New book about deer invites us to take a closer look at ourselves, too
Erika Howsare's "The Age of Deer" investigates the relationship between deer and people throughout history.
Culture
Pittsburgh environmental activist’s ‘Sustainability Salons’ foster community
Maren Cooke, activist and volunteer, hosts monthly events on environmental issues for the public. She recently celebrated her 150th salon.
So beautiful but so terrible: Philly exhibit traces the ecology of fashion
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The exhibit at Drexel University spans fashions of the past to the waste of today's industry. “We have enough clothes on the planet to clothe the next six generations."
Community attends ‘Calling Hours,’ a memorial for its deceased coal plant
A coal-fired power plant closed during the pandemic. A performance brought the community together to say goodbye.
Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
Many Indigenous tribes, forcibly removed from the Appalachian region hundreds of years ago, are reconnecting with pawpaw, a long-lost traditional food important to their culture.
An Indigenous scientist wants us to look at conservation differently
Jessica Hernandez says Indigenous science and knowledge can make conservation more holistic and help us solve our toughest environmental problems.
“Big Bugs” land at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
The large-scale scultures of David Rogers' Big Bugs + Pollinators highlight the ecological importance of insects and pollinators.
Book illuminates Pittsburgh’s Center for PostNatural History
The center features organisms intentionally altered through domestication, selective breeding or genetic engineering. The book asks if we humans could be considered postnatural ourselves.
Can plants make music? The plant musician says ‘yes’
A plant music machine supposedly harnesses the electricity in plants and then turns those impulses into musical notes.
12 climate change books to give friends and family over the holidays
From memoirs to history, there’s a book for everyone on your list.
