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What do poetry and soy sauce have to do with air quality? | The Homepage
Air quality monitoring project aims to put advocacy tools in students’ hands By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Surrounded by art...
Jun 1, 20244 min read
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City calls deer management pilot program a success | The Homepage
Hunters killed 108 deer in two parks in a pilot that the Gainey administration hopes to expand into five parks and beyond in coming years...
May 1, 20245 min read
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Spring has sprung in Hazelwood’s gardens! | The Homepage
By Valerie Testa Greetings, dear neighbors! The warm breezes of spring have arrived, awakening our gardens and filling the air with...
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Four simple ways to make a difference in 2024 | The Homepage
By Amanda Gillooly for GASP Philosopher William James once said, “Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does.” With that in...
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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Got overheated urban areas? Plant trees | The Homepage
By Betul Tuncer If you walked the streets of Pittsburgh in early October, you may have sweated a bit. While climate change has raised...
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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What’s next for Pittsburgh's newest park? | The Homepage
By Justin Stewart In July, the Pittsburgh City Council came together in unanimous agreement, designating Hays Woods as an official city...
Sep 29, 20234 min read
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Hazelwood garden and sustainability briefs | The Homepage
Summer harvests and fall prep at Hazelwood’s community gardens: Upcoming events at Hazelwood Community Garden on Monongahela St. planned...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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Hazelwood nursery brings native plants to modern gardens | The Homepage
Crystal Armagost Volchko is on a mission to help create a patchwork of native habitat for bees, butterflies and birds in Pittsburgh yards.
May 1, 20235 min read
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Watershed advocacy in Hazelwood and Four Mile Run | The Homepage
Q&A with Annie Quinn, director of the Mon Water Project By Junction Coalition Water issues can mean flooded streets, backed-up sewers and...
Mar 1, 20235 min read
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Appalachians Lucy and Annette Braun, mothers of forest ecology | The Homepage
By Matt Peters In the 1930s and 40s, two young scientists named Lucy and Annette Braun traveled the roads of America, no easy feat in the...
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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December 2022 Community voices | The Homepage
Thoughts on assumptions and the need to grow our food By Jim McCue We all have assumptions. No one has a hold on the whole truth. We...
Dec 3, 20223 min read
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Homegrown garden program helps you grow your own food | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez Has anyone told you that if you do not have a grocery store nearby, you should just grow your own food? It isn’t...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Energy costs will be high this winter; winterize to prepare and save | The Homepage
By Matt Mahoney Energy prices are always changing, but this year is different. In May, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC),...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Plan next year’s garden now and order seeds at a discount | The Homepage
By Matt Peters Winter might be a time of rest for the garden, but not the gardener! The Urban Ag Team is gearing up for the annual group...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Hazelwood and Mon Valley groups talk energy justice in DC | The Homepage
By Tiffany Taulton Hazelwood took another step toward telling the world what it wants its future to look like when community members made...
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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Deer are cute, but they destroy gardens and can even cause landslides | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez At the District 5 Democratic candidate forum in September, a question about how they would deal with deer infestation...
Sep 30, 20223 min read
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The Three Sisters promise a harvest of nourishment and fall fun | The Homepage
By Matt Peters The end of summer brings a pause in the gardener’s busy workload, as the vigor of the spring weeds settles down and the...
Sep 2, 20222 min read
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Helping endangered monarchs and other threatened butterflies | The Homepage
By Gabrielle Marsden Monarch butterflies were declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on July 21. The...
Sep 2, 20222 min read
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Building a community food system in Hazelwood | The Homepage
By Ziggy Edwards Some of Hazelwood’s most exciting growth is coming from the ground up — literally. Local gardeners are building a...
Sep 2, 20224 min read
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Fiber crops to heal and revitalize the rust belt and its people | The Homepage
By Matt Peters Close-up of a young flax plant with a hoe blade for scale. Photo by Matt Peters Vegetables for the kitchen table are just...
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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