What can the next mayor do to make this a more sustainable city? That's the subject of tonight's forum at the Academy of Natural Sciences, hosted by The Next Great City project.
Today's Daily News editorial about the event sums it up best:
From blight removal to recycling to air pollution, issues of the environment and sustainability are often discussed in terms of faraway places like the Arctic wilderness or the Amazon rain forests. But for those of us who live and work here, Philadelphia is our environment. We use its land, we drink its water and we breathe its air. Our neighborhoods house its parks. Our streets carry away its flooding and store its litter.
Every part of our daily lives is affected by our environment. And with energy costs rising and the threats of global warming looming, it is that much more important to our economy and quality of life to enact smart policy now that will sustain Philadelphia for generations to come.
Tonight's forum is an opportunity to let the candidates know that Philadelphians care about these issues, that we want to know their plans to address them, and that we will hold the winner accountable. In fact, it's our job to make them better at their job.
Unfortunately, I think the event is sold out, but we'll see what we can do to find video so you can check it out.