Read

Commission approves at least $300 million in funding to expand bike and walking trails in Philly area (WHYY, July 27, 2026)

How a trash incinerator is dividing leaders in Philadelphia and Chester (The Philadelphia Tribune, July 28, 2026)

Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania to embark on 3-week Delaware River canoe trip across 4 states (Lehigh Valley Live, July 30, 2026)

The border can’t block air pollution—but environmental diplomacy can (Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 2026)

More Data Centers Will Mean More Fracking in Pennsylvania. These Advocates Want Better Protections. (Inside Climate News, August 1, 2026)

And, of course, our own exciting news: Announcing the 2026 Buried Creek Collective cohort!

Learn

Smartphone Photography for iNaturalist
Tuesday, August 4 from 12 – 1 p.m.
iNaturalist. Webinar.
Join us for tips and tricks on how to get the best nature photos you can out of your smartphone and then post them to iNat! We’ll cover the best way to approach an insect, how to photograph the different features of a plant, getting the underside of a mushroom, and then how you can quickly post your batch of photos to iNaturalist. This webinar will be recorded — please register to receive the recording via email.

Discover Trees at the Discovery Center
Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m. – noon
Discovery Center, 3401 Reservoir Drive
Join Penn State Master Watershed Stewards and Audubon Mid-Atlantic as we highlight trees present at the center, learn how we could care for them, and how they support local animals, insects and humans.

Intro to Soil Testing with Penn State Extension
Sunday, August 9 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Agricultural Resource Center, 90 North Horticultural Drive
This basic workshop is the first in our 3-part series, intended for beginners, and will include an overview of how soil works, the types of soil compositions you may encounter around our City, how to interpret markers like pH, and how to collect, submit, and understand a soil sample at a variety of sites. This event is free and open to the public, but spaces are limited and RSVP is required.

Do

Second Saturday: Fair Amount Food Forest Tour & Workshop
Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m. – noon
Boxers’ Trail Gateway, 33rd and West Dauphin Street
First, we’ll take a tour of the Fair Amount Food Forest, a community-based, publicly-accessible, and educational food forest garden located outside Woodford Mansion in Fairmount Park. Attendees can then participate in a workshop discussing the harvesting, preparation, and safe use of summer herbs found throughout the Food Forest.

Climate Justice and Environmental Action Workshop
Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Project Home Honickman’s Center Comcast Technology Labs, 1936 Judson St
This free workshop will bring Strawberry Mansion residents, community leaders, and environmental organizations together to explore how climate change impacts our neighborhoods through extreme heat, flooding, rising utility bills, and environmental inequities.

In Honor of Edna Lewis: A Blackberry Jelly and Canning Workshop
Sunday, August 9 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
POP Learning Orchard at the Woodlands, 4000 Woodland Avenue
Please join us for another round of POP’s Community Orchard Resilience Education (POPCORE), as we learn: How to preserve the summer harvest through water-bath canning, what it means to cook with seasonal produce, and the process of jelly making using Miss Lewis’s beloved Blackberry Jelly recipe.

View

August exhibitions at Da Vinci Art Alliance
704 Catharine Street
Precious Protection: July 28 – August 23
Featuring a thoughtfully curated group of juried artworks, the exhibition is an immersive, poetic mixture of textures, themes, words, and sounds to inspire protective and collective protections.
FRAME/SEQUENCE and DVAA: On Community and Collaboration: July 28 – August 23
The exhibition reflects the importance of local creative ecosystems, where artists can share resources, opportunities, encouragement, and ideas in ways that strengthen both individual artistic practice and collective cultural life.

Botanicals in Blue: July 29 – October 21
Atria Center City
“I can’t seem to stop collecting plants and recording places. It occurred to me that nature has inherent value. Weeds, grass, leaves, wildflowers. I expose them to sunlight and iron salts and wash them in water. Now I have the impression of the plant, an echo, a ghost. These are botanicals in blue.”

Plan ahead 

PGW Public Engagement Meeting re: “Low Carbon Pathways” Plan
Wednesday, August 12 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Outdoors Online: Butterflies 101
Thursday, August 13 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.