Maren's List

Welcome to Maren’s List

marenlc — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the new form of my list! This blog format streamlines external linking, creates a concise listing of headings with popdown links to the full entries, and provides the capacity for you to subscribe to a feed, announcing additions to the list. For now, additions and modifications will be frequent as I work the kinks out of the site. Features I’d like to add include information on urban homesteading and other ways to green your life, contact info for policymakers at the local, state, and national level to facilitate making your voice heard, sources for green goods, providing PDF flyers and posters, and directories of local businesses and environmental organizations. Feedback and suggestions are welcome, as always. If you send me info on events, please put “event” in the Subject: line.

Here’s the current setup: on the right, you’ll see the list of headings in monthly “archive” sections. This introductory message and ongoing resources appear in a future month, to keep them up top; for events, the apparent posting date corresponds to the actual event date. You can expand each month’s list by clicking on the little triangle. Click on an item of interest, and you’ll go directly to the entry in its own window. This list of headings should be a lot quicker to navigate than the previous style of one long email of full listings. Also, with the archive in reverse-chronological order, I can leave past events online in case you might want to learn more about a topic or organization.

CMU University Lecture Series

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Carnegie Mellon’s University Lecture Series.  During the academic year, a diverse series of amazing talks are held at Carnegie Mellon University; many are related to environmental and social justice issues.    The talks are listed at
   http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/student-development/uls/
and more detail on each event can be found in calendar entries at
   http://tinyurl.com/5rmra6

Harvest Festivals

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:36:00 +0000

Harvest Festivals

From PASA: With Pennsylvania weighing in as the #3 PUMPKIN growing state in the nation, you’ll have no trouble finding one to adorn your stoop! Take time to reflect on October’s glorious bounty, tap into your inner-ghoul and visit a local farm to take delight in apples, pumpkins, seasonal squashes and gourds of all kinds!

Be sure not to miss these opportunities to join in the festivities:

Fall Pumpkin Festival at Triple B Farms
Fall Festival and Craft Show at the Apple Castle
Pumpkin Patch at Soergel Orchards
Harvest Valley Farms Fall Festival
Janoski Farms Pumpkinland
Pumpkins abound at Finnel Farms
Harvest Festival at Port Farm
Pumpkin Festival at Cheeseman Farms
Pumpkins are ready to go at Meadowrock Gardens
Fall Family Fun at Lone Maple Farms
Pumpkins and fall decorations await you at Smithmyer Farm
Don’t miss the best of the fall harvest at Beccari’s Farm Market

Visit the BFBL website to find more pumpkins in your area.

Local Food Guide

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0000

Every day: Eating local helps sustain local farms, protect agricultural land from suburban sprawl, connects us to the land around us, and gets you fresher food. Urban Foodworks has created a great guide to where you can find local food at stores, restaurants, markets,

http://www.urbanfoodworks.org/

The Allegheny Front

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:06:00 +0000

Every week: The Allegheny Front, Pittsburgh’s own environmental radio show, explores myriad topics relevant to the lives of people in our region. Locally, listen Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on WYEP 91.3FM, or listen online any time. The program has spread across the region, now playing on other stations including WIUP, WPSU, and WRFA.

http://www.alleghenyfront.org

The Shift — film about global activism

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:03:00 +0000

The Shift — a movie being made by a movement Think globally, act locally… this list is all about acting locally. A film now in production helps fill in the global side, and may be able to help propel the world onto a better path. It’s all about global activism, and all the local movements that make it up. It’s due out in 2009, but there’s an inspiring six-minute trailer at

http://theshiftmovie.com/

Left Out is back on the air

marenlc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

September 17: Left Out, a public affairs radio show by CMU professors Danny Sleator and Bob Harper, returns to the air with a program featuring Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America speaking about his latest book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule.
(Alternate Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on WRCT 88.3)
http://leftout.info/

The Bird Blog

marenlc — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:48:00 +0000

The Bird Blog – Avid birder (and fellow GASP board member) Kate St. John has created “Outside My Window,” a lovely weblog of her observations and musings on wildlife in our region. Check it out!

http://www/wqed.org/birdblog

Fall Tree Plantings

marenlc — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:18:00 +0000

Fall tree planting dates have been announced; come volunteer in your neighborhood or elsewhere around town.

Plantings are made possible through TreeVitalize Pittsburgh, a joint project of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh, and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest provides Tree Tender training and technical support. (Various locations, Saturdays during October and November)

Dates and other info at

http://www.pittsburghforest.org/treeplanting

Dec 4: UEC research seminar: Urban Forestry & Invasive Weeds

marenlc — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:10:00 +0000

December 4:  Quarterly seminar of the Research Working Group of the Urban Ecology Collaborative, with talks on Urban Forestry and Invasive Weeds Research. (9-12 in the Penn State Cooperative Extension conference room, 400 N. Lexington Ave. in Point Breeze).
   For info, contact mcm2@psu.edu or danbain@gmail.com
   http://www.urbanecologycollaborative.org/