Pittsburgh Greenhouse

The Sprout Fund and the Sprout Seed Award is a philanthropic grant fund for projects that improve the life of young people in the region. I have previous submitted Sprout Seed grant applications for various F/OSS projects with WPLUG. They may be a resource for future urban redevelopment projects.

IUOE/L95 is the union that operates many of the HVAC/Pumps in regional buildings – They sponsored the November Pittsburgh Green Drinks

Sustainable Pittsburgh is 501(c)(3) nonprofit industry organization that advocates sustainable economic development (industry, transportation, housing, etc.) in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region. Sustainable Pittsburgh has various grass-roots initiatives in place.

These two brands may be pseudo-brands that exist only as meta-brands within the Lumber Liquidators supply chain. They do not appear to actually be companies (according to web research) – which is cause for concern about the business practices of LL. Also, it makes it difficult to track and analyze the business enviro-economic impact. Eco Bamboo. Lisbon Cork

Lumber Liquidators is a hardwood wholesale operation (in origin) with retail operations in many states; They resell two or three vendors of Cork and Bamboo as potential alternatives to Artemis and/or Marmoleum. I cant find any details on them: Lisbon Cork and Eco Bamboo. LL sponsors / under wrights NPR

Marmoleum is an alternative material to Cork or Bamboo flooring. The product is copyright the manufacturer. Recommended by Erin Marton. Artemis Environmental Materials is a local reseller. Company contact address is here in PA – potential increased to benefit / reduced negative impact distribution channel?

Revisiting from earlier post regarding Rainwater Barrels instantiated page for the Nine Mile Run Watershed,a non-profit responsible for maintaining water quality of tributaries and aquifer. NMRW is responsible for waterworks in the south-eastern region of Allegheny County. The Rainwater Barrel program is run by NMRW, and acts as a source of funding (along with membership). See the coverage map

Eco Broker is a Real Estate industry association that provides certification, training, education, finance assistance, and networking on sustainability and environmental conservation initiatives as the pertain to Realty Professionals. Working with an EcoBroker certified Realtor is essential to Stage 1. Erin Marton is Ecobroker Certified.

Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) -- A regional neighborhood & community association & development aggregation point. Finance / Banking members to sponsor charitable activity as well.

A handful of programs for creating urban greenspace. Stage 1 style program located on lot that has vacant land near it, we be acquired it for low cost in addition to the the home -- three Programs: 1) Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) has the Vacant Property Working Group (VPWG). Also, 2) the City of Pittsburgh has the Sideyard Sale Program quote “For City residents who want to buy a publicly owned, overgrown vacant lot that borders their yard” and finally 3) Allegheny Country has the [[Clean & Green Program (Act 156PA).