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Barbara Sheehan is a member of Our Mother of Consolation Church's climate ministry, a Laudato Si Circle.  With other members of their...

EcoPhilly Annual Conference Pulses with Energy, Enthusiasm and Community by Susan Tobia. Susan is a member of EcoPhilly’s leadership team...

Concerned about pollution, endangered species, climate change, environmental justice? Interested in Creation Care and steps you can take...

"Eight years have passed since I published the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, when I wanted to share with all of you, my brothers and...

Click on the PDF icon for '65 Ideas for Sustainable, Experiential Gifts in the Greater Philadelphia Area' Also, read Kara's post, 'Small,...

“We must stop shopping, but we can’t stop shopping.” – J.B. MacKinnon, The Day the World Stops Shopping[1] This past Lent I decided to...

I recently attended a webinar presented by the American Bird Conservancy. It presented voluminous data to show that the dominant...

The vision of an elementary school principal combined with the school's creation care team's energy and a supportive local community...

A senior at Mercy Career and Technical High School , Liam Thompson, created a week-long project for Earth Week. He made slides to present...

By Kara Daddario Bown Boxes tumbled from the stack of cardboard next to the recycling bin. It was trash day, and our pyramid of packages...

With the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, much has been made of how different his priorities were from those of his successor, Pope...

Eileen Rocks of St. Matthew School in Philadelphia 'considers it a privilege to spend her days with third graders.' She told EcoPhilly...

My dad was a Master Gardener and instilled in me the importance of taking care of the Earth. This included recycling, composting,...

Many of us in greater Philadelphia are still shaken by the force of Hurricane Ida. Those of us whose homes did not sustain severe damage...

This article was originally posted on catholicphilly.com. Read the article there or read it below. The upcoming feast of St. Augustine...

One person: A fifteen-year-old Swedish girl skipped school to stand outside her country’s parliament holding up a hand-made sign, School...

At EcoPhilly we are working with the Philadelphia Archdiocese to encourage the creation of creation care teams across the area, inspired...

Its implication is clear. After all, in the drought-stricken western USA, one-third of all the water we use goes to irrigate crops that...

‘We lay out some of the dangers Philadelphia faces in the years ahead, and 10 things we can do to alleviate — or at least prepare for —...

'Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Every day we see new evidence that climate change is real and that it is...