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Pop Filter Hot Pick: Geek Art/Green Innovator's Festival (aka GA/GI) occupies Penn Avenue
Jennifer Baron
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Geek out and go green at this weekend's fourth annual Geek Art/Green Innovator's Festival (read: GA/GI) along the Penn Avenue arts district. Test out new video games designed right here in the Burgh, purchase eco-fashions from local designers and find out what exciting plans are in store for the roof of Downtown's USX Tower.
Whatever happened to the Power of 32?
Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The plan was to find a shared vision among 32 counties in four states. So how's that going now that 14 initiatives have been adopted? Better than you might think.
Engage! Pop City: Join the online conversation or start one of your own
Tracy Certo
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
If you had anything to say about our city, what would it be? Check out Pop City's new civic engagement platform where you join the ongoing conversations about making Pittsburgh a more welcoming community, or the one on diversity or you can start a conversation of your own. Click here to see
Engage! Pop City
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Chef Profiles: Trevett Hooper of Legume
Elaine Labalme
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
In the first of a series on chefs, we visit chef and owner Trevett Hooper and his gem of a restaurant, Legume. His philosophy of whole-animal cooking, along with an intense commitment to serving local foods, makes Legume stand out on the Pittsburgh food scene.
Pop Filter Hot Pick: Empowering Women opens at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Jennifer Baron
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
A new exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History blends the beauty of handmade folk art with the entrepreneurialism of women artisans. From Rwanda to Bolivia, we can learn a lot from these skillful women, such as their grassroots business models, their creative passions and their courage to survive.
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GoBurgh hosts Pittsburgh's first-ever Transit Day
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Smart Growth Conference to focus on transportation, green infrastructure, redevelopment financing
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring still igniting controversy after 50 years
Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Evive launches campus kiosks with filtered water, washing system
Source: techcrunch
Pittsburgh Public Market ranked among nation's best
Source: Frommer's
Pittsburgh among 14 cities leading the way on green infrastructure
Source: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
Cornell's Solar Job Report ranks Pa. among the top 10 in the country for solar jobs
Source: THE MIAMI HERALD
It's cheap, lives a long life and is toxin-free. Will the new battery by Acquion power the world?
Source: MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
And the Heinz Award winners are...a PSU scientist, an Alaskan composer and more
Source: THE WASHINGTON POST
Battle of the digital billboards in Pittsburgh
Source: HUFFINGTON POST
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Source: RIVERLIFE
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Source: GREEN CAR CONGRESS
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