environment

Carrie Furnace Green

activities | after school | environment | greening | health | image | parks | post-industrial | promotions

A Post-Industrial Playground on the Monongahela

Yellow Bike Project

advocacy | alternative transportation | bikes | co-op | environment | fitness | free | health | sharing

A member-based cooperative network of free-use bicycles

Sustainable Urban Farming Initiative

community | environment | gardens | health | neighborhoods | resources | schools | vacant land | youth

Reclaim vacant lots and unused land to support healthy community gardens

Raise the Green Roof

advocacy | buildings | education | environment | greening | health | quality of life | sustainability

Roof gardens reverse effects of commercial pollution

Consumer Recycling Network

advocacy | awareness | environment | greening | image | recycle | recycling | reuse | sustainability

Sites to Assist, Promote and Teach Good Recycling Habits

Adopt-A-Stop

action | arts | beautification | civic engagement | cleaning | education | environment | image | litter

Community Bus Shelter Design Competition

Pittsburgh Yellow Bike Program

advocacy | alternative transportation | bike parking | bikes | co-op | dining | environment | European | free

A cooperative, membership-based network of free bicycles for use through community affiliated sites, designated bike racks, and various keyholder locations

Lots of Food

advocacy | alternative | café | community | environment | farms | gardens | health | neighborhoods | organic

Collect abandoned lots and turn them into sustainable urban gardens that provide an alternative to store-bought produce and act as a community connection point

Adopt-a-Stop

arts | automobiles | beautification | buses | civic engagement | cleaning | education | environment | image | litter

On-going, multi-stage neighborhood beautification project for art and environment promoting pride, safety and education

Raise the (Green) Roof

advocacy | alternative | buildings | circuses | education | energy | environment | health | parks | quality of life

Promote green rooftops in Pittsburgh

Engage Pittsburgh is a program of The Sprout Fund, a project of the Tides Center (PA), and is supported by lead contributions from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Additional support for Engage Pittsburgh is provided in part by the Alcoa Foundation, Eden Hall Foundation, Grable Foundation, the Elsie Hillman Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Foundation.

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