What is new at the 2009 GreenFest Philly?

September 29, 2009

1398148711_974e2e82d0In no particular order here is a short list of some of the new green offerings I noticed at the 2009 GreenFest Philly:

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Phew… Philly Electric Wheels opens October 1st.

September 15, 2009

Earlier this year,  I was attracting your attention to a new generation of electric motor assisted Bicycles in the post titled “Emily’s Bike“.

This Fall, Philadelphia will have the first store in Pennsylvania selling electric bicycles and tricycles.

The store—PHILLY ELECTRIC WHEELS–is located in the “GREEN on GREENE” building in “Mt. Airy Village”.
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GreenFest Philly is today: Sunday September 13th

September 12, 2009

PhillyGreenFest_logo_2The fourth Philly GreenFest is taking place today  Sunday September 13th from 11 am to 6 pm at 2nd and South Street in Philadelphia.

The Philly Green Fest offers “green” activities for the whole family:
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Terracycle or How to Turn your Trash into Gold

June 18, 2009

The first thing that jumped at me when I arrived at Terracycle was the walls.  Terracycle walls  are covered with incredible murals and graffiti. Yes, why keep this typical post World War II set of warehouse buildings in West Trenton NJ  in its standard  industrial dread style?

Check out  pictures of some Terracycle’s murals right here…
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How about making your own cleaning product?

January 31, 2009

Charing Ball decides to make her own Green household product.
Maybe we don’t need to spend money buying major cleaning product brands?
How difficult could that be?

See it for yourself right here:


Green Cleaning Products?

January 19, 2009

Charing Ball researches what the household cleaner” Simple Green” is made of, and discovers that Simple Green is not that simple and contains a toxic chemical agent.  The first stop in the journey of an African-American woman who wants to Go Green.

After all, creating your own green household cleaning products may not be such a bad idea.


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