2019

Sustainable Pittsburgh announces the winners of the 2018-2019 Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge

News Coverage

• Jan. 25 Allegheny Front: “Allegheny Front: Plastic Straw Sculpture Draws Attention to Ocean Pollution”
• Jan. 22 WESA: “Sculpture Made From Recycled Straws Aims To Bring Awareness To Single-Use Plastics”
• Jan. 22 Pittsburgh Current: “Straw Forward Brings The Plastic Straw Pollution Conversation To Pittsburgh”
• Jan. 22 The Almanac: “Straw art installation highlights impact of plastic on the environment”
• Jan. 18 Trib: “Carnegie Science Center installation depicts waste, upcycling, from discarded plastic”
• Jan. 17 Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Straw Forward
• Jan. 16 Pittsburgh City Paper: “Art exhibit made from restaurants’ plastic waste focuses on sustainability”
• Pittsburgh Parent: “Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program’s Straw Forward Art Installation on Display for a Limited Time at Carnegie Science Center”
• Jan. 15 NEXTpittsburgh: “What Straw Forward artists created out of 25,000 used drinking straws, and why they did it”
• Dec. 18 The Incline: “Public art made from 25,000 used straws will spotlight plastic waste in Pittsburgh”

Press Releases:

October 23, 2018 Sustainable Pittsburgh names dynamic visionary as new Executive Director

February 28, 2018 March 12 – Steel Chef Cookoff combines workforce training for teens with culinary delights

January 24, 2018 New partnership invites region’s largest energy users to accelerate trends of purchasing renewables, advance sustainable development goals

News coverage

• 11/16 Good Food Pittsburgh “Speed Dating for Farmers Matches Local Producers with Restaurants & Retailers“
• 11/12 Pittsburgh City Paper “When Farmer Harry Met Chef Sally“
• 11/2 WESA’s The Confluence with guest Joylette Portlock, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s new executive director
• 11/1 New Pittsburgh Courier “Joylette Portlock named new head of Sustainable Pittsburgh“
• 10/23 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Sustainable Pittsburgh names new executive director“
• 10/23 PA Environment Digest Sustainable Pittsburgh Names Joylette Portlock New Executive Director”
• 8/30 NEXTpittsburgh “The latest public art project coming to Pittsburgh: used straws from local restaurants?“
• 8/20 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants featuring Spirit”
• 7/20 The Incline: “How to help turn 1 million straws into public art in Pittsburgh“
• 7/16 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants featuring Burgh’ers and Della Terra”
• 6/18 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants featuring Bae Bae’s Kitchen”
• 6/18 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “The last straw: Efforts aim to reduce polluting piece of plastic“
• 5/14 NEXTpittsburgh “Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants Please the Palate and the Planet
• 4/26 Good Food Pittsburgh “Five Great Reasons to Visit These 100-Plus Restaurants”
• 4/12 NEXTpittsburgh “Sustainable Pittsburgh sets sight on clean energy future with new initiative”
• 3/20 The Globe  “Local restaurants offer sustainable options”
• 3/19 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette SEEN Column “The Steel Chef Cook-Off”
• 3/19 WPXI “Proud to be from Pittsburgh: Steel Chef” 
• 3/16 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Audience cheers on teen-chef teams in McKees Rocks cook-off”
• 3/16 90.5 WESA “In The Fight For Food Security, Pittsburgh Brings A Lot To The Table”
• 3/12 90.5 WESA “Live Cooking Competition Is The Cherry On Top For Teens Interested In Restaurant Careers”
• 3/9 Pittsburgh City Paper “Pittsburgh teens prepare for Steel Chef Cook Off”
• 3/7 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “High schoolers team up with Pittsburgh chefs to compete in Steel Chef Cookoff”
• 1/22 NEXTpittsburgh Oakland Restaurant Week returns with six days of $6 lunches
• 1/17 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Food Column: Give a toast to Phil, learn to make real prosciutto, join in global potluck
• 1/5 90.5 WESA (Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station) – Sustainable Business Challenge Not Just About Saving Water, Pushes Companies to Embrace Diversity
• 1/4 NEXTpittsburgh Is your workplace up for the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge?

2017

Press Releases:

Dec. 11, 2017: New Year.  New Challenge.  New Ways to Compete.  Save.  Win. EMPLOYERS:  Go further in 2018 and sign up for the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge!

June 20, 2017: Southwestern Pennsylvania Business Leaders Launch CEOs for Sustainability to Advance Economic and Social Prosperity for Region

News coverage:

• Pittsburgh City Paper What can Pittsburgh, by itself, do on climate?

• PennLive Get a taste of sustainability on Pittsburgh’s newest food tour

• NEXTpittsburgh Can Pittsburgh switch to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035? Absolutely, say local experts

• PA Environment Digest Food Guy Adventures Offers Pittsburgh’s 1st Sustainability-Focused Food Tour On 3 Days This Summer

• 100 Days in Appalachia Pittsburgh — ‘the Paris of Appalachia’ — bucks Trump on climate change

• WTAE – TV Pittsburgh businesses build green path for the city’s future

• CNN Pittsburgh residents don’t want their city ‘smoky’ again

• The Guardian ‘Outmoded, irrelevant vision’: Pittsburghers reject Trump’s pledge

• Climatewire Who needs Paris when you have Pittsburgh?

2016

• New Castle News “Ellwood wins sustainability certification”
• TEQ Magazine Volume 23 Issue 7 “Eyes on Your Performance: Big Data + Market Forces are Driving Tech Innovation for Sustainable Enterprise” (page 38)
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Millvale honored at state level for sustainability”
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Covestro, WindStax to continue collaboration on sustainable business practices”
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letter to the Editor: “Our air quality is a stain on the region”
• Pittsburgh Quarterly “The Road to Sustainability – Signs of progress reported, but steep challenges lie ahead”
• GreenBiz.com “Cities turn a new leaf to count the ROI of trees”
• Pittsburgh City Paper “Pittsburgh’s inaugural Re:NEW Festival to celebrate sustainability and reuse through art”
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Re:NEW Festival to showcase repurposed art”
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Little Bites: Local restaurant news”
• TEQ Magazine Volume 23 Issue 5 “We have the Technology, Just DO Sustainable Development” (page 22)
• Pittsburgh Quarterly “Thinking Green: Sustainability in the workplace and built environment gains momentum”
• WESA-FM “Environmentalists Swarm Harrisburg To Lobby Lawmakers”
• PA Environment Digest PA’s Climate Majority Rallies at Capitol for Action on Climate Change, Clean Energy
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Restaurants leading the way to sustainability by example
• Only in Oakland Sushi Fuku Planning Improvements Thanks to Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program
• Lancaster Online Lancaster city receives top ‘Sustainable Pennsylvania Community’ certification
• TEQ Magazine Volume 23 Issue 3 “Technology is Revolutionizing Energy”
• TEQ Magazine Volume 23 Issue 1 “Technology for Sustainability”
• Pittsburgh Quarterly “A Sustaining Influence – Pittsburgh sees future unfolding around principles of sustainability”
• The Pitt News “Universities aim to clean up city environment with new majors”
• WPXI-TV “Talking Pittsburgh” Topic: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
• WPXI-TV “Talking Pittsburgh” Topic: GWC top scorers
• Pittsburgh Business Times Morning Edition “Five things to know today, and Pittsburgh eateries win sustainable designation”

2015

• Pittsburgh’s Uptown EcoInnovation District lauded for fighting against climate change
• Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge winners: How they did it
• Winners Announced in Green Workplace Challenge
• Comcast Newsmakers: “Green Workplace Challenge” Video 12/16/2015
• Comcast Newsmakers “Green Workplace Challenge” Video 11/18/2015 
• Local Businesses & Organizations Honored For Their Environmentally-Friendly Efforts
• Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge Highest Scoring Organizations Recognized
• The Hydrant by Fireman Creative “Green Workplace Challenge”
• County, Departments, Employees Receiving Honors and Accolades
• Highmark is chosen as winner of the Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge in the large business category
• GASP newsletter “Green Workplace Challenge: 1st Place!”
• GTECH wins the Green Workplace Challenge!”
• Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge Closes Its Third Competition as evolveEA Wins in Small Business Category
• PEC Celebrates Green Workplace Achievements
• A Real Challenge
• Pittsburgh vs. climate change
• Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge winners reduced landfill waste, cut water usage and more

7/18 How sustainable is your favorite Pittsburgh restaurant?

 This week, Sustainable Pittsburgh just made it easier for us to support restaurants that align with our values. The nonprofit has launched the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program, a program that recognizes restaurants that aim for a “triple bottom line” in Southwestern PA. A triple bottom line demands focus not only on profits but also on people and the planet.

http://www.nextpittsburgh.com/next-wave/sustainable-favorite-pittsburgh-restaurant/

7/16 Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program open for business

The possibility that the Pittsburgh region could become a national forerunner in the still-emerging restaurant sustainability movement became a reality July 16.

http://triblive.com/aande/diningout/8755185-74/restaurant-says-sustainable

6/27 Millenials, developers increasingly drawn to Homestead

“We have a great location. We are on the city side of the Squirrel Hill tunnels with very affordable housing. In the early 1900s, when the mills were booming, they built this housing stock to last. It’s close to a walkable business district right on the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail and a number of regional and recreational assets.”

The bike trail is a great draw for many people. Homestead has bike racks and a bike corral provided by Sustainable Pittsburgh.

http://www.post-gazette.com/life/homes/2015/06/27/Millenials-developers-increasingly-drawn-to-Homestead/stories/201506270149

6/16 City of Pittsburgh selects consultant team to assist with Uptown Ecoinnovation District plan

Court Gould, Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh said, “Pittsburgh’s strategic investment in the future of Uptown is a watershed moment in lifting up the principles of sustainable development for lasting prosperity for the benefit of all neighborhoods.  The choice of Interface Studio backs this commitment by deploying a world-class team to address social, economic, and environmental imperatives in this pilot effort to demonstrate the community sustaining impact of the new EcoInnovation District framework.”

http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2015/06/16/city-of-pittsburgh-selects-consultant-team-to-assist-with-uptown-ecoinnovation-district-plan/

6/12 Pittsburgh flexes its sustainability muscle

Establishing management systems and practices, and then reporting publicly to key stakeholders, are key tenets of the process. Ultimately, a company should be able to align its sustainability strategy to its corporate strategy, as well as to its stakeholders’ concerns.

The same approach can be used by a region to identify and prioritize sustainability issues, and then develop and implement initiatives to address them.

Sustainable Pittsburgh and Southwest Pennsylvania are well on their way to achieving this regional level of coordination and execution. As a region, SWPA can tackle material environmental issues such as waste, carbon emissions and water use.

http://www.greenbiz.com/article/pittsburgh-flexes-its-sustainability-muscle

Additional news coverage in 2015

• 5/11 Valley News Dispatch/Trib “Worthington farmers to ‘mentor’ program“
• 5/11 PG “Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood chosen for EcoDistrict plan, study“
• 5/4 PA Environment Digest “Wolf Announces Winners of 2015 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards“
• 4/22 KDKA AM 1020 “I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh Pledge”
• 4/13 PA Environment Digest “Small Businesses to Be Recognized by Duquesne’s Center for Green Industries April 22
• 4/6 PA Environment Digest “Winners of 2015 Western PA Environmental Awards Announced
• 3/30 PA Environment Digest “Sustainable Pittsburgh hosts Interface Inc. at Sustainability Program
• 3/23 PA Environment Digest “Sustainable Pittsburgh: SW Sustainable Communities Invited to Host Cash Mob
• 3/25 WESA”Pittsburgh Organizations To Turn Off Their Lights For Earth Hour“
• 3/23 Trib “Pine Township Earns Sustainable Community Gold“
• 3/20 PG “Sustainable Pittsburgh spruces up its ‘cash mob’”
• 3/20 90.5 WESA “Sustainable Pittsburgh Plans Day of Intentional Shopping“
• 2/24 Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch “Doylestown Township has earned a Gold level certification through the Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification program.”
• February Pittsburgh Magazine “Welcome to the New PGH”
• 2/16 PA Environment Digest “87 Employers Sign Up In Sustainable Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge”
• 2/11 NorthcentralPA.com “87 Employers Sign Up For Sustainable Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge”
• 2/4 Trib “Ross achieves gold status for sustainable efforts”
• 1/25 Trib “Energy-saving tactics pay off in Green Workplace Challenge”
• 1/26 Trib – *upcoming* article on Green Workplace Challenge
• 1/21 NEXTpittsburgh “Green Workplace Challenge: Going Green goes to Work”
• 1/20 PG PowerSource Brief – Green Workplace Challenge
• 1/14 PG Business Brief – Green Workplace Challenge

2014

• 12/19 PGH Biz Times “Power of 32 meeting sets stage for regional plan”
• 12/16-12/17 Pennsylvania Cable Network – full energy event except for breakouts.
• 12/16 PG “Pittsburgh conference seeks input for region’s energy future”
• 12/11 Observer Reporter “Work on regional energy policy powers up”
• 12/7 PG “The Next Page: ‘Power of 32’ Court Gould presents a snapshot of regional energy use and invites a discussion about the future”
• 12/1 Trib “Power plan needs producers”
• 11/28 PGH Biz Times “Power of 32 developing regional plan for ‘energy revolution’”
• 12/11 WESA – “Power of 32 Kicks Off Energy Conference”
• 12/6 WPXI “Talking Pittsburgh” Interviewed: Court Gould – Energy for the Power of 32
• 12/1 WESA – Corporate Social Responsibility reporting; Interviewed: Matt Mehalik
• 12/1 WESA “Essential Pittsburgh” Interviewed: Matt Mehalik – Corporate Social Responsibility reporting
• 12/1 NorthcentralPA.com “Energy For Power Of 32 Unveils Energy Baseline, Plan For Western PA Dec. 11”
• 11/18 NEXTpittsburgh “Pittsburgh energy forum invites the public to raise their voice in region’s first strategic energy plan”
• 11/17 PA Environment Digest Energy For The Power Of 32 Counties, 4 States, 1 Energy Future Dec. 11 In Pittsburgh
• 7/9 PGH City Paper: Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge
• 7/8 PG: University of Pittsburgh steps up energy efficiency programs
• 7/8 PG: DMI Companies decides to walk the walk
• 7/8 PG: Changing Behaviors
• 7/8 PG: From natural light to pen recycling
• 7/8 PG: Getting the LED in
• 7/8 PG: The lab on the sixth floor
• 7/8 PG:East End architecture firm strives for carbon-neutral status
• 7/7 90.5 WESA: Green Workplace Challenge Winners Announced
• 6/27 KQV Live Line Interview “PGH Green Workplace Challenge”

Additional media coverage:

• 6/27 PGH City Paper Green Light: Less Gross, More Green: Measuring progress by more than just money
• 6/7 PG: Expand the Rooney Rule to businesses, too
• 5/19 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Valley News Dispatch: Sustainable Pittsburgh uses survey to help municipalities evaluate policies
• 5/14 Trib: Dormont Cash Mob to spotlight sustainable shops
• 5/13 Next Pittsburgh: Cash Mob comes to Dormont this Saturday
• 4/22 PG PowerSource Voice: Drilling Under Public Parks – Focusing the sustainability lens brings clarity
• 4/22 KDKA Radio 1020 AM Afternoon News: SP Earth Day Activities
• 2/5 Pop City: Idea Foundry launches new accelerator to promote water innovation in Pittsburgh
• January TEQ Magazine: “Get There Faster”

2012

In Print

• 12/14 Pgh Business Times “Green Workplace Challenge benefits go beyond energy savings”
• 12/10 PG “Smart Growth conference in Pittsburgh focuses on transportation, green infrastructure and urban redevelopment financing”
• 11/8 PG “Allegheny County updates rules on air toxics”
• 11/7 PG “Allegheny County Board of Health votes to update air toxics guidelines”
• 10/23 PG “Ross nursing home wins environmental, biking honors”
• 10/19 PG “Green Workplace Challenge: Bayer, Eaton and Evolve come out on top”
• 10/19 Trib “Challenge winners saved energy, cut emissions, recycled”
• 10/18 Pgh Business Times “Bayer, Eaton, evolve win Green Workplace Challenge”
• 6/22 Business Times “Figuring out the ‘Why” key to sustainability efforts“
• 6/21 Business Times Energy Inc. Blog “Green Workplace Challange saves 19 million KWH of energy“
• 6/13 PG “Smart Energy Use event to offer practical sustainability tips“
• 6/13 Pop City “How green is your Business or Company? Sustainable Pittsburgh Tells All June 21st at Phipps”
• 6/11 Tech Burgher “Smart Energy Use Workshop set for June 21“
• 5/16 Pittsburgh City Paper Short List “Sat., -May 19–Outdoors”
• 5/16 Pittsburgh City Paper– Big List “Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/10 Trib “Great Outdoors Week opens Friday”
• 5/10 PG “Great Outdoors Week invites us to get out and enjoy the local resources”
• 5/4 Trib “Kayak Pittsburgh, Venture Outdoors reconnect recreation buffs to outside amenities”
• 4/26 New York Times Green Blog “A Daunting Emissions Quest for U.S. Cities”
• 4/21 Trib “Rapid bus service intended to shorten commutes, boost development”
• 4/19 PG Roundabout Blog “A better way from Downtown to Oakland”
• 4/18 Pop City “Bus rapid transit plans advancing, public review sessions next week”
• 4/12 Trib “Region may have found cure for decades-long ‘brain drain’”
• 3/12 PG “Workshop provides residents with tools to fight blight”

Heard on the Radio

• 12/13 90.5 WESA “PA Transportation Secretary: Comprehensive Plan Forthcoming, Includes all Modes of Transportation”
• 12/13 KQV – Coverage of 12th annual SWPA Smart Growth Conference
• 6/21 KQV – Live Line interview
• 6/18 Essential Public Radio “The Green Workplace Challange and Sustainable Business“
• 5/9 Essential Public Radio “Great Outdoors Week” interview
• 5/3 Essential Public Radio “Business Leaders Call for PAT Funding Solution” interview.
• 5/02 WRCT-FM I Wonder “BRT” interview.
• 3/6 88.3 WRCT “Public Transit: Past, present, and future…”, a co-production between I Wonder… and History for the Future
• 1/12 KQV “Bus Rapid Transit”

Watched on TV

• 12/8 WPXI “IMPACT” – 12th annual SWPA Smart Growth Conference
• 5/12 WPXI “Talking Pittsburgh” Great Outdoors Week
• 5/7 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” Great Outdoors Week
• 3/20 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Walls are Bad – upcoming Spring activities”
• 1/31 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” – Walls are Bad
• 1/13 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” – MLK Jr. Day plus other outdoor activities

Featured Online

• 12/12 Pop City “Smart Growth Conference to focus on transportation, green infrastructure, redevelopment financing”
• 12/6 ImaginePgh blog “VIDEO: Dec. 13 Smart Growth Conference Explores Needs for Sustainable Water & Transportation Infrastructure”
• 11/9 Eaton online newsroom: “Eaton Takes Top Honors in Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge”
• 11/6 Ductmate online newsroom: “Energy Star Certification & Green Workplace Challenge”
• 10/31 evolve:ea blog “Green Workplace Challenge Winners Prominently Featured in Media”
• 10/30 Pittsburgh2030 District “Building Challenge Nets Utility Savings”
• 10/24  Techburgher “Green Workplace Challenge Winners Announced”
• 10/24 Global Links website “Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Workplace”
• 10/23 PCI blog “Allegheny County Competition Saves $119,177 in Reduced Utility Bills”
• 10/23 Allegheny County newsroom “Fitzgerald Announces Winner of Allegheny County Green Building Competition”
• 10/19 Architect Magazine “Morning Roundup: October 19, 2012”
• 10/19 ACC Smart Brief (American Chemistry Council) “Bayer gains recognition from Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge”
• 10/11 Breathe Project website “Green Workplace Challenge Awards Ceremony: Everyone’s A Winner”
• 9/7 Pgh Business Times “Tips on high-performance building strategies”
• 6/13 Pop City “How green is your business or company? Sustainable Pittsburgh tells all June 21st at Phipps”
• 6/20 Bayer Online Newsroom “Bayer to participate in Sustainable Pittsburgh’s “Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate and Clean Air” workshop”
• 3/30 – Bill’s Blog/Peduto for Pittsburgh “New Tools in the Blight Fight: Workshops in Southwestern PA”
• 2/20 – Highmark Environment Page “Highmark participates in the Green Workplace Challenge”
• 1/18 Pop City “CMU awarded $3.5 million grant to develop technologies for transportation safety and efficiency”
• 1/16 City Paper online “After slow start, can bus rapid transit get rolling?”
• 1/11 Pop City “Get There PGH advancing bus rapid transit, to hold public information meeting Thursday”

2011

In Print

• 12/1 PG Letter to the Editor “Transit riders, the time is now to formulate a backup plan”
• 12/5 Trib “Port Authority bosses, union chiefs clamor for extra funding from state”
• 12/9 PG “Smart Growth conference to focus on sustainability”
• 12/14 Trib Former HUD chief Cisneros advises city to think young
• 7/3 PG  “Monaca in Beaver County becomes a model of sustainability”
• 6/20 PG “Bolivia has granted our planet legal rights, but how to enforce them?”
• 6/20 PG “Money concerns stall mayor’s transit plan”
• 6/16 PG “Rapid Transit seen between Downtown and Oakland”
• 6/13 PG  “Regional Planners apply sustainability to transportation”
• 5/29 PG Business Calendar “Sustainability and Healthcare: Making the Business Case”
• 5/27 PG “Health secretary to speak at sustainability conference”
• Summer Issue Pittsburgh Quarterly
• May/June APA Magazine “Now Boarding, the 5:15 Express”
• – 5/19 PG “Great Outdoors Week gives chance to get out and do something … for free”
• 5/18 The Almanac “Allegheny Together welcomes Carnegie, Dormont “
• 5/13- Pgh Tribune-Review- “Great Outdoors Week Opens Today”
• 5/8- PG “Make The Most Out of Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/8 PG “Great Outdoors Week” Listings
• 4/22 PG “Amid World Environment and Earth days, a bevy of events”
• 4/18 University of Dayton News – “Working for a Sustainable Dayton”
• March 2011 North Side Chronicle “Get moving in the city: Great Outdoors Week”
• 1/13 – Trib “Companies thriving in water”
• 1/13 – PG “Wave of business opportuneties awaits Pittsburgh water-related industries”

Heard on the Radio

• 01/12/12 KQV “Bus Rapid Transit”
• 12/13 KQV “Smart Growth Conference”
• 12/5 KDKA – AM – Transportation funding crisis
• 6/10 KQV 1410 AM “Input Sought on Transportation”
• 5/19 WDUQ 90.5 FM “Biking, Climbing Paddling Highlight Outdoors Celebration”
• 4/27 Allegheny Front 25th Anniversary Interviewed: Court Gould

Watched on TV

• 01/13/12 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” – MLK Jr. Day plus other outdoor activities
  
• 01/31/12 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” – Walls are Bad
• 5/12 WPXI “Talking Pittsburgh” Great Outdoors Week Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
• 5/9 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” Great Outdoors Week Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
• 1/17 – KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Walls are Bad”

Featured Online

• 1/18 Pop City “CMU awarded $3.5 million grant to develop technologies for transportation safety and efficiency”
• 1/16 City Paper online “After slow start, can bus rapid transit get rolling?”
• 01/11 Pop City “Get There PGH advancing bus rapid transit, to hold public information meeting Thursday”
• 12/7 Pop City “Smart Growth conference is smart business move”
• 12/1 Imagine Pittsburgh online “Economy League’s Brian Jensen: Why Smart Growth Is Smart Business”
• 12/1 eTEQ “11th Annual SWPA Smart Growth Conference set for December 13”
• 11/14 Imagine Pittsburgh online “Smart Growth Conference Coming Dec. 13
• 6/6 Techburgher Regional Prosperity: How the Region’s Plan Can Impact the Region’s Bottom Line
• 6/10 PG Staff blogs “SPC talking smart growth for region”
• 5/16 Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership “Great Outdoors Week Ten day Weekend”
  
• 5/13 About.com “Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/11 Pittsburgh Urban Media “10th Annual Great Outdoors Week.”
  
• 5/11 Pop City “Marathon is highlight of paddling, pedaling, rowing, running Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/11 Keystone Edge “Get Ready for Southwestern PA’s 10 Day Weekend”
• 5/1- WYEP “Community Connections Page”
• 4/27- E.TEQ “10th Annual Great Outdoors Week”
• 4/27- DCNR “The Resource Newsletter”
• 3/31 PG “Row row row… you just never know”
  
• 3/28 Reuters “Measuring Happiness in Seattle – an Emerging Model”
• 1/19 – Pop City “Water, the next step. Growing a future Pittsburgh industry cluster”

2010

In Print

• 12/30 – Trib “Cranberry to track its energy useage via computer”
• 12/19 – PG Letter to the Editor “A call to action”
  
• 12/8 – “Climate change is about economics, speaker says”
  
• 10/11 Pittsburgh Business Times “Business resources plentiful for reducing carbon footprint”
• 9/27 Trib “Pennsylvania bill targets blight, vacant buildings”
• 9/20 Trib “Sustainable Pittsburgh sponsors milestones competition”
• 9/17 PG “Competition to identify region’s sustainable development”
• 8/24 PG “’Sustainable’ label recognizes area businesses that go green”
• 8/23 Allegheny County Office of the Chief Executive – press release “Onorato Brings Sustainable Business Designation Program to Allegheny Together Communities”
• 7/26 – Trib “Port Authority seeks to shorten travel times on crowded streets”
• 7/17 – PG “Pittsburgh Foundation sees new direction away from city-county consolidation”
• 7/12 – Pitt Chronicle “Pitt’s Hesselbein Global Academy Attracts Students, Business and Government Leaders Worldwide”
• 7/7 – PG “Concentrate on riverfront, Verona sustainability study suggests”
• 6/10 – Pittsburgh City Paper “Green-Talkers”
• 6/3 – PG “World Environment Day conference convenes in Pittsburgh”
• 6/3 – Pittsburgh City Paper “Dampening Debate”
• 5/21 – Pittsburgh Business Times “City living in U.S. on the rise after years of attrition, EPA says”
• 5/20 – PG “Students join in worldwide water discussion”
• 5/20 – Trib “Water conference links schools across globe”
• 5/16 – Trib “Great Outdoors Week brings out the adventure”
• 5/14 – Pgh Business Times “Partners Ron Sabatino, Jason Zadeh push $1B ‘Cool Valley’ project”
• 5/12 – City Paper Short List “Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/11 – PG “City to try to set canoe, kayak record”
• 4/29 – Pittsburgh Business Times “Dollar Bank first-ever presenting sponsor of Three Rivers Arts Festival”
• 4/27 – PG “Around Town: Drive to recycle fuels one question — Was it worth it?”
• 4/14 – PG Op-Ed “Act now on climate change: Pennsylvania can lead the way to ensure America’s energy and national security”
• 4/9 – Trib “Blight hurting Mid-Mon Valley economy”
• April – Pittsburgh Magazine “The New Emerald City”
• 3/24 – PG ‘Walk in the Woods’ picked for next One Book project
• 3/16 – PG “Commentary: Sustainable thinking a proxy for good management”
• 3/16 – PG “A Green checklist”
• 3/16 – PG “Being green comes with a cost”
• 3/16 – PG “Cities have been embracing sustainability movement”
• 3/11 – PG “Organizers of World Environment Day unveil theme of the six-week event”
• 3/7 PG “The Next Page: Midsize cities, big ideas”
• 2/18 – Trib “CMU class aims to help transform needy communities”
• 1/14 – PG “Sustainability expert urges end to habits of consumption”

Heard on the Radio

• WYEP – promos for Great Outdoors Week
• 12/6-7 – WDUQ Interviewed: Matt Mehalik “Energy Efficiency Workshop”
• 12/5 – WDUQ “Peter Calthorpe Broadcast”
• 4/25 – DUQ broadcast of REDS keynote & some Q&A
• 3/11 KQV-AM – World Environment Day
• 3/11 WDUQ – World Environment Day

Watched on TV

• 11/9 – KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Top 5 Trails and Fall Outdoor Activities”
• 8/15 – KDKA – Sunday Business Page “Downtown First”
• 6/21 – KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Walls are Bad” Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
• 5/31 – WQED – onQ, “What’s in the Water” Guest: Court Gould
• 5/31 Pittsburgh Today Live appearance on KDKA Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski 5/26 – PCNC – Impact, “World Environment Day” Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
• 3/11 KDKA-TV – World Environment Day

Featured Online

• 12/3 PG – Walkabout Blog “A Second Chance to hear da man”
  
• 12/3 – Techburger “Champions for Sustainability Workshop Looks at Energy Efficiency”
  
• 11/15 Greentech Media “Networked Regions 2.0: Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Renaissance”
• 10/17 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette City Walkabout Blog “City, region, it’s all the same“
• 10/9 Les Affaires.com “Shale gas: environmentalists want a new tax”
• 10/7 Gapers Block “A Steel Tree: Return to Pittsburgh”
• 9/22 Pop City “Win an iPad! Just tip off Sustainable Pittsburgh about what’s made us a winner”
• 9/1 One Book One Community Blog “Partner Update: Sustainable Pittsburgh 10th Annual Southwestern PA Smart Growth Conference: Regional Collaboration: Investing in Sustainable Communities”
• September – Pittsburgh Regional Alliance PRA Post “October 15 – 10th annual southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference”
• 8/25 Pop City “Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Tipping Points Contest May Aid Next Decade of Pittsburgh Growth”
• 8/23 PG Being Green Blog “Igloo, trees and the past looking forward” (Tipping Points Competition)
• 7/20 – PilotGirl “Spoke Junkies at the OTB”
• Ongoing – Pittsburgh Business Times Business Event Calendar
• 5/19 – Pop City “World Environment Day kicks off with why Water Matters! Register now”
• 5/12 – Pop City “Are you reading this outside? Great Outdoors Week is here”
• 4/21 – Pop City “How green is Pittsburgh? Take the World Environment Day online survey!”
• TheSoulPitt.com “Inclusion in the Workforce”
• PittsburghUrbanMedia.com “Inclusion in the Workforce”
• Government Innovators Network of the Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University ran the 10/18 PG article on “Inclusion in the Workforce”

2009

In Print

• 12/21 – PG “Millions of dollars lost in taxes, investment because of ‘growing crisis’ of blight”
• 12/15 -Trib “Report targets blighted property”
• 10/23 – Trib “Here’s an idea: Check out one of these groups”
• 12/23 PG “Cranberry is going green”
• 10/22 – Reuters “Pennsylvania Business Leaders Release New Report on State Economic Impact of Climate Legislation” 
• 12/21 PG “Millions of dollars lost in taxes, investment because of ‘growing crisis’ of blight”
• 12/16 Trib “Report targets blighted property”
• 11/27 Pittsburgh Business Times, “G-20 begins to pay dividends for Pittsburgh companies”
• 10/19 – PG “Commentary: Mentoring programs can build diversity in management”
• 10/18 – PG “Sustainable Pittsburgh urges work force inclusion”
• 9/26 – Trib “Protesters weigh impact of their carbon footprints”
• 9/26 – Butler Eagle “Cranberry showcases its sustainability”
• 9/23 – Pop City Five Things That Could Dramatically Shape Pittsburgh’s Future
• 9/22 – PG “Envisioning the possible future of climate change”
• 9/17 – PG “Cranberry tells all”
• 9/16 – Pop City “Diversity and inclusion is the key to a prosperous regional workforce, study says”
• 9/9 – PG, Study says inequality causes drag on economy
• 9/9 – PG “Study says inequality causes drag on economy”
• Sept/Oct issue Edible Allegheny –– Walls are Bad/Sustainable Pittsburgh
• September 2009 – ASCE News (Newsletter of the American Society of Civil Engineers Pittsburgh Section
• 7/7/09 – Students From Around the World Flock to Pitt For Leadership Training From Top Professionals
  
• 7/2/09 – Interns at The Heinz Endowments seek applicants for $175,000 in grants
  
• 6/1/7/09 – Engineers glean the latest in green tech at Sustainable Solutions Conference
  
• 5/22/09 – Could it be that we’re shifting toward smart?
  
• 5/15/09 – Great Outdoors Week is an invitation to partake of our rivers and trails
  
• 5/15/09 – Festival will launch new Venture Outdoors programs
  
• 5/10/09 – Great Outdoors Week kicks off Thursday
  
• Outdoors activities focus of 10-day celebration
  
• 4/30/09 – Sussing Sustainability
• 11/19/08 – Civic Organizations press Port Authority and Transit Union to Settle Contract/Avoid Shut Down
• The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and Sustainable Pittsburgh joined Rep. Jake Wheatley, the African American Chamber of Commerce, the Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, and dozens of other community groups in issuing  a Community-wide Statement on Transit Dispute. View a list of organizations that have signed on to the Statement

Heard on the Radio

• 12/15 KQV-AM – Live Line interview of John Kromer re: Blighted and Abandoned Properties
• 12/15 WDUQ-FM – Regional Equitable Development Summit
• 12/15 – DUQ – “Blighted and Abandoned Properties,” Regional Equitable Development Summit
• 12/15/09 – KQV – “Blighted and Abandoned Properties” Live Line Interview
• 11/16/09 – Pittsburgh Business Radio: Former Allegheny County Executive Jim Roddey looks at the influence that “going green” has had on Pittsburgh’s business climate. Jim talks with a number of local business leaders who are currently implementing green technology and resources into their operational strategy
  
• 9/23/09 – WYEP – Allegheny Front “Experts Weigh in on Sustainability of Pittsburgh”
• 9/10/09 – DUQ – “Sustainable Pittsburgh Releases Report” Interviewed:  Lee Hipps
• 8/19/09 DUQ – Greening the G-20
• 5/22/09 DUQ – story about the 9th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
• 5/21/09 DUQ – “9th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference Held”
• 5/15-16/09 DUQ – “Great Outdoors Week”
• 5/14/09 KDKA 1020 – “Great Outdoors Week”
• 4/17/09 DUQ – “One Step at a Time: Student Sustainability Symposium”

Watched on TV

• 11/5/09 WPXI “Our Region’s Business” Interviewed: Lee Hipps (SP Board Chair)
• 10/15/09 WPXI – 6pm Evening news. Interviewed: Matt Mehalik
• 10/5/09 KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Children and Nature” Walls are Bad segment
• 9/11/09 KDKA-TV Pittsburgh Today Live ” Laurel Highlands” Walls are Bad segment
• 8/19/09 KDKA-TV Group Pushes for ‘Green’ Elements to G-20
• 8/14/09 KDKA-TV Pittsburgh Today Live “Bike Fest” Walls are Bad segment
• 7/10/09 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live – Walls are Bad – “Water Trails” Walls are Bad segment
• 5/21/09 PCNC Night Talk, guest appearance “Green Tech/Jobs”
• 5/8/09 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Great Outdoors Week” Walls are Bad segment