Think green! 11 groups connect Pittsburgh with Earth Day events throughout April
There's too much happening to squeeze Earth Day into a mere 24 hours.
07 Apr 2022
What do Pittsburgh nonprofit leaders plan to do with their foundation-sponsored sabbaticals?
The Richard King Mellon Foundation and the McCune Foundation awarded three-month sabbaticals to eight Pittsburgh nonprofit executive directors.
06 Apr 2022
Tree Pittsburgh opens new, green education center and grows tree nursery
Dendrophiles rejoice! The Heritage Tree Nursery in Lawrenceville is branching out.
19 Oct 2018
NEXT Up: Why Megan Higgins Palomo suggests we “keep calm and plant trees”
"You can take a few steps into one of our expansive parks and almost completely forget you are still in the middle of the city."
27 Jun 2018
With thousands of trees lost, Pittsburgh fights to preserve and improve its tree canopy
Tree Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy are conducting research that could prevent the further destruction of urban forests.
17 May 2018
My Landscaper is a Goat: Steel City Grazers
A new business offers an alternative to traditional weed-control methods: goats. Find out how Steel City Grazers can improve the landscape in Pittsburgh.
18 Feb 2015
Eco-Goats taking over Polish Hill today. No kid-ding.
Tree Pittsburgh, which normally employs human volunteers, will turn work over to alternative mammals who are sure-footed, indiscriminate and always hungry.
07 Jul 2014
Pittsburgh tops the list in urban tree canopy
New growth forest and major parks account for Pittsburgh's impressive urban tree canopy (UTC), according to National Geographics.
26 Apr 2014
Tree Pittsburgh looks to reforest Lawrenceville
A neighborhood-sized version of Tree Pittsburgh's master plan for the reforesting the city will be tested in Lawrenceville.
15 Apr 2014