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Jun 1, 20244 min read
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...
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May 1, 20245 min read
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...
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Apr 1, 20242 min read
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...
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Feb 1, 20243 min read
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...
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Nov 1, 20234 min read
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...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
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...
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Sep 1, 20233 min read
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...
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May 1, 20234 min read
Hazelwood nursery brings native plants to modern gardens | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez Crystal Armagost Volchko is on a mission to help create a patchwork of native habitat for bees, butterflies and birds...
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Mar 1, 20235 min read
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...
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Feb 2, 20233 min read
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...
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Dec 3, 20223 min read
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...
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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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...
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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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),...
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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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...
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Nov 3, 20222 min read
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...
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Sep 30, 20223 min read
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...
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Sep 2, 20222 min read
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...
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Sep 2, 20222 min read
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...
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Sep 2, 20224 min read
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...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read
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...
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