Neighborhood Land Power Project

EARTH DAY 2026

Look what popped up across the street from the Neighborhood Food Farm (NLPP)! We now have a bike share at 53rd and Poplar! Save the earth - use pedal power instead of petroleum power!

Carole Williams-Green,​ is a lifelong educator who spent more than 30 years as a public-school teacher and administrator. In the 70's and 80's she served on PECO’s Energy Education Advisory Council, contributing to the development of energy education curricula. Her love of science education fueled a decade-long campaign to establish the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center which opened in 2001.

Williams-Green spearheaded volunteer and community efforts to raise $2.7 million, and win the support of city and state officials needed to turn the abandoned Fairmount Park Police Stables into a beloved environmental education center. The Center, now known as Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center, Inc. (CCCEEC, Inc.), includes classrooms, restored habitats and demonstration gardens, an outdoor amphitheater, and a wide range of community programs. Her vision and persistence helped create a beloved institution that continues to inspire environmental learning and stewardship across generations.

Frederick McKinley Jones, 1893-1961, was an American inventor, businessman, and engineer, called the "Father of Refrigerated Transportation." Born in Kentucky, as a young adult he moved to Minnesota, where he gained skills as a mechanic on a large farm. Next, he served in an all-Black unit in World War I, where his mechanical talents were revealed, leading to his promotion to sergeant, and work as an electrician. Later, his advances in mobile refrigeration technology, saved many lives in WW II, by allowing blood, medicine, and food to be safely preserved and shipped for use at army hospitals, and on the battlefront. Jones worked in multiple fields, leading him to receive over 60 patents, an early being sound synchronization for movie projectors -as theaters moved from the silent film to the "talkie" era. He was cofounder of Thermo King. Jones was also a winner of the National Medal of Technology, and a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.