Environment/Health

06/28 2014

East End Food Co-op Upcoming Events and Workshops

Exploring Co-op Membership
Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 PM
EEFC Café Seating Area

Potluck with the Board
Sunday, July 13, 12:30 – 3:00 PM
Regent Square Frick Park Forbes and Braddock Shelter

An Overview of Food Preservation at Home
Wednesday, July 16, 6:30 PM
Carnegie Library – Homewood

Super Herbs for Health and Healing
Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 PM
EEFC Café Seating Area

The Science Behind Raw Foods and Juicing
Wednesday, July 30, 6:30 PM
EEFC Gemini Children’s Theater

Events are free. Call EEFC at 412-242-3598 to reserve your spot.
East End Food Co-op (EEFC) 7516 Meade Street Pittsburgh, PA 15208
http://www.eastendfood.coop/archives/4161

06/23 2014

2014 Love Your Block Grants – Deadline 5pm 7/11/14

The Love Your Block initiative invites organizations to submit project proposals that can transform their blocks with up to $1,000 and the support of City Departments. With these grant funds, winning groups can purchase supplies, engage their neighbors, and roll up their sleeves to transform their neighborhood – block by block! Projects may include, but are not limited to:
  1. Creating Green Spaces:  Community gardens, pocket parks, public spaces, or vacant lot cleanups
  2. Enhancing Parks:  painting structures, creating garden beds, picnic areas, shrub / flower plantings
  3. Streetscaping:  Planting trees & flowers along curbs / entry-ways, sprucing up neighborhood signs
  4. Removing Graffiti and Litter:  Tire dumping, recycling waste, swapping graffiti for murals, etc.
  5. Sprucing up of Pathways:  Mulching / clearing overgrowth on trails, creating safe school “walking” bus routes
For more info, go to
http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/servepgh/forms/loveyourblock/grantapplication
06/21 2014

ReuseFest – Mt Lebanon – Sat June 28, 9am-1pm

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Saturday,June28 9 am – 1 pm Jefferson Middle School, Mt Lebanon, 21 Moffett St., Pittsburgh, PA 15243

ReuseFest Contact: Sarah Alessio Shea
Phone: 412.488.7490 ext.236
PRC.org

  • Art Supplies paint, canvas, photographs, prints, artwork, brushes, pastels, scissors, etc.
  • Backpacks and Similar Bags
  • Bikes including bike parts and bike tools
  • Board Games (all types)
  • Books
  • Clothing and Shoes
  • DVDs (all genres)
  • Home Furnishings: tables, chairs, stain and tear free upholstered items and mattresses
  • Housewares
  • Medical Supplies: wheel chairs, crutches, nebulizers, scrubs, prosthetics
  • Pet Supplies: toys, bowls, crates, blankets, towels, neck or boppy pillows
  • School supplies paper, pens, pencils, calculators
  • Sporting Goods
  • Useable Building Materials doors, windows, light fixtures, lumber (4’+)
  • Vintage Items (for repurposing)

All partners reserve the right to refuse unusable materials.

http://www.zerowastepittsburgh.org/reuse/ReuseFest-2014.pdf

06/12 2014

Pitt “Make A Difference Day” – Sat Oct 18, 2014

Michael Thompson, our new Clean Pittsburgh steward for South Oakland, will be leading us for the next Pitt Make a Difference Day as we join with Pitt volunteers to clean up our neighborhood.
If you would like to join us on October 18th to help clean up South Oakland, please contact us at via SONG contact page,

call or text SONG Phone#
For more info on Clean Pittsburgh, check out their website:
06/10 2014

Info Session for Love Your Block Grants For Fall 2014 – Mon 6/16 6-7pm

CITY OF PITTSBURGH’S SERVEPGH ANNOUNCES INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON UPCOMING ROUND OF LOVE YOUR BLOCK
PITTSBURGH, PA – (June 9, 2014) On June 16, 2014, City of Pittsburgh representatives will be on hand to discuss and answer any questions about the fall round of Love Your Block applications. Fall applications will be released on Thursday, June 19 and deadline to apply will be Friday, July 11.
This season, the City will award up to $1,000 to purchase supplies and tools to implement a block improvement project. There are minor changes to program delivery this season and this is an opportunity to field any questions or concerns from applicants.
The informational session will give prospective organizations a chance to ask questions about the process, inquire about resources available in addition to the mini-grant, learn how to identify the owner of vacant parcels, and more.
WHAT: servePGH’s informational session on upcoming round of Love Your Block
WHERE: City-County Building, CitiStat conference room 646, 6th floor, Grant Street side, 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15219
WHEN: 6-7 p.m., Monday, June 16, 2014
For more information, visit http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/servepgh/loveyourblock or email servepgh@pittsburghpa.gov.
06/06 2014

Phipps Conservatory: Center for Sustainable Landscapes

“…in Oakland, right near Panther Hollow, something new has sprouted under the sun.
“We have enough solar panels right here to power 12 typical American homes and we use all that electricity to run this building,” said Richard Piacentini, the executive director of Phipps Conservatory.”
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/proud-be-pittsburgh-center-sustainable-landscapes/ngF34/
05/14 2014

Public Mtg on Bates St Development Project – Thur 5/29 6pm

Public meeting with Bates Street project developer

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Thursday, May 29th, 6:00 pm

Peoples Oakland, 3433 Bates Street
Oakland Gateway Ventures is proposing to develop a multi-story building at the corner of Bates Street and Boulevard of the Allies. The developer will present proposed plans to the community at this meeting. Please join us to contribute feedback on the project.
Contact

​Tara​
 at ​

opdc.org or 412.621.7863 ext. 17 for more information.

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05/02 2014

Yard Debris Special Collections Spring 2014, Sat May 17

The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Services will be collecting leaf and yard debris from all residents in a special curbside collection on Saturday May 17, 2014.
Yard debris should be placed at your normal collection site the evening of Friday, May 16th. All yard debris materials will be collected by City refuse and recycling crews and composted on Saturday May 17th
For more details on restrictions, check out the city website:
http://pittsburghpa.gov/mayor/release?id=3027
04/30 2014

Rain Barrel Workshop – Wed, May 21, 6:30 PM

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Wednesday, May 21, 6:30 PM
Celebrate the Rain! Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshop
Nancy Martin, Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC)
Don’t miss out on an abundant, free supply of the earth’s most valuable resource–fresh, clean, rainwater! This workshop will demonstrate how to build a rain barrel that will harvest and store rainwater from your roof for use in your garden and landscape. Participants will return home with the knowledge and necessary hardware to assemble and install a rain barrel, in addition to a $10 coupon good toward the purchase of a 55-gallon drum at Penn Barrel Company.  Learn how to practice watershed protection and conservation in your own backyard.
This event costs $50/person or $55/couple (payable to PRC); contact Nancy Martin at (412) 488-7490 ext. 247 or email her at nancym@prc.org to reserve your spot!
04/24 2014

Frazier Farms Community Work Day Sat 5/3 10am-2pm (repeats every 2 weeks)

Next to Frazier Fieldhouse, Frazier St and Dawson St

A community garden.  Priority given to residents for limited space.

There are only a few beds unassigned, but everyone welcome to come help and learn.  Be sure to ask about the “wet club”, for helping to water during dry spells.

Check the calendar for scheduled dates.

 

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04/15 2014

Free Dogwood Tree Seedlings Available On Earth Day, Tue April 22

From The Mayor’s Office:
Next Tuesday April 22 — Earth Day — the City of Pittsburgh will give away free tree seedlings during an event on the City-County Building Portico.
The annual tree giveaway is sponsored by Mayor William Peduto and the Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission. This year as in the past the City will be giving away flowering Dogwood seedlings.
The annual giveaway is in conjunction with Celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 25th. The City is also celebrating status as Tree City USA. Tree City USA is a program sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation that recognizes a City’s commitment to care and maintain its trees.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Earth Day
WHERE: City-County Building Portico, 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh.
TIME: Noon. Trees distributed on first come first serve basis.
04/09 2014

Town Mtg By Rep Wheatley On Pgh Land Bank Bill Thur 4/10 5:30pm

From Rep Wheatley’s Office:
Thursday: Town meeting on land bank billYou’re invited to a town meeting I will hold to inform constituents, especially in the Hilltop communities, about the current land bank bill being considered in Pittsburgh City Council, to learn how residents feel about this bill and which parts people like or dislike.

The meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul AME Church, 400 Orchard Place in Beltzhoover. It will include a visual presentation outlining key points about the bill, followed by a question-and-answer session.

If you need more information, please call at 412-471-7760.