"Post-industrial" and "natural landscape" are two phrases that don't usually partner up to describe the same space—at least not all that often. In this piece, Ron Baraff, our director of historic resources and facilities, shares the story of how the eastern section of the Carrie Blast Furnaces site evolved into the aptly-named Iron Garden, one of the region's most unlikely botanic attractions.

This week we have partnered up with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History to help promote the iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge. In this story, our Director of Education, Suzi Bloom, shares the world of discovery and aquatic biodiversity that she encounters with students on the Explorer riverboat, along with resources to help citizen scientists participate in the City Nature Challenge.

Evan Clark is one of the Explorer riverboat's captains, but he's also a great environmental advocate and the Tireless Project boat captain for Allegheny Cleanways. This three-minute video created by local documentarian Dan Lampmann highlights a few of the folks on the frontline of Pittsburgh environmentalism, including our own Evan Clark!

As we continue our Mon Valley Featured Artist Series, this week we are highlighting Katy Dement and Lindsey Scherloum—two artists who maintain individual practices, but often work collaboratively on projects throughout the Mon Valley Creative Corridor.

Their artworks share common threads of inquiry that include concerns over local environmental health and sustainability, social justice, and a creative philosophy that governs both their professional and personal lives.