Straw Forward Project Plastic straws. Convenient, ever-present, handed out like Halloween candy — and not able to be recycled. The most recent estimates say that in the United States alone, hundreds […]
State College Borough Achieves Platinum in Sustainable Community Certification
Kudos to State College Borough! They have earned Platinum Certification, currently the highest performance level in the Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification program. The Borough was previously recognized at the Gold […]
PML Sustainability Conference Covered Topics from Urban Agriculture to Race and Equity
State College, PA, June 5, 2018 Municipal leaders and sustainability professionals from across the Commonwealth gathered in State College last week for the Pennsylvania Municipal League’s (PML’s) third annual Sustainability Conference. […]
SCDN Leadership Forum: Attracting Residents & Building Community Resiliency through Cultivating Diversity
June 26 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm City of Duquesne Municipal Building 12 South Second Street Duquesne, PA 15110 Register Here Light dinner will be served FREE 5:30 pm – Registration opens […]
Introduction to Sustainable Development
by Sustainable Pittsburgh The most widespread, common meaning for the terms “sustainability” and “sustainable development” come from the Brundtland Commission Report from the United Nations. According to this report, sustainable […]
The High Cost of Energy: How a Community Can Protect their Most Vulnerable Residents
People living at or below the poverty line are more likely to live in older housing with leaky windows and doors, and poorly insulated walls that waste energy, saddling them […]