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Environment + Sustainability

Environmental justice, sustainable living, and eco-conscious guides with a focus on western Pennsylvania and systemic change. Written by an activist who connects environmentalism to race, community, and spiritual responsibility.

Pittsburgh-based female rapper Kellee Maize poses for an album promo in front of The Point in downtown Pittsburgh
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Sustainability as justice, not just lifestyle.

Kellee Maize connects environmentalism to the broader work of activism — particularly the environmental justice issues affecting Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania communities. These articles go beyond personal eco-tips to look at the systemic picture and what real change requires.

Read about environmental justice in western PA -- the local issues that don't make national news

Explore sustainable living guides grounded in accessibility, not aesthetic

Understand the connection between environmentalism and feminism -- ecofeminism as practice

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PGH
GROUND ZERO
Pittsburgh's environmental justice fight is personal
15+
YEARS AS AN ACTIVIST
Environment as a through-line of Kellee's work
Now
THE TIME IS
Local action connects to global change

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