah Baptist Church
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“As we look to expand who controls the grassroots food justice movement, it is important to consider the large contingent of farm interns who labor countless unpaid hours. Who can afford to work without pay?  Unpaid work excludes chronically hungry people and many working class people from small scale agriculture.
—”Small scale farmers make little profit from growing food — even when selling food to the wealthiest neighborhoods. Grants often support educational programs for kids to grow food for hungry people. Though inspiring, it is not sustainable or feasible to change a broken food system with such programs.
—”If we are to build food sovereignty, middle class farm interns, small scale farmers and food justice activists will need to seek direction from chronically hungry people, working class farm workers and food workers. Please share any work that promotes this type of class-conscious solidarity.  Please let me know if you are interested or involved in building food sovereignty in Philly.”  –Gina Giazzoni
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“Please sign me up for any ideas, events, courses you have on closing the rural-urban food-waste loop!  I am going to try to work my dissertation on that topic, and I would love to know what is going on here in Philadelphia and internationally.”  –Catherine Brinkley
—[REPLY] See phillycompost.com.  My article “Prepare for the Best“ refers to urea recycling in three cities, in the Water section.  World champions: Swedes collect urine from apartment houses, store it six months, then use as fertilizer (EcoSanRes). Mexicans collect urine from city hall and schools to fertilize fields (TepozEco). Zimbabweans plant fruit trees atop privy muck (ArborLoo). Book: The Humanure Handbook.
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“Nice work with your Green Jobs website/newsletter!  Thanks for your  efforts and dedication.”  –Peggy Hartzell
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“Over the thirty years that I have embraced this idea of raising most local public revenue from the taxation of land values, there have been very few elected officials, economists, community development experts, etc. etc. etc. who understand the nature of property markets and the impact of taxation on property markets. Even those who do appreciate the issues have been quiet about expressing support. There are at least two reasons for this.
—”First, and this applies to the people I worked alongside for three decades in the community development field, they have a vested interest in programs designed to mitigate but not solve the problem of dysfunctional property markets. We have a proliferation of government programs that provide career opportunities for a large number of people. And, well-intentioned nonprofits each offer programs to soften the impact of the current system on at least some people, and the nonprofits are constantly in fund-raising mode, doing things that justify foundation and public financial support. What all this produces are band-aid approaches to providing affordable housing and affordable mortgage financing and a degree of community revitalization.  Developers get tax abatements and interest rate subsidies for targeted construction. There are low income housing tax credits. Buyers receive forgivable grants to pay closing costs or even make down payments. Affordable housing activists create land trusts and construct housing units subject to deed restrictions on resale. Limited equity cooperatives are constructed to counter the effects of rising land prices. Government either constructs public housing units, offered a deep subsidies or provides vouchers to help people afford “market rate” rental apartments. The list is long, indeed, and would largely be unnecessary if property taxation was revamped to tax land values fully but not tax property improvements at all.
—”Second, a good deal of financial support to the campaigns of those seeking office comes from those who benefit most by the existing system. Owners of multiple income-producing properties, land banking firms and property speculators (as well their the law firms that represent their interests) are major contributors. They have a firm grip on public policy decisions and few elected officials have the fortitude to take them on.”  –Ed Dodson ejdodson@comcast.net

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HOW TO GET A GREEN JOB

1.  Learn about green jobs.  Also at Google and YouTube.
2. Green your résumé
3.  List yourself among jobseekers in Philadelphia
4.  Meet green employers.  See EVENTS section below– 35 in April.  Introduce yourself and seek an interview.
5.  Meet fellow green jobseekers then start a business or organization.

NEW INFO SHEET: GREEN JOBS IN PHILADELPHIA PWIB survey of Green Job Sectors in SE PA, and Projected Green Job Growth. The Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board has produced a one-page information sheet on green job sectors and projected green job growth in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA GREEN JOBS HAVE INCREASED 446% since July 2008 according to according to listings at Simply Hired.

PHILADELPHIA AREA GREEN JOB CONNECTION on LINKEDIN

PHILADELPHIA ECOLOGY JOBS (mostly professional, engineering or scientific) careerjet job search engine and environmental jobs

BUSINESS UNITED FOR CONSERVATION (BUC) seeks proposals to connect “local companies that provide conservation and pollution mitigation services,” to streamline Philadelphia job growth.

MORE THAN 1,000 PHILADELPHIANS HAVE OFFERED OR REQUESTED JOBS AT GREENJOBSPHILLY.ORG —“I am a recent graduate from Maxwell education group solar training school. A twelve week program five days a week eight hours a day where we learned how to install, design, wire, sell, and estimate solar pv systems in a variety of applications. Im looking forward to working and learning and eventually stating my own company that would focus on inner city projects and row homes for. Keep prices affordable and maybe function as a non -profit.”  Dominic Lepore TECHNICALLY PHILLY GREEN NEWS

PHILADELPHIA GREEN ZONING

PENNSYLVANIA INSULATION FACTORY nearby in Allentown, can be model for Philadelphia manufacture and employment that reduces heating/cooling costs.
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MONEY BUSINESS

GENPHILLY “We want to help our generation start thinking about what type of city WE want to get older in.”  seeks to: Cultivate & support the next generation of leaders in aging & related fields, promote an Age-friendly Philadelphia (embracing people of all ages, where one can live their entire life) PHILADELPHIA HEALTH ALLIANCE LISTSERVE

PHILADELPHIA RECYCLEBANK

RE-STORE OF PHILADELPHIA SEEKS NEW OWNER. “There is great potential for growth in the variety of products offered as well as the size of the pieces.”  Current mailing list 3,300.  Value of inventory $175,000.  Linda Mellish 215 634-3474 PAY LOWER MORTGAGE AFTER FORECLOSURE NYT article.  City Life shuts down Boston foreclosures

PHILADELPHIA LABOR JUSTICE RADIO: follows Temple strike.  The Bills are Too High

PENNSYLVANIA SUES TO PREVENT HEALTH REFORM: —VIEWS OF HEALTH REFORM LAW: FAVOR: Pennsylvanians will enjoy more stability OPPOSE: The Health Care Hindenburg Has Landed FAVOR: MOVEON: OPPOSE: PNHP

SAVE THE INTERNET
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ROLLING AND STROLLING

500 NEW BIKE RACKS will add to 1,400 already installed.  Request one free at your business by 4/7:  click on “Bike Racks” located under the heading “Other. —1,800 

BIKE LOCKS TO BE INSTALLED ON PARKING METERS FIXING SIDEWALK?  GO

PERMEABLE Pennsylvania Aggregate & Concrete Association recommends —

RUBBER SIDEWALKS SAVE TREES
—PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT LETS IT FLOW.  Instead of spending millions rebuilding 1600 miles of pipes they’ll replace lots of concrete and asphalt with permeable pavers, rain gardens, and mini-wetlands.  This puts storm runoff into the ground instead of sending poop into our rivers.

FRIENDS OF THE MANAYUNK CANAL

BICYCLE COALITION ON FACEBOOK

DELAWARE VALLEY BICYCLE SURVEY
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FEEDING OUR FUTURE

GREATER PHILADELPHIA FOOD SYSTEM STUDY This magnificent new report by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission http://www.dvrpc.org plants seeds for a more sustainable food system. Even while prime farmland is being lost to sprawl in our region, more land is being farmed, there are more farms, and farms are smaller.  The study evaluates the 100-mile radius Philadelphia “foodshed.”  It examines food supply issues such as agricultural production trends, natural resource constraints, food origins and destinations.  DVRPC is now working on a policy plan set to be released this summer that will use the results of the study to create a vision and identify recommendations for a more sustainable, resilient, and healthy food system for Greater Philadelphia.  See also 
WHERE DOES PHILLY’S FOOD COME FROM?

2010 PHILADELPHIA LOCAL FOOD GUIDE by Fair Food and Grid Magazine lists all Philadelphia sources of locally grown produce, meats, poultry, dairy, eggs, and value added products.  Reserve  ad space by April 26 alex@gridphilly.com

PENNSYLVANIA HEIRLOOM SEED SAVERS CLUB “A person or family becomes a member for only $2 and then can get seed from other members. We can build up a nice variety of heirlooms and offer them to Pennsylvanians.  In time, seed saving from PA grown strains adapts them to the climate and pests.”

TREES OF JOY

PHILADELPHIA FARMERS’ MARKETS

TEENS 4 GOOD STARTS URBAN FARM IN FAIRMOUNT PARK.  This youth-run produce and nutrition business transforms vacant land into urban gardens. The Carousel House is the eighth food growing site that Teens 4 Good has created since its inception in 2005. They improve access to healthy food and create meaningful jobs for at-risk youth.  “This new farm advances the goal of helping teens realize that they have the power to create their future and change their community for the better,” said Diane Cornman-Levy, Executive Director of Federation of Neighborhood Centers.  Some of the food grown will be sold at a local ShopRite owned by Brown’s Family Superstores.”

PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN’S AGRICULTURAL NETWORK

FAIRMOUNT PARK FARM BUSINESS PARK City of Philadelphia invites proposals for “operating and managing sub-acre commercial, chemical-free farming plots at Manatawna Farm,” Spring Lane. Intended to “foster sustainable, urban agricultural businesses in Philadelphia and further the growth of a regional food system.”
—Furthers the Philadelphia Food Charter promoting City-owned spaces for urban agriculture.  Request for Information on web by 4/22

GRID MAGAZINE GARDENING ISSUE

SLOAN STREET GARDEN seeks help to preserve land VILLAGE OF THE ARTS PARTNERS WITH

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) —POP in USATODAY
—VOTE FOR POP FOR $15,000 GRANT.   That’s about 200 fruit trees.
—Host a House Party for POP “You would invite and feed friends, neighbors, relatives, colleagues. POP sends a representative to talk about orchard planting in Philadelphia.”   Donations tax-deductible
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EVENTS

4/6 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS, THE SOCIAL WEB AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Jenkins Law Library, 6pm.

4/8 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE: The Impact of Design on Sustainability.  “Philadelphia region designers, artists, entrepreneurs, students, and business professionals explore how creative design and innovative new business ideas can work hand-in-hand to shape an eco-friendly future.”  8am-12pm, Temple University, Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 200, 1755 N. 13th St. Online registration ends 4/6.  Free for students and Temple faculty/staff & $20 for professionals! britto@temple.edu

4/8 PASSIVE HOUSE STANDARD EDUCATIONAL EVENT, Infusion Coffee & Tea Gallery, 7133 Germantown Ave, 6:30-8:30pm.  $10 for SBN members, $15 non-members. RSVP “Passive House Standard is an energy-centric building certification that approaches zero energy use. Applicable to new and retrofit, commercial and residential.  Many Philadelphia buildings are not eligible for LEED or Energy Star.”

4/8 BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: MAKING SYSTEMS WORK FOR REENTRY conference 8am-3:45 p.m., Rutgers University Law School, 217 North 5th St., Camden, N.J. “Join local, regional and national leaders for a discussion on how government agencies and not-for-profit programs can better serve those on parole or probation as well as the communities and families to which they return.” Kristin Walker at 856-225-6325.

4/8 CAREERS FOR AN AGE-FRIENDLY PHILADELPHIA, United Way, 17th/Parkway, 5:30-7:30pm.  RSVP “Philadelphia has the highest proportion of people over 60 among the ten largest U.S. cities.”

4/8 FROM CONCEPT TO CUSTOMER: MANUFACTURING IN PHILLY Art Star, 623 N 2nd St.   5-7pm, Overview of manufacturing process here in Philly.  Emily Yoder EYoder@empowerment-group.org

Will Allen, MacArthur "genius prize" winner, speaks here

4/9 COMPOST CONFERENCE considers “the current state of composting in the Delaware Valley. With a focus on new developments in food-waste composting practices.”  Keynote speaker Will Allen, winner of MacArthur “genius” prize.  of Growing Power, 8am-3pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Fee: $30 includes lunch, Preregistration required . No tickets at door.  Full agenda 4/10 GRID MAGAZINE’S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY, Yards Brewing, 5-8pm, 901 N. Delaware

4/10  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAIL PASSENGERS TRI-STATE MEETING.  Temple University Center City, 1515 Market St., Discussion of matters affecting Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and special tour of SEPTA’s rail and transit control center. Registration $25.00 incl lunch.

4/10 POP NURSERY WORK DAY, 2:30pm.  Weavers Way Farm at Awbury Arboretum, Germantown.  Help to pot plants and spread mulch at POP’s nursery yard.  directions. 4/10 COOL ROOF LAW PUBLIC HEARING, 1pm, City Hall room 400.  Law would require energy-saving white reflective roofs on some buildings.

4/11 PENTRIDGE ORCHARD PLANTING, 1pm.  Pentridge St between 49th & 50th, West Philadelphia.  Help kids at Pentridge Children’s Garden plant figs, kiwis, currants.  RAINDATE: 4/17 @ 1pm 412 EASTERN PENNSYLANIA PERMACULTURE GUILD hosts speech by David Jacke in Kimberton. 4/13 ENTREPRENEURS’ FORUM “dedicated to helping grow your business through networking and educational events.” 5:30-8:00pm, The Federal Reserve Bank, 7th & Arch Streets, Voluntary $10.00 Donation

4/13 FREE MOVIE: FOOD, INC. 48th & Baltimore (Calvary Church), 7pm,  ”The radical changes in the food industry in the United States in last 60 years and the resulting increase in food contamination and other dangers to public health are examined in this provocative documentary.”  94 min. 4/14 PHILADELPHIA URBAN FARM NETWORK 4905 Cedar Ave.  pufn@googlegroups.com

4/15 GUBERNATORIAL FORUM ON URBAN SUSTAINABILITY, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Reception: 6-6:30pm, Program: 6:30-8pm, RSVP required

4/16-18 GOGREEN EXPO in Oaks, PA.

4/16 SHARE ORCHARD PLANTING & WORKSHOPS, 12:30pm, 2901 Hunting Park Ave.  Event includes a tour of SHARE and the Common Market, workshops on composting and permaculture, and lots of new orchard plantings!  RAINDATE: 4/29 @ 12:30pm

4/17 EARTH DAY FESTIVAL & FLEA MARKET, Clark Park

4/17 PENNFUTURE WATERSHED WORKSHOP: Bold Action to Protect Water Quality in Philadelphia and Beyond, Friends Center, 9am-3pm.  Register 4/17 ROXBOROUGH ORCHARD PLANTING, 10am, 8230 Ridge Ave.  Help plant berry bushes at Roxborough Presbyterian Community Garden.  RAINDATE: 4/18 noon

4/19 ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK LAUNCH PARTY, World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut, 5-7pm. “A partnership with Handmade Philly, this lively event features food, music, and opportunities to purchase goods from local artisans and producers.”

4/19 GUBERNATORIAL FORUM ON ON THE FUTURE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S WORKFORCE AND ECONOMY. National Constitution Center, 6-9pm, 525 Arch St.  Free, but space limited. Register 4/21 SEPTA BUDGET HEARINGS for FY2011-2022.  11am-5pm, SEPTA Board Room, 1234 Market St.  Comments may also be sent to operatingbudget@septa.org.  FARE INCREASES
—DVARP says: ”Since they weren’t successful in eliminating them in 2007, SEPTA wants to raise the price of transit transfers again, and kill them off gradually.  This is a bad idea, especially since it discourages intermodal travel, encouraging people to take long inefficient bus rides instead of using the more efficient rail mode for the trunk-haul part of their trip.  If SEPTA gets its way, transfer fares will have gone up 150% in the past ten years.”

4/22 PROJECT LIVING ROOM ROOFTOP GARDEN PARTY for urban agriculture. Gershman Y Building, 401 S. Broad St, 5-7pm.

4/22 GREENFIELD ORCHARD PLANTING 10am, 23rd & Sansom.  Help students put the finishing touches on last fall’s orchard planting.  RAINDATE: Friday, 4/23 @ 10:15am.

4/22 GROWING MINDS ORCHARD PLANTING 4pm, 58th & Lindbergh, West Philly. Join students of Richard Allen Charter School in expanding their orchard . RAINDATE: Friday, 4/23 @ 4pm

4/22 IMAGINING PHILADELPHIA’S FUTURE: THE PLANS AND THE REALITIES, 6-6:30pm: reception; 6:30 - 8pm: program

4/22 EARTH DAY BENEFIT for ENERGY COORDINATING AGENCY, Pyramid Club, Mellon Bank Tower, 1735 Market St, 52nd fl, 5:30-8:30pm.  ”Dancing, great food, auction featuring Philadelphia’s green businesses.” 215 609-1024 Purchase tickets

4/23 VILLAGE OF ARTS ORCHARD PLANTING 10am, 2512 N. Warnock St.  Help plant a new community orchard. A great chance to see how the Village has transformed this North Philly neighborhood!

4/24 RAY OF HOPE FUNDRAISER: creating green jobs for ex-offenders, rehabbing low-income housing 5858 Castor Ave, 6-10pm.

4/24 EARTH DAY OF SERVICE AT THE PAUL ROBESON HOUSE, 9am-5pm, 4949 Walnut St.

4/24 UNITED COMMUNITIES ORCHARD PLANTING 10am, 8th & Emily, South Philly.  Global Youth Service Day prepares and plants new orchard as well as other garden and cleanup.  Organized by  United Communities Youth Leadership Council and Teens 4 Good.

4/25 TEMPLE BETH AM GREEN FAIR 971 Old York Rd, Abington, Missy Gurmankin 805-8962 Noble Station, 10:30am-2:30pm

5/1 FRANCISVILLE ORCHARD PLANTING 10am, 815 Perkiomen St,. Help folks from Francisville neighborhood expand their orchard with peach, apple, and fig trees. RAINDATE May 2 @ 2pm

5/8 EVELYN SANDERS ORCHARD PLANTING, 10am, 3016 Percy St.  Help the residents of the Evelyn Sanders community expand their new orchard space. RAINDATE: May 9 @ 1pm

5/15 WOODFORD ORCHARD HARVEST FESTIVAL,10am NW of 33rd & Dauphin.  Celebrate the strawberry harvest at the Strawberry Mansion Children’s Orchard.  Help cleanup and planting, eat grilled gardenburgers, take tour of historic Woodford Mansion.  RAINDATE: May 16 @ 10am.

5/16 INTERFAITH GREEN FAIR: MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN VALUES & ENVIRONMENT, 1-5pm, MISHKAN SHALOM, 4101 FREELAND AVE (Shurs Lane & Freeland, Manayunk)

5/22 KINETIC KENSINGTON SCULPTURE DERBY NET TUESDAYS by PHILLY NETSQUARED gathers techies who are “remixing Philadelphia for social change.” INLIQUID ARTS CALENDAR
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YOUR LETTERS

“Thanks for the note on the Logan neighborhood and the removal of 997 houses.  A house my grandparents had lived in was one of the first to collapse - ironically, the other half is still there.  there may be trees there yet, but we’ll have to see.
—”i’ve tossed seeds onto the edges of several blocks  -  it didnt look as if they had taken.  maybe sprinkle some wild flower seeds this spring- see if they do better.  Or perhaps should toss out some cherries.  When i was a vry young kid, we had an apple tree in the backyard and we were able to pick the fruit of a peach and an cherry in an adjacent property. our house had supposedly been a tenant farmer’s house of a house on 10th St.”  –Ray Tumarkin
—[REPLY]  There are so many stories of loss there.  Your grandparents’ half house is a rare survivor.  I’ve proposed Logan Orchard and Market (LOAM), to fill the 35 acres with orchard, farmers’ market, flea market, food processing center, green skill center, and recreation fields.
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“Wow, this edition of Green Jobs Philly is packed full of some really great stuff. Thanks for keeping an eye on so many things and then passing the information along. I enjoyed your article “Fresh Cash for Philadelphia” in the Daily News as well. Feels like your momentum is building with the nice weather!”  –Angela Norris, Studio 34 Co-founder Studio 34 Yoga
—[REPLY] This newsletter is a tribute to many lively Philadelphians.
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“I am an accountant.   Where do I fit into this picture?   Are the any ‘green’ accounting jobs?”  –Marc
—[REPLY]  Yes indeed!  Green accounting is central to moving money, law and culture toward green cities.  Today there are 51,000 Google hits for this term, including eoearth.org/article/Green_accounting.  See also greenaccountingjobs.com I’ve proposed the Philadelphia Regional & Independent Stock Exchange (PRAISE), to gather capital for ecodevelopment, http://www.greenjobsphilly.org/static_praise.php and the Securities and Ecologies Commission (SEC) to measure green progress here.
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“I was wondering if you knew any engineers that I could contact for help constructing an Earthship in Philadelphia.”  –Rashida Ali-Campbell —[REPLY] A great use of engineering talent.  Let’s announce it here.
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“My role at the Philadelphia Youth Network is to design and manage occupational skills training programs that lead to some industry-recognized credential. PYN would like to include green job training as part of our occupational skills pathway, but I’m struggling with identifying training entities (other than the ECA) that offer green jobs training, particularly in the energy sector. Do you know some training institutions we might be able to partner with for a reasonable price?”  –Temwa Wright
—[REPLY}  See the youth section of October 2009 edition of Green Jobs Philly News  Because there are so many thousands of unemployed young adults, we need to create our own training programs.  College degrees are not required for either teaching or installing simple energy conserving technologies.  Such tools can be manufactured with little start-up cost.  They’ll employ neighbors to reduce costs of living.
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“I am a manager of Community Initiatives at the United Way of Southeastern PA. I am also currently enrolled in the Philadelphia Urban League’s Leadership Forum and my group has been set with the task of developing a career day at a local high school that focuses on green jobs.  The goal of this day would be to focus on exposing students to green collar jobs-- opportunities for work or study (colleges, trade schools, companies with internships, etc) and enrichment  programs that can help that students become ready for college or career opportunities. We hope to have this day scheduled before the end of the school year. ---”I have researched a general overview of the green jobs market  which has a generous focus on training low-wage/low-skilled adults for the green workforce however  I just wanted get your scope about green jobs and youth, if you have one.  Specifically, if there is any need from the green jobs market perspective to youth?  Are you aware of or working on any initiatives similar? If so where we might we be able to forge some partnerships, etc. How might a group such as mines put on a career day for high school students around this issue?”  --Vonetta Robinson
---[REPLY] “Youth are an important part of the green jobs movement.  There are several green youth programs in Philadelphia, and many nationwide.  Apprenticeships, employment, and many programs pending.  Main categories: passive solar tech (neighborhood-based green tools), insulation, gardens and orchards, deconstruction (as distinct from demolition), etc.  Visit Green Jobs Philly News, search keyword “youth.”  Search especially the October 2009 edition and earlier
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“It is great to see the newsletter again.  It is a valuable one-of-a-kind Philly resource.”  –Scott Kramer, Greener U Consultants
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“Was wondering if you would be interested trying to get an urban sustainable agriculture class together through Temple University’s Environmental Studies department.  There are plenty of spots that could be used for planting. I am really interested urban crop cultivation, and i am currently taking a sustainable food crops class at Ambler, but Ambler is far, and horticulture classes don’t offer CLA major students the CLA credit they need to graduate. ”  –Emily Gleason
—[REPLY] This would be a very practical expansion of Temple’s curriculum.  I’d suggest it be taught by an actual urban farmer, covering benefits, urban land history, vacancy, ownership, land reform, political and cultural considerations, soil conditions, soil building and remediation, integrated pest management, infrastructure, marketing, sales. Urban food justice and food sovereignty would be key themes: transferring ownership of food systems to city folks who farm and who eat.
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“Philly at the grassroots level has a tremendous green consciousness.  Just today I joined Greenjobsphilly so potential editorial consulting clients know how to reach me.
—”However, the city itself is extremely screwed up and ineffective. It is at least aware of sustainability issues — we have a sustainability coordinator at City Hall for what that’s worth.
—”I’m coming to the conclusion that what really needs to happen is that the LEAST green cities need to sprout grassroots and entrepreneurial initiatives so the city governments will follow.”  –Spencer
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“Gracias por los envíos de estas noticias buenas, espero verte pronto.”  –Polo
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“I’ve appreciated reading your website and the wealth of information regarding the Philadelphia Regional & Independent Stock Exchange (PRAISE). I too am greatly interested in local stock exchanges and have been studying these efforts for my finance class. I was wondering if you could shed some light on levels of risk for investors. I would hypothesize that there is less risk in a local stock exchange as opposed to the NYSE or NASDAQ, but I can’t find much material support that hypothesis”  –Matt Allan
—[REPLY] Properly managed local stock exchanges, rooted in the community and bound by clear standards, should have less investment risk.  And we would not invite people to invest more than they can afford to risk.  Since PRAISE has not yet begun we have no track record, no basis of comparison.  We’ll try it out and see what happens.  That’s how everything has begun.  Your suggestions are welcome.
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“A friend of mine is on the Green Jobs Philly e-mail list, and I would like to subscribe as well. I am an architect living and working in Philadelphia and interested in sustainable design.”  –Michael Martella
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“I am a member of a group of City Planning students at University of Pennsylvania that is developing a plan for Logan Triangle this spring for our graduate workshop.  The Redevelopment Authority is our client for the project.
—”Our team was tasked with developing an environmentally-based, sustainable use for this 35 acre site in Lower North Philadelphia. We are now looking at what possible institutions could serve as partners for the uses developed on the site for using Logan Triangle as a green-industry job training site or research/educational site for green industries (renewable energy–solar panels, biochar, etc.). I thought that you would be a great resource as we continue to develop our plan for this area, especially with your knowledge of what is happening in the green industry realm in Philadelphia.”  –Bennett Hilley

orchard on Spring Garden, by Frito Bastien

—[REPLY]  Several weeks ago I gave a talk about green jobs at the monthly meeting of the Logan Olney CDC. I recommended that they create the Logan Orchard and Market (LOAM), since they sit beside 35 vacant acres which the City has recently declared unbuildable.  This would provide food and jobs, teach skills, bring people together to share abilities.  The orchard can connect to a farmers’ market and flea market.
—Fruit and nut trees can be planted on contaminated soil.  Typically they’ll bring contaminant part way up the trunk but yield healthy fruit.  Soil tests need to be conducted to determine heavy metal content in the fly ash.
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“Thanks for all your work - we met at Mishkan Shalom. Some of the links here give HTTP 404 error messages (page not found). I am looking for ways to induce my landlord to do something to my own drafty, non-solar house. Can you send me a link that would help?”
—[REPLY]  “Thanks for heads-up about broken links.  They seem to work in the web edition.  I’ll double check the email edition for corrections hereafter.
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“As a consultant that works with local governments, I’m encouraged that Philadelphia is making major in-roads on sustainability. Considering that they are starting with a very old, industrial-based city puts them a bit behind from the start.  The city has the second-highest number of green roofs in the US, there is a farm-to-city program, an office of sustainability, a walkable footprint, recyclebank, GRID magazine, urban gardens, in development: 400 new jobs at the solar manufacturer opening at the old navy yard, an energy retrofit program and stormwater reduction program… the list goes on.
—”With a federal 25% RES, Pennsylvania could expect to see renewable electricity supported job growth between 17,300 and 20,000 jobs by 2025. Specifically for solar energy Pennsylvania could see 1,000 to 2,000 more solar-related jobs by 2025 and between 6,000 to 7,000 more wind power related jobs.”  –Nancy Schneider, Sustainability Consultant
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“Outstanding collection of material!!”  –John Sorrentino, Environmental Economist, Temple University
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“I live in Chester County. Can you point me toward any news or information regarding Green Jobs activities in Chester County?”  –Darryl Cox
—[REPLY] West Chester University Sustainability Council should have leads.  See also Chester County Economic Development Council’s Smart Energy Initiative.  They do clean energy job training programs.  Check this source. From your local newspaper Green Job Search focuses on Chester
—Also, Chester County Library hosted in March: ‘You and the 10 Best Green Jobs for Now’ in February.  Announcement: “Do you want to find the green job of your dreams?  The U.S. economy isn’t what it used to be, and old jobs are becoming old hat. But new technologies and shifting priorities are creating opportunities for job seekers, especially if you want to make a living while leaving a lighter footprint on the planet.”  Contact Dawn Mazzone 610-280-2624
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“I had the opportunity to visit your site/s – nice work you’re doing out there.  I have forwarded  greenjobsphilly.org to a couple of acquaintances as a resource to list their green services.  Please keep me in mind for anyone who is looking for executive level assistance growing their business.” –John Katrina

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GREEN SKILLS

GREEN JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH ages 17-24 who have not graduated, are not in school and are unemployed or underemployed.  Choose your track: Green Building, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Landscaping, Reading, Writing, Math Help, GED Preparation, Job Readiness Training, Support Services.  Foundations Community Education 215-424-5810

FUNDS FOR GREEN TRAINING BY PHILADELPHIA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD

Got my job through Green Jobs Philly!

GREEN YOUR RESUME
—ENROLL TO SEEK GREEN JOB
—SEE LIST OF TALENTED PHILADELPHIA JOB SEEKERS

PENNSYLVANIA GREEN JOBS REPORT

VOLKLIBRE! connects “localism, arts culture & ecology by engaging artists, musicians, poets/writers, performers, community organizers, environmentalists, homemakers, students, teachers, parents, activists, local/independent businesses & self-employed individuals, artisans, farmers — anyone interested in sustainable living, social justice or improving one’s own quality of life.”  Events

PHILADELPHIA SOCIAL INNOVATIONS JOURNAL

START SMART, START GREEN: BUSINESS PLAN TRAINING CLASSES. Women’s Opportunity Resource Center. 215-564-5500

THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS

THE SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH  EARTH CENTER

GREEN JOBS TRAINING CENTER OPENS.  Training programs enrollment.
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GREEN MONEY

FUNDING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN PHILADELPHIA

“Philadelphia has ambitions to become the greenest City in America. Its recently released comprehensive sustainability plan, Greenworks Philadelphia, articulates that vision. And yet, its infrastructure is crumbling. Facing increasingly scarce resources, simultaneously achieving green city goals and a state of good repair will require a change of approach.”

FRESH CASH FOR PHILADELPHIA
—RECIPE FOR SUCCESSFUL LOCAL CURRENCY

PENNSYLVANIA DATABASE OF INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLES AND EFFICIENCY

TAXING LAND NOT BUILDINGS encourages rather than punishes building improvement.

2011 CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BUDGET

2010 STATE BUDGET
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GREEN ENERGY

MAJOR SOLAR FACTORY COMING TO PHILADELPHIA.  Helisosphera U.S. will open a manufacturing facility at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, creating up to 400 new jobs within three years and an estimated additional 200 construction jobs.  The facility will produce 1.2 million solar modules yearly.

PHILADELPHIA INSULATION FACTORY (PIF) would create lowest-cost cellulose insulation in Philadelphia, employing Philadelphians to lower Philadelphia heating costs.  Here’s how:  1 2 3 4 5 install fire resistance More info

$30 MILLION FOR WEATHERIZATION FOR PHILADELPHIA   “With this money we are replacing windows and doors, insulating roofs, upgrading heating systems and much more.  These improvements are generating hundreds of dollars in annual energy cost savings for those Philadelphians who need it the most…”  –Mayor Nutter

PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION REQUIRES PECO SPEND $342 MILLION ON ENERGY EFFICIENCIES

CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS HELP PHILADELPHIANS SAVE ENERGY AND MONEY.  to host one: Colette Davis at  Building Performance Institute (BPI) certification is marketable and portable national certification.  Daily Energy Tweets twitter.com/phillyenergy or facebook.com/Energy-Coordinating-Agency-Philadelphia

PECO’s SMART HOME REBATES

CAN A BIG HOUSE BE GREEN?

GREEN PROJECT DIRECTORY lists latest Philadelphia green buildings
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BICYCLES

PHILLY ELECTRIC WHEELS (PHEW!) is The first store in the tri-State area dedicated to selling and servicing electric bicycles and tricycles.  Electric bikes go 20-25mph, 20 miles on full charge. Batteries are as easy to recharge as a cell phone battery.  215 821-9266, phillyew@gmail.com

PHILADELPHIA IS NO. 1 AMONG BIG CITIES FOR BICYCLE COMMUTING Bicycle Commuting Doubles in Philadelphia over three year period.  –The US Census Bureau.  Philadelphia’s bicycle commuters comprised 1.6% of all commuters who travel to work.  Philadelphia’s percentage of bike commuters is nearly three times national average.

PHILADELPHIA BIKE SHARING FEASIBILITY STUDY

PHILADELPHIA’S FUTURE HAS TWO WHEELS

BRIDGE TO RIDGE TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION

PEDICAB BILL ADVANCES IN COUNCIL.  PETITION DRIVE SEEKS ENACTMENT.  PEDICABS WORLDWIDE

AND TRAINS: “The standout performers in the snowstorm and its aftermath were SEPTA’s subway and elevated lines. If you could get to the terminal, they’d get you to Center City or wherever else you had to go.” –Delaward Valley Rail Passengers Association NEWSLETTER.  Subscribe to this great 20-page resource
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GOOD NEWS

GENEROCITY is “building Greater Philadelphia’s first online publication dedicated to telling the stories about individuals, schools, charities, nonprofits and businesses in the region working to make a positive difference in their communities.”

POSITIVE NEWS STORY FEATURES GREEN JOBS PHILLY page 17.

GREEN JOBS PHILLY NEWS FACEBOOK
—GREEN JOBS JERSEY spins off from Green Jobs Philly, launches in several weeks.
—GREEN JOBS PHILLY LISTSERVE

GREATER PHILADELPHIA IDEALIST GROUP

HEALTH REFORM FROM BELOW

RESTORING FREE SPEECH TO COMMON PEOPLE. Rep.Donna Edwards introduces 28th Amendment.
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GOOD FOOD

PHILADELPHIA URBAN FARM NETWORK seeks Better organized distribution channels for locally grown produce, Events Web Page to coordinate different events and avoid too much overlap, more comprehensive compost system, more urban ag voices in the media, community green house system, seasonal jobs.  Cake made for urban farm potluck by The Night Kitchen Bakery

PHILADELPHIA HARVEST REPORT: more than 2,000,000 lb. in 2008: “Tomatos were by far the largest crop, with approximately 837,550 pounds or 41% of the total. Other important crops included cabbage (218,556 lbs, 10.7%), collards (151,8300 lbs, 7.5%), beans (139,557, 6.9%), and squash (110,662 lbs, 5.4%). These five crops accounted for two-thirds of the total crop. At the other end of the scale, we estimated only 954 pounds of peanuts grown.”  Does not include cane or bush berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries) or fruit trees. –Dominic Vitiello & Michael Nairn

LOVE PHILLY LOCAL FOOD seeks to integrate urban agriculture programs

76 REGIONAL GROWERS PRESENT AT FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND

GOOD SWEETS: PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) has planted 17 orchards, 158 fruit & nut trees, 287 berry bushes & vines.  Countless eco-orchard perennials.  Volunteers and tax-deductible donations welcome.
—VOTE FOR POP for $15,000 people’s choice grant.  That’s a lot of orchards!

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD GROUP (PHOG) LISTSERV connects Philadelphia orchard caretakers, urban farmers, and backyard fruit growers who wish to share information about fruit-growing, events related to fruit-growing, and questions about fruit-growing. This includes fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, fruiting vines, and edible forest gardens.

A LITTLE TASTE OF EVERYTHING is “dedicated to increasing access to nutritious, affordable foods and providing food systems education for low-income populations in Philadelphia.”

LOGAN TRIANGLE SUITED ONLY FOR TREES AND AGRICULTURE 35 abandoned acres.

FRUIT TREE MAP

PHILLY COMPOST MAP

BENNETT COMPOST

EDIBLE LANDSCAPING seeking interns

SODA TAX: PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS WEIGHS IN: “Sugary beverages are high in calories.  High calorie diets are linked to obesity.  By taxing soda the government can make back money it spends on health care costs related to obesity.”
—SODA CAUSES DIABETES and other health problems

PENNSYLVANIA VEGETABLE AND SMALL FRUIT GAZETTE

URBAN JUNGLE - CREATING SUSTAINABLE GREEN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.  Green roofs, vertical gardens, hassle-free high-tech drip irrigation, window boxes, organic and green garden center.  Twitter

SUBURBAN ORGANICS

EDIBLE LANDSCAPING: another local business joins the list, seeks interns.

REGIONAL PLAN FOR FOOD SECURITY

SUSTAINABLE FARM INCUBATOR

PRooF (Philadelphia Rooftop Farm)

PHILADELPHIA AIR POLLUTION RISK EVALUATION: air is food too

SLOAN ST. COMMUNITY GARDEN successfully raised $2,600 through Kickstart to pay fees to protect garden from development

GREENER PARTNERS contributes to the “resurgence of farming activity within the Greater Philadelphia region. By reestablishing sustainable, organic farming operations, Greener Partners is impacting the way people think about their food and the environment.”

O.UR. FARMS  “We’ve been working with some of our neighbors on a shared backyard farming model where we move crops (or animals) around and the product is shared with the homeowner and a community market.  Combined with farming a few vacant lots we’ve been able to supply a pretty reasonable farmer’s market in a pretty impoverished neighborhood. So we were thinking about expanding this model and seeing if there were others that wanted to share some of their yard space for agriculture in exchange for organic vegetables.  This model is being used in some high-wealth communities (SF and NY) but as far as I know doesn’t exist in Philly.”  Ryan prestonsparadise.org

GRACEFUL GARDENS ON CBS 10

NEIGHBORHOOD FRUIT

PEDAL–POWERED GRINDER for garden scraps needed by Philly’s urban farms.

DETROIT GOES TO SEED AND BENEFITS

OPPORTUNITIES IN URBAN AGRICULTURE
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GREEN PLANS

CONNECTIONS: The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission REGIONAL PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE calls for protecting 500,000 acres of open space, cutting greenhouse gas emissions by half, and securing an additional $100 million per year in new regional funding to modernize the transportation system. It also focuses on new development and revitalization projects in the region’s 100-plus “livable communities,” pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented neighborhoods throughout the region that blend residential and commercial amenities.
—-Limit the need for ever-expanding water, wastewater, and transportation infrastructure that is becoming increasingly difficult to finance, build, and maintain.
—-Preserve natural features, including important habitat areas, woodlands, stream buffers, and wetlands. TheY maintain surface water quality, reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, improve air quality, strengthen biodiversity, enhance personal health, and make the region more attractive.
—-Decrease dependence on the automobile for personal mobility, leading to lower levels of air pollution, less dependence on fossil-fuel energy, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
—-Provide more opportunities to live, work, and play in walkable, pedestrian-friendly communities served by high- quality, efficient transit.
—-Preserve farmland and strengthen the local agricultural industry, thereby enhancing local food production at a time when rising energy prices and climate change are making long-distance food transport increasingly cost prohibitive.
—-Prevent outward expansion of suburban development into rural communities.  mboyer@dvrpc.org

URBAN LAND REFORM IN FLINT CREATES JOBS AND LOCAL WEALTH
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MINI-EDITORIAL

Our modern technologies for commuting, air conditioning, electric lightling, heating and flushing, are now old-fashioned– they waste energy, money, metals, soil– they pollute water and air.  Healthy change must be embraced by bureaucracy, culture, law and finance.  New tools will employ more of us, reduce costs of living, clean water and air, and give children a future.  Without bold leadership, America’s next generation will inherit rotten cities, worthless dollars, depleted oil, exhausted Social Security, while being pushed to pay student loans and fight wars. Green Jobs Philly celebrates elders who are being responsible to America and Earth.  –Paul Glover
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EVENTS

3/10 FARM TO SCHOOL conference call

3/11  SEPTA Community Meeting on Germantown Station: Thurs., March 11, 7:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 35 W. Chelten Ave.

3/11-13 PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS 2010 CONFERENCE:  A Sense of Place – Our Outdoor Heritage.

3/13, RAISE BEES START UP HIVE WORKSHOP.  Green St & Carpenter Lane, West Mt. Airy.  2:30-6pm. $200 includes your Amish-made hive kit.  Reservations required:  muze@erols.com. “Come with a hammer, leave with a hive.”

3/14 BREWERS PLATE

3/15 Infinite Solar IREC Accredited SOLAR THERMAL DESIGN AND INSTALLATION COURSE

3/16 MISSION MOB: A HAPPY HOUR WITH DAMN GOOD INTENTIONS.  Bringing startup and social entrepreneurs together for a mission-driven happy hour.  Free but ticket required.  6:30pm, Ladder 15, 1528 Sansom St

3/16 ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS Walnut Street West branch of Free Library, 201 South 40th St (at Walnut St) 3-4pm

3/16 DVRPC REGIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE ACTION TASK FORCE 10:00am, 2010 PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE ROOM.  DVRPC Transportation Improvement Program

3/17 FARM ECONOMICS WORKSHOPS: How to Write a Farm Business Plan, How to Price Products for Market, 5:30-9pm, The Enterprise Center, Studio C, 4548 Market St.. Penn State Extension 215 471-2200 x 0

3/17 CLEANTECH COMPANIES TO WATCH, Entrepreneurs Forum, 5:30-8:00 p.m. St. Joseph’s University, Haub School of Business-Teletorium, City Ave & 54th St

3/19 CAPITAL AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/CLEAN TECHNOLOGY BRIEFINGS. 9-10:30am. Ben Franklin Technology Partners/SEP, Building 100 Innovation Center, 4801 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, The Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA 19112

3/19 GOOD JOBS NOW! MAKE WALL STREET PAY: “While their actions destroyed Americans’ jobs, homes and hope, the Big Banks got billions in taxpayer bailouts—and went back to business as usual. They gave their execs about $145 billion in 2009 pay and bonuses, and now they’re spending millions lobbying to kill financial reform. America is 10 million jobs in the hole. It’s time for Wall Street to pay to create the good jobs we need. Join us to take this message right to one of the biggest, baddest banks of all.”  AFL-CIO, 11:45am, Paine Plaza- 15^th & JFK across from City Hall.

3/20 DVARP General Meeting: Sat., March 20, 1:00 pm at 1601 Walnut St., Suite 1129

3/25 MID-ATLANTIC CLEANTECH INVESTMENT FORUM Academy of Natural Sciences Auditorium, 4:30–8pm

3/25 SEPTA Board meeting: Thurs., March 25, 3:00 pm at 1234 Market St., mezzanine

3/30 SEPTA Citizen Advisory Committee: Tues., March 30, 5:45 pm at 1234 Market St., 7th fl

4/8 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE: THE IMPACT OF DESIGN ON SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 8am-noon, Temple University, Howard Gittis Student Center Room 200, 1755 N. 13th St.  “Philadelphia designers, artists, entrepreneurs, students, and business professionals explore how creative design and innovative new business ideas can work hand-in-hand to shape an eco-friendly future.”  Free for students w/ OwlCard; $20 for professionals.

4/10  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAIL PASSENGERS TRI-STATE MEETING.  Temple University Center City, 1515 Market St., Discussion of matters affecting Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and special tour of SEPTA’s rail and transit control center. Registration $25.00 incl lunch.

4/16-18 GOGREEN EXPO at Convention Center

4/17 PHILADELPHIA WATERSHED WORKSHOP

4/17 EARTH DAY FESTIVAL & FLEA MARKET, Clark Park

4/24 RAY OF HOPE FUNDRAISER: creating green jobs for ex-offenders, rehabbing low-income housing 5858 Castor Ave, 6-10pm.

“BEERS FOR BILLS” by Urban Eco-Electric (UEE).  Bring your energy bill, learn about how solar energy can save you money, and get a free beer. Times/places.
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YOUR LETTERS

“Thanks for the good NEWS and the alternative thinking you bring to the forum!  Re NESTS:  a great idea! Im currently between jobs in technology sales & business development (and expect to be back to work very soon)but I also have taught music  piano - and am looking to get back to this in the evenings. Also, I am very interested in the sustainability movement.I have not worked directly this realm, but I would like to use my strength and skills to contribute to the movement in some way. If there is some way I could contribute to the NESTS idea I would consider:teaching music, cooking, gardening (I helped plant some trees with the Horticultural Society back in April), house repair, storytelling.”  –Scott Shaffner
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“I’ve noticed that I’ve not received an enewsletter from Green Jobs Philly since October.  Can you tell me the status of your work now and if it is continuing?  You have been an invaluable asset to this city and it would be a critical loss if your work wasn’t carried on here.”  –Katryn Lavanture
—[REPLY]  The home page still serves, and this is the first Green Jobs Philly since October because I’ve been preparing related programs and because, throughout December, my back went out.
—I’d be willing to transfer the 6,300 emails and site to people willing to publish Green Jobs Philly more regularly, in this format.  There is far greater ad sales capacity than I’ve tapped. paul5glover@yahoo.com
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“I am in the process of developing a model of community-based production of goods. The intent is to develop a workers’ collective of skilled makers and crafts people - woodworkers, metal workers, sewers, knitters, glass blowers, etc etc - that collectively own and share technologies and space. I have ideas for a shop that is shared by people, that offers workshops and classes, and is open to the community at large. Through selling goods, teaching classes, and being hired for custom production we should be able to build up a shared pool of funds to be used collectively.  http://www.madein-philly.com
—”I am interested to know if you have heard about anyone working on something like this and to get your thoughts on such an idea. My motivation is to personally stop developing more theory and start being an active member of a community. Also owning technology and being skilled in using it to make the things you use is powerful and I want to share this with other people.
—”Over time we see connections to local currency, having healthcare, owning resource production, etc.”  –Andrew Dahlgren
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“The second broadcast of  “Neighborhood Pathway” and “Creating a Green Pathway out of Poverty”  Come take part in something that affects our lives whether you have someone who is in prison, or you know someone in prison.  heritagecommunitycenter.org.  The Ray of Hope Project has helped 80 seniors and low income familes to continue living in their homes, and 90% of the homes were repaired by formerly incarcerated people who came through ROH.  During the past 7 years, over 500 ex-offenders have worked in our program and 85% have stayed out of prison. This is our time in history again to make a statement again, ‘Yes We Can’ Power is in numbers!!!! “  –Ray Gant
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“I am a teacher at in South Philadelphia at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School. I was wondering if Green Jobs Philly runs a program that is designed for schools where they can ‘adopt’ a piece of land and care for that plot of land. I hope that all is well with you.”  –Charles Imbesi
—[REPLY] Green Jobs Philly itself is a website making it easy for Philadelphians to connect to do good things.  Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) and many other groups tend land for agriculture, recreation, business.
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“I agree Obama is losing support because, contrary to his campaign promises, so far all he’s offered or produced is more of the same broken status quo (i.e. favoring big moneyed interests at the expense of everyone else) on every issue of national importance (campaign finance, the economy, jobs, war, health care, environment, etc.).
—”Imagine if the $1.5 Trillion in the two economic stimulus packages had been divided evenly and distributed among 300 million Americans. Had our leaders chosen to give $5000 to every man, woman and child instead of to the same crooks who caused this mess in the first place, our economy and jobs would be healing by now. Real demand would have replaced imaginary and misguided trickle-down theory. Most of any bottom-up sort of stimulus would be back in the hands of the bankers by now after having trickled up while providing precisely the kind of economic balance we truly need restored. Every hand that money would have touched on its way back up the economic ladder would have added real value to our dollar. Instead he has devalued our dollars even further by starting at the top (again, just like Bush and Republicans).
—”In reality money trickles up much faster and far more reliably. Often money does not trickle down at all. It and any jobs it creates more often than not go to India and China. The way to create jobs here is to create demand here. Obama is doing the opposite, increasing the money supply at the top when we’re already horribly out of balance and top heavy.”  –bspoons@consolidated.net
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“I was wondering if you had knowledge of interior designers in your network that are using lime renders? These finishes have very low to no v.o.c content, and have a beautiful finish. I am writing on research I am doing on carbon dioxide emissions through the manufacturing of building products. Any advice or referrals will be put to good use.”  –ron.benson1@yahoo.com
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“I am concerned about one of the items PECO is rebating.  An electric domestic hot water heater can annually use 2500 to 3500 Kwh in a home.  PECO is rebating $300 to replace one of these with a heat pump hot water heater.  At first blush a heat pump hot water heater which uses a fraction of that energy would seem like a deal:  it is for PECO.  It is an easy target for them to create grid reduction.  The problem with this is one of Balance.
—”Some versions (most out now) of heat pump hot water heaters draw their heat from the interior of the home.  In a small home to mid sized home, or in a home where the HOME heater is correctly or marginally sized, insertion of a heat pump hot water heater into the basement or conditioned space could measurably affect the operation of the heater especially when in “ECO” mode and, thus could affect the balance of the home.  Typical complaints associated with installation of heat pump hot water heaters which draw their heat from the interior of the home include exacerbation of cold rooms in winter, colder room where the unit is located, and new drafts and air moment in the home along with elevated heating bills.
—”Considering rebate opportunities in light of the WHOLE HOUSE picture is your smartest play.”  –Sean

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FOOD SECURITY

Fair's Fare

FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND EXPANDS AT READING TERMINAL MARKET

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT PARTNERS WITH PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY to teach Fruit Tree Basics at this winter’s Tree Tenders course.

Clean Water Makes Clean Food

TEMPLE COMMUNITY GARDEN launches 10/7

VACANT LAND MANAGEMENT MANUAL & VIDEO by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
—LOGAN TRIANGLE 22 idle acres, could be a giant orchard.  News coverage of new efforts to rebuild on logan.  RDA/ULI efforts towards logan parcel Mar 2009.  RDA URBAN FARM PILOT TEST

PHILLY COMPOST “Helping Philadelphia achieve a zero waste future by keeping food and yard waste out of landfills through composting in our neighborhoods.”

Aaron Birk composts at Mariposa

COMPOSTING AT MARIPOSA FOOD CO-OP

VEGAN DRINKS

CHICVEGAN
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BIG MONEY

GREEN JOBS AND POWER BALL

Yes, the lottery is a tax on desperation. But when Powerball hit $193 million, I made a list of how I’d spend them. Then I compared my list with how most winners spend– for megamansions, olympic pools, week-long beer blasts, investments in destructive multinationals. So I bought one ticket, because I’d invest in Philadelphia to seed the following enterprises, to create thousands of green jobs:
— PHILADELPHIA INSULATION FACTORY (PIF) Superinsulation made of local newsprint would cut our heating/cooling bills by over 80%, giving us discretionary income to support local businesses & farms, thus creating new jobs & strengthening local culture. The foundation of economic development. $10 milllion.
— PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC SUN CO-OP (PESCO) to generate rooftop electricity, while retaining wealth locally. $12 million.
— PHILAHEALTHIA HEALTH CO-OP to allow thousands of members to self-insure, keeping billions/year insurance payments in this county instead of wasting it on HMOs. $18 million.
— DENTAL CLINICS member-owned by low-income residents, to provide free care. $14 million
— MASSAGE ARMY to provide free chair massages citywide every day for 10 years. $5 million.
— ECOLONIES and EARTHSHIPS create mixed-use, low-income, multifamily dwellings which need no fossil fuel for heating and cooling.  $35 million.
— HOMEOWNER REVOLVING LOAN FUND interest-free, to transfer rental homes to co-op owners. Removes housing from the speculative market by attaching limited equity riders. These co-ops would provide child/elder care & other neighborhood services. $15 million.
— LAND TRUSTS purchase vacant lots for ecolonies, removing them from speculative market.  $15 million.
— PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) to plant 40,000 vacant lots for fruit and nut harvest. $10 million.
— FOOD PROCESSING & STORAGE CENTERS to convert neighborhood organic harvests into pasta, canned goods & dehydrated stock. Expands local agriculture by enabling farmers to grow for more than the seasonal market. $8 million.
— FARMERS MARKETS to store and sell the above below commercial rates. $4 million.
— PROUD OF ORGANIC PHILADELPHIA (POOP) replaces toxic sewage sludge w/clean, sweet smelling fertilizer via aerated waterless toilets. No more pooping into clean water. $10 million.
— BIKEPATHS allow us to move safely without traffic jams & pollution. They permit emergency vehicles to move freely. $5 million.
— PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL & INDEPENDENT STOCK EXCHANGE (PRAISE) to connect regional skills & tools to create flexible manufacturing networks that capture contracts. $2 million.
—PHILADELPHIA FUND FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING (PhilaFEL) makes tax-deductible donations to install green tools in our lowest-income neighborhoods. $10 million.
— PHILADELPHIA HOURS LOCAL CURRENCY could donate community currency at-cost to local government & nonprofits, enabling millions of dollars of services to be provided without raising taxes & without paying interest on bonds. HOURS would be welcome everywhere when government agrees to accept them for tax payment. $2 million.
— DREAM-COME-TRUE GREEN JOB CENTERS to connect residents to the regional resources that make our wildest hopes real. $2 million.
— MOSAIC SIDEWALKS would spread wonder & color underfoot (local plants, animals, fantasies) employing dozens of local artists. $2 million.
— MUSICIANS EVERYWHERE would provide acoustic accompaniment in hospitals, parks, aboard trollies, at bus stops. $3 million.
— JUGGLERS, CLOWNS, PUPPETEERS– how could I leave them out? $2 million.
— NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE SCHOOLTEACHERS (NESTS) to reward and credential neighbor adults for teaching neighbor children. $5 million.
—Together, these will allow us to relax in a beautiful, exciting community, raising the standard of living while lowering the cost of living & setting examples for the nation.
—How would you spend lottery winnings? If you win, call me– let’s have some fun.
—Next edition: accomplishing this list without the lottery. paul5glover@yahoo.com
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LITTLE MONEY

PHOENIXVILLE AREA TIME BANK “builds community through members sharing their skills and services in exchange for Time Dollars. Each Time Dollar represents an hour of service. Typical services include: rides to the airport, gardening, pet care, household construction, food exchanges, and computer help.”  610-608-9281.

EQUAL DOLLARS COMMUNITY CURRENCY TREASURE CHEST

barter for bike bites

LILY’S BARTER BAKERY “I bake just about anything you can think of.  I don’t accept money. I strongly believe that everyone has something to offer, and you must just be creative and self reflective.”

SUPERFLUID “QUID” TRADERS “The value of Quids derives from two elements: The first is the basic premise that Quids always represents a swap of services or products into the system. The second is that we are fully transparent about the model, and limit the use and number of Quids.”

BARTER FOR YOGA CLASSES “We’re looking for help on a few projects coming up this Fall.  Every hour of work you put in earns you a FREE yoga class.” Show preference on subject line: promotions, housekeeping, office support, accounting, legal services, handy-work. hawthorneyoga@gmail.com

FREE TILE SCRAPS for floors,showers, tables, sidewalks, garages, pools, picture frames, etc.  Bring gloves, buckets or crates.  Chris Blumberg 856-571-0822
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR GREEN JOBS TRAINING pamphlet about the U.S. Department of Labor’s $500 million Recovery Act funds.

WEATHERIZATION INSTRUCTORS MUST BE L & I CERTIFIED, according to Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, as of 11/1/09. Weatherization workers seeking employment in  Weatherization Assistance Program must be trained by a Pennsylvania Certified Weatherization Instructor. RA-LI-workforce-exec@state.pa.us

ENERGY COORDINATING AGENCY TRAINING SCHEDULE
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CAR-FREE

PHILLY ELECTRIC WHEELS is Pennsylvania’s first store selling and servicing electric folding bicycles.  “Costs just one penny a mile to operate – maybe $5/year–and as easy to re-charge as a cell phone.  Tote the kids, groceries or sports equipment on board.  Electric bikes climb hills, reach 25+ mph, maximum range 25-40 miles.  These models can generate their own power and be carried onto trains & trunks.”  PhEW! grand opening 10/15 at the corner of Greene St. & Carpenter Lane (Free ice cream and complimentary trial rides 2-7pm).  550 Carpenter Lane. PhillyEW@gmail.com

Ben and Franklin at GreenFest

PHILADELPHIA WALKSHED lets you calculate neighborhood walkability.

200th ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST RAILROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA demonstration route 180’ in yard at Standard Tap, 1809.  Preparing the “first railroad meant to be permanent, and the first to evolve into a common carrier after an intervening closure.”

DELWARE VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF RAIL PASSENGERS

IDLE-FREE PHILLY is a mapping tool that allows residents to report illegal idling to the City of Philadelphia’s Air Management Services, as well as to the Clean Air Council, local clean air advocates. tsestak@cleanair.org
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NEW LEADERSHIP

New Green Schooling

NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE SCHOOLTEACHERS (NESTS)

TEMPLE STUDENTS REVIEW GREENWORKS

GOING GREENER IN PA. New TV series highlights the greener side of Pennsylvania.  “Kids are encouraged to send in their own videos of what they, their families, schools or neighbors are doing to bring sustainable living home.”

DELAWARE VALLEY EARTH FORCE teaches teachers to teach green.

MOM WITH SICK CHILDREN SEEKS SHELTER AT CIGNA EXEC HOME

PHILLYNEIGHBORHOODS.ORG EXPANDED
* faster access to information related to clean and safe neighborhoods, schools and adult education, housing and economic assistance, neighborhood youth support, community organizing and community development. * Fast track access to News, the City of Philadelphia, Neighborhoods, Schools, Elected Officials, and Data from every page in the web site. * Comprehensive update of web pages focused on “Neighborhoods” by City Planning District. * YouTube Videos focused on neighborhoods * “Green Economy” info on “Clean and Green” page. * Labor movement news on “Jobs page”

THE NOTEBOOK FALL GUIDE

PHILLY NONPROFIT JOBS
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EVENTS

10/5-16 DESIGN PHILADELPHIA celebrates “Philadelphia’s creativity, commerce, and community, featuring “more than 150 creative events.”  Organizations and businesses are invited to promote their creative economy event at nxtupphilly.com

10/7 STARTING A SMALL FARM: a short course, The Enterprise Center, 4548 Market , 6-9pm  apply

10/9 DESIGN BUY SELL: LOCAL DESIGN FOR A LOCAL MARKET Panelists include Philadelphia industrial designers, business owners who are responsible for buying products at wholesale, leaders in the green design industry, and small business development specialists.  Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St. 9am-noon

10/10 HONEY BEE SYMPOSIUM, 8am-4pm Temple University Ambler.  “Bee-friendly gardens and tours of the Arboretum at Temple. beefest@montcobeekeepers.org Register:

10/10 NICETOWN ORCHARD CARE DAY, Lend a hand alongside volunteers from the Nicetown neighborhood. Mulching, weeding, fun for all.  RAINDATE: 10/11, 10am, 4700 Germantown Ave.

10/10 CIRCLE VENTURE ORCHARD CARE DAY, Cambria & D St, 11am.  RAIN DATE: 10/11, 11am.

10/11 PHILLY SWAP O RAMA RAMA “Encouraging creative reuse instead of consumerism.” Features complimentary sewing, deconstruction and fabric-embellishing workshops. ”And a GIANT pile of clothes.”  Noon-5pm, Old Pine Community Center at 401 Lombard St.  Entry fee is $20.00, plus a donation of clean, gently used clothing. swapphilly@gmail.com

10/13 GREENFIELD ORCHARD PLANTING, Sansom & 23rd St, RAIN DATE: Wednesday, 10/14.  POP is scheduling other plantings for the fall.  POP Wish List: Orchard plant materials: figs, kiwi vines, raspberries, comfrey, strawberries, mulch/wood chip delivery, Quality tools: wheelbarrows, shovels, garden rakes, trowels, pruning tools, Irrigation supplies: hoses, soaker hoses, gator bags, mushroom compost delivery, Grape trellis construction, Rainwater harvesting system installation.

10/13 ADVENTURES IN TEMPORARY REUSE of abandoned factories.  Center for Architecture, 1216 Arch St. 6-8pm.

10/12  “NO FAMILY HISTORY: INVESTIGATING WHAT’S BEHIND THE BREAST CANCER EPIDEMIC”   6pm, National Mechanics, 22 S. Third St.  Sabrina McCormick “presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention— reducing environmental exposures that have contributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates.” Presented by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

10/14 SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING IN THE PLANET, Academy of Natural Sciences, 6-8:30.  RSVP:

10/14-15: BUILDGREEN 2009 CONFERENCE: ”Convening all green building stakeholders in the design/build, policy, manufacturing, and economic development/investment community.”

10/15 PHILLY ELECTRIC BIKES (PHEW!) GRAND OPENING.  Area’s only sales/service of electric bicycles.  Green St & Carpenter Lane, Mt Airy.  2-7pm

10/15 MOBILIZATION FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ALL organizes civil disobedience to challenge insurer greed.

10/17 LOCAL FOOD POTLUCK SUPPER for “growers, producers, localvores, and everyone interested in good local food.  Please bring a dish to share made featuring local grown or produced foods. $5 suggested donation. Acoustic musicians welcome. ”  2-6pm, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Rd 215-482-7300

10/17 PEOPLEHOOD PARADE & PAGEANT from Paul Robeson House (50th and Walnut) to Clark Park.  “A festive and creative celebration that allows hundreds of participants to take to the streets while celebrating our city’s greatest strength: its diversity.”

10/20 THOUGHT FOR FOOD “dispatches from the front lines of the Philly local food movement. Chat with restaurateurs, farmers, and entrepreneurs, and learn.”  8-10:30pm, Studio 34 Yoga, 4522 Baltimore Ave.

10/20 GREEN INFORMATION TECNOLOGY, Academy of Natural Sciences,  6-8pm

10/21 SUSTAINABILITY DAY AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 11:00am-2:00pm at Bell Tower.  “Festival of fun with student organizations, departments, and outside vendors.”

10/22 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING , Academy of Natural Sciences, 6-8:30pm.  ”There is no lack of vision for green infrastructure development in Philadelphia . From riverfront greenway plans to watershed management plans and the recently released Greenworks Philadelphia, various agencies and organizations have proposed new greenways and parks, stormwater management facilities and green energy programs.  Project advocates, however, have been unable to identify workable and reliable methods for funding this green infrastructure.  Philadelphia requires a new approach in order to manage– and ultimately reverse– the effects of its declining infrastructure.”

10/23 GREEN CAREERS WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA Drexel University’s Bossone Center on Market St. between 31st & 32nd Sts (1 block west of 30th St. Station, 8am-noon).

10/30 HEALTH OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN PHILADELPHIA, Amado Conference Room, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St, 9am-2pm

11/1 FRESH: THE MOVIE 7-9:30pm, 915 White Horse Pike, Haddon, NJ.  ”more than a movie, it’s a gateway to action. Our aim is to help grow FRESH food, ideas, and become active participant in an exciting, vibrant, and fast-growing movement.”

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LETTERS

“I am unemployed and would like to know how I apply for training for the weatherization jobs.  I am on your list but I do not live in Philadelphia.”
—[REPLY]  Getting trained for weatherization begins by locating your relevant local agencies and businesses.  Without knowing where you live, I’d suggest Googling weatherization + training + (your city or town or state). There are state centers and online courses.  There are businesses near you which may take on apprentices or even hire, depending on your background.
—When you’re in Philadelphia, Energy Coordinating Agency is the lead agent for most weatherization training in Philadlephia.  I think they’re already booked.  There are some private contractors in the Yellow Pages: “insulation contractors” who might be hiring and training on the job.  Some of the events listed in Green Jobs Philly News can enable you to meet people in these fields.  Otherwise, check with Community College of Philadlephia.  They have a green jobs curriculum. Good luck.
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“How do I get a green job fast?”  –Kwame
—[REPLY]  Read current and back issues of Green Jobs Philly News, contact some of the businesses and groups there, attend some of the meetings you see in the EVENTS section, register to get hired at greenjobsphilly.org.  Learn about green jobs and knock on doors.  If you provide your background and skills I can make more specific recommendations.
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“I love your Green Newsletter. I have a store called Bright Eyes Organics Baby Superstore.  I would love to offer your subscribers a 10% off discount to my store off of their first purchase. I can also advertise your newsletter on my site on the Spotlight Sites and Events Page, encouraging more of my customers to subscribe to your site.”  –Claudia Streets
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“Personally, I believe that the world can sustain seven billion or more people, if the majority of people began to live much smarter.  Here are my humble suggestions:
—”Wean the world off the automobile and ban all new asphalt paving.
—”Begin a 25-year program to convert asphalt roads and parking lots into orchards, gardens, farms, and forests, or electric rail and narrower paved bike paths.
—”Use the wealth of flat roofs in Northeastern cities and suburban big-box stores as additional green roof/garden space to preserve the roofing membrane, save energy, clean the air, grow food, etc.
—”Turn office space, that is currently used to shuffle meaningless paper and money, into new apprentice-based classroom space to teach the next generation useful skills, such as horticulture, preventative medicine, restorative carpentry, engineering, fine arts/mural creation, plumbing, community mediation, etc.
—”That’s the start of a prescriptive list; what would you add?”  -Cory Suter
—[REPLY] Good start.  My recommendations are at “Prepare for the Best”
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“I’m involved with the Eastern PA Permaculture Meet-Up group, and a few members have been expressing an interest in creating a local alt. currency.   I’m somewhat familiar with this idea, as back in the 90’s I had considered it for Bucks County, and took a field trip to Ithaca to check out how it was working there.
—”This weekend, I attended the PA Renewable Energy Festival and overheard some folks talking about a “regional” PA currency, which is what I had been pondering myself lately, since Bucks, Montgomery and Chester Counties are so intimately tied to Philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley has started putting together its own alt. currency. So a regional currency makes more sense to me, and I think more people would get involved. Particularly with the way the economy is now panning (fizzling?) out.
—”I wondered what your thoughts on this are, as I’m guessing you’ve been approached with these ideas from others. Now that you’ve lived in Philadelphia for a while, do you see a regional PA currency as plausible in this area?” –Joy Hunsberger
—[REPLY]  I’ve been promoting local currency for Philadelphia– neighborhood, sector, citywide– and have been waiting to hear from people who want to focus on it.  Local currency needs at least one full-time manager.  It’s like starting a farm, food co-op or credit union. Not something for a volunteer board of directors alone.  Recommend that regional currency evolve from local currencies.  But can imagine an effective regional agricultural/green currency.
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“Awesome edition.  We’re having an explosion of interest and action in sustainability in Philly and your newsletter  really brings it home.  Yours is the only newsletter I know of that combines environmental and economic/social justice.   Thanks so much for your good work (I’m making a donation).”  –Corri Beth Gottesman
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“I am the Communications Director at the Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers (DVARP). With the malady of unemployment, I applaud your efforts toward the employment of the future, green jobs.  As a mass transit activist, I wonder how large a role you think mass transit should play in green jobs? –Andy Sharp
—[REPLY] Alternatives to the automobile are an essential part of America’s future.  Rail is pivotal, and jobs developing them are green jobs.  I wrote the following proposal for reviving trollies in Ithaca NY (1992) and feature local and regional rail in my 1982 scenario for rebuilding Los Angeles.
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“I am an Americorps VISTA working for Delaware Valley EarthForce an environmental service learning organization. Our Youth Leadership Team works with 30 philadelphia students grades 7-12th. An important aspect of our work is providing students with a robust understanding and prepartion for green jobs.
—”Are there any resources you could recommend– trainings, workshops, internships– that you know of?  Would you be interested in giving a presentation to our students on green jobs? Or helping them organize a Youth Green Jobs Fair?”  –Samantha Goldman
—[REPLY]  There are several explicitly youth-oriented green jobs programs in Philadelphia, and others to which youth can apply.  Among them: Mural Arts program for at-risk youth. http://www.muralarts.org.
—Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) ”High school kids in light blue t-shirts worked to clean up the area in front of the Valley Green Inn, in Wissahickon Valley Park. They are part of the Conservation Leadership Corps, a group of 50 local high school kids working at green jobs in area parks, including removal of invasive plants, picking up litter, and gardening.”
—Job Opportunity Investment Network (JOIN)
—American Cities Foundation (ACF) Youth Workforce Development Program “concluded its first annual Green Collar internship program at UPenn this year.  52 students successfully completed the inaugural Youth Workforce Development program which began with attending training courses at the University of Pennsylvania. The training course included Effective Communication, Introduction to Green Jobs, Resume Writing, Interview Preparation, Workplace Protocol, and Conflict Resolution.”
—Orleans Technical Institute recruited out-of-school youth 18-21 for a free government funded 15-week Property Maintenance/ GED program starting in late September.   Teaching basic skills in carpentry, plumbing, and electricity. Classes are held Monday through Friday from 7:45am-2:15pm at 2770 Red Lion Road in Northeast Philadelphia. Applicants must be Philadelphia residents who are mature and motivated.
—See also philadelphia-joins-national-program-green-jobs-city-teens and
—youth-in-natural-resources-will-be-restoring-habitat-and-jobs-for-youth and
—green_plan_philadelphia.php
—NONPROFIT JOBS IN PHILADELPHIA
—I’m seeking to start two green youth-oriented jobs programs: PhilaFEL and NESTS
—Attending the events listed in Green Jobs Philly News will enable young folks to meet elders who’d be willing to help.
—Browsing back issues of Green Jobs Philly News will connect young folks to hundreds of local initiatives where they might help.
—Government and Wall Street are not handing out many jobs lately.  The next generations will be entrepreneurs, starting businesses and organizations which meeting basic needs for heating, eating, housing, healing.
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“Wow!!!!!!  So extensive.  Something for everyone.  Do you do this yourself?”  –Judy
—[REPLY] I’ve been putting this together monthly since August 2008.  There’s a torrent of good stuff happening here, and Green Jobs Philly News is its switchboard.
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“Hi there.  Thank you so much for mentioning us and the link!!  What a wealth of information–keep them coming!”  –Theresa Cohen, Neighbor Hire

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HIRE ONE ANOTHER: When the pilot and co-pilot bail out (Wall Street and Congress), we passengers need to take charge.  Thousands of talented people receiving this newsletter are capable of training and trading with one another– creating new jobs and businesses and credits– to meet our needs.  Look at the list of Philadelphians ready to lead change rather than just vote for it.

Beer to Go © 2009 Greg Prestegord

SUN, WIND, RAIN NEWS

GREEN COLLAR JOB TRAINING COMING STATEWIDE

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has drafted a Weatherization Training Plan to employ 2,500 workers to weatherize 70,000 homes.  New weatherization installers can be trained, certified and put to work in 2 to 4 weeks.

FIRST GREEN COLLAR GRADUATES SPREAD ENERGY CONSERVATION “Energy Coordinating Agency’s Green Jobs Training Center aren’t just changing plumbing and insulation – they’re changing lives. When the crew finishes weatherizing a house, newly-certified specialist Ron Madison says, the homeowner is ‘so happy…they’re thanking you.’ He mentions one woman who could finally take down the blanket she’d been using to divide her frozen kitchen from the rest of the house. Another gentleman told Madison his house hadn’t been so warm since he first moved in “fifty years ago.”
—”Madison thinks the Training Center will be a boon to its West Kensington neighborhood: ‘This area needs jobs,’ he says. Even before the program expands to train more local residents, though, its graduates have already carried the message of energy conservation back to their communities.  Weatherization instructor Ken Hoke believes it’s this simple awareness of good home efficiency practices that makes the greatest difference of all. ‘It’s more than just a job,’ he says. ‘It’s a way of life.’”

PHILADELPHIA HOMES ARE INSULATED WITH NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPERS AND CALIFORNIA BORIC ACID.  ECA relies on National Fiber and Green Fiber.

DONATE TO MATCH $240,000 from Kresge Foundation– to convert ECA’s conservation center into a LEED Silver Green Jobs Training Center . The renovated building will consume 40% less heat and 16% less electricity, and facilitate expansion of conservation programs and workforce. Pam Carunchio 215-609-1057

PENNSYLVANIA WIND POWER RANKED #2: American Wind Energy Association says Pennsylvania was number two in the nation for new installed wind projects during second quarter 2009. PA has more than 460 megawatts of wind power with another 300 megawatts under construction. By year’s end, wind could be making enough electricity for 240,000 homes.
—MID-ATLANTIC SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

ENERGY CONSERVATION BLOCK PARTY AT OGONTZ: trains neighbors to reduce costs of heating, water, gas.  To create your own party: Karyn Conway

GUIDE TO TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HOME PERFORMANCE PROFESSIONALS

Earthship bottle wall

EARTHSHIP FESTIVAL SHOWCASES ULTIMATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY HOMES in Chalmers Park.  Attended by 2,000 residents and Seth Williams, Jannie Blackwell, Sharif Street, Mayor Michael Nutter, Residents Coalition president Brickhouse, representative Ralph Wynder.  These homes are made primarily of recycled tires and are deeply earth bermed for least energy cost.
—Fire Commissioner Ayers commented after viewing the video, “I really don’t see any safety hazards.  It’s pretty straightforward.  I like this very much.”
—Chalmers Park has plans many green changes such as streams running through the park. Organized by Rashida Ali-Campbell.  Facebook

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR PV CAN SUPPLY 30% OF PA’S ENERGY NEEDS says the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

URBAN ECO ELECTRIC INSTALLS SOLAR ELECTRIC FREE. Professionally installed solar panels at no cost.  For all Philadelphia homeowners with a flat roof.  Lock in rates for 20 years (escape PECO’s pending rate hikes!), No maintainence, 24/7 equipment monitoring, Reduced carbon emissions and planetary impact.

PENNSYLVANIA SUNSHINE SOLAR PROGRAM REBATE Solar hot water systems save up to 85% on annual water heating bills and up to 30% on space heating bills.
—HUGE SOLAR FEDERAL TAX CREDITS

NEIGHBORHIRE “Find the Help You Need.” new site makes it easy for Philadelphians to hire one another.

CITY KIDS AND BIG TREES: AN URBAN NATURE LESSON

NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE
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FASTER THAN TRAFFIC

graph by Inquirer 7/15/09

BIKE LANES IN CENTER CITY Further stories

CITY WITHOUT CARS

RAIL BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND READING ADVANCES to relieve Susquehanna congestion.

READING VIADUCT GREENWAY AND PARK Sarah McEneaney sarahmceneaney@verizon.net

PHS DIRECTOR SUGGESTS SHEEP MOWERS TO CLEAN AND GREEN  Local blogger agrees. SHEEP MOWED PHILLIES STADIUM UNTIL 1938.  Doylestown golf course relied on sheep  Vineyard Valley Llamas sell sheep and wool: Oley, PA, 50 miles northeast of Philadelphia. 610-987-0800. Los Angeles virtually outlaws leaf blowers.
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BUSINESS & MEDIA NEWS

GOOD NEWS FROM PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS Temple’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab features 23 neighborhoods.
—WEST PHILLY’S COMMUNITY RADIO

REFRESH PHILLY “designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas.” Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.
• Let’s Gather Great Minds
• Let’s Share All Of Our Knowledge
• Let’s All Grow And Learn
• Let’s Promote Local Talent
• Let’s Be More Than We Think Can Be
• Let’s Make Our Cities Better

PHILLY PHREQUENCY broadcasts the sights and sounds of fun.

NORTH PHILLY HUSTLA by Kenneth Reading. Raised in North Philadelphia surrounded by drugs and decay, this author reveals street life pushing kids down, and dramatizes the personal choice to break free.  Green jobs are the larger answer,  transferring power to neighborhoods while employing everyone to reduce basic living costs.

HELPING EMPLOYERS OVERCOME RESISTANCE TO HIRING PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS

CREDIT UNION NETWORK allows any credit union member to transact at any other credit union.

500 LOCAL GREEN BUSINESSES in SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK DIRECTORY

ALL THE WORLD’S AN OFFICE: wifi in Pennsylvania

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA CLOSES BUDGET DEFICIT BY PAYING EMPLOYEES PARTLY WITH LOCAL CURRENCY

PAYPAL DONATIONS TO GREEN JOBS PHILLY NEWS WELCOME:

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DINNER NEWS

CENTER FOR CULINARY ENTERPRISES INCUBATOR in West Philadelphia Cooks Up a Batch of Entrepreneurs

PHILLY KITCHENSHARE at 1514 South St. phillykitchenshare@gmail.com

THE VILLAGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES SEEKS PARTNERS “to put the million square feet of land they maintain in North Philly to better use.  Opportunities for our teens to learn about Urban Sustainability and Gardening, and to get involved with the Philadelphia Urban Farming Community; Potential to bring fresh food to our community; Leadership, work ethic, and vision.”  Elizabeth Grimaldi

PRESERVE MILL CREEK FARM

VEGETARIAN SUMMERFEST IN POTTSTOWN in July, podcast by Vance Lehmkuhl

OTOLITH COMMUNITY SUPPORTED SEAFOOD moves to 2133 E. Huntingdon St, Kensington. “Buy your share today, and know that you are supporting a local business and getting only the finest fish from sustainable Alaskan fisheries.”  Each share is $180, less than $12/pound mixed variety salmon.

food comes from soil made by worms

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN WORM BIN TO MAKE RICH GARDEN SOIL

START A FARMERS’ MARKET IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Farm to City seeks partners for “outdoor producer-only farmers’ markets in 2010.”  Deadline for submitting qualifications is 9/28. To get the RFQ: info@farmtocity.org Put “RFQ request” in subject line.

HARVESTMARK enables shoppers to know exactly where their food comes from.

METROFARM: Magazine of Metropolitan Agriculture

URBAN AGRICULTURE: ENHANCING FOOD DEMOCRACY IN PHILADELPHIA Drexel Thesis, Katharine A. Travaline Master
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HEALTHY CITY

HEALTH CARE REFORM AND GREEN JOBS
Many Philadelphians want to join the green movement but are locked into grey jobs just for health insurance.  They pay insurance premiums rather than weatherize.   We can’t decisively rebuild Philadelphia greenward while wealth is diverted into enriching HMOs.  As well, 160,000 Philadelphians are un-insured, while Pennsylvania’s Medicaid waiting list is 255,000.
—Medicare for All plus genuine co-op plans liberate us from this mess.  There are two distinct types of health cooperative.  The U.S. Senate proposal would allow businesses to pool employee numbers to leverage lower HMO rates.  These are co-ops in a corporate cage.
—The true health cooperative challenges corporate control of medical finance and embraces Medicare for All.  They contribute to the campaign by establishing a nonprofit health system into which federal money would be paid, and by organizing the un-insured to defend Medicare for All.

INDEPENDENT HEALTH FINANCING: MEMBER-OWNED & NONPROFIT. Since Congress and Wall Street have both failed to protect millions of Americans, co-op health plans are starting.  They transfer control of health financing directly to the public.  They operate on highest standards of transparency.  This is how health was originally insured: 80 years ago fraternal organizations (Moose, Elks, Odd Fellows, Shriners)  built hospitals, old folks’ homes, orphanages, sanataria, paid sickness and death costs.  Top care, low cost.
—Members of the Ithaca Health Alliance, for example, pay $100/YEAR to be protected for 12 categories of everyday emergency, and they own their own free clinic.  Approved by their Chamber of Commerce, Health Department, Medical Center, state and local legislators.

HEALING IS A GREEN JOB when it relies more on preventive therapy, healthy food and herbs; relies less on corporate chemical pills; uses least invasive surgery, recycles materials.
—GREEN HEALING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
—LILIPOH MAGAZINE (Phoenixville): HEALTH, NUTRITION, ENVIRONMENT
—CREATING COMMUNITY MAGAZINE (Doylestown) ONLINE “holistic health, fitness, personal growth, spirituality, environmental responsibility”
—AMERICAN HOLISTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

CIGNA ENDORSES HOLISTIC HEALING while noting concerns:
—Some complementary therapies work as well as conventional therapies. They often cost less and have fewer side effects. For example, acupuncture can reduce arthritis pain with fewer side effects than medicines, and St. John’s wort has recently been shown to treat mild to moderate depression as well as a commonly prescribed antidepressant medicine while causing fewer side effects.
—”Another benefit of complementary medicine is in the more holistic, ‘whole person’ approach of many of its practitioners. Most complementary medicine practitioners and many medical doctors use this approach, which considers your lifestyle, background, and habits, in addition to your physical health. It provides a more complete health picture and more effective way to treat many diseases. This personal approach makes many people feel better about their practitioner, their treatment, and their medical condition.
—”A person who uses a complementary therapy often benefits from a sense of empowerment. In seeking care outside conventional medicine, you are taking a more active role in your health care that can make you feel more in control of your health.  Science has shown that your emotional state can affect your health. Many people respond well to complementary treatments because they often address your sense of well-being as well as the condition itself.”

PHILADELPHIA HEALTH TRAINING
—In addition to major medical schools:
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Dr. of Osteopathic Medicine (DO, DO/MBA, DO/MPH, DO/PHD).  Forensic Medicine (MS, Pathway, Certificate).  School Psychology (PsyD, EdS, MS)
THE REIKI SCHOOL AND CLINIC
CENTER FOR HUMAN INTEGRATION 8400 Pine Rd.  (215) 742-3505
NATIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY INSTITUTE
CORTIVA INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF MASSAGE THERAPY
NATIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY INSTITUTE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MASSAGE THERAPY
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SHIATSU
TJU - MYRNA BRIND CENTER OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

CHECK THE SODA LABEL: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP PROMOTES OBESITY AND DIABETES (Mayo Clinic) (Consumer Reports)  (Diabetes Health)  (American Diabetes Assn)  (Endocrine Review) soft drinks and many breakfast cereals, salad dressings, cheese spreads, yogurts, jams, peanut butter.

CITY ENDS BOTTLED WATER PURCHASES: The City of Philadelphia is no longer buying bottled water for municipal departments, except for those few that do not have access to potable water.  According to Dr. Camille Barnett, the City’s Managing Director, this move will save $100,000 - not to mention the savings to the environment.
—BOTTLED WATER IS A SCAM Youtube
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EVENTS

to 8/30 Green Cities, Clean Waters exhibit, Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

8/31-9/4 FIVE DAY ENTRY LEVEL PV DESIGN AND INSTALLATION CLASS.  Accredited by IREC Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, 2880 Comly Rd, breakfast 7:30am.  Infinite Solar, Inc. 215-464-6460 / 215-667-1267

9/1 DELAWARE VALLEY GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL RESIDENTIAL MEMBER CIRCLE.  1617 JFK (above Suburban Station), Suite 1145, 11th fl, right from elevator. 6:30-8:30pm.  Featured speaker Laura Blau “PassivHaus– European Green Building Standard.”

9/2 & 9 & 16 VOCATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS/ VOCATIONAL LIBERATION WORKSHOPS features “Your Very Own Hidden Job Markets!” at Art of Wellness Center, 647 Bainbridge St. (@ 7th St.), 6:30-8:00pm.  Fee: $15 per person/$25 pair.  Register 215-618-1572 VocTransVocLib@comcast.net

9/6 PHILLY NAKED BIKE RIDE “to promote cycling advocacy,” “to raise awareness about fuel consumption and environmental impact of the car culture,” “to promote positive body image,” “to promote economic sustainability as a way of life and a corporate responsibility” and “because riding naked is fun!”

9/10 BEERS FOR BILLS: Urban Eco Electric invites you to show them your PECO bill in exchange for a beer. They’re installing solar panels on flat roofs in Philadelphia with full sun at no cost to the homeowner. “Let us show you how this can be your last PECO bill.”    For Pete’s Sake Pub, 900 S. Front St. Manayunk, 6-9pm.

9/10 SUSTAINABLE 19125 FORUM, 2424 York St, 6-8pm.  NKCDC invites public input on which “efforts towards environmental sustainability the larger community would like to see.”  Making “Fishtown and Kensington the greenest neighborhoods in Philadelphia.”

9/12 ARTISTS CREATE EDIBLE LANDSCAPES Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Port Royal Ave & Hagy’s Mill Rd.

9/13 GREENFEST PHILLY bigger than ever, 200+ exhibitors, South Street and 2nd, 11am-6pm.  Volunteer or exhibit: “The theme of this year’s event is sustainable FOOD. Highlighting everything from organic to buying locally to having a vegetarian or pasture-raised and grass-fed diet…”

9/14 DRAFT INTERCITY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL PLAN presented by PennDOT. Includes  Phila-Reading commuter line. SEPTA, Board Room, 1234 Market St. 6-8pm.

9/16 MERCHANTS FUND GRANT MEETING introduces 10 grants of $50,000 for businesses in low-income neighborhoods.  2pm, Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street.

9/16 and Wednesdays: RODALE INSTITUTE FALL FILM SERIES free films at the farm.

9/17 REIMAGINING VACANT LAND IN PHILADELPHIA “No Vacancy” sustainability forum. Academy of Natural Sciences.  RSVP Required. cep@ansp.org

9/18 BIKE PARTS ART SHOW  Studio 34 Yoga, 7-10pm, 4522 Baltimore Ave. Artists inspired by bike parts and cycling, including paintings, prints, sculpture, photographs, light fixtures, assemblage, jewelry, and furniture.  Craft! Music! Beer! Snacks!  Raffle forFuji track bike.   Benefit for Neighborhood Bike Works.  Facebook

9/18 PARKING DAY: parking spaces converted to bigger, better, odder uses.  Pamela Zimmerman

9/22 ENERGY USE IN CONDOMINIUMS Strategies for reducing the energy use of large residential buildings, especially condominums and co-ops. 6pm.  Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadephia. RSVP

9/22 ONE WEB DAY advocating affordable internet access.

9/24 PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION OPEN HOUSE.  Meet the Community Impact Staff at The Philadelphia Foundation, 3-5pm.  Learn eligibility requirements, application guidelines and grantmaking process.  Also 10/30 and 11/24.  RSVP required.

9/25-26 WORLD GREEN ENERGY SYMPOSIUM at Sheraton City Ctr (25th) & Comcast Center (26th).

Double Jump Rope. N. Philadelphia © Brian Keeler

9/26 STREET GAMES FESTIVAL AND HEALTH FAIR.  Young and old will play “old skool” street games like foursquare (king ball), double dutch, hopscotch and skully with celebrity athletes and entertainers and local politicians.  Also free health screenings, human services info, live stage show with national and local talent.  Park West Town Center, 52nd & Jefferson St.  10am-5pm.  215-688-1126 streetgames@merceradvisorygroup.com

9/26 WEIRD WASTE DAY: bring discarded electronics to Valley Green Bank parking lot, (Mt Airy & Germantown Ave), 1-4pm, “All products are hand dismantled and shredded. Each item is  directed to the right end market and recycled safely, in full compliance with all environmental regulations.”  Price: 32 cents/pound.  mtairybiz.com

9/26 FARM-RAISER benefit for Emerald Street Urban Farm Project.  Noon: games, pie-eating contest, DJ, burgers.  3: beer, dancing.  emeraldstreeturbanfarm.wordpress.com

10/5-6 GLOBAL CREATIVE ECONOMY CONVERGENCE SUMMIT, Convention Center.  ”learn about innovative technologies.. and resources that support creative entrepreneurial development; the 21st century workforce skills needed to fuel the creative economy; the convergence of technologies and innovation that will make our communities and the world become truly sustainable.”

10/10 HONEY BEE SYMPOSIUM Temple University Ambler, 8am-4pm.  “There will be a focus on bee-friendly gardens and tours of the Arboretum at Temple”  beefest@montcobeekeepers.org

10/14-15 BUILD GREEN CONFERENCE Sheraton City Center Hotel, hosted by Delaware Valley Green Building Council

10/15 EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING.  “The basics of framing and strategic communications, Message creation and delivery, Classic case studies from the public interest sector.” Free Library, 1901 Vine St, 10-11:15am. Register

10/18 BIKETOBERFEST beer benefit for Bicycle Coalition, at Dock Street Brewery, 2-6pm.

DREAMIT NETWORKING CALENDAR events connect your business idea to seed money and tech help.

FUN WITH NETWORKING WEEKLY EVENTS LIST
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YOUR LETTERS

“This issue is really chockfull!  What a fabulous asset.”  –Pam Rogow
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“I am researching  how to create or find pre-existing online courses for high school students in ecological urban planning, sustainable community design, and permaculture. Due to so many budget cuts in schools, students are finding themselves forced to take online classes, and within this I see an opening for instruction pertinent to our times.  Do you have any thoughts to add to this recent brainstorm of mine?”  –Heather Watrous
—[REPLY] Excellent suggestion.  Googling “permaculture course online” finds over 100 classes.  My Temple University sylllabus for Metropolitan Ecology is at paulglover.org/metroeco.html.  It consists extensively of links to latest green initiatives, including sections on permaculture and ecological urban design.  There are great permaculture videos online, like youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk. Combining online sources with relevant community work, through such organizations found at current and back editions of Green Jobs Philly News, is the base for well-rounded learning.
—And new green schools are starting which teach skills of neighborhood management.
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“Thank you very much, Paul!  The Transport Politic item is a wonderful discovery for me.”  –Peter Javsicas, Executive Director, Pennsylvanians for Transportation Solutions
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“We are preparing some information explaining the concept of green jobs for students in grades 4-12.  We’re having difficulty locating anything in written in Spanish.  Would you happen to have an article that you would be willing to provide us to share with our students?”  –Carolyn Byers
—[REPLY]  Googling “trabajos verdes” finds very little.  This radio show begins explaining green jobs at 11:50.  I’ve bought the domain trabajosverdes.org and am seeking to fill it.  Leticia Ayala here in Philadelphia translated the following section of greenjobsphilly.org:
—¿Qué Es Un Trabajo Verde?
Empleos verdes hacen la vida más fácil para todos reduciendo los costos de combustible, de la comida, y de la vivienda. El trabajo verde expande la economía de Filadelfia reduciendo el desperdicio de recursos y riqueza. El trabajo verde repara la tierra para cultivar, el agua y el aire, haciéndolos más limpios y más sanos.
—Hay cientos de tipos de trabajos verdes.  Algunos de los empleos ofrecidos aquí son trabajos verdes profundos; algunos son de color pálido.
—Los trabajos verdes profundos crean verdaderas alternativas al agotamiento del recurso — los trenes, las bicicletas, energía solar y energía solar pasiva, papel libre de árbol, baños ecológicos, la agricultura urbana, y así sucesivamente.  Éstos demuestran que miles de millions de seres humanos pueden disfrutar de este planeta al repararlo.
—Puestos de trabajo de color verde pálido reducen el daño al ambiente pero lo continúan — como los coches económicos en combustible, baños que utilizan menos agua, y “limpia” carbón. Necesitamos que respecter estas technologías de transición.  Pero la mayoría de las herramientas normales de la civilización deben ser reemplazadas gradualmente por las herramientas que sirven el futuro.  Cada industria tiene opciones más ecológicos o “verdes.”
Valores del Trabajo Verde:
* Ecológico:  Restauración, en lugar de la extracción
* Mutuo:  Motivación por el máximo beneficio social, en lugar de los ingresos máximos
* Democrático:  Transfiera el poder económic a vecindarios y vecinos
* Regional:  Reducir la dependencia de las importaciones de bienes y servicios esenciales, reciclando riqueza localmente
* Creatividad:  Exportación de alternativas e ideas verdes
—I’ve written the following City Paper cover story which has been translated into Spanish. “Preparate Para El Mejor“
—If you, your associates and/or students would like to help translating more text from greenjobsphilly.org I’d welcome this and credit your work at trabajosverdes.org  There are articles about how to green your resume, how to green your business, grassroots greening. I’ve written a book: Green Jobs Philly.
Would be good to create children’s book and/or comic book on this theme.
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“I just read your newsletter #14 and wanted to reach out to you.  I’m working with Urban Eco Electric and we have unique pilot program to put Solar Panels on 100 Philadelphia flat roofs at no cost to the homeowner. After installation the homeowner can buy the clean solar power produced on their roofs at rates lower than PECO.
—”The program is open to all Philadelphia homeowner with a flat roof and good solar potential (without tall trees or building to the south that would cast a shadow on the panels) but I’d specifically like to invite you for your involvement with GreenJobsPhilly.com as like-minded, progressive thinker.
—”You can learn more or apply on our website and I’d look forward to your call to hear any of your ideas about how we can hit the pavement faster and move well beyond this pilot program — ultimately we’d like to put up 5,000+ installations in Philly.”  –Christopher Johnston 610 608-2231
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“Do you happen to have a copy of old newsletters that I could read?  –CJ
—[REPLY] All back issues, from August 2008, are linked from greenjobsphilly.org/news
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“There are some great gems in your newsletter and I make sure to read it every month. But I am really busy and have ADD, a bad combination for getting through all your information. I was just wondering if you’ve considered the feasibility of doing more frequent, but shorter mailings.  Thanks for all your hard work!”  –Brian
—[REPLY] Thanks for encouragement and suggestion.  If I had funding enough I could focus on this newsletter and issue it twice monthly.  So I’d suggest reading the monthly edition in pieces– start with EVENTS section.
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“I have a ECO-friendly painting business in Philadelphia.  I suggest a new category, PAINTING, under construction I guess.”  –Zsuzsi Apati
—[REPLY]  This has been added, for low-VOC and milk-based paints.
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“Thank you for your support and providing this ongoing network!  I am thrilled to list my healing services.  I  have a special, additional service, which my husband can provide: water purification.”  –Paula
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GETTING HIRED

PHILADELPHIA’S RECOVERY ACT SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM HAS EMPLOYED 9,000 YOUNG PEOPLE with $7.4 million from federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

all kids can fly © 2009 Avigail Milder

WHY WE WORK: Philadelphia’s children deserve a city as beautiful as they are.  Facepainting by Philly Face Painting owner and artist Avigail Milder. “We paint everything but the Smile!”

CHECK THE LIST OF JOB SEEKERS Lots of talented people to hire or join with to start a new business or organization.
— Ted Lee is a native Philadelphian who got his B.A. in Communications and Mass Media from Temple in 1993.  He has worked since then as news broadcaster, radio talent, computer network technician, video instructor, and more.  Like 10% of Philadelphia workers, he’s currently looking for work, and likes the green theme.

all kids are stars

all kids are tigers

ENTREPRENEURS’ FORUM OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA “supports the creation and development of high growth firms by delivering essential resources, education and networking opportunities to help entrepreneurs achieve their dreams”

all kids are wise

ENERDELPHIA DIRECTORY OF NEW ENERGY CONTRACTORS & FINANCE

EL CENTRO HISPANO EMPLEO Y ENTRENAMIENTO

INTEREST-FREE SMALL BUSINESS LOANS

GREEN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT in Lafayette Hill 6/24 sponsored by Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center Nearly 100 area manufacturers convened to learn about “sustainability for competitiveness.”  All manufacture can easily become both greener and more profitable.
—”Efficiency must always be first,” said panelist Heather Cowley, Regional Energy Manager of DEP.  Solar and wind electric are installed after electricity waste ends, she said.  One may add that deep green manufacture produces goods thoroughly up-cyclable, durable and useful, which strengthen friendly trade.  Greening the manufacture of weapons which destroy cities and nature misses this point.  DVIRP hosts “lean and green” workshops, and they provide a crosstable of sustainability grants and loans
—Philadelphia once hosted 400,000 manufacturing jobs.  Today there are 25,000.

ARAMARK AMONG TOP COMPANIES SENDING GREEN JOBS ABROAD

SBA BRIDGE LOAN $35,000 INTEREST-FREE FOR STRUGGLING EXISTING BUSINESSES  “For small businesses profitable in the past but are now struggling due to the recession.
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GETTING TRAINED

GREEN JOBS SECTOR POISED FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH

GREEN JOBS TRAINING AT PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
* Green Building Basics: Energy $69.00 starts 7/29, 3-6pm
* Green Building Basics: Introduction to Green Buildings, Site and Water starts 7/15
* Green Building Basics: Materials and Indoor Air Quality $69 starts 7/22
* Green Home Basics  (12 hours) starts 9/24 3-6pm

CAREERLINK PARTNERS WITH PHILADELPHIA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD to oversee new economic stimulus funds and monitor the performance of job training and education programs in the city.  Career focus is clean energy, business and financial services, education and health care.  Register at one of five CareerLink offices.  The best collection of green employers is maintained by Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board and Sustainable Business Network.  PWIB has $9 million for weatherization training.

COLLEGIATE CONSORTIUM is creating a model for energy efficiency and clean energy career ladders

GREEN ADVANTAGE CONTRACTOR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

COLLEGE STUDENT INTERNSHIP CLEARINGHOUSE: Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group (GPSEG) seeks companies needing interns Chris Pavlides (215) 204-1035

GREATER PHILADELPHIA CARES opens doors to job experience through volunteering, leading sometimes to employment.

TEENS GO GREEN teaches landscaping skills: Urban Tree Connection (215) 877-7203
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THE GREEN MOVEMENT

FRIENDS OF THE CYNWYD HERITAGE TRAIL is installing 5 miles of bike path connecting Cynwyd to Manayunk.  Volunteers needed.

COMPLETETHETRAIL.INFO Schuylkill Banks seeks to “connect Montgomery County to Delaware County along the Schuylkill through Philadelphia” viapedestrian and bike path.

PEDESTRIAN WATERFRONT APPROVED

BIKESHARE PHILADELPHIA

GREEN YOUR DRIVEWAY “Philadelphia has 80,963 driveways, totalling 84,500,000 sq ft, or 1,939 acres.  Of these, 76,895 are residential, totalling 72,000,000 sq ft, or 1,652 acres (2% of city total).”   They pour about 2 billion gallons of rainwater into storm sewers yearly.  About half of that can carry raw sewage into our rivers. [thanks to Eric.Werfel at PWD]
—There are already several pervious asphalt drives in Philly, such as Vanni subdivision (1125 Southampton Rd) and between 40th, Union, Fairmount, Aspen.  And there are many more paved with staggered blocks, gravelled or grass-covered.  See also: eco-friendly-green-driveways & green-options-for-your-driveway &nytimes.com/2006/05/04/garden & frankejames.com/debate

PHILADELPHIA RAIL TRANSIT PROPOSALS intend to extend tracks “to areas of the city that currently lack the kind of transit service that would make Philadelphia easier to get around in without a car.” –Yonah Freemark

CAMDEN-TRENTON JERSEY RIVER LINE LIGHT RAIL WELCOMES BICYCLES ABOARD AT ALL TIMES  $1.35 adult fare
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BROADCASTING SEEDS OF CHANGE

MAYOR’S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY NEWS (Facebook)
—NURTURING THE GREEN ECONOMY by Michael Nutter and Allyson Schwartz

PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE LAUNCHES “GREENHOUSE” SECTION

GRID MAGAZINE’S FACEBOOK PAGE

LABOR JUSTICE RADIO

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY at Academy of Natural Sciences LAUNCHES NEWS PAGE with MODERATED FORUMS

MEDIA MOBILIZING PROJECT works in greater Philadelphia “to  act as a tool to inspire and unite those who have a vested interested in change.”  They especially promote “fusing otherwise fragmented struggles for justice.”

GREEN JOURNALISM “Have a burning desire to write about the environment or a local Philly issue?  We’re excited to hear from you and will be considering submissions for future guest entry posts!”greenphillyblog@gmail.com

“YESTERDAY THE NEW GREEN JOBS PHILLY NEWS CAME OUT, offering its usual overstuffed cornucopia of green opportunities and communications attempting to connect people with information and jobs.”  Daily News: Earth-to-Philly 6/16/09. Your microdonations support independent journalism- while newspapers are fading (20,000 reporters and editors laid off last year), web journals are taking the stage.  Green Jobs Philly requests $5 from each reader, to enable the News and our related services to grow. Donate via PAYPAL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY RESEARCH GROUP at Temple University “partners with communities to foster mutual understanding of e-health geographies; digital inclusion and  the interactive web; fair information practices; and social justice in digital society.

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK (Facebook)

GREENSGROW FARM NEWS (Facebook)

PHILLY ECOCITY

RETHINKING SCHOOLS
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HARVESTING GOOD NEWS

PHILADELPHIA ROOFTOP FARM (PRooF) regards “the vast amount of unused Philadelphia flat rooftop space as potentially viable farmland for organic fruit and vegetables.  We plan to put together a solid project proposal by the end of the summer and try to raise a few bucks by the end of the year to support a 10-roof pilot project for the 2010 growing season.”  They’re seeking 10 “farm hosts” for the 2010 growing season.  A structural engineer would evaluate roof strength.  “Throughout the summer a PRooF volunteer would come over to your place twice a week to check out the plants and to harvest all the great food.  We’ll even work with you to plant things on your roof that you’re going to want to eat.”  Jay 215-913-2679 jay@fundamentalchange.net

signs of sustainability

OTOLITH SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD ON GIRARD AVENUE is all about sustainable fisheries and reviving oceans.

LOCAL SUPERMARKET CHAINS HELP OR HURT THE OCEANS Wegmans is most ocean-friendly, Whole Foods is #3, Genuardi’s #5, Superfresh #12 in Latest Greenpeace Sustainable Seafood Scorecard.  Trader Joe’s (#17) receives worst ranking of National Supermarket Chains: they “have made no visible effort to increase the sustainability of their seafood operations and continue to ignore scientific warnings about the crisis facing global fisheries and the marine environment” by stocking “red list” seafood like orange roughy, swordfish, or Chilean sea bass – some of the world’s most critically imperiled species.  None of the companies featured in the report guarantee that they won’t sell seafood from fisheries that are harming sea turtles, dolphins, seals, sea lions, or other marine mammals.”  Jillian Costigan (216) 789-7386

FARMING THE 2-1-5 This group seeks to convert “Philadelphia’s 40,000 vacant lots in the city into farmland.” Other goals: “increase urban farmer education and develop a workforce with a specialized skill set, preserve farmland, strong right to farm protection, focus on agricultural development and zoning within Philadelphia, and develop ways to assess farm viability within urban areas.”  trusthappiness@hotmail.com CALENDAR

SLIDING-SCALE WORKSHOPS at PRESTON’S PARADISE.  Earth plasters, canning, etc.  839 N. Preston St. Ryan Kuck

FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND WELCOMES VOLUNTEERS in Reading Terminal Market.  They’re doubling their size. fairfoodvolunteers@gmail.com

FARM TO CONSUMER DEFENSE FUND resists Congress, which would put Monsanto in charge of all farming, penalize small growers.

SMALL, MINORITY FOOD PRODUCER GRANT PROGRAM provides “technical assistance to small, socially-disadvantaged agricultural producers through eligible cooperatives.”  Max: $175,000.
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HOME GREEN HOME

PHILADELPHIA GREEN HOME NETWORK FORMING

every neighborhood wealthy

GREEN ROOFWORKS PHILADELPHIA is a research initiative at Philadelphia University.  “Anybody interested can contact me and I will give them a tour and tell them about green roofs. During the school year its a hands-on training opportunity for students.” Zhenya Fomin 216.360.5693

GREEN BUILDING BROCHURE by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING PROGRAM, GRANTS AND LOANS through the Alternative Energy Investment Fund in PA.  For homeowners and small businesses  building LEED Gold or Platinum structures.

EXOLATION SUPER INSULATION invented in Philadelphia

LEED PLATINUM HOME NEAR ART MUSEUM $565,000  1500 block of Montrose. “Some Green aspects of the home– existing structure salvaged, construction waste recycled, FSC certified woods & recycled metals throughout, vegetated (’green’) roof, rain water harvesting, reclaimed & recycled materials & finishes throughout, passive & active ventilation, day lighting & sun shading, no- and low-voc paints & stains, no carpet, soy based spray foam insulation, low-flow plumbing, high-efficiency (Energy Star) appliances & equipment, energy efficient windows & doors, compact fluorescent lights, close to many community resources and one block from transit.”

WHEREISIT?  First to identify and locate liberty bell at left wins $10 gift certificate to Earth Bread Brewery Send guesses to paul5glover@yahoo.com

NO CASINO IN THE HEART OF THE CITY opens headquarters 718 Market St.  “The slots business is a predatory industry that profits off addiction and imporverishes its clientele.  We do not build a healthy economy or a balanced budget by increasing levels of poverty and addiction among our citizens.”  More than 50 organizations have signed this statement.  Anti-Casino CIRCUS celebrated grand opening.

AFFORDABLE ECO-HOUSING EARTHSHIP being installed in Philadelphia: (610) 931 0826 lovelovinglove@gmail.com Needs no fossil fuel for heating/cooling.

HOME SAFE: PHILADELPHIA FORECLOSURE PREVENTION RESOURCE GUIDE for housing counselors

GREEN ON GREENE BUILDING (Greene St & Carpenter Lane in West Mt Airy) storefront available 9/15.  “The plan is for all tenants in the building to have a green mission: green services, systems and synergy.  Serious eco-oriented tenants encouraged.”  Pam Rogow 215 842-1040

ENERGY CO-OP CELEBRATES 30 YEARS SERVICE TO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA and moves to new HQ: 1528 Walnut St ecapstaff@theenergy.coop

CLOTHING LOCALLY-MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL
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EVENTS

through 8/7: GROW! ART SHOW: found objects, green art: Off the Wall Gallery, 13th/Pine.

7/16 PROTECTING PARKLANDS, Urban Sustainability Forum, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway 6:30-8:30pm

7/18  EARTHSHIP BUILDING at Chalmers Field, 29th & Chalmers Ave. 10am-2pm.  Alicia Dorsey (215) 227-3622

7/18 DELAWARE VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF RAIL PASSENGERS board meeting, Medical Arts Building, 1601 Walnut St. 1:15-4pm

7/19 PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) MUSIC FESTIVAL 3-8pm, Liberty Lands Park, 3rd & Wildey, music by:  LO Power Plane, Midlife Krisis, The Mean, Elliott Garland Ensemble, $10 suggested donation plants fruit trees and berry bushes.  Philadelphia Brewing Company beer!

7/20 DESIGNING CONTAINERS FOR THE SMALL GARDEN Community College of Philadelphia, 1700 Spring Garden, 6:30-8pm, $25, register: 215-751-8381

7/21 HEALTH CARE, FOOD SAFETY AND ANTIBIOTICS: Why some methods of raising food animals are putting human health at risk. Academy of Natural Sciences, 6-8:30pm RSVP cep@ansp.org

7/20-31 CURIO THEATRE COMPANY Theatre Camp, ages 6-17, weekdays 9:30am-3pm: $395.

7/22 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT: learn to grow healthy gardens without pesticides.  $25. Liberty Lands Community Garden, 913 N. 3rd St, 6-7pm

7/22 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OPEN HOUSE SOIREE, 6-8:30pm, 1528 Walnut, 21st floor, coctails and networking, minimum donation $25.  RSVP jen@sbnphiladelphia.org

7/29 RESHAPING THE CITY: NEW VISIONS FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE speakers “in such areas as transit, urban design and green infrastructure present models for how Greater Philadelphia should think about its long-term infrastructure investment strategy.”

7/30 SOUTH PHILLY CORNER STORIES: Live music, magic, veggies from neighborhood gardens, storytelling!  Concert Gardens, 21st & Ellsworth, 8pm-  Suggested donation $5. phillycornerstories@gmail.com

7/30 WISSAHICKON GROWING GREENER “Bring your home energy and comfort questions and get expert, cutting edge answers.”  Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Blue Bell Branch, 650 Skippack Pike (Rte.73), Blue Bell, WissahickonGrowingGreener@gmail.com

8/2  INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE with Phil Forsyth “By thinking carefully about the way we use our resources - food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs - it is possible to get much more out of life by using less. We can be more productive for less effort, reaping benefits for our environment and ourselves, for now and for generations to come.”

8/7 A VEGETABLE PARTY Noon-4pm. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street. “join a celebration of edible education on Independence Mall to learn about the origins of the foods we grow and consume, principals of ecology and a healthy respect for living systems. This event showcases the efforts of local urban farmers, chefs and activists.  Participants include the Urban Nutrition Initiative, the Pedal Co-op and Slow Food USA.

8/12 LEED RATING SYSTEM UPDATE Learn about new prerequisites, tighter standards, new regional priority credits, re-assigned point values, revised Accredited Professional training program.  AIA Center, 1216 Arch St, 5:30-7:30pm REGISTER

8/12 EDIBLE LANDSCAPING CLASS by Phil Forsyth of Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP), Wyck Home, 6026 Germantown Ave, 7pm.  $10.  Register

8/22 NURSES CHAMPIONING THE HEALTH OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES VIA A GREENER ENVIRONMENT, Women’s Health & Environmental Network http://www.when.org, 8:30am-12:30pm, Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Building, 10th & Locust St, Teresa Mendez-Quigley

9/10 GREEN POWER AWARD LUNCHEON “celebrates the people, businesses and institutions blazing the trail towards a cleaner and healthier Pennsylvania by purchasing green power, advancing policies that develop the renewable energy market, and creating new renewable supply.“  Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom St. noon-2pm, $20 PennFuture members, $25 non-members

9/13 BIKE PHILLY: “20 miles of Car Free Streets” in Center City.

9/18 BIKE PART ART SHOW PARTY, (“Music, Art, Beer, Snacks, Raffle, Benefit!) Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Ave, 7-10pm.  donation $5.

10/5-6 GLOBAL CREATIVE ECONOMY SUMMIT register

10/14-15 BUILD GREEN CONFERENCE

INLIQUID ARTS CALENDAR
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YOUR LETTERS

“I am considering a midlife career change. I have worked in the area of Human Services. I want to learn more about varies areas of that exist in the green field. What or where could a person go to learn about being retrained in varies green jobs?  Thanks!”  –Sharon Howard
—[REPLY]  Your human service skills already translate to green work.  I’d recommend browsing Green Jobs Philly News current and back issues to see what interests you.  Are you especially concerned about women, youth, environmental justice, racism, food costs or quality, housing, health care, etc?  Start there.  Browse the internet for these keywords + philadelphia.
—Green training programs are starting up here for weatherization, solar, gardening.  Some programs are costly, some are free, more are needed.  Community College of Philadelphia is organizing, ECA Saves Energy, Neighborhood Gardens Association, and several solar trainers.
—There are hundreds of green organizations and over a thousand green businesses here.  Many people see needs neglected so are starting their own businesses.  In this tough economy, most new jobs will not come from corporate or government sources. Most will start with folks getting together to meet needs.
—Attend meetings and volunteer. greenjobsphilly.org/future.html
—To apply for a green job, you can green your resume, you can upload your resume on the site, you can offer services.
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“I’d like to subscribe to GREEN JOBS PHILLY NEWS. I was forwarded the latest newsletter by a family member and it is something I would like to keep up with. I am currently in Berlin, Germany, but plan on moving to Philly when I return to the United States.
—”I was struck by the [Philadelphia] proposal for a plastic bag ban. I think it’s great. Here in Berlin plastic bags cost 15 cents.  This is usually enough to deter people from paying for them, and thereby encourages a widespread use of durable, reusable bags, cloth or hefty plastic with nice designs or something. It’s better to have something nice to take along, to save money, and to not be so easily tempted to throw it away.  Charging 25 cents for a plastic bag would scare too many people or make them angry, but 15 seems just right to be persuasive. I’m not sure how an all-out ban is going to work in philly. I think it’s good to give people a choice but to hint at the right choice. Berlin has been really inspiring in a lot of aspects of life that I think cities in the US could look up to.” –Elijah S-V
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“Preparing our neighbors for the elimination of electric cap rates is critical. Reducing the number of families struggling to pay their electric bills next year could reduce truancy and delinquency for children/families who may not go to school or be able to function in school at their best when they are worried about how they are going to cook meals, wash or dry clothes, heat or cool their homes sufficiently ,or do their home work assignments via internet when electric costs are high.”  –Bernice Tidwell, Logan Olney EPIC Community Stakeholder Group
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“I’d like to send $500 to Green Jobs Philly, to support your work.  Which 501(c)3 nonprofit should I send that to?  Thanks for your newsletters and your tireless, effective organizing.  I feel well represented.  Keep up the good work!”  –Aron
—[REPLY] Donations are tax-deductible to: Community Health Collaborative (memo: GJP), 140 W. Sedgwick St, Philadelphia PA 19119.  That’s for Green Jobs Philly, but will contribute to our work to develop the regional stock exchange, insulation factory, and other programs.  Thanks!
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“I am looking for a seasonal paid job picking fruit or harvesting veggies for the summer…  I’m not sure where to start with my search, as the internet seems to overload me with too much information!!!  I thought maybe you had some advice on where to start asking, if you knew of any great people to work with, or anywhere that is currently looking for help.  Thanks very much!  Any info is much appreciated!”  –Meghan McCracken
—[REPLY] Start with Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF).  For SE Pennsylvania farms, visit farmers at farmers’ markets.  Join the Philadelpha Urban Farm Network.  Jump into the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) network.  Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) is having it first fundraising festival July 19, 3-8pm at Liberty Lands (2nd/Poplar) and there you’ll meet food folks.  Good luck!
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“I saw in your recent newsletter a mention of ladybug fest where ladybugs were given away. I can’t find any mention of it on the websites linked in the newsletter. If you have any more info. on this, I’d greatly appreciate it. I’m looking for native ladybugs to use in my garden. I’m also on a mission for a native species toad [for my garden]. I can’t buy one as it is illegal in PA to sell native species. If you have any ideas on this for me, aside from going to catch one myself, that would be great.”   –Kelly Gidzinski, Certified Ecosociate by EcoBroker
—[REPLY]  The Ladybug Fest was my journalist’s name for what I saw happening.  They had ladybug cookies and ladybug strawberry treats, and kids running around distributing them. So there was no specific publicity of that event.  There is a ladybug-design pest control car linked.
—Here’s a list of PA native toads.  Try Schulkill Nature Center– they rehabilitate injured wildlife and probably someone will bring them a toad attacked by a dog.  Or maybe they know good places to find them.  Also contact Neighborhood Gardens Association, a project of Pennsylvania Horticulture Society.
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“Hi - I just wanted to give a small criticism. I love this blog; it’s the best resource for finding out about the Green happenings in town. However, I find it very difficult to read. I’m not sure if anyone else has this issue, but I wonder if making the headlines lowercase and bold would help with easy legibility. Maybe using bullet points in lists could help too.  Just a thought…thanks for keeping us up to date!”  –Jenna McBride
—[REPLY]  Thanks for offering help. I format these with a serif font, probably Times, but the copy you emailed back is a sans-serif.  So it looks much more crowded and unreadable.  Others replying to my broadcast sent versions that 1) centered all text 2) had full-size pictures that took up the whole page rather than scaled.  Suggestions and design help welcome.
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“My role at the Philadelphia Youth Network is to design and manage occupational skills training programs that lead to some industry-recognized credential. PYN would like to include green job training as part of our occupational skills pathway, but I’m struggling with identifying training entities (other than the ECA) that offer green jobs training, particularly in the energy sector. Do you know some training institutions we might be able to partner with for a reasonable price?”  –Temwa Wright
—[REPLY]  See the GREEN TRAINING section above and in back issues.
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“Thank you for creating your site! I am a graphic design and marketing consultant and I am now concentrating on helping out green companies. I signed up but there is no zip code choice for where I live- Malvern, PA 19355 and no choices to select for what I do - Graphic Design and Marketing. Could you please add these and let me know so I can update my profile.”  –Anne
—[REPLY]  These are fixed, thanks.  Graphic Design and Marketing are powerful parts of the green movement when used for good purposes.
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“At the bottom of the last page of an ancillary document to the one posted on your site is mentioned a maximum 35% rebate (for which only limited-income households are eligible–almost a contradiction in terms?) as well as the $2.25/w (not Kw, right?) which is confusing in itself.
—”All this obfuscation looks to me as if the legislators are just creating the *impression* of job-creation and greening, but intend to use the vast funds mostly for other purposes.  I don’t think the program is going to entice any more people to go solar than has happened in the past, when there was a grant, not a rebate and of a more generous amount!”  –Ann Agee
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“This is the most awesome green site in town.” –Bob Shipman
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“Hi there!  how does health co-op membership work??  What coverage does one attain by becoming a co-op member??  i don’t know if i quite understand how co-op membership for health insurance works, but im very much interested nonetheless.  Our health care system is a joke.”  Lisa Conrad
—[REPLY]  In Ithaca, NY the Ithaca Health Alliance covers 12 categories of everyday emergency anywhere in the world for $100/YEAR.  Members own their own free clinic.  I came to Philadelphia to start PhilaHealthia but have been blocked by the PA Insurance Dept.  So we’re continuing this as an underground movement to dramatize our plight.
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Register to offer and request green jobs in Philadelphia.  During this tough economy, more people are looking for jobs than offering jobs.  Therefore we need to hire each other to meet our growing needs.  Click “SEE JOB SEEKERS” to find talented Philadelphians to hire or to start your own business with.  Introduce yourselves to the businesses and organizations featured here.  Get out and network– see EVENTS section below– it’s who you know.  Here’s how to GREEN YOUR RESUME  SHARE IDEAS via our LISTSERVE

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GREEN HOMES

PHILADELPHIA PREPARES TO WEATHERIZE 400,000 ROW HOMES.  Weatherizing a row house in north Philadelphia costs about $2,000. Philadelphia Gas Works will pay.
—INSTITUTIONAL ENERGY AUDITS

REDUCING FORECLOSURES WITH THE PHILADELPHIA MODEL

EARTHSHIP PHILADELPHIA VIDEO

PLANNING AND ZONING FOR GREEN BUILDINGS new report by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Rowhome scuptures by Shelley Buonaiuto (frames by Michael Buonaiuto).  Funds sought to install life-size versions in windows. © 2008 A Little Company
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FRESH GREEN INDUSTRY  

22 “HOT JOBS IN PHILADELPHIA” INCLUDE THREE GREEN CATEGORIES: Solar Panel Installers, Energy Auditors, Green Property Management, according to the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board.  

THOUSANDS OF SOLAR JOBS COMING
—PV AMERICA CONFERENCE in Philadelphia 6/8-10 showcased dozens of categories of solar electric manufacture.  Thousands of component parts are needed to convert sun to spark– tools that make tools to make panels.
—Exhibitor nearest Philadelphia was Malvern-based Applied Energy Systems, providing gas cabinets for PV manufacturing.  Brooks Instrument, in Hatfield, PA, employs 210 to assemble and test polysilicon spray coatings.  A E Polysilicon manufactures in Fairless Hills, PA.  Philadelphia union laborers (IBEW 98 & 743) were employed in Tullytown, PA to install 16 acres of solar panels at Grows Landfill.
—PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA ALREADY GENERATE 209kW.  Another MW at Navy Yard is planned.  Total 1.7MW installed/planned.
—PA SOLAR REBATE 
—SUNSHINE LAWS: House Bill 80 and Senate Bill 92 increase required power generation statewide by sun, wind, etc.

Sunny Side of the Street © 2008 Shelley Buonaiuto

INFINITE SOLAR TRAINING SCHOOL Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal courses, 2880 Comly Rd. (NE Phila) 215 667-1267 Member of SEIA

PHILADELPHIA URBAN INDUSTRY INITIATIVE   creates and retains manufacturing jobs in Philadelphia neighborhoods.  

—PHILADELPHIA MATERIALS PROJECT “will identify needs, barriers and next steps for the development of a viable supply chain for local designers, green tech innovators and manufacturers… to stimulate opportunities for sustainable manufacturing in Philadelphia.”
—PROPOSED PHILADELPHIA GREEN MANUFACTURE 
—MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA  Nominate your business: 

GREEN BUSINESS INCUBATOR LAUNCHED AT NAVY YARD “Small businesses are where the economic recovery starts and encouraging those small businesses – particularly small, green, businesses – is vital to the sustained growth of our regional economy,” said Mayor Nutter. info@goodcompanyventures.org

PHILADELPHIA AMERICA’S  #4 “GREENEST ECONOMIC” CITY according to CommunityWalk.  “Rankings are based on the presence of an incubator for clean technology industries, including renewable energy, advanced transportation, advanced water treatment, alternative fuels, green building, and energy efficiency.”
—More detailed calculation by Securities & Ecologies Commission (SEC) 
—HOW GREEN IS PHILLY?
—PHILADELPHIA RECOVERY
—MAP OF STIMULUS (AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT) FUNDS from the federal level to the community level. Comprehensive Road Map of funds that relate most closely to social equity and “green” (Diagrams & Matrices).

CONNECTING PHILADELPHIA WORKERS TO LIVING-WAGE GREEN, HEALTHCARE JOBS 
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MOVING RIGHT ALONG

Acela in Phila

PENTRANS PROMOTING “SECOND GOLDEN AGE OF RAIL” “Pennsylvania is really committed to high-speed rail,” said Marilyn Jamison, Amtrak development director, at Pentrans annual membership meeting 5/28. She believes Philadelphia needs to make clear plans: contact Peter Javsicas to help: javsicas@pentrans.org
—GENERAL MOTORS BANKRUPTCY GOOD FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AND AMERICA IF THEY BUILD TRAINS, says Michael Moore

SEPTA YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL seeks members ages 14 to 22. Send resume and letter of interest: YouthAdvisoryCouncil@septa.org (215) 580-7478 Deadline 7/15.

MAYOR NUTTER ESTABLISHES BIKE- AND PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY POLICY The Complete Streets Executive Order, requires full consideration of cyclists, pedestrians and public transit users by all City departments during street design.

—PHILADELPHIA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PLAN by Planning Commission 
—BICYCLE PARKING NOW REQUIRED FOR NEW ZONING PERMITS 

PHILADELPHIA RECEIVES BICYCLE FRIENDLY CITY AWARD by League of American Bicyclists, at the Bronze Level.  “While I am proud to have Philadelphia recognized at the bronze level, I’m aiming for platinum,” said Mayor Nutter. 

BICYCLE ART & DESIGN: major bike show at Moore College of Art 6/19-10/13.  20th St & The Parkway, Reception 6/26, 6-8pm  lmertes@moore.edu  See EVENTS for related exhibits

NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR SUMMER CAMP July 6-Aug 28th, Mon-Friday 8:30am-4pm. All day or 2 hours. Also need Saturday drop-ins, 9am-2pm. Also need presentations on map reading and compass use, nutrition and importance of exercise, yoga, art projects (photography, bike part art/ jewelry, etc.).  Cat: 215-386-0316. Summer Camp volunteer orientation June 17, at 6pm.

NORTHWEST TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE “Traffic calming is a set of strategies… which aim to slow down or reduce traffic, thereby improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as improving the environment for residents.”  Kittura Dior  215-843-7573

SCHUYLKILL BANKS VOLUNTEERS needed

PEAK OIL IS HERE, ADMITS MAIN SKEPTIC GROUP. Oil prices will rise as availability declines.
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NEWS YOU CAN EAT

nontoxic pesticide

LADYBUG FEST at Schuylkill River Park Community Garden. 1,500 beetles given new homes by gardeners using nontoxic pest control. 

FOOD CO-OP FORMING IN ITALIAN MARKET: Bella Vista Natural Foods seeks to convert to member-owned store. 1010 S. 9th St.  First meeting attended by 70, and 25 signed up for the steering committee.  Co-op food buying clubs and grocers enable members to get healthy local food cheap, by pooling labor. bellavistafoodcoop@gmail.com 215 923-3367

lambs quarters

TONS OF WILD FOOD IN THIS CITY are mowed or ignored yearly.  Tasty exotic spinaches and flowers.  “Don’t gather within 4 feet of an old house because of lead paint. Don’t gather within 30 feet of a highway — and even then, preferably gather uphill — because of nickel and cadmium from the batteries, petroleum chemicals wearing off tires and washing off the side of the road, coolant, and gasoline. And never, ever, ever gather near railroad tracks. They’ve been putting pesticides and herbicides in those areas for the last 100 years.” 
—EDIBLE FLOWER CHART 

MULBERRY PIE BAKE SALE RAISES FUNDS FOR  COMMUNITY GARDEN. Harvested and baked locally, 12” diameter, $12 each, delivered.  Two acres at 30th & Oakford.  Donations of mulch, soil,  tree seedlings, ornamental stone welcome. David Hilbert 215-939-5364

MILL CREEK FARM FEEDS HUNGRY NEIGHBORS– NEEDS PROTECTION.  A donor matches donations up to $750.  Haverford & 52nd.

GREENSGROW’S TEN REASONS TO BUY LOCAL FOOD

Lunch Wagon © 2009 Ellen Gavin, native Philadelphian

AND ANOTHER REASON TO GROW IT: “Philadelphia last summer conducted its first two gardens provided by the Board of Public Instruction, one at Weccacoe Square [5th & Catharine], in a crowded foreign district, the other at Lansdowne Avenue.  In each of these Philadelphia gardens over a hundred children worked every day from May to October, raising tomatoes, peas, beets, beans, lettuce, cabbage, almost all the summer vegetables, while classes from neighboring schools visited the gardens for lessons in nature study.  Some of the little farmers were asked what they would have done during the summer had not the gardens been in existence.  There were prompt replies of ‘Playin’ ball and breakin’ windows,’ ‘Readin’,’ ‘Bummin.’  ‘Never has a summer been so peaceful,’ was the report of the residents.”  – Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, v. 79, January 1905.

GREATER PHILADELPHIA FOOD SYSTEM STUDY evaluates opportunities for increased local production and consumption of food, given rising fuel and food costs and competing global marketplaces. Another objective is to inventory, summarize, and build upon the important work of, and compelling studies authored by, many different organizations and government agencies already committed to these issues.

FRIENDS OF THE GARDEN OF THE ARTS

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GREENER PROFIT

NEW VOICE OF BUSINESS starts Philadelphia chapter. 

Jeff Westphal said “There is an under-represented segment of business that wants to be heard. We’re going to help raise their voices in Philly and across the country, and show that the old voices don’t speak for all of us.”

GREEN YOUR BUSINESS

DIVERSE PHILLY is promoting green business and wealth creation all neighborhoods. 

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA’S RECOVERY news 

PHILADELPHIA AND REGIONAL RESTORATION DIRECTORY 

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING 

PACKAGE REDUCTION by TwiceGreen of Philadelphia 

TIERRA MIA ORGANIC NAIL SPA  328 S. 17th St, 2b 

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GREEN NONPROFIT 

200 PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS MAPPED by the Preservation Alliance, which invites us to upload our photos of local historic buildings. 

FUTURE OF PHILADELPHIA SUSTAINABILITY: What’s next for the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability? 

LATEST GRID MAGAZINE 

COMMUNITY JOURNALISM IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS by Philly IndyMedia 

GREEN JOBS PHILLY T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST:
$250 winner; $50 runner-up. paul5glover@yahoo.com

PENNFUTURE PODCASTS

NEIGHBORS ALLIED FOR THE BEST RIVERFRONT partners with others to promote community-based planning and development which is sensible, sustainable, and inclusive of positive public involvement.

PHILADELPHIA PARENT PARTNER LISTSERVE. “Parents who have found employment or are now seeking employment through a welfare-to-work program in Philadelphia and want additional information related to helping their kids in school and in the community.”
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MORE GOOD ENERGY

URBAN ECO ELECTRIC (UEE) SOLAR EQUIPMENT LEASE PROGRAM offers Philadelphia homeowners free solar panels (including installation and maintenance) plus a 50% discount on their average Peco bill for the first two years of the lease, plus freeze on electric rates for the ensuing 18 years.  David Blumenfeld (215) 909-6814. 

WIND ENERGY PHILLY “It is my dream to see windmills on the west bank of the Cobbs Creek that travels along 63rd St from Spruce St to Woodland Ave.”  carinknightresearcher@gmail.com

HYDROGEN GENERATION FROM SEWAGE METHANE BIOGAS proposed for Philadelphia by Jasper Jones on Hydrogen Green Energy Forum, WPEB 88.1 FM alternate Sundays 5-8pm
—Proposal for Conversion of Philadelphia Gas Works to Hydrogen, and Philadelphia Water Department Sewage Division to recycle sewage biogas after conversion to hydrogen syn-gas. Use hydrogen to power SEPTA Vehicles Buses Trains. Lee Stabert 

PHILADELPHIA GREEN RESOURCES

PLASTIC BAG BAN ADVANCES IN COUNCIL.   China has banned all plastic bags.  

PREPARE FOR THE BEST: PHILADELPHIA’S GREEN FUTURE:

PREPARATE PARA EL MEJOR: EL FUTURO DE FILADELFIA 

WINNERS of GIFT CERTIFICATES:atripaday, jacombs7, tom@yardsbrewing

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EVENTS

6/16 SEMINAR ON FUNDING SOURCES such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  “navigating federal search engines, conducting foundation and corporate research, tailoring proposals to specific funding sources and an introduction to local Foundation Centers’ resources.” Complimentary continental breakfast and lunch.  Jewish Community Center, Klein Branch, 10100 Jamison Avenue,  8:30am-1pm.  Register: jane.murray@mail.house.gov 215-517-6572.

6/17 PHILADELPHIA ENVIRONMENT MEETUP GROUP 7:30pm-8:30pm, Greenpeace office, 232 S. 4th Street Philly, PA 19106, 3rd fl

6/17 AMERICAN CITIES MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTY for issue #23, Royal Theatre, 1524 South St, 5:3–7:30pm. RSVP

6/18 GREENWORKS PLAN 2015 at Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & Parkway

BICYCLE ART & DESIGN EXHIBITS
— to 7/4 Big Bike, Window on Race
—7/11-8/30 Toilet Tricycles, Window on Race
—6/19-10/13 Commuter Bike for the Masses Competition, Goldie Paley Gallery
—6/27 Street Party & Film Screenings, Moore College of Art, 2-8pm
—7/18 Bikes & Trikes Family Fun Day, Aviator Park, 1-4pm
—to 9/19 Fast Forward, Levy Gallery for the Arts

6/20 “BOOKS NOT GUNS” BOOK FAIR, Universal Institute Charter School, 1415 Catharine St. Book Giveaway! Prizes! Meet the Author. Movie: Akeelah and the Bee. Parent Workshop. Kids’ Workshop.  State Representative Kenyatta Johnson 

6/20 RECYCLE #5 PLASTIC 610 West Carpenter Lane, 10am-1pm. All items clean and dry.  The #5 stamp must be visible.  Don’t assume lids are the same number plastic.  Brita filters welcome.  weaverswayrecycling@yahoo.com

6/21 BIKE FREEDOM VALLEY non-competitive: 8, 22, or 44 miles from Boathouse Row.

6/22 LEADING IN DIFFICULT TIMES: first of 5workshops, 6:30pm, Church of the Advocate 1801 W. Diamond St.  “learn the basic steps necessary to recreate, reposition and redeploy for optimum service to family, community and society.”  John Elliott Churchville, Ph.D. 215.848.8511 

6/28 CELEBRATION OF THE DRUM 33rd & Girard, Hatfield House

7/1-2 GREEN CITY TEACHERS SUMMER SERIES. Luis Munoz-Marin Elementary School, 3300 N. 3rd St, 8:30 am-1 pm “for teachers interested in school gardening: how to design, build and maintain a school garden year ’round; relevant classroom activities; involving the community; gardening and testing; working with administrators. Participants will help build an outdoor school garden.” Act 48 credits available. Sally McCabe greencityteachers@pennhort.org 215-988-8846. Deadline to register 6/26.

7/8 PHILLY STARTUP LEADERS MIXER 3711 Market Street, 8th Fl, 6:30pm, 

7/8 BIKE PART ART SHOW SUBMISSION DEADLINE, for Aug 28 opening. artshow@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

7/10-11 COHOUSING CONFERENCE, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.  Altair Cohousing is a multi-generational community of homeowners who are designing and building a sustainable, green village of around 35 households in Kimberton.  Keynote by a nurse specializing in elder care who helped build such a project in Germany.

8/1-2 PEOPLES FESTIVAL “Honoring Mother Earth” Vernon Park, Germantown.  noon-8pm.  info@peoplesfestival.org

PHILADELPHIA PRESERVATION ALLIANCE EVENTS
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YOUR LETTERS

“I was wondering if the picture of the Divine Green Lorraine Hotel in the newsletter [#12] is actually going to happen or if it’s just a sketch of an idea?”  –Jacquelyn Fagan 
—[REPLY]  This is a sketch of what I’m told the owner has in mind.  He doesn’t yet have funds to complete the conversion to combination retail/condo/community center.
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“I wanted to talk to you about a project that my after school program youth want to implement.  They want to do a flower garden in an empty lot. Can you help us.” –Dr. Carolina Ramsue
—[REPLY]  You might consider planting an edible landscape, to combine lessons of beautification with lessons of food gardening.  Many lovely flowers are edible and many bushes and trees yield food with little cultivation.  I’d recommend speaking with Phil Forsyth, who is the manager of Philadelphia Orchard Project and owner of Forsyth Gardens 
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“I am currently working as a substitute teacher, and that is paying our mortgage.  Due to the end of the school year,however, there will be only 4 working days most weeks, starting next week. Would you like a volunteer for that missing day? Your Green Philly News is always a great way to end the week, and this week is no exception.”  –(Pamela Rockwell)
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“I’d love to be on  your mailing list.  I think your newsletter is absolutely awesome and spine-tingling inspiring.”  –Ann King-Musza
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“I have an idea for some kind of health co-op for children and families facing autism spectrum disorder, so they can access quality cutting-edge natural effective care at a reasonable cost.  I am looking for models and wonder if what I’m thinking has applicability to what you’ve created?  Or, can you direct me to other(s) that might be able to share some seeds of wisdom?”  –Terry Mitchel 
—[REPLY]  Health co-op discount/trade plans likely meet your needs.  Certainly, in larger cities with greater population of challenged children such enhanced child care co-op arrangements can reduce costs for tending and purchasing.  Or you can organize co-op purchasing nationwide via the web.  Bulk discounts.  My book “Health Democracy” introduces how and why to organize a local health co-op.  Let me know more.
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“The internet strikes me as the ideal place to barter with a local currency.  For example, instead of Amazon.com or EatNow.com, something more like a WestPhiladelphia.com, where local businesses can advertise and sell products and services using a local, web-based currency? And users can rate local establishments. Visitors can get an easy, firsthand glimpse of what the neighborhood has to offer just by browsing the website. A confederacy of such local networks should be able to lower overhead costs.  A website with a local administrator on our payroll and with almost entirely user-generated content. Coupon postings. Sort of like an even more local and specialized Craigslist, a fully customizable craigslist-couchsurfer-facebook-myspace, ‘where everyone knows your name.’ Will the internet ever work this way, or will it always gravitate towards gigantic, centralized networking hubs? I think a “local facebook” might be something attractive to people in the near future. What do you think? What do others think?”  –Steve Landis 
—[REPLY]  Excellent, completely agree.  Translating global ideas into local actions requires websites with local focus.  Philadelphia already has thousands of local networking sites.  Networking these networks into computer credit systems can allow us to do trade well with few dollars. 
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“I’ve been receiving your Green Jobs Philly e-newsletter from the get-go, and you’re doing a great job with it. Kudos to you. If possible, I’d like to promo some upcoming neighborhood cleanup projects I have scheduled through in your next Green Jobs Philly e-news. My girlfriend and I started sustainADELPHIA about a year ago, with the aim of mobilizing community members in different areas of the city to clear trash and recycling from area streets, parks, and lots.  Keep up the good work.”  –Matt Migliore
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”In our neighborhood, Pelham Road, there are at least four homeowners besides me who were interested to install geothermal heat pumps. Only 2 companies do that kind of installation in Philadelphia (2005).  They do only commercial and made quotes of  $58.000. Completely off the chart. I also am very annoyed that the Philadelphia Housing Authority is building all kind of new neighborhoods, but refuse to install multi-dwellling large loopsystems for geothermal heating/cooling. I therefore wonder often if Philadelphia is kept back by a village mentality or just sheer corruption.
—”How can we get soon a cadre of trained plumbers for residential markets, and how can I get a geothermal heat pump system in my house for about $20,000 to $23,000. I like to go for the green, but the way we do things in Philly seems to cost too much of the other green.”  –Christiaan Morssink 
—[REPLY]   Good topic for discussion on the Green Jobs Philly LISTSERVE. 
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“Your newsletters are great! I enjoy reading them. I met you at one of the Clark Park festivals and had mentioned that I was working on creating a website with my sister all about “green living” in Philadelphia. Well, we have finally got the site up and running, so I just wanted to send you the link! It’s anaturalday.net  Check it out if you get an minute! Of course we are still making some changes and will always be working to improve the site!”  –Keely P. McGroarty
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“I heard you speak on KPFA in Berkeley awhile back and would like to get a copy of your Green Jobs Philly book.  My son is returning from his first year of college, and is interested in solar energy (physics major); I thought it might be a good reference for him about green jobs, even though we’re here on the west coast.  Does the $5 cover shipping?  If not please let me know how much I need to send you and I’ll get a check into the mail.”–Lori Ingram 
—[REPLY] Yes, $5 covers shipping.  Paul Glover, 140 W. Sedgwick St, Philadelphia PA 19119. I’ve also written Hometown Money, about local currency.
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“Thank you for this very useful service.  The item about HB 42 preservation grants and credits refers to grants for homeowners and credits for businesses.  Does that bill have anything for nonprofits?  My church wants to make energy efficiency improvements but is strapped for cash.  It’s obviously not a homeowner, and it doesn’t pay any taxes, so tax credit do it no good.”  –William H. Ewing
—[REPLY] Your church might contact randy@preservationalliance.com  The Preservation Alliance has best details about HB 42, maintains an historic buildings repair program and they may otherwise be familiar with resources you seek.
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“This newsletter is impressively thorough and accessible. Connecting the nodes of activity the way you, GRID and so many others are doing, is weaving an indestructible, flexible and resilient fabric of green community.”  –John P. Smith
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“A number of our clients are currently seeking employment– many of whom have experiences that are likely transferable to the new Green Economy.  I will list www.greenjobsphilly.org as a resource in our office.  The more people we can get to support this movement, the better.” Shawn Benham, National Student Partnerships- North Philadelphia
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GOT NEWS?  Paul Glover paul5glover@yahoo.com Facebook: metroeco
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION INCENTIVE ACT (House 42) would provide grants to $15,000 for external restoration or rehab of historic homes, and tax credits up to $500,000 for rehab of historic businesses. 
—Pennsylvania Works says that “restoring historical assets would create “local jobs in restoration, construction and other crafts and trades.

—”Studies show that rehabilitating existing buildings creates more jobs for the same dollar of investment in new construction because rehabilitation is more labor-intensive.” Pennsylvania is one of four states east of the Mississippi River that still lacks a tax credit for rehabilitating historic commercial buildings.

GREEN JOB TRAINING

 SOLAR STATES connects public school students with the green collar economy through training and jobs, partnering with Philadelphia high schools to create solar energy courses. Micah Gold-Markel 

GREENFIELD RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM and Mural Arts Program “reconnect young people to their community… by creating murals and engaging in community revitalization through workshops with youth from St. Gabriel’s Hall, E3 Centers, VisionQuest, and men at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. Robyn Buseman 215.685.0756 robyn.buseman@muralarts.org

MAXWELL EDUCATION GROUP TEACHES SOLAR INSTALLATION 215 840-1259  

JOIN (Job Opportunity Investment Network) will “identify, recruit and evaluate 500 new and marginally-employed [Philadelphia] workers and pair them with green job opportunities. JOIN will use community organizations to recruit potential trainees, assess their current skills, and provide pre-training and work preparation skills…” 
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GREENWORKS PHILADELPHIA is the City’s smart and detailed guide to government and corporate leadership that will make Philadelphia “America’s Greenest.” This new 67-page report by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability proposes 15 targets and dozens of specific actions for 2015. All but trash-to-energy are environmentally-friendly . Some of these recommendations are quite bold, yet they’re offered as “only the first step in a long-term effort to rebuild Philadelphia…”
—REFRESHINGLY, 40 YEARS AFTER the collapse of heavy industry, Philadelphia is shaking off rust to think big. Our mayor now flexes policy muscle for urban agriculture, more transit and bikes, fewer cars; endorses more trees, weatherization, solar, wind, recycling; less trash. This is an excellent document.
—YET IT SHOULD BE NOTED that the greenest of America’s cities are not sustainable, because they are dependent on imported oil, natural gas, uranium and food. For Philadelphia to thrive fifty years hence, every neighborhood will rebuild, to the last nut and bolt, with new dwellings and tools which feed, fuel, water and house comfortably without centralized fuels. We will make this city unrecognizably superior.
—Greenworks exists because the public demands change and the good work that change brings.
—SEVERAL SACRED COWS stand across the green path. Health insurance is dead weight on Philadelphia’s green future, diverting taxes from schools, swimming pools, libraries, clinics, and retrofit. Absentee landlords, including City Hall, squat on empty land that could be feeding people. Committing vast acreage to agriculture permanently redefines profit and urban life. Automobiles (even small ones) poison water, air, budgets and foreign policy. Streets least used can be gradually reclaimed for trolleys, bikes, emergency vehicles, gardens and play. Sewerage sends poop and pills into our rivers, basements, fisheries and bodies. There are clean alternatives. Consumers have been trained to demand lifestyles that will ruin our grandchildren. Schools should be teaching creativity more than obedience. Media need to respect the future. Population increase is less urgent than equity.
—May we lead the changes that next generations will enjoy.
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OUR EDIBLE CITY

GREENING GROCERY The Green Supermarket/Grocery Initiative intends “to bring more fresh food into communities by leveraging the energy-saving power of environmentally sustainable building practices to make carrying fresh food economically feasible.”

PHILADELPHIA LOCAL FOOD GUIDE 2009 is insert in City Paper 5/14. Lists all places to get locally grown and produced food, including restaurants, stores, co-ops, farmers’ markets, CSAs, institutions, etc.

FARM PHILLY proposes AQUAPONICS  

FARMERS’ MARKETS 

DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION (formerly Penn’s Landing)  Caryn Hunt “A great opportunity for anyone interested in food retail and/or urban agriculture.”

EMERALD STREET URBAN FARM 

SLOW FOOD PHILADELPHIA

LOCAL FOOD PHILLY 

FAIR FOOD PHILLY by Fair Food Farmstand in Terminal Market 

EDIBLE LANDSCAPES AT SCHUYLKILL CENTER SEEK VOLUNTEERS to help 6 artist teams create an art garden: “vegetables native to the Americas, a water-runoff collected and irrigation project, a medicinal herb garden, apple orchard, and raised bed garden with a tiny art studio in the middle!” Help dig, plant, weed, harvest. zcohen@schuylkillcenter.org

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT WISH LIST: tax-deductible donations of orchard plant materials: figs, kiwi vines, raspberries, comfrey, strawberries, wheelbarrows, shovels, garden rakes, trowels, pruning tools, hoses, soaker hoses, gator bags, Mushroom compost delivery, Grape trellis construction, Rainwater harvest installation. 

THE CITY THAT ENDED HUNGER

GIFT CERTIFICATE WINNERS: ($10 from Earth Bread Brewery, Infusion Coffee & Tea, High Point Cafe: LAZAR, AIMEE, LAURAWEIS, reply with mailing address to claim.
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GREEN MEDIA

GRID MAGAZINE #4 

CBS3 GREEN SCENE 

THE METROPOLITAN MOMENT: special Daily News green Philadelphia section with Plan Philly 

EARTH-TO-PHILLY 

GREEN IN CHESTNUT HILL (GRINCH)
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GREEN MONEY

PA FOUNDATIONS ONLINE searches 2,140 statewide grantors by keyword and/or address. Current specific information on funding is available for a few dollars monthly. Also available free, at Free Library on the Parkway. Don Nye 215-592-4035 

GREEN BANKERS: Philadelphia’s new e3bank launches its $30,000,000 private equity offering. Minimum investment $5,000. Weekly Webinars for potential investors Wednesdays, 3:30pm. invest@e3bank.com.

FEDERAL RECOVERY ACT FUNDING for local governments and non-profits with shovel-ready projects that will save or conserve a minimum of 25% energy. Scheduled for mid-June. 

PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM reimbursements and loans for alternative energy. Administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Department of Environmental Protection.

PENNSYLVANIA SUNSHINE SOLAR PROGRAM provides $100 million grants for solar electric (PV) and solar hot water for homeowners and small businesses.

PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PEDA) GRANTS for alternative energy. Most types of business are eligible, including most non-profits, municipalities, colleges and universities. Deadline 5/29. 

PENNSYLVANIA POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR ENERGY 

GREEN WAREHOUSE 380,000 ft2 (9th at Girard, a.k.a Quaker Warehouse or John Wanamaker) being organized by Community Land Trust Corporation as green incubator plus intergenerational housing. Weatherization & Insulation Enterprises, Energy Efficiency , Solar, Geo-thermal, Green House, Green Roof, Community Gourmet Test Kitchen, Cafeteria & Food Service Enterprises, 24 hour Daycare & Laundry, Community Environmental Education, Industrial Warehouse. Eloise Edmonds 
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GREEN GOING

NEW BIKE RACKS in University City. Over 100 new racks were installed throughout University City and West Phila in April by the City and University City District.

PHILADELPHIA 4th MOST WALKABLE CITY IN THE U.S. says WalkScore Enter your address on the website to get your neighborhood’s “walk score” as well as a list of all grocery stores, restaurants, parks, etc. within walking distance.

CAMAC STREET, LAST WOOD STREET IN U.S., IS NEWLY REPAIRED south of Walnut. Preserved in 1980s by neighbor advocates. Wood was once popular because quieter when horses passed.

SEE PHILADELPHIA’S PAVED AREAS. Replacing paving with gardens, orchards and playgrounds will dramatically revive this city.

SEPTA JOBS & SEPTA CONTRACTS 
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ETCETERAE

GREENFEST PHILLY SEEKS VENDORS for 9/13, 11am-6pm. Register. Theme of this year’s event is sustainable food, but all green goods/services welcome.

COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ENFORCED by RecycleNOW Philadelphia. All businesses, schools, and apartment buildings of more than six units must provide recycling for employees and/or tenants. 

COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE SPORT certifies marathons and other races. Boston on list; Philadelphia not yet.

ARTISTS’ RESOURCE GUIDE 

GREEN JOBS PHILLY NEWS WISH LIST (all donations tax-deductible and matched)
* reformat News and job search pages
* web hosting
* outreach at festivals, markets, meetings
* display creation and materials
* cash for display materials, web hosting, editorial, phone, mailing, literature
* your display ads: $50/month for all 20 pages.
—paul5glover@yahoo.com 215 805-8330
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EVENTS

5/16 FAIRMONT PARK DAY 

5/17 CHESTNUT HILL HOME & GARDEN FESTIVAL, Germantown Ave.

5/18 URBAN FARM ACADEMY organizational meeting, Thomas Jefferson University, 5:30-7:30pm, Jefferson Alumni Hall (JAH) conference room (Locust between 10th and 11th), mezzanine. Christiaan Morssink, Kenneth D. Smith  609-273-4525

5/21 GROWING SUSTAINABLE PHILLY NEIGHBORHOODS: How can we feed Philadelphia? Urban agriculture: exploring ways that growers, markets, and consumers can strengthen and improve Philadelphia’s access to healthy, safe and affordable food.” 6-8:30pm, Academy of Natural Sciences. RSVP

5/22 GROWING THE GRANGE 8:30am, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, workshops for the regional farming community. Expert practitioners will lead the sessions: Seed saving, hoop house construction, small space farming, business planning, more. Register Fee: $10 partial day or $15 full day. Lunch included! (scholarships available)

5/25 SUPA EVENT delete, from prior issue.

5/26 NEW VOICE OF BUSINESS: Philadelphia Chapter Kick Off Meeting, Academy of Natural Sciences, 6:00-7:30pm. “An introduction to a coalition of business organizations across the U.S. working for economically-sound, environmentally-sane solutions…”

5/27 JOBS WITH JUSTICE Celebrates 10 Years of Solidarity. Because You Only Turn Ten Once. 5:30-7pm, The William Way Center, Mark Segal Ballroom, 2nd Fl., 1315 Spruce St. RSVP Fabricio Rodriguez 215 670-5855. Cocktail Reception will celebrate Ten Leaders for Ten Years of Jobs with Justice. Keynote Speaker Arlene Hotl-Baker re: Employee Free Choice Act. Tickets $50from Fabricio 215-670-5855. Music by Lee G. Design by Soul Purl 77.

5/28 FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND FUNDRAISING PARTY celebrates doubling size, moving to 12th St side. Reading Terminal Mkt, 6:30-9pm, $15 minimum; $10 advance at Farmstand or 

5/30 GREENFEST MIX-N-MINGLES for sponsors and exhibitors. AxD Gallery at 10th & Spruce. Sustainable Art Show. $10 suggested donation. FREE with GreenFest Registration & rsvp. Not open to public. 

6/2 PHILADELPHIA MATERIAL PROJECT: Redeveloping Local Manufacturing Infrastructure, 8:00am - 12:00pm, Center for Architecture; 1218 Arch.  Cost: $20. What will it take to redevelop vibrant, sustainable, local manufacturing infrastructure in the Philadelphia region? This half day event will begin to answer this question by bringing together professionals from different fields across the supply chain: design, materials, manufacturing, distribution and financing with knowledge specific to Philadelphia. Through case studies, facilitated discussions and brainstorming sessions, we will identify the current gaps in infrastructure and determine our common goals for local manufacturing. Presented by the Sustainable Business Network and Green Village Philadelphia

6/3, LA RECAUDACION DE FONDOS FILANTROPICOS: Un curso introductorio  BIBLIOTECA CENTRAL, 1901 VINE ST 9:30am–4:30pm SKYLINE ROOM piso 4

6/5 PHILADELPHIA ECO-HOME NETWORK meet-and-greet to trade home ecology ideas, encouragement, resources. First meeting at 719 E. Passyunk Ave, 7pm, home of GreenSteps 267 519 3564 or info@greenstepsonline.us. Each meeting at new home.

6/7-12 PV AMERICA: PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE Philadelphia Mariott Hotel.

6/10 COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ADVOCACY WORKSHOP, Academy of Natural Sciences, 6:30-8pm, 

6/14 ART FOR THE CASH POOR art sale & party, 120+ artists, everything under $200. http://www.inliquid.com 1400 N. American St, 1-6pm.

6/18 PHILADELPHIA GREENWORKS, 6:30-8:30pm Featuring: Dr. Mark Alan Hughes: Director of Sustainability. “an in-depth look at the first sustainability framework released by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. 

6/24 COLOR OF MONEY: Professional Development Conference for Fundraising Professionals of Color, 8am-5pm, Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University . “Empowering today’s fundraising professionals of color. Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to secure funding for your nonprofit organizations or charitable cause.” Register: $95; $125 after 5/28  Presented by Philadelphia Foundation.
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YOUR LETTERS

“I am not much of a grassroots, blog writing, community activist; but I want to be.  To my knowledge, there is not much of a collaborative movement for Green “stuff” in West Chester.  Can you give me some tips on how to start getting people more active?  I read about the council meeting that Philly is having regarding the use of plastic bags and possibly imposing a tax on each.  I also read about the initiative to ban styrofoam (WHICH I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE OF!).  How does one get started with these types of things in their own towns?  Can you point me somewhere that I can get, for lack of a better term, “Step-by-Step” instructions on this type of thing?” –Kerry
—[REPLY] There are lots of problems to fix, and lots of ways to fix them.  You’ve taken the first step by listing some issues important to you.  Next, research how other communities have solved the problem/s.  Then imagine solutions specifically for West Chester: legislation, education, incentives, alternatives.  Then find a few who agree with you (letter to editor, tabling in public places, flyers on bulletin boards, etc).  Then hold your first core group meeting and gather more ideas.  Start a group: give it a name easy to remember, like POP, PIF, Chesters Opposing Waste (COW).  Then announce your first public meeting.  Keep pushing: Yes is the only right answer.  See also: wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing
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“I talked to you at one of the NN meetings about putting in a rooftop garden and need to find a structural engineer. I need to find out how much weight my garage can tolerate.  So if you know of anyone would you send me their name and telephone number.” –Katherine Hayden
—[REPLY] The most reliable green roof firm in Philadelphia is Roofscapes.  They specialize in roof garden load calculation and installation.
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“My background is in business development, sales and account management in the IT and Engineering realms, but a recent layoff has given me time to re-think my direction. With the resources and government funding now committed, the clean energy / green industry is certainly one area I’m now exploring for career options as it looks poised for a great future - particularly solar energy. Feel free to pass my attached resume along to anyone in your network that you know is looking for a solid professional.” –Scott Shaffner
—[REPLY] Good luck with search. You can upload your resume at greenjobsphilly.org and there also see what your fellow jobseekers are offering. Attend relevant meetings to connect.
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“During the great depression, FDR put thousands of people back to work in the first 100 days. I genuinely like President Obama (massively better than Bush), but I believe his states-based approach and internal federal agency spending “alone” was a deployment mistake, or the best our dysfunctional system of hyped-up special interests could provide now; we’ll see what happens.  I have more hope for the Van Jones-Obama efforts. At a recent press conference, I was disappointed when Obama side-stepped a tough question from a reporter about the African-American male unemployment rate in NYC now being 50%, and when could folks start “seeing” results and jobs.  He talked about how the stimulus would eventually lift us all up…hmmm…that answer sounded like Bush and those ridiculous $600 checks that were part of “go shopping” after 9/11/01.” –Ed Pickett
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“Like you, I spend much of my time telling anyone who will listen about green jobs and their potential! I run a global green jobsite, RenewableEnergyJobs.com, one of the most popular in the renewables space, I wasn’t sure if you would have come across it yet as we only launched this year.
—”We provide guidance, information and news on the green careers markets as well as having more than 600+ green energy jobs posted in more than 20 countries worldwide giving us as broad reach as any other site. Our Linkedin group has 5,000 members too. If you haven’t already done so I recommend you take a look. Keep up the great work!” –Sam
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“I read about the unpaid internship in the current issue of Green Jobs Philly news. I am very interested in participating. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I am 33 years old, currently unemployed. I spent 12 years in the military, and was discharged after being injured in Iraq. I am a disabled veteran, but it is minor and does not effect my ability to work.
—”I am fully computer literate with Mac and Windows, and I have been teaching myself HTML. I have no problem working outdoors, and no issues with public speaking. Anything else that may be needed I guarantee I can learn it, quickly.
—”If you would like to speak with me, I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.” –Mike Ulmer
—[REPLY] Thanks for offering to volunteer to promote green jobs in Philadelphia. Since Green Jobs Philly doesn’t have an office– published from my room– our office is the community– meetings, festivals, farmers’ markets, events.  Most of my work is collecting emails from people who’d like to receive the News, learning from them what they’re doing, helping people connect to resources.
—You’ve looked at the intern page greenjobsphilly.org/static_interns.php.
 Please tell me which of the tasks there most suit your interests.  You mentioned public speaking, and that’s a great contribution.  What else catches your interest? What’s the scene in your part of town, and how do you see green jobs meeting needs there?
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“I enjoy receiving your newsletters. Keep up the great work.” –Glynis Tart
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I didn’t get to read through this whole beautiful thing yet, but CONGRATULATIONS! IT LOOKS LOVELY! Your vision is coming through STRONG.  Thanks for my morning’s dosage of INSPIRATION!!” –Steph
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“Wow.  Thank you for sending me the link to your newsletter; it is like an abundant garden itself.  You really organized a lot of information in an easy to comprehend and navigate way.  Really good format for central clearinghouse.  Really nice to see this.” –Krista Bard 
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“I was very encouraged and moved by the fruit tree planting efforts. I am a horticulture student at Temple University Ambler with a background in medicinal plant and healing arts studies. Since last summer,  I have been working on a small medicinal plant/ vegetable community garden in Northern Liberties. I am contacting you because I’d love to be more engaged in Philly’s green movement.” –Teresa Trego 
—[REPLY] I hadn’t heard of the NoLibs herb garden.  Good work.  How’s that coming?  
—There are only two edible landscapers in Philadelphia. This is a huge niche for green business development . Yards should be edible as well as pretty.
—As you know, volunteering often leads to employment.  The several food organizations listed in Green Jobs Philly News, current and past issues, are a good place to start.  Also the organizations linked from http://www.gpen.org Otherwise, link your resume from Green Jobs Philly 
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“The new layout of the site is nice. Great to see how far this has come, with the beautiful pictures and graphics.  Hopeful in itself!” –Steve
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—”Humans are an urban people, and our civilizations throughout history have been rooted in our cities. Therefore, the health of our civilizations is the health of our cities, and local gardening, and the reclamation of alienated spaces, to my mind, is an important component in fostering equality and mutuality in our urban communities.
—“My overriding hope is that… we can reclaim urban spaces, on an appropriate scale, to produce food locally. The problem is that I have had trouble finding resources and examples of just how and where this type of work is being done. This morning, over an energizing cup of tea, I stumbled upon a seeming goldmine of resources. Green Jobs Philly is a networking site, complete with news and resources about urban agriculture and other green initiatives in Philadelphia. –Zachary Bullock 
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“Thanks so much for sending your web publication—what a monumental task and wonderful community effort this is.” –Pat
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“I will make sure that the word gets out about greenjobsphilly.com up here in the Lehigh Valley.” –Matthew Tuerk, Assistant Director, Allentown Economic Development Corporation
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