Environment and Nature

WSD dedicates nature center in memory of former board member

8 Sep 2010

The Wissahickon School District has renamed its nature center as the Frances "Boo" Crofton Nature Center, honoring the memory of a former school board member and longtime district volunteer.

In search of a lean, green Quebec

8 Sep 2010

Author François Cardinal says the province’s children suffer from a ‘nature-deficit disorder’

Moving into the future

8 Sep 2010

Hedy Weiss: After 34 years of dreaming, eight years of planning and four years of an intensive $16 million fund-raising campaign that coincided with a profoundly troubled economy, Jackie Taylor, founder and artistic director of the Black Ensemble Theater, is finally ready to grab a shovel and dig into the earth at 4440 N. Clark. At 2 p.m. Friday, the actress, director, writer and producer -- a ...