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Art in the Age has teamed up with Philadelphia artist NoseGo to produce a truly amazing one of a kind collaboration! NoseGo has transformed four Art in the Age totes ... Read More
Peter Prusinowski Walks the Trail of Hope
The Great Elm Tree, rooted in an area of present day Philadelphia formerly known as Shackamaxon, serves as a symbol of strength, peace and friendship. Known as “the treaty never ... Read More
The Last Mountain: The Hidden Secrets of Big Coal in America
After watching The Last Mountain, a documentary directed by Bill Haney, you might want a stiff ROOT drink. It is unbelievably disturbing how dependent our country still is on ... Read More
What You Do to the World, You Do to Yourself
We love these illustrations from Advertisers Without Borders! Via 10 Engines Read More
La Colombe Torrefaction: Defining Direct Trade
As one of the early pioneers of Direct Trade, to La Colombe, direct coffee sourcing is more than “finding great beans.” It also must mean to proactively maintain real relationships ... Read More
Crippled by decades of military dictatorship, civil war, and environmental catastrophe, Nicaragua is the second poorest country in Latin America, having one of the region's lowest GDPs and the second ... Read More
Three Reasons to Support Your Public Library
The contributions of public libraries to our democracy, our formal education, our lifelong learning, and our information-driven society may be too numerous to list. However, public libraries are often the ... Read More
Duck Boats Threaten Schuylkill Waterfront
Since opening in 2004, the Schuylkill Banks waterfront park has been embraced by the public as a popular jogging and walking trail. Activists worked hard to pressure the Street administration ... Read More
Warship’s Fate Up For Discussion
The Olympia lives to fight another day. The last warship of the Spanish-American War received a temporary stay of execution by the Independence Seaport Museum, who announced this week that they ... Read More
An Urgent Message from Food Democracy Now!
Join Michael Pollan & Eric Schlosser in urging your Senators to pass the Tester-Hagan Amendment to protect family farmers! Click here to call your Senators Now! Yesterday we made over 3,000 ... Read More
Lloyd Kahn is known for his innovations in do-it-yourself sustainable construction during the 1960's and 70's. Kahn has written and published numerous books, and his most well known book, Shelter, ... Read More
Save the Barnes, Stop the Move
For the past few months, the grassroots movement Save the Barnes, Stop the Move has been hot on the Art in the Age radar. The group has created a fresh ... Read More
CNN Video: Drinking Water Full Of Methane In Rural Pennsylvania From Natural Gas Drilling
It's hard to believe that people are still allowing fracturing on their land when the environmental repercussions are so devastating. How much news coverage will it take to make ... Read More
Watch Clips from Gin Ranly’s Lecture “Can You Drink From Your Sink”
Gin Ranly, Director of Education at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, recently gave an excellent lecture at the AITA store entitled “Can You Drink From Your Sink?” Ranly ... Read More
Family Farming: The End of an Era
After 378 years and multiple generations, the Tuttle family farm in Dover, N.H. is up for sale. Founded by English settler John Tuttle, who arrived in the New World ... Read More
Art in the Age & MAVEA Present: “Can You Drink From Your Sink?” Free Lecture
Come one, come all, there's a FREE lecture and you're invited! Stop by and join Gin Ranly, Director of Education at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, as she discusses ... Read More
CAUSE: Historic Gettysburg Casi-NO!!!
Pennsylvania businessman David LeVan (former Conrail CEO) has again brought a proposal before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for Mason Dixon Resort & Casino, a slots and table games establishment ... Read More
The Bad and The Ugly: Gas Drilling Continues in PA
On Thursday June 3, Natural gas and polluted wastewater blasted out of a well in Northwestern Pennsylvania for 16 hours before being contained Friday. It is estimated that ... Read More
After a year of gloomy bake sales and fund-raisers, bakers are on their way to passing a bill to lift the ban on home-baked goods. It’s hard to imagine that ... Read More
STOP PA BUDGET CUTS: Save the Olympia!
During these dismal economic times, the Pennsylvania state government has been looking to cut their budget in any way possible. Sadly it’s Pennsylvania’s great historic properties that are ... Read More
Art in the Age Hosts Next American City Magazine’s Happy Hour!
Here at Art in the Age, we have a tendency to bring all kinds of people together and this week was no exception. Folks from all over the country gathered ... Read More
Resist Funding Cuts to PA Historical Sites!
While states across the country are slashing funds for their parks and historical sites – "the most aggressive threat and dismantling to state preservation programs everywhere," according to Adrian Fine, ... Read More
CAUSE REPORT: Stop Natural Gas Drilling in PA!
Over a mile below the earth's surface in many regions of Pennsylvania, there is a mostly untapped reservoir of natural gas in a type of dark rock form known as ... Read More
EARTH DAY 1970: A Question of Survival, EARTH DAY 2010: A Question of Sustainability
This planet is threatened with destruction and we who live in it with death. The heavens reek. The waters below are foul. Children die in infancy. And we and the ... Read More
CALLING ALL PHILADELPHIANS! – RetroFit Philly Contest
South Philly has the Pat’s and Geno’s, but West Philly has UPENN and Clark Park. Fishtown has Johnny Brenda’s, but Center City has Restaurant Week! Obviously, there’s a lot of ... Read More
Useable Feast at Noble featuring ROOT
On Tuesday, March 30th, Noble American Cookery on Sansom will host a “Useable Feast” presented by Down to Earth Exhibits and Events. Down to Earth is an event planning company ... Read More
Recent émigrés from the Keystone State - as well as keen environmentalists - we at the AITA Farm are aghast at recent developments that threaten our state's natural splendor. Recent months have ... Read More
The Compost Crusade Continues: Wilmington’s New Organic Recycling Center!
For those of you who attended the Vermicomposting Event at the Art In The Age Store in November (and those of us who are concerned citizens, interested in reducing our ... Read More
FeelGood Open Call: Meet the Winners!
Several months ago we collaborated with FeelGood, a student-powered business organization working to end world hunger. We had an open call for visual responses to FeelGood related themes (including ending ... Read More
Gilman Forest UPDATE: 65% of Project Goal Reached!
According to The Tamworth Conservation Commission, 65% of the fundraising goal for preserving the Gilman Forest has been reached as of September 15! They have until May 1, 2010 to ... Read More
CULTURE TAX: Frankly, My Dear Pennsylvania…WTF?!
Last week, The New York Times reported an enraging tidbit in the Arts section. Hold onto your knickers, all ye citizens of The Keystone State... A provision in the newly-agreed-upon state ... Read More
KEEP NH FOREST UNDEVELOPED: Art In The Age Helps To Protect The Gilman Forest
New Hampshire is one of the most unique states in the union in that it has one of the highest percentages of undeveloped forest (85%, topped only by Maine at ... Read More
Only YOU Can Save Civil War History in Philadelphia!
CIVIL WAR MUSEUM SOUNDS ALARM ON LEAVING PHILA & TWO WEEKS NOTICE: CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS MAY LEAVE PHILLY These were the headlines of 2 disturbing articles published in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday. THE ... Read More
WE WANT YOU: To Help Change The American Automobile Industry, 50 Miles At A Time
It's short notice, but we would like to draw your attention to a very determined individual who NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE in order to embark upon a very worthy, very cool ... Read More
SAVE FAIRMOUNT: Prevent Sales and Development of Our Parks
On May 7th Councilwoman Joan Krajewski introduced a bill that would have opened Fairmount Park to private real estate developers. Though since withdrawn, Councilwoman Krajewski’s bill has raised some serious ... Read More
