Resources
EDUCATION
Click here to see our growing database of watershed lesson plans and activities!
Local Environmental/Watershed Education Organizations:
Awbury Arboretum
Delaware Valley EarthForce
Fairmount Park Commission
Fairmount Waterworks Interpretive Center
Overbrook Environmental Education Center
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Schuylkill Center
Senior Environmental Corps, Center in the Park
Stormwater Management Guides:
Guide for Homeowners [.pdf]
Guide for Auto Maintainence [.pdf]
Guide for Businesses [.pdf]
Guide for Golf Courses [.pdf]
Guide for Restaurants [.pdf]
Guide for School Campuses [.pdf]
Green Roof Resources:
Building Green TV: Intro to Green Roofs
GreenRoofs.com
The Making of a Green Roof [Pennsylvania Horticultural Society video on the making of PECO's green roof]
Rain Barrel Resources:
Aqua Barrel
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Rain Barrel Instructional Video
Garden Simply: Make Your Own Rain Barrel
HGTV: How to Build a Rain Barrel
Rain Garden Resources:
Burnsville, MN: Retrofitting a Suburban Neighborhood with Rain Gardens
Invasive Plants Atlas of the United States
Kansas City’s 10,000 Rain Gardens
The Low Impact Development Center
Montgomery County Conservation District BMP Tour
My Plant ID
Native Plant Society of New Jersey
Native Plants of Pennsylvania (Fairmount Park)
Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Lab
Pennsylvania Native Plant Society
Plants for Stormwater Design
The PLANTS Database
Rain Gardens: A How-To Manual for Homeowners [.pdf]
Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, Water Resources Program
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping
Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Recycling Resources:
Basel Action Network
Christopher Swain’s TOXTOUR
E-waste [short animated video]
Montgomery County Recycling
Philly Recycling Rewards
Philadelphia Streets Department
RecycleNOW Philadelphia
Tree Planting Resources:
Cornell University Community Forestry Program
The International Society of Arboriculture
National Arbor Day Foundation
PA Trees: The Tree Resource Guide
Pennsylvania Community Forests Council
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [Includes Tree Tenders Program, How-to videos]
Philadelphia’s Parks System: Street Tree Information
Pruning Trees: A Step-by-Step Guide
Tree Link
TreeVitalize
University of Florida IFAS: Pruning Shade Trees in Landscapes
Videos:
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Eco Express
Flow
Frontline: Poisoned Waters
Green City, Clean Waters informational video
Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure
StormwaterPA
Tapped
The Story of Bottled Water
General Watershed Resources:
EPA: Watersheds Home
REGIONAL RESOURCES
American Rivers, Mid-Atlantic Region
American Water Resources Association, Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Section (AWRA-PMAS)
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Clean Water Action (Pennsylvania)
Coalition for Philadelphia’s Riverfronts
The Delaware RiverKeeper Network
Going Greener in PA
Green Life Pennsylvania
GreenTreks
iConserve PA
Partnership for Delaware Estuary, Inc.
Philadelphia Water Department, Office of Watersheds
Philadelphia Water Department: Backyard Buffer Program
Philly H2O: The History of Philadelphia’s Watersheds and Sewers
StormwaterPA
Philly Compost
Green Jobs Resources:
Energy Coordination Agency: Green Jobs Training Center
Green Jobs Philly
Pennsylvania Weatherization Training Program
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Tree Tender Training
Sustainable Business Network: Green Economy Taskforce
Watershed Management Plans:
Green City, Clean Waters [Philadelphia's Long Term Control Plan for Combined Sewer Overflow]
Greenworks Philadelphia [Philadelphia's sustainability plan]
Tacony-Frankford River Conservation Plan
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Integrated Watershed Management Plan
Tookany Creek Watershed Management Plan
Other Local Watershed Partnerships:
Darby-Cobbs Watershed Partnership
Delaware Direct Watershed Partnership
Friends of the Wissahickon
Pennypack Watershed Partnership
Poquessing Watershed Partnership
Schuylkill Action Network (SAN)
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Local Green Publications:
Grid Magazine
Philadelphia Green News (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society)
VOLUNTEERING
Organizations that regularly need volunteer assistance:
Abington EAC
Cheltenham EAC
Fairmount Park Commission
Friends of High School Park
Greater Philadelphia Cares
Greater Philly Environmental Network [Check out their huge database of events!]
Green Jenkintown
Philadelphia Orchard Project
Organizations that provide volunteers:
Arcadia University Biology Club
Arcadia University Environmental Network
City Year, Frankford High School
Environmental Advisory Councils (EACs):
Abington EAC
Cheltenham EAC
Green Jenkintown
Friends Groups:
Friends of Cliveden Park
Friends of Grove Park
Friends of High School Park
Friends of Tacony Creek Park
