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Volunteers collect over 125,000 of pieces of plastic waste from New Jersey beaches (WHYY, April 1, 2026)

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk? (Inside Climate News, April 1, 2026

Art with a message: Delaware creatives turn trash into works of art (WHYY, April 2, 2026)

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SPRING COURSE: Fungi as Food, Medicine and More
6 Tuesdays from April 7 – May 12, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society/Wagner Free Institute of Science
What makes one mushroom edible and another poisonous, and why are they like this? How have humans utilized fungi for medicine, both naturally throughout history and pharmaceutically in modern times?

Mudlarking with Cory Kram
Thursday, April 9 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue
Mudlarking is the act of looking for discarded remnants along creeks and riverbanks during low tide. In this workshop, former Glen Foerd Artist in Residence Cory Kram will lead participants to the Poquessing Creek (a former dumping ground in the early 1900s) for a treasure hunt!

Urban Gardening with Native Plants
Thursday, April 9, from 6 – 7 p.m.
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center, 700 Cobbs Creek Pkwy
Whether your landscape is a rooftop deck, sidewalk in front of a row home, strip of grass or yard of any size, you can have a native plant garden in Philadelphia. Landscaping with native plants is one of the most impactful choices we can make to help heal our environment, offset effects of climate change, connect us with nature and inspire us.

Prose for the Planet with Eileen Flanagan
Thursday, April 9 from 7 – 8 p.m.
Celia Bookshop, 102 Park Avenue, Swarthmore
Join author and activist Eileen Flanagan to discuss her new book Common Ground, which contains powerful stories of ordinary people building movements for change through solidarity and collective action.

We Walk, We Tour with Friends of the Rail Park
Friday, April 10, from noon – 1:30 p.m.
The Rail Park, 1300 Noble Street
Join the Friends of the Rail Park and We Walk PHL for a special guided tour of the Rail Park’s past, present and future, and learn more about the We Walk PHL program.

Philly Spring Cleanup: One Philly, A United City
Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Friends Hospital Parking Lot, 4641 E Roosevelt Blvd.
Let’s work together to restore and protect Tacony Creek Park!

Second Saturday Guided Hike: Birding and Fair Amount Food Forest Tour
Saturday, April 11 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Boxers’ Trail Gateway, 33rd and West Dauphin Street
Join Fairmount Park Conservancy, Fair Amount Food Forest, and birding instructor Troy Bynum of TB Wildlife LLC for a guided bird walk and garden tour in East Fairmount Park.

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Other Worlds Are Possible
On display through May 8th, 2026
Multiverse, 8026 Germantown Ave
Members of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers have created original works and books arts for Other Worlds Are Possible–a window-display exhibition inspired by our store’s speculative fiction focus. The exhibition features handmade book art by 10 artists, exploring the themes of imagination and creativity that books allow.

Lost Creeks of Philadelphia: Burying the Streams, Building the City
On display through May 16, 2026
The Athenaeum, 219 S. 6th Street
Using maps and plans, drawings and paintings, and old and modern photographs, The Lost Creeks of Philadelphia reveals why and how hundreds of miles of surface streams were channeled underground–and shows how this work still affects the city today.

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Buried Creek Collective Virtual Information Session
Thursday, April 16, from 12 – 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 30 from 6 – 7 p.m
Join Buried Creek Collective facilitators Sara Davis and Stephanie Feldman on Zoom to learn more about the upcoming Climate Education for Writers program. Get your questions answered about the program schedule, application process, and more.