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EventsSave the Date! Green Workplace Challenge Workshop #8"Renewable and Alternative Energy" OpenStreetsPGH You're Invited: Healthier Allegheny (PHA) Community Open Houses Greening Fields and Facilities – Allegheny County Success Stories At a Moment’s Notice: Rail Transportation Emergencies, Community Response and Health Register Today! Living Product Expo and Conference |
Welcome, Heinz Interns! Sustainable Pittsburgh is pleased to welcome The Heinz Endowments Summer Youth Philanthropy Interns to our offices this summer--and through their work, we are announcing a special grant opportunity, "Bring Youth Outdoors." The Heinz Endowments Summer Youth Philanthropy Internship Program provides high school seniors in the Pittsburgh area an opportunity to work to improve their community by developing and implementing a youth philanthropy project. This group of bright students will be based at Sustainable Pittsburgh's offices through mid-August. We asked them to share where they are going to school this fall and what they’re studying. In the photo, from left to right, we have: These Interns, working in collaboration with Sustainable Pittsburgh and Local Government Academy, have focused their grantmaking project on bringing youth outdoors through stewardship of community green spaces. Welcome aboard, Marcus, Liz, Anna, Manny, and Paige! Connect with Sustainable Pittsburgh:Sustainable Pittsburgh welcomes your support:
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ResourcesCalculating your renewable energy potential? There's an app for thatPort Authority Launches Interactive Map Help Wanted: Communications Director PublicSource holds panel on crude-by-rail dangers in Pittsburgh For Cities, Big-Box Stores Are Becoming Even More of a Terrible Deal Pittsburgh's Plan to Promote Diversity and In-Migration |
Save the Date! Green Workplace Challenge Workshop #8
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OpenStreetsPGHSunday, June 28 OpenStreetsPGH is part of a movement called Ciclovia, which includes 100s of cities across the globe. OpenStreetsPGH is also a group of businesses, neighbors, non-profits, and others who want to help Pittsburgh be the healthiest, most active, and happiest city it can be. During the June OpenStreetsPGH event, 3.5 miles of neighborhoods and streets will be open. Activities include yoga, dancing, shopping, children's activities, running, and lounging. | ||
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You're Invited: Healthier Allegheny (PHA) Community Open HousesTuesday, July 7 With the help of hundreds of Allegheny County residents and collaboration of the Advisory Coalition, the Allegheny County Health Department is proud to share its "Plan For A Healthier Allegheny (PHA)" with you. This is a five-year roadmap to improve this region’s health. | ||
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Greening Fields and Facilities – Allegheny County Success StoriesFriday, July 17 This program features David Brown, ScD of Environment and Human Health Inc., a national non-profit that studies human health and environmental hazards. Dr. Brown will discuss the broad range of toxins in our environment. His information and local examples of successful efforts to reduce pollution, will prepare participants to better identify the environmental and health needs and opportunities in their own communities. Dr. Brown’s remarks are part of a broader workshop intended to get participants out of the classroom to see solutions in use by local communities. | ||
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At a Moment’s Notice: Rail Transportation Emergencies, Community Response and HealthThursday, July 30 Increases in rail traffic have resulted in increased concerns about the risk of and response to tanker-car derailments and spills. Several high profile accidents have residents and local officials alike giving new scrutiny to the cargo on the trains that have run through their communities for generations. What commodities are moving through our region on the extensive network of rail lines located here? What should communities do before finding themselves in an urgent situation? What is the range of situations for which they should be preparing? What are the protocols when emergencies occur? | ||
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Register Today! Living Product Expo and ConferenceSeptember 16-18, 2015 The Living Product Challenge re-imagines the design and manufacture of products to function as elegantly and efficiently as anything found in the natural world. Living Products are informed by biomimicry and biophilia; manufactured by processes powered only by renewable energy and within the water balance of the places they are made. | ||
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Calculating your renewable energy potential? There's an app for thatThe Global Atlas pocket was launched Tuesday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is designed to allow renewable energy "prospectors" and investors to comprehensively research projects before making early investment decisions. More | ||
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Port Authority Launches Interactive Map
The map allows users to view all routes, transit stops, park and ride facilities, locations where you can purchase ConnectCards and other useful information. | ||
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Help Wanted: Communications DirectorGreen Building Alliance (GBA) is currently seeking a Communications Director. This position has direct responsibility for the successful planning, oversight, and implementation of all GBA communication outlets. GBA is a nonprofit organization that inspires and proves the value of healthy, high-performing places for everyone, while equipping stakeholders with the tools to build them. GBA’s educational and networking programs are designed to provide maximum benefit to audience members by exploring green building technical details, as well as the green building marketplace, opportunities, and advancements in this ever-changing industry. | ||
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PublicSource holds panel on crude-by-rail dangers in PittsburghExperts bring concerns, but also talk about what citizens can do to speak out and to be prepared. More | ||
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For Cities, Big-Box Stores Are Becoming Even More of a Terrible Deal
In February, the library in Marquette, Mich., announced that it was cutting its hours. It wasn’t that its Sunday programming was any less popular, or that it had gotten the short end of the stick in next year’s budget planning. Instead, thanks to a new method that big-box stores are using to game the tax system, Marquette Township owed a $755,828.71 tax refund to the home improvement chain Lowe’s. Essential services like the library, the school district, and the fire department were on the hook to pay for it. | ||
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Pittsburgh's Plan to Promote Diversity and In-Migration
Luke Nozicka reports on a plan released by the administration of Mayor Bill Peduto to increase the diversity and immigrant population of the city of Pittsburgh. | ||
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