By our Director, Michelle Feldman When I started at KPB four a half years ago, I almost immediately began receiving emails from teachers – a few times a week – asking if we provided presentations on litter and recycling. Even though at the time we didn’t, I said, “Sure, yep, we do that! Of course…
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A guest post by Blanche Helbling, KPB Photographer Extraordinaire! If you followed Keep Philadelphia Beautiful’s social media pages this summer, we hope you enjoyed our weekly photo post highlighting the efforts of local #ZeroWaste superstars (psst…you can see the photos here, in our Facebook album). As the photographer, I was thrilled to meet each and every…
READ MORE →Ever see someone flick a cigarette butt down a stormwater drain and think, “I wish there was a trash can for that… with some community-designed educational signage… and maybe a task force… and maybe…”? Us, too. All the time. (Then again, we often get lost in civic daydreaming!) That’s why we’re devoting our third annual…
READ MORE →At Keep Philly Beautiful, community cleanup season is our favorite season. We live for getting our hands dirty in the service of making Philadelphia cleaner, greener and more beautiful. And this year we’re gearing up for a series of three educational waterway cleanups with our friends at United by Blue. Why, you say? Well, we’ve got…
READ MORE →2016 was quite a year for Keep Philadelphia Beautiful – we’re still catching our breath! But now that 2017 is underway, we’re proud to introduce last year’s annual report. We pride ourselves on the work our organization, our friends and partners and – perhaps most importantly – our city’s dedicated volunteers put into keeping Philadelphia…
READ MORE →Although the cold weather has (sadly) yet to leave us, today marks the first day of Spring. Here at KPB, we’re celebrating the changing seasons with three upcoming city greening events – and you’re invited to join in the fun! March 30 we’ll be happy hour-ing it up with Repair the World: Philadelphia alongside the…
READ MORE →There’s a lot to love about winter – time with family and friends, pumpkin spice lattes, the snow, the holidays. And did we mention pumpkin spice lattes? However, at Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, our least favorite part about colder weather is the end of the community cleanup season. And we’ve had quite a 2015! But don’t…
READ MORE →We’ve had a busy few days here at #KeepPhillyBeautiful closing out the cleanup season! Thanks to a generous grant from The UPS Foundation and Keep America Beautiful, we were able to partner with TreePhilly and the Associated Polish Home to give away over 70 trees to Northeast Philadelphia residents this past Saturday. And today, Keep…
READ MORE →There’s nothing we love more than recycling and trees. So on October 10th, we teamed up with our friends at Bennett Compost, My Milkcrate, Bella Vista Neighbors Association and TreePhilly to collect some of those hard-to-recycle items for proper disposal during a tree giveaway event. We collected hangers, plastic bags, pens / markers, lightbulbs, and batteries….
READ MORE →We love Philadelphia no matter the season, but have a special place in our hearts for spring and summer – when we get to work with amazing partners and volunteers to #KeepPhillyBeautiful through community beautification events. Though the warmer weather isn’t gone yet, here’s what we’ve been up to so far. Cleanin’ Up! Have we…
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