Archive for the 'Environmentalism and Sustainability' Category

Kevin Murphy - Berks County Community Foundation

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Learn more about the work of Berks County Community Foundation in this segment with president Kevin Murphy. The foundation manages around $42 million in assets and distributes $2.5 in grants annually to community efforts.
“It’s a constant job of going out and understanding what’s working in other communities, not only [...]

Berks County Community Foundation - Promoting Energy Conservation and Green Building in Berks County

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Near the top of the list among Berks County Community Foundation’s many philanthropic projects in Berks County are those promoting renewable energy and sustatinable energy businesses.
The foundation is about to embark on a highly symbolic project of its own - building its new headquarters in downtown [...]

West Reading Farmers’ Market - Tim Bock of Wills Valley Farm Products

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Since early this past spring, the Penn Avenue sidewalk in West Reading, PA has played home to a Sunday-morning farmers’ market. We visited the market recently and spoke with Tim Bock of Wills Valley Farm Products, an organic farm north of Kutztown. We took home some of [...]