Comments for Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog

Comment on What’s in Bloom – April 2013 by pittsburghparks

pittsburghparks — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:42:15 +0000

Thank you and we couldn’t agree more!

Comment on What’s in Bloom – April 2013 by aimee stgermain

aimee stgermain — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:24:07 +0000

Beautiful! So happy that spring has arrived in the ‘burgh!

Comment on Pittsburgh to Host the Garden Writers Association in 2014 by pittsburghparks

pittsburghparks — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:29:31 +0000

The host committee is still working with the Association to determine the dates. We will definitely keep you posted!

Comment on Pittsburgh to Host the Garden Writers Association in 2014 by gardengeri

gardengeri — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:24:29 +0000

what are the dates?

Comment on Panther Hollow Lake Through the Years by Janet Dietrich

Janet Dietrich — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:13:42 +0000

In the early 1900′s there was an Italian commune. The women would get together to bake bread every Thursday.

My grandfather raised cattle down there. Anyone could use the land. He lived on Parkview.

Janet D.

Comment on Urban EcoSteward Spotlight by Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:16:39 +0000

RIP Moses…

Comment on Healthy Trail, Healthy Heart – Getting Fit in Pittsburgh’s Parks by pittsburghparks

pittsburghparks — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:06:14 +0000

Hi Derrek,

I’m sorry to hear you’ve had an unpleasant experience in the parks. The City of Pittsburgh manages the parks, so please definitely let them know about the wildlife you saw on your recent visit. Try to be as specific as possible in the location you saw the animals so they know where to begin looking.

Comment on Healthy Trail, Healthy Heart – Getting Fit in Pittsburgh’s Parks by Derrek

Derrek — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:16:40 +0000

Trails are great but dogs that are unleashed are not. I have avoided being bit on several occasions. Also not sure if this is known or not but today on my run I saw a couple of wolf-coyote hybrids on the trail chasing down two whitetails by the dog park. I had to take a quick detour for I was in the middle of it. This may need to be looked at?

Comment on About by Marijke Hecht

Marijke Hecht — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:52:03 +0000

Hi Jamien,

I will send you a list of prompts to the email you provided in your comment.

You are doing great work with your students and we love seeing others acknowledge the power of reflection in the learning process.

Keep up the amazing work!

Best,
Marijke

Comment on About by jamienj

jamienj — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:21:18 +0000

Hi Marijke,

I just read your inspiring article in Community Works Journal. I was particularly drawn to your comments about the power of reflection after doing great environmental work. Would you be willing to share some of your prompts for that?

Over the past 2 years my students have been identifying and documenting native and invasive plants (using the Vital Signs protocols) in a state park here in Maine. We then cleared out bittersweet in one small location, and have now researched and planted (! last week!) 50 native plants in the area. Its awesome – we’re all pumped and proud of ourselves .

We’ve done some reflection all along the way, but I totally agree with you that meaningful reflection is KEY to this project having a long term impact on them as people and as stewards.

I’d love to see what you came up with to inspire thoughtful reflection .

THANKS!

Jamien
Science Teacher at Friends School of Portland, Falmouth Maine

jamien@friendsschoolofportland.org