Happy Earth Week! UnLitter Us & How to Continue the Success Philly!

Philly’s 3rd Annual Spring Cleanup had its biggest cleanup ever thanks to greenies like you with its UnLitter Us Campaign!

Over 11,000 volunteers worked at 231 official project sites to collect over 1.3 million lbs of trash, 140K lbs of recycling, 50 parks & recreation centers cleaned and 763 neighborhood blocks cleaned!

Incredible numbers, Philly! But how can you keep it up for this Earth week (and always…)

Here’s some suggestions:

No More Plastic Bags, Philadelphia! (almost…)

Good news – Philly is thisclose to banning an environmental catastrophe – in the form of plastic bags.

Yesterday, Philly’s City Council’s Committee on the Environment voted unanimously to approve legislation banning plastic bags used in supermarkets, pharmacies and stores. The typical plastic bags must be replaced after July 1, 2011 with recyclable paper bags, compostable plastic bags or reusable bags.

Part of the ban will also include

Citizens Bank Park Tops PETA’s Vegetarian-Friendly List

Another win for the Phillies boys and girls: Citizens Bank Park is #1 on PETA’s Top 10 vegetarian friendly ball parks. Our home stadium was the first ballpark to offer veggie fare (and recently added more choices) on TOP of being one of the most green stadiums with their Red Goes Green Campaign.

The Phillies stadium serves tasty veggie options like:

Citizens Bank Park Tops PETA's Vegetarian-Friendly List

Another win for the Phillies boys and girls: Citizens Bank Park is #1 on PETA’s Top 10 vegetarian friendly ball parks. Our home stadium was the first ballpark to offer veggie fare (and recently added more choices) on TOP of being one of the most green stadiums with their Red Goes Green Campaign.

The Phillies stadium serves tasty veggie options like:

Mark Your Calendars Philly: Commerce Bank Bike Ride

Here’s your opportunity to bike through the city with no traffic!

Bicyclists of all skill levels are welcome to participate in the Commerce Bank Bike Philly ride September 14, 2008.

Save the date Philly!

Sunday September 7th marks Philadelphia’s annual Green Fest.

Check out more details here:

http://www.greenfestphilly.org/

Posted by Beth