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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...
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- Sep 29
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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...
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- Sep 1
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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...
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- May 1
- 4 min
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
- 5 min
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
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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...
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- Dec 3, 2022
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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...
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- Dec 2, 2022
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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...
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- Dec 2, 2022
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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),...
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- Dec 2, 2022
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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...
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- Nov 3, 2022
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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...
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- Sep 30, 2022
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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...
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- Sep 2, 2022
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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...
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- Sep 2, 2022
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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...
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- Sep 2, 2022
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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...
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- Aug 1, 2022
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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...
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- Jul 26, 2022
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Goats return to the Hazelwood greenway in August and September | The Homepage
By Katie Wooten A herd of goats from Allegheny GoatScape will take up residence in the Hazelwood greenway in early August. This herd,...
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- Mar 16, 2022
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The rebirth of Hazelwood
Sometimes it can be hard to see how much has changed when you live it every day, but this video shows just how much our community has...
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- Mar 16, 2022
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Hazelwood Greenway project a finalist for UN climate change award | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez The Hazelwood Greenway restoration will be one of 12 partnerships showcased in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 10 in...
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- Mar 1, 2022
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Ramps, an endangered Appalachian springtime delicacy | The Homepage
This article is a finalist for the 2023 Golden Quill award for excellence in written journalism.
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