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Thursday, September 24
8:30 am – 11:00 am (8:00 am registration)
Pittsburgh Public Market, 2401 Penn Avenue, Strip District 15222
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Join Sustainable Pittsburgh for the tenth and final workshop of the 2014-2015 Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge. This workshop will showcase opportunities to integrate local food sources and services into Pittsburgh’s workplaces.

Featured Speakers
- Rebecca Bykoski, Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program, Sustainable Pittsburgh
- Alyssa Davis, Market Assistant Manager, Pittsburgh Public Market
- Erin Hart, Director, Farm to Table Pittsburgh
- Jeff Lackey, Implementation Engineer, Woods of Plenty
- Leah Lizarondo, 412 Food Rescue

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REGISTER TODAY! Green Workplace Challenge Workshop #10: Local Food

Thursday, September 24
8:30 am – 11:00 am (8:00 am registration)
Pittsburgh Public Market, 2401 Penn Avenue, Strip District 15222
Learn more about the Green Workplace Challenge at www.gwcpgh.org
Register here

Join Sustainable Pittsburgh for the tenth and final workshop of the 2014-2015 Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge. This workshop will showcase opportunities to integrate local food sources and services into Pittsburgh’s workplaces.

Featured Speakers
- Rebecca Bykoski, Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program, Sustainable Pittsburgh
- Alyssa Davis, Market Assistant Manager, Pittsburgh Public Market
- Erin Hart, Director, Farm to Table Pittsburgh
- Jeff Lackey, Implementation Engineer, Woods of Plenty
- Leah Lizarondo, 412 Food Rescue

Who should attend?
All Green Workplace Challenge participants, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) managers, sustainability managers, business leaders and community leaders who are interested to connect with our region's growing sources and services of local food.

Inspire Speaker Series: Arlene Blum

Wednesday, September 16
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh 15222
Cost: $20; $10 for students
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Inspire Speakers Series Partners with the International Living Future Institute to Present: Arlene Blum

As it turns out, leadership and mountaineering have a lot in common. They both require self-confidence, self-motivation, passion, and grit to be successful. To create the communities, region, and world that embody values of sustainability (healthy, just, and regenerative), we need to cultivate a new generation of leaders who are inspired to find and take on their own Mount Everests.

Arlene Blum has blazed new trails physically and metaphorically, breaking barriers and changing minds along the way. She will share lessons learned on reforming policies that threaten human health, the safety of children, and the global environment; leading risky mountaineering adventures; and fostering women’s leadership.

Register Today! Living Product Expo and Conference

September 16-18, 2015
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh PA 15222
Cost:Living Future Members $620, Non-Members $820 (Full Three Day Pass)
ATTN 3E Links subscribers: Use this special code when registering to get the Living Produce Expo's Member rate: SPMEMBER
www.livingproductexpo.org/

The Living Product Expo seeks to provide attendees with an opportunity to collaborate and learn. The goal of the Expo is to inspire manufacturers to think differently about every part of the product creation process.

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. Living Products improve our quality of life and bring joy through their beauty and functionality.

Imagine a Living Product whose very existence builds soil; creates habitat; nourishes the human spirit; and provides inspiration for personal, political and economic change.

Join the Living Futures Institute for the inaugural Living Product Expo in Pittsburgh, PA. The Expo is a groundbreaking new event that will bring together leading minds in the product industry and ignite a revolution in the way materials are designed, manufactured and delivered.

Featured speakers:
Arlene Blum, Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute
Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder & CEO, Hollender Sustainable Brands LLC
Bill Strickland, President and CEO of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation
John Warner, President The Warner Babcock Institute For Green Chemistry

What you will learn:
- How to reduce the impacts of your supply chain
- Identify new suppliers for your materials sourcing
- Apply practical tools and quantify new metrics to set and manage corporate sustainability goals
- How to measure and communicate the ROI of sustainability initiatives and innovation within your supply chain
- Bridge the gaps between your sustainability teams, operations teams, suppliers and marketers

Note special event session: Friday, September 18, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm:

Convening Summit: Pittsburgh Region Brainstorm - Accelerating Living Product Capacities in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Hosted by Sustainable Pittsburgh Champions for Sustainability (C4S) business network and Green Building Alliance
The Expo will address the evolving ecosystem where entrepreneurship, advanced design, and sustainability converge. This convergence positions manufacturing to build sustainability-oriented, high-value-added market opportunities. Come to this “Convening Summit” at the conclusion of the Expo to contribute to planning for what comes next and can be applied for this and other regions from Pittsburgh's hosting the Expo.

"Policing Reform, Community, and Ethical Leadership"

Thursday, September 17
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
University of Pittsburgh, 2017 Cathedral of Learning
Lunch is provided. Registration is not required.
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Join the Center on Race and Social Problems for its Fall 2015 Speaker Series. This September 17 event will feature Cameron McLay, Chief, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.

Chief Cameron McLay has made his career on results-driven ethical leadership. Since becoming Chief of the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police in September 2014, Chief McLay has drawn attention to the need for reform among police leadership and the need for building trust among community members. In his words, "Police reform is community reform. It is social-justice reform. And we all must join in."

Introducer: Susan A. Yohe
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer,
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC

Susan A. Yohe has appeared on the list of Best Lawyers in America for seven consecutive years as recognition of her outstanding accomplishments in the practice and advancement of law. In her time with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Susan has spearheaded efforts to increase roles and preparedness among women and attorneys of color in law and business.

In support of the "Burgh Baby Diaper Drive", attendees are invited to bring diapers or a donation to support the Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank. Donations are not required for admittance.

DEP to Hold 14 Listening Sessions on the Clean Power Plan

Monday, September 21
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Allegheny County - Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday, September 22
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Greene County - Waynesburg Central High School

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is announcing more than a dozen listening sessions and a 2-month comment period on the federal Clean Power Plan to hear from Pennsylvanians about the plan to cut carbon pollution. Fourteen listening sessions in locations across the state will take place between September and November.

In addition to the listening sessions, DEP will accept comments on Pennsylvania’s compliance with EPA’s Clean Power Plan through November 12, 2015. DEP is soliciting comments on the Clean Energy Incentive Program component of the CPP and on the EPA-proposed Federal Plan that serves as a model rule for states developing their state plans. DEP is also soliciting comments on specific compliance related questions which are available on the Department website.

Comment submissions can be made here: http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/ or emailed to ecomment@pa.gov or mailed to 400 Market Street P.O. Box 2063 Harrisburg, PA 17105. Click here for the full schedule of listening sessions.

Making the Connection: Air Pollution and Physical Activity

Thursday, September 24
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Networking/refreshments 5:00 pm - 6 pm; presentation begins at 6:00 pm)
Allegheny General Hospital, Magovern Conference Center, 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh 15212
Free and open to all but registration is required
Continuing Medical Education credits available
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This event features CDR Director Tegan Boehmer, PhD, MPH, epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. She currently serves as the Acting Lead of CDC’s Healthy Community Design Initiative, National Center for Environmental Health. She’ll present on her research interests including the intersection between physical activity and air pollution exposure, health effects of traffic-related air pollution, and role of the built environment and community design on population health, including physical activity levels, obesity, air pollution exposure, and respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

The other speaker is Dr. Albert Presto, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He investigates the contributions of primary and secondary pollution with ambient measurements, laboratory experiments, testing of pollution sources, and atmospheric modeling. Dr. Presto will discuss regional air quality issues and his collaboration with medical professionals to develop detailed studies of pollutant exposure on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis and to better understand the relationships between pollutant emissions and adverse health effects.

Climate Action: Creating Bridges to Clean Air

Tuesday, September 29
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 77 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh 15213
Suggested donation of $5
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An evening showcasing selected film episodes from artists/activists, followed by a panel discussion from esteemed members of the community including Kirsi Jansa, Joylette Portlock, Jeaneen Zappa, Angela Bakaysza Garcia, and Patricia M. DeMarco.

Co-hosted by Moms Clean Air Force, Sustainability Pioneers, Conservation Consultants, Inc., PennEnvironment, Sierra Club, Don't Just Sit There - Do Something and Communitopia.

The David Lewis Lecture on Urban Design: Peter Calthorpe

Global Sprawl; Types and Antidotes
Monday, October 12
6:30 pm
Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts Building, Carnegie Mellon
Free
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Join the CMU School of Architecture for the fall 2015 David Lewis Lecture on Urban Design, underwritten by Urban Design Associates. This October lecture features Peter Calthorpe discussing "Global Sprawl; Types and Antidotes".

In 1983, Peter Calthorpe founded the award-winning firm of Calthorpe Associates devoted to sustainable urban design and planning globally. Metropolis Magazine claims: “The titles of Peter Calthorpe’s books trace the recent history of urban design in its most vital and prescient manifestations, starting in 1986 with Sustainable Communities followed by The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl , and most recently Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”. In the early 90’s he developed the concept of Transit Oriented Development described in his book The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and the American Dream -- an idea that is now the foundation of many regional policies and city plans around the world. Peter Calthorpe is one of the founders and the first board president of Congress of New Urbanism. For his contribution in redefining the models of urban and suburban growth, Calthorpe was named one of 25 “innovators on the cutting edge” by Newsweek Magazine and was awarded ULI’s prestigious “J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development” in 2006.

Resources

Energy Innovation Newsletter

Energy Innovation (EI) is a biweekly newsletter of the Energy for the Power of 32 initiative. It features news and events that are accelerating sustainable development for the power of 32. View the latest edition of EI using the link below.

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Building a New Local Economy: Lessons from the United States

Deliberately the trip was split into two sets of activities. The first comprised of visits to four cities which have faced and responded to economic decline, growth and social development opportunity: Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Providence. In these localities, we engaged with key stakeholders who were at the forefront of local economic intervention. The second comprised of visits to think-tanks and other leading thinkers around local economies; the purpose of which was to understand the extent to which new local economic interventions were challenging the prevailing orthodoxy. This took place in Greenwich, Washington DC, and New York City.

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3 Paid Sustainability Fellowships Available

The Student Conservation Association (SCA) has three openings in its full-time, paid Pittsburgh Sustainability Fellowship.

1) Sustainability Fellow: Transportation Coalition & Policy Research

2) Sustainability Fellow: Small Business & Municipality Certification

3) Sustainability Fellow: City Parks

Applications can be submitted via http://thesca.force.com/members. Questions can be sent directly to Miriam Parson at mparson@thesca.org.

Once an application is created, the candidate can search for the position title and then add it to their application. SCA is conducting rolling interview to fill these immediately, with end dates in late December.

Air Quality Annual Data Summary report from Allegheny County Health Dept.

Allegheny County Health Department issues latest Annual Air Quality Report.

Allegheny County tells Neville Island coke plant to address emissions

Mr. Thompson said the coke plant’s performance improved following the consent order but has “leveled off” in recent months. “It’s not normal operations to have the frequency of these types of events that Shenango has been having,” he said. “And it’s not where we believe the compliance should be.”

Low-carbon cities are a $17 trillion opportunity

Even with the promise of a future payoff for sustainability investments, many cities still may lack the upfront capital to cover initial costs. But creative policy instruments and innovative financing can help cities overcome barriers to action, the New Climate Economy report said.

For every dollar invested in improving the creditworthiness of cities, for example, more than $100 can be leveraged through private finance for low-carbon urban infrastructure. And every $1 million invested in project preparation could yield $20 million to $50 million in capital support for successful projects.

The report highlights how cities around the world already see economic returns from investments in transportation, building efficiency and waste.

On the Allegheny Front

On this week's Allegheny Front, we check out what's behind the big boom in the solar industry, and hang out with some green entrepreneurs who are using goats as landscapers.

What if we labeled unwalkable neighborhoods like we do cigarettes?

The Surgeon General’s position makes it clear that America needs more than a simple call to “get out and exercise.” We need to build communities where walking is a safe and convenient option — so getting where you need to go can help you stay physically active and healthy.

GreenMoney Interview Series - Donna Morton interviews Hunter Lovins

If we invest in companies that have committed to behave in more sustainable ways, companies that are conscious of their impacts and are seeking to minimize them, or better, to have positive impacts on health, well being, and the environment, we will do two things to implement a more regenerative economy:

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Sustainable Pittsburgh affects decision-making in the Pittsburgh Region to integrate economic prosperity, social equity and environmental quality bringing sustainable solutions to communities and businesses.

Sustainable Pittsburgh benefits from support ($1,000 and up) in 2015 from:

Alcoa Foundation
Bayer USA Foundation
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
BNY Mellon
FedEx Ground
The Heinz Endowments
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
Henry L. Hillman Foundation
Levin Furniture
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Pashek Associates, LTD
PITT OHIO
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