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Rachel Carson’s Homesteads and her 110th Birthday Celebration

May 22, 2017 Lindsay

If you have crossed the river from downtown to the Northside you probably know the name Rachel Carson because you have crossed the Rachel Carson Bridge.  The Rachel Carson Bridge is one of the Three Sister’s bridges, the other two bridges are named for Roberto Clemente and Andy Warhol. If you are not familiar with her work, this should give you a clue that Rachel Carson is an important Pittsburgher. Rachel Carson was born in Springdale, just up the Allegheny river from Pittsburgh and her work as a scientist and conservationist continues to have a huge impact around the world… Read the rest

Filed Under: Architechture, Historic Preservation, Houses, Interesting 'Burghers Tagged With: EPA, Historic Preservation, preservation month, Rachel Carson, Rachel Carson Homestead, YERT

Links Worth a Look – July 6th

July 6, 2010 Lindsay

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Big Burrito Email List – If you like food, restaurants, cooking or learning more about a Pittsburgh business – we suggest that you sign up for the Big Burrito Mailing List – they do a really nice job with the updates each month and it is nice to read more about how their restaurants come together, where the food comes from and what non profits they are working to support each month. If you are a business owner this is a great example of how you can use email to… Read the rest

Filed Under: Links Worth A Look Tagged With: bigburrito, big_burrito, eleven, Email, email_marketing, marketing, mark_dixon, startup, YERT

Sierra Club Enviromental Film Festival featuring Mark Dixon from YERT

April 16, 2009 Lindsay

Image by michael and anna via Flickr Saturday, April 18th, 2009, 6-10pm is the 2nd evening of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Film Festival. They have a great line up of 5 different films for the evening – including a showing of some of the YERT footage. YERT stands for Your Environmental Road Trip (see the our post on the YERT kick-off and follow up from last year). After his year long environmental road trip, YERT founder Mark Dixon has decided to make Pittsburgh his home and he will be at the film festival on Saturday. I have had the opportunity… Read the rest

Filed Under: Green PGH, Movies Tagged With: earthday, Film Festival, Mark Dixon, Sierra Club, YERT

Links Worth a Look – September 28th

September 28, 2008 Lindsay

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: MCG Jazz » MCG Jazz Mission – MCG Jazz’s mission is to preserve, present and promote jazz. Through our performances, we strengthen the long time Pittsburgh jazz community and contribute to the overall cultural and artistic diversity of the region. Through our live recordings we reach a national and international audience – a market we’d like to grow. Through our educational programs we are able to have students attend the concerts at low or no cost to them, make artists available for master classes and provide opportunities for internships in… Read the rest

Filed Under: Links Worth A Look, Uncategorized Tagged With: charlize_theron, crafts, enviroment, hollywood, jazz, Knitting, living_on_earth, mark_dixon, mcgjazz, Music, podcast, radio, YERT

You Can See a Year of Garbage at the YERT Homecoming

August 8, 2008 Lindsay

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… Read the rest

Filed Under: Blogs, Events, Green PGH Tagged With: Rachel Carson, Rachel Carson Homestead, Road Trip, YERT

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