and they have no place in the playing fields that our kids use for football and soccer. #SaveTheMeadows bit.ly/artificial-turf-facts

Trees reduce extreme heat in cities. www.instagram.com/reel/DMqDHe1... But Phila Parks & Rec and Fairmount Park Conservancy want to bulldoze thousands of mature trees in FDR Park and replace them with blazing hot artificial turf. Sign this to help stop them: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Philadelphia Parks & Rec plans to install 32 acres of toxic turf in FDR Park, has claimed it will be recycled after it wears out (after 8–10 years). That's BS and Parks knows it.

CBS3 Philadelphia covers the controversy over the FDR Meadows! Join us at 2pm this Sunday — the weather looks fine! Info and RSVP at actionnetwork.org/events/meadows-walk-with-save-the-meadows

Come on out this Sunday for an easy hike through the beautiful FDR Meadows! Save the Meadows organizers will share updates on what’s happened, what’s planned, and how you can help protect this unique urban refuge in South Philadelphia​. 2pm Sunday 9/28. Free RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/meado...

This Saturday 10am: Nature Journaling at FDR Meadows! Goldenrod and asters are in bloom, and bird migration has begun. The meadows are bursting with life! Join Philly artist Valerie Pantalone for a day of nature journaling and discover the Meadows in a whole new way. RSVP: bit.ly/STMnaturejournaling

"The city of Philadelphia should take the lead and demarcate FDR Park as protected stopover habitat. This would put a halt to further tree clearing." —Robert Karchnyak of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, in @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Taking a walk in nature can improve your mental health, says environmental neuroscientist Marc Berman, now on @npr.org. Don't we know it! But Phila Parks & Rec plans to bulldoze 70 more acres in FDR Park — just about all the nature South Philly has left. Sign this: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

In DC, as in Philadelphia, there's only one kind of green that really counts. City leadership is only too happy to pass laws to protect heritage trees. And then chop them down the moment they get in the way of some pet project. #savetheFDRmeadows

Today at 6pm: 👏🏽👏🏼 CLAPPING FOR NATURE 👏🏾👏🏽 Walk the FDR Park Meadows with performers in a shared somatic experience, celebrating and resisting development pressures on this sacred space. Participation is free! 6pm Sat Aug 30 bit.ly/clap4nature

Do you live in South Philly? Did Philadelphia's Parks & Rec dept inform you of its plans to destroy up to 70 more acres of the FDR Park Meadows? It's telling the state DEP that it did. Sign this letter to the DEP to help set the record straight!

Over a year after Phila. Orphans Court dismissed a lawsuit to stop destruction in FDR Park, Commonwealth Court has reversed that decision. The suit will go forward! In the meantime the trees in the photo below and many others have been destroyed, and nothing has replaced them.

Toxic. Torrid. Terrible for the environment. Yet it's what the City of Philadelphia wants to inflict on us. The @washingtonpost.com on the debate over grass vs. turf: archive.ph/PQo7G

A warm welcome to Fairmount Park Conservancy's incoming CEO, Tony Sorrentino! We hope that new leadership will bring a return to FPC's mission: "to steward our parks and nurture our shared environment, cultural resources and public health." We look forward to working with you toward that goal.

Plastic Turf Fields Are Taking Over America, says @nytimes.com Nowhere more than Philadelphia, where the city plans to install 32 acres of toxic turf in a single park. More heat, more injuries, and more microplastic pollution. Worst of all, more cancer-causing forever chemicals.

Public Meeting of Friends of FDR Park is TOMORROW. This is your park. Spread the word. Show up. Tuesday, July 15, at 5pm at the Swedish Museum. Open to the public. Please come.

The hollowing out of our environmental defenses continues. www.inquirer.com/politics/epa...

Hmm, they don't want any discussion of the toxic chemicals in artificial turf. Yeah, that's the plastic turf that @mayorparker.bsky.social and Council President KJ want to carpet Philadelphia with. It may be green but it ain't clean! (Thank you @bennettpeer.bsky.social and co.)

Philadelphia turned over a huge park to a private corporation, Fairmount Park Conservancy (@myphillypark.bsky.social). That private corporation keeps its finances secret from the public, and seems to have run out of money. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Now can we all stop talking about FIFA using practice fields in the FDR Meadows? FIFA never expressed any interest in these non-existent fields. It was nothing but a clever PR move by the Fairmount Park Conservancy to build support for its $100M boondoggle. www.inquirer.com/news/fifa-pr...

Commonweath Court hearing Tuesday morning in Center City Philadelphia. Public welcomed. Visit www.instagram.com/p/DKSw3OfP4Nl/ for details.

Experience the FDR Meadows in a new way—with sketchbooks and paints! 🎨🖌️ On Sun June 8, 10am-noon, join artist and meadow enthusiast @valpantsart.bsky.social to marvel at the Meadows. The land is the greatest artist of all — it's worth studying! www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-jou...

Yes — despite Philadelphia's Tree Plan, the single biggest destroyer of trees in the city is the City. In FDR Park hundreds of trees are being cleared, as @thephilacitizen.bsky.social reports, to install 32 acres of toxic turf. Sign this to save the meadows: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Sun April 27, 9–10:30am BIRD WALK AT THE FDR MEADOWS It's 🦅🦆🦉🐦‍⬛ spring migration time ❤️ Come see the incredible variety of birds in the FDR Meadows, named by Audubon as an IBA (Important Bird Area). No RSVP needed; just come & enjoy! Meet at the pickleball courts maps.app.goo.gl/14igk8iPaLdT...

Wild life in the Meadows! www.tiktok.com/@savethemead...

New York City's “Touch Grass” bill would prevent the Department of Parks and Recreation from installing synthetic turf in city parks. gothamist.com/news/turf-wa...

For complete video of the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Environment "Tree Plan hearing": youtu.be/Em1gX9649DQ For background from Save The Meadows: bit.ly/treeplanhearing

"One of the biggest obstacles to Philadelphia's effort to increase its tree canopy is the city itself." That's right. Park & Rec is the No 1 destroyer of trees in the city, despite managing the "Philly Tree Plan." @kywnewsradio.bsky.social covers today's hearing. www.audacy.com/podcast/kyw-...

"...residents said the cutting down of trees for the park plan was incongruous with the city’s goal to grow the tree canopy. Efforts by residents to protect the trees failed and their protests were ignored, said Hal Rosner ...“FDR must never happen again.” www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

That's it, the Tree Plan hearing is over. Thank you to @councilmemberjg.bsky.social for this hearing and thank you to those who actually addressed what the city could do to strengthen the Tree Plan. First and foremost: STOP CUTTING DOWN THOUSANDS OF TREES IN OUR PARKS.

Public comment is starting, there are about 15 people signed up. So the hearing could end by about 1pm.

If we genuinely want to expand tree canopy in Philadelphia, we need to stop cutting down thousands of trees! Is any part of this hearing going to address that?

Phila Parks & Rec commission Sue Slawson talks about the importance of trees and how many they've planted. No mention of how many thousands of trees they are cutting down. phlcouncil.com/watch-city-c...

If Philly wants to increase tree cover, why is it cutting down so many trees? Come to the Philly Tree Plan hearing, 10am to around 2pm. Bring a sign if you can! We’d love to see folks there for all or any part of the session. bit.ly/treeplanhearing

The Philly Tree Plan came out in 2023. Now who's the city's No. 1 destroyer of tree canopy? The City itself. Sign up today to speak out at Council's hearing on the Tree Plan (tomorrow Wed Mar 5 starting 10am). Submit testimony, make a comment or hold a sign! bit.ly/treeplanhearing

The Philly Tree Plan came out in 2023. But who is the city's No. 1 destroyer of tree canopy? Drum roll please— it's the City. 😬 Council's hearing on how to improve the Tree Plan is on Wed Mar 5 starting 10am. Submit testimony, make a comment or hold a sign! Find out how: bit.ly/treeplanhearing

The City of Phila and the Fairmount Park Conservancy are trying to greenwash their plan to put toxic artificial turf in FDR Park — but your comments helped the Dept of Environmental see right through it!

Learn old and new ways of calculating the hidden value of trees in our urban forest. With LandHealth Institute in FDR Park, where impressive trees are threatened by Philadelphia's plan for the park. Sat Feb 8 at 1pm, all ages welcome. Info & tix: tickettailor.com/events/landhealthinstitute/1525716

Save The Meadows opposes the creation of toxic wastelands. So we have left "X" behind and moved here, to Bluesky. Posts dated 1/22/25 and earlier have been imported.

Philadelphia has asked the Pa. Dept of Environmental Protection for a permit to clear at least 38 more acres of the FDR Meadows and cut down hundreds of trees. 🕛Midnight TONIGHT is the deadline for public comment opposing the permit. Easy how-to: docs.google.com/document/d/1uI…

✨TODAY✨Sat Nov 9✨ Save The Meadows is BACK for @Spiralq Peoplehood! Join us and the entire Philadelphia community: Parade *departs* from the Paul Robeson House (50th & Walnut) at 1pm, arrives for the show in Clark Park around 2pm! Info: spiralq.org/peoplehood-202…

Save The Meadows is BACK for our third @Spiralq Peoplehood Parade! Join us, our partners in movement, and the entire Philadelphia community on Sat Nov 9 at 12:45pm, at the Paul Robeson House (50th & Walnut St) for a march to the show in Clark Park! Info: spiralq.org/peoplehood-202…

There are a lot of native species growing in the Meadows in Philadelphia's FDR Park! Join naturalist Anisa George on Nov 9, 12n–2pm, to learn about them and gather seeds for @LandHealthInst's native plant nursery. Free event, just sign up at tickettailor.com/events/landhea…

Fairmount Park Conservancy has shown exec director Maura McCarthy the door. Maybe now it can stop destroying FDR Park and return to its mission: "to steward our parks and nurture our shared environment, cultural resources and public health." More: instagram.com/p/DA8-AjspgA-/…

Join us on Oct 9 for a tree walk with expert arborist Andrew Conboy. He'll introduce us to a great variety of native and non-native species in the FDR Meadows. The Fairmount Park Conservancy plans to clearcut this area — it could be your last chance! Info: eventbrite.com/e/tree-walk-wi…

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Thursday morning: Come out for a ban on ☠️ TOXIC TURF ☠️ in Philadelphia's parks! bit.ly/treesnotturf

The difference: No Philadelphia politicians are showing the courage to stand up to @CouncilmemberKJ the way these Florida Republicans (!) are standing up to Ron DeSantis.

This Thursday: TREES NOT TURF rally to ban artificial turf in Philadelphia's parks! 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 With @CleanAirCouncil @CleanH2OPA @DelRiverkeeper Lenape Nation @RiverwaysCollab & @sunrisemvmt Info:#bantoxicturf bit.ly/treesnoturf