Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania community action
Sustainability initiatives
- Imagine Millvale
- Penn Future, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future. Penn Future is a statewide public interest membership organization founded in 1998 with offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre. The organization's activities include litigating cases before regulatory bodies and in local, state, and federal courts; advocating and advancing legislative action on a state and federal level; public education; and assisting citizens in public advocacy.[1]
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council
- Sustainable Pittsburgh
- Transition Town Media
Arts, sport and culture
City of Asylum, nonprofit in Pittsburgh
Biodiversity
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Cycling activism
Philadelphia's bike-share system
Philadelphia's Indego bike-share system offers affordable and convenient access to two-wheeled transportation. With 120 bike stations throughout the city comprising more than 1,200 bikes, the company has announced plans to double capacity to more than 250 stations in the next few years and expand to serve an additional 15 square miles of the city. The mayor recently announced plans to build 20 miles of separated bike lanes in the next two years, making biking safer throughout the city.[2]
Community energy
Wikipedia: Solar power in Pennsylvania, Wind power in Pennsylvania
Community involvement
SeeClickFix, community issues in Philadelphia
Imagine Philadelphia: Laying the Foundation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) on Participedia
Food activism
Fair-Amount Food Forest, initiative to create a community food forest
Open spaces
Sharing
Sharing City Philadelphia
At over 11,000 residents per square mile, Philadelphia is among the most densely populated cities in the country. And those miles offer a rich history of community, shared spaces, and pooled resources. From thriving open markets to urban gardens and a wealth of public art, the metropolis has vast resources to help residents make do without the need for car ownership, large homes, or mass personal consumption.[3]
Eight examples of the city's bustling sharing economy: see also:
Sustainable transport activism
Wikipedia: Hiking trails in Pennsylvania (category), Philadelphia:Pedestrians and bicycling
Towards sustainable economies
Lehigh Valley
The Mutual Aid Network of the Lehigh Valley addresses the social determinants of health of communities' most vulnerable members, including formerly incarcerated people, juveniles aging out of the foster care system, homeless populations, individuals recovering from addiction, and newly settled refugees. This project address tackles these issues by tackling social isolation, one of the key factors that contributes to poor life and health outcomes.[4]
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Community resources
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia has more than books for loan. From a health lending library with food scales and blood pressure cuffs to kitchen cupboards stocked with cataloged cake pans and a musical instrument collection with banjos, steel drums, and keyboards, you can find almost anything you need to borrow among its 54 branches. Philly even has a "Tiebrary" as part of one branch's Job Readiness Lab.[5]
Other coomunity resources
Maps
Grounded in Philly, "facilitates the transitioning of vacant land into community-controlled green spaces, gardens and gathering places."
Lots to Love, "a guide for community organizations and residents who are interested in transforming vacant lots into well-loved spaces." Strengthening and greening the Pittsburgh region.
Other resources
- Transition Centre, Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation
Video
News and comment
2017
Civic Commons: Spreading opportunity to the whole city, Jul 10 [6]
Can parks save Philadelphia? Feb 21 [7]
2016
From isolation to interdependence: How Reimagining the Civic Commons is connecting Philadelphia, Nov 8 [8]
City releases reworked sustainability agenda calling on all Philadelphians to participate, Nov 2 [9]
Pittsburgh is using 10 goats and their donkey guardian to cut unruly grass, March 10 [10]
2015
Tracks from railroads' past seen as path to future, August 16 [11]
University of Pittsburgh students plan urban ag law firm, May 17 [12]
Transition Reflections: Joni Carley, Happiness Maker, April 9 [13]
2014
Transition Town Media opens a FreeStore in Media, May 1 [14]
2013
The New Philadelphia Story Is About Green Infrastructure, December 18 [15]
Campaigns
Green Justice Philly, new coalition to protect Philadelphians' health and safety from the city's fossil fuel industry, and to create a sustainable 21st century economy that will support clean air and water and healthy communities.[16]
External links
- Wikipedia: Pennsylvania
- @PhiladelphiaGov (twitter)
References
- ↑ Penn Future
- ↑ Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019
- ↑ Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019
- ↑ Shareable
- ↑ Shareable, Paige Wolf, April 22, 2019
- ↑ cnu.org
- ↑ civiccommons.us
- ↑ @knightfdn
- ↑ PlanPhilly
- ↑ Mashable
- ↑ philly.com
- ↑ seedstock.com
- ↑ Transition Town Media
- ↑ Transition Town Media
- ↑ The Dirt
- ↑ greenjusticephilly.org, press release, October 14, 2015