Green Neighborhood InitiativeSM

Three steps to making a neighborhood "greener":

  1. Look for the best places to plant trees, plants, and flowers.

  2. Show homeowners how they can reduce fuel use and save on their heating and cooling bills.

  3. Identify buildings and spaces with the most historic value and start preserving them for the long haul.

Simple as it sounds, this three-pronged approach is already making a difference in Pittsburgh's neighborhoods -- thanks to the efforts of the Green Neighborhood Initiative, a joint venture between Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Conservation Consultants Incorporated, and the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Association.

As the designated garden experts, we've found that trees bring lots of value to neighborhoods. They make people feel safer. They clean the air and, by providing shade, lower electricity bills. They revitalize communities and encourage businesses to locate there.

And they just plain look nice!

With the help of generous donors like you, WPC and its partners can take this proven conservation approach to needy communities throughout western Pennsylvania and, ultimately, around the nation.


 

 

 


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  OUR MISSION
  Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's mission is to enrich the human relationship with the natural world by saving the places we care about. We accomplish our mission by:

  • Conserving the region's places of exceptional ecological, recreational and scenic value;

  • Healing degraded lands and waters;

  • Preserving Fallingwater as a symbol of human activity in harmony with nature;

  • Engaging others in cooperative partnerships to promote the linkages of ecological protection with social and economic values of communities;

  • Connecting people of all ages with the natural world through experience, education and responsible stewardship; and

  • Working with communities to enhance livability and reduce pressure on undeveloped areas.

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    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
    Saving The Places We Care About®

    209 Fourth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222
    412-288-2777
    Fax: 412-281-1792
    E-Mail: wpc@paconserve.org