The Water Shed is hosting a Rain Check Workshop! Come to this workshop to lean how you can get a free rain barrel from the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD). Downspout planters, rain gardens, and permeable pavers will also be offered at heavily reduced prices. Rain Check helps Philadelphia residents reduce pollution that would otherwise end up in our creeks and rivers. The workshop presentation will be one hour with time afterwards for questions. Click here to register to attend.

A film produced and directed by Sharon Mullally and Ann Tegnell. Run time: 29 minutes.

Volunteers from Germantown's Center in the Park tested Monoshone Creek and uncovered signs of untreated sewage.

Knee Deep showcases the power of grassroots advocacy, demonstrating how storytelling and collaboration drive environmental action. Through persistence, the Philadelphia Water Department invests in the watershed, leaving a lasting impact on water management and urban environmental education. Q&A panel discussion will immediately follow each showing.

On April 25, the panel, includes the film's directors, members of the Senior Environmental Corps and a representative from the Philadelphia Water Department.

On April 26, the panel will be Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together (GREAT) Community Connectors sharing how they are organizing their immediate neighbors to take environmental action to improve Germantown. This is a perfect opportunity to share your environmental concerns and needs.

Registration is preferred. Click here to register.

Knee Deep is presented by The Environmental Collaboratory and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

Thursdays drop in to learn more about initiative and flooding in the neighborhood from of our supportive community staff and learn how you can get involved.

The Germantown Flood Ship hosts resident artists who use storytelling to…..

We are currently hosting artists Naomieh Jovin and Kaitlin Kyler Pomerantz, who are developing Watermark, a Flood Archive composed of community stories and images related to the water histories of Germantown.

Participate in a paid research project where you’ll combine your knowledge with scientists to advance our understanding of the natural world and support community resilience.

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