Sep 12, 2018 | Member Stories, Miscellaneous
While organic, free range, natural, and even local, are now common labels to see in the supermarket or on menus, this was not the story twenty years ago. When Chef Peg Botto, Owner of Cosmic Catering and Cafe, wanted to source responsibly raised poultry for her...
Aug 14, 2018 | Member Stories
How can landscape architects engage the community with more empathy (and to greater effect)? Hint: leave the ego at the door. This article first appeared in Generocity, a local social impact news and events group with a mission of building better communities through...
Jul 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Member Stories
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet...
Jun 13, 2018 | Member Stories
Filmmaker Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) said, “I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.” Setting aside the gory imagery, this wisdom cannot be...
Mar 14, 2018 | Member Stories
The Motzi Bakery Story It’s hard to think anything could ever beat our mother’s baking, however, local Motzi Bakery is certainly giving Philadelphia mothers a run for their money. Bakery President, Alan Mathason is by far no stranger to the baking industry. As a...
Jan 31, 2018 | Member Stories
The GREEN Program’s Best for PHL Story By Guest Contributer, Cynthia Estremera When Melissa Lee started her company 8 years ago, she ran it on intuition alone. She had never taken a business course and her decisions were her own. While she has experienced tremendous...
