RiverWise recently debuted a video series called “Understanding Your Water” with the goal of equipping residents with resources and tools to become better water quality advocates. Learn more…
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View a Timeline of RiverWise Activity
As an organization, RiverWise works alongside many communities, contexts, and projects. To help stakeholders make sense of it all, we have created an interactive timeline of our last 3 years of activity.
Our Mission
RiverWise employs sustainable development practices to create a regional identity around the rivers of Beaver County. At the heart of this work is a concerted effort to organize stakeholders to dream, learn, and collaborate about the future of our rivers. We are encouraging this process in two primary ways. First, we have formed ecodistricts in three communities (Aliquippa, Monaca, and Beaver Falls). Second, we are engaged in a growing list of projects aimed at activating community ideas and bringing sustainable development to life throughout Beaver County.
Riverwise Brings Sustainability to Beaver County
Beaver County is going through some big changes. Shell is building a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker which will use ethane from the region’s natural gas to produce the building blocks of plastic. The plant will bring an anticipated 600 jobs to the region, but also air and water pollution. RiverWise, a non-profit in Beaver County is bringing people together there to talk about sustainability… Continue Reading….
The Future of Petrochemicals in Western Pennsylvania:
A Community Perspective
On October 30, 2019, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto publicly announced his opposition to additional petrochemical development in Western Pennsylvania. Responses to the Mayor’s comments were substantial and swift, quickly generating the kind of polarization that has become all too familiar in public discourse about important and contentious topics. Continue Reading….
Recent Activity
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, RiverWise has recently launched the Community Builder Corps. Here’s a quick look at some of the Corps Builder positions we would like to have filled in the coming months.
RiverWise has been busy making lots of news around Beaver County, promoting sustainability, citizen agency, and vibrant communities. Take a look at our archive of stories.
Storytelling has always been central to the work of RiverWise. To help tell the stories of “The Helpers” during COVID-19, we have partnered with the Listening Library of Beaver County.
