Inspired Storwater Management in a Hurricane Zone

October 20, 2016

We have been vacationing in Pawleys Island, SC for more than 30 years and have seen the area go through many changes including hurricane devastation, restoration and rapid growth.  Pawleys is in an area called the Low Country – it is literally low in the water. And water is everywhere in the form of oceans, […]

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Sustainable Travelogue – History At Southwark Station Post Office

October 14, 2016

You always wait in line at the Southwalk Station Post Office – sometimes for a very long time. I love it.  I always meet someone new and I like to look at the painting at the far end. Commissioned in 1938 by the Treasury Department’s section of Fine Arts and Sculpture, “Iron Plantation near Southwark […]

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July Results Are In – Ugh!

August 4, 2016

                    It looks like the heat has caused us to use the air conditioner and ramped up our month-to-month electricity use but overall for the year we are only slightly higher than last year.  That is a bit of surprise given we have done a lot […]

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5 Ways That Summer is Great for Sustainable Living

July 1, 2016

Summer is great for outdoor living and enjoying the sunshine – it is also a great time to be more sustainable.  Think about it, if you save money on utilities, you can spend more at your local pop-up beer garden or go on a vacation! Keep your utility bills under control. You probably turned down […]

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Forget the Gym, Start a City Garden

June 10, 2016

Our city garden is growing by leaps and bounds. Our house is 4 stories tall on a 17’x80’ piece of ground with townhouses on either side.  We have a busy sidewalk and street out front, and an active alley out back.  So where does our garden grow? In our sidewalk tree box, in a few […]

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Sustainable Travelogue – 14 Secret Philly Garden Parks

June 1, 2016

Sometimes – especially when you are touring – you just need to sit down or swing on a swing or take a nap in a quiet park.  Luckily Philly is teeming with places to sit and watch the world go by.  A surprising amount of these places are right next to the crowded, benchless areas […]

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Sustainable Travelogue Hints – Live the Local Life

May 21, 2016

Traveling is wonderful.  Living like a local as you travel is even more wonderful.  Go out and see the world with your whole self fully immersed in the places you see and the cultures that surround you. Get on a bike – it is one of the best ways to see a city.  Many places […]

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An Energy Snoop Surprise

May 2, 2016

So, in my Energy Snooping post, I suggested that you do an inventory of your plug loads.  Then I thought, hey wait a second, you haven’t done your own inventory.  Sorry for that. Then I followed my own instructions: walked around with a pen, paper, and added a ladder. Then I wrote down everything that […]

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Energy Snooping

April 25, 2016

At first I thought that the easiest sustainability project was to unplug appliances and other devices when not in use but then I thought about what is entailed in all that unplugging.  You need to understand electricity and how it relates to your electric bill.  You need to figure out how to unplug and you […]

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Sustainable Travelogue: Capital Bikeshare

April 18, 2016

I had a great weekend visiting our daughter in DC.  Instead of driving I decided to be multi-modal.  The result was a relaxing, stress free, surprisingly easy, and exercise filled travel experience. Biked to the train – I biked over to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station and locked my bike up at the very convenient bike […]

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