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In our March edition of the Grounded in Philly newsletter: Healthy Foods Green Spaces gets a NEW name; read about our updated Grounded website and Vacant Land 201 sessions; Amy Laura Cahn testifies on "The State of the Environment" in City Council; the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council's (FPAC) public mayoral forum on food policy joins the Philly Food & Farm Fest; learn to build an Earthship; check out local food justice events; job listings; & more...
BLOG NEWS
More Philly Residents Transforming Vacant Land with Help from Groundedinphilly.org
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The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia's www.GroundedInPhilly.org web mapping and organizing tool is now redesigned and updated to increase access to vacant land data for residents looking to transform vacant land for community use or preserve existing community spaces. Read more
Amy Laura Cahn testifies at City Council on "The State of the Environment"
 Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Amy Laura Cahn, and I am testifying in my capacity as a staff attorney for the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia. Today, I will provide for you a brief update on flooding and extreme weather. This is an issue of equity and environmental justice. It is our most vulnerable residents, particularly those with limited economic resources, who are most at risk from extreme weather.
As members of Council are aware, Philadelphia has experienced extreme flooding in recent years. According to studies released in 2014 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Philadelphia has experienced a 650% increase in "nuisance flooding" events, which cause road closures, overwhelmed storm drains, and damaged infrastructure. NOAA attributes the increase in nuisance flooding over the past fifty years to climate change-related sea level rises, land subsidence or sinking, and destruction of natural coastal barriers from development. In May 2014, the Schuylkill River flooded and caused severe damage to the Fairmount Water Works, a National Historic Landmark and education center. This flooding also damaged the Schuylkill River Trail, which was in fact designed to help buffer flooding and is one of the first green spaces visitors encounter leaving 30th Street Station. Although both locations have made recoveries, these events serve as important reminders of the vulnerabilities of city infrastructure. Read on..
Announcements
The old Healthy Foods Green Spaces (HFGS)
is now
Soil Generation!
MORE TO COME NEXT MONTH
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| Who knew creating a name could be so much fun?
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The Resource Reform Working Group of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) seeks to highlight the efforts of communities striving to secure their rights to land and water for growing, harvesting, and accessing local foods. In 2014, the group decided to promote grassroots actions that had been coordinated by farmers, gardeners, landless farmworkers, fishing families, and advocates to elevate the creative ways they are fighting for and achieving food sovereignty and food justice.
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...then get involved
On the Ground
One Art Earthship Workshop
Four-Day Tire pounding project at the OneArt Community Center, an Urban Sustainability Project.
Learn all about tire pounding, building layouts and more.
1 hr. earthship slideshow Saturday evening April 4. (included in daily workshops)
Friday April 3 - Monday April 6.
10am - 4pm each day
Location:
1435 N 52nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19131
Sunday April, 12
Food Policy and the Next Mayor
11:30am to 1:00pm
Rescheduled date
Thank you so much for your support of the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) and productive food policy in Philadelphia.
FPAC will host the Forum at the Philly Farm and Food Fest on Sunday, April 12th from 11:30am to 1:00pm at the PA Convention Center (1101 Arch St).
Please register via our EventBrite page by Wednesday, April 1st.
If you have any questions, please direct them to event organizer Bryan Fenstermaker at [email protected].
Small Business Legal Clinic
April 14, 2015
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Philadelphia LawWorks, a project of Philadelphia VIP, is pleased to announce its next small business legal clinic, sponsored by Dechert LLP! VIP small business clinics match volunteer lawyers with micro-entrepreneurs who would otherwise have to use their limited resources for counsel or to navigate the legal system on their own without the benefit of professional advice.
Teens 4 Good Farms at 8th and Poplar and The Schuylkill Center still have open CSA memberships for the 2015 growing season. This is a 24 week CSA running May through October for $400 with pick up sites at the 8th and Poplar Farm in North Philly, the Schuylkill Center in Roxborough, and North Light Community Center in Manayunk. This is a great way to support our farms, youth programs, affordable farm stand and our food pantry donation program. For more information email [email protected].
Mariposa's Free
Wild Edibles Walk:Foraging Workshop
Sunday, April 26, 10-1pm
Location: Baltimore ave and 61st street (near Brown gate)
Come join us for an exploration of Wild West Philly!
Attend a wild edibles walk with David Jeffries. Follow the trail north to the Cobbs Creek Environmental Center and encounter edible stinging nettles, violets, wood sorrel, plantain, creeping charlie, mile-a-minute, burdock, milkweed, pickerelweed, mugwort, peppergrass, turkey tails and much more.
The walk should take about 3 hours (starting at 10am ending around 1pm)
More info here
In The Know
Click on any of the flyers below for sign-up/registration information
Job Opportunities...
The Center seeks a full-time Manager for the EAT (Everyone at the Table) Caf�, a community caf� opening in 2015 in West Philadelphia that will operate under a pay-what-you-can model that aims to provide high quality, locally-sourced meals to all people, regardless of ability to pay. EAT Caf�, currently under development in the lower Lancaster Avenue area, will offer a welcoming, nurturing, dignified sit-down service restaurant for all. The pay-what-you-can model's success relies on an intentional customer mix where some may over pay, while others may underpay or not pay at all for the same meal. In addition to its primary purpose as a restaurant, the EAT Caf� will also serve as a hub for neighborhood collaboration and innovation.
Read job description here
Bartram Gardens hiring a part-time assistant gardener (download)
The historic quarters gardener primarily manages, maintains, and enhances seasonal annual, vegetable, and perennial gardens for interpretation, education, and public display in the kitchen and flower gardens or terrace garden quarters. In addition to the main upper terrace gardens the hq gardener maintains several small interpretive display gardens; greenhouse display garden with tender seasonal plants and a medicinal plant display in raised beds. The gardener's job requires a balance of work practices that reflect historic interpretation and accuracy as well as understanding the needs of a 21st century public garden.
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