Environment at Home

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Length: 27 minutes

This episode of the award winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV
show examines how Pennsylvanians
are making their homes "green houses."


This episode features:

• Students of the environmental club at Souderton High School in Montgomery County, who planned, financed, and built an environmentally friendly, energy efficient house that utilizes cutting edge technology blended with old-fashioned common sense;

• Sun and Earth home cleaning products-non-toxic to people and the environment as well, with all-natural ingredients like citrus oil, coconut oil, and water;

• The Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency's Energy Audit Program, which brings the energy experts to the home owner's doorstep to show them how they can improve energy efficiency in their household and eliminate potential hazards;

• The Clean Water Fund's "Home Safe Home" program, which provides information on the easy ways that potentially toxic household cleaners can be replaced with safe alternatives that do just as good a job;

• Backyard native plant and habitat programs run by the Pennsylvania Audubon Society, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the PA Game Commission and the Wildlife Network;

• Farming in Philadelphia at the SeaChange Urban Horticulture Center, which teaches city neighborhood residents about gardening and organic farming while enabling them to stock their kitchens with fresh produce on a regular basis.

GreenWorks TV hosts Tom Sexton and Jaime Smith are "at home" this episode, spending the day at Tom's house with an occasional appearance by the mysterious "Wanda Watershed."

Get Involved:

PP&L
Holtwood Land Management Office
9 New Village Road
Holtwood, PA, 17532
Phone: (717) 284-2278

Sea Change Organic Farm
1608N. Carlisle St.
Philadelphia, PA, 19121
Phone: (215)978-5930

Souderton Area High School
SAVE Club
41 N. School Lane
Souderton, PA, 18964
Phone: (215) 723-4989

Sun and Earth
125 Noble St.
Norristown, PA, 19401
Phone: 800-596-7233

Education Dept.
1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA, 19103
Phone: (215) 299-1142

Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement
8733 Old Dumfries Rd.
Catlett, VA, 20119
Phone: (717) 367-5854

Fish and Boat Commission
3532 Walnut St.
PO Box 67000
Harrisburg, PA, 17106-7000
Phone: (717) 657-4010
Fax: (717) 657-4549

Lancaster County Environmental Center
Dept. of Parks and Recreation
PO Box 3480
Lancaster, PA, 17602-4625
Phone: (717) 299-8219
Fax: (717) 295-3688

Pennsylvania Business Roundtable
208 N. Third St.
Suite 400
Harrisburg, PA, 17101
Phone: (717) 232-8700
Fax: (717) 232-9018

Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education
010 Eisenberg Classroom Building
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA, 16057
Phone: (724) 738-4555
Fax: (724) 738-4505

Schuylkill Environmental Center
8480 Hagy's Mill Road
Philadelphia, PA, 19128
Phone: (215) 482-7300