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Red, Ripe & Roasted – 4th Annual Tomato and Garlic Festival at Phipps

Main entrance This event looks like it is ripe for a fun and delicious afternoon.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, in conjunction with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, presents the 4th Annual Tomato and Garlic Festival: Red, Ripe and Roasted

Sunday, August 17 from, 1 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event will take place in Phipps’ outdoor garden on Schenley Drive.

Bring a basket or bag of fresh produce to donate to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and receive FREE admission to the festival!

The festival will include:

  • local farmers’ market
  • chef demos and tastings
  • tomato judging contest
  • garlic roasting
  • music and fun for all ages

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You Can See a Year of Garbage at the YERT Homecoming

Step in to the blog time machine or click here to go back to June 2007.  A group of folks held a kick off event right here in Pittsburgh for a Year long Your Environmental Road Trip (aka YERT).

Well it is a whole year later and the YERT crew is coming home.  to celebrate there is a family friendly FREE party filled with fun for everyone at the very appropriate venue of the Rachel Carson Homestead.

YERT Homecoming
Saturday August, 9, 2008, 3-7pm
Rachel Carson Homestead

  • Come learn about their trip to all 50 states where they interviewed over 800 people about environmentally pressing issues.
  • I am intrigued by this statement “We’ll also have ALL of our garbage from the year on display for you to admire or critique if you like.” – I can’t really imagine what it would be like to bring my trash along with me.
  • The infamous “Bag Monster” will make an appearance for the kids.

Check out the YERT blog for lots more info from their trip – inlcuding the story of the 4th YERT Member – Baby Bailey who was born on July 19th!

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Think Green at the Carnegie Science Center

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The Carnegie Science Center offers a way to “learn the science behind sustainability” through it’s Think Green weekend starting with a Happy Hour this Thursday and culminating Sunday with a Farmer’s Market. Sandwiched in between are the Think Green Fashion Show and “Pittsburgh’s largest garage sale EVER,” the Think Green Flea Market – in honor of National Garage Sale Day. Continue reading →

Earth Day – Recycle your Jean, Sneakers, Eye Glasses

Tuesday, April 22 is a big big day here in Pittsburgh.  It is Primary election day and it is EARTH DAY.  Which provides an excellent excuse to think about recycling.

I think this event, reSoultion,  at Fifth Avenue Place is an extra good idea because they giving you a chance to recycle something that you can’t normally recycle.  Jeans will be turned into insulation, eye glasses will be sent to those who need them and sneakers will be turned into play ground sources.  Just drop off your items and they are even giving away some earth friendly gifts too.

TUESDAY, APRIL 22 – FRIDAY, APRIL 25    10:00AM – 3:00PM

Redeem your used, unwanted personal and household items at the reSOLUTION Shop and receive a FREE Earth Day commorative item. The reSOLUTION Shop will be collecting the following items throughout the week to be reused or recycled for new people and purposes:

  • Denim Jeans
    • Recycled into UltraTouch natural cotton fiber insulation by Bonded Logic Inc. For more information on denim & recycling, please visit:                                                           www.accesscotton.com
  • Eyeglasses
    • Donated to the Lions Club for use in third-world countries
  • Ink Toner Cartidges,  PDAs,
    • Recycled by Office Depot, Downtown
  • Re-chargable Batteries
  • Cell Phones
    • Collected by Verizon to support local women’s shelters
  • Sneakers
    • Recycled into eco-friendly sports surfaces. Athletic shoes ONLY – No cleats or dress shoes.

Shades of Green

Celebrate Green, Be Green.  Join local Green businesses in Lawrenceville to celebrate art from recyled materials and other eco friendly shopping for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

Saturday, March 15, 11am-8pm.

Activities for the whole family.  Fresh Heirlooms is a new shop that sells furniture and home accessories made from recycled materials.  Some friends of mine have an awesome book shelf that was made here out of some old wire spools.  Artisian Harvest, a local bakery and cafe will be serving up Irish treats like Guinness Stew, scones and Irish soda bread for the occasion,