SP Spotlight

7-12-2016

Attend the Green Workplace Challenge Workshop on July 29! Competition sign-up period is open

Are you signed up for the Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge (GWC) and ready to get ahead of the competition? Are you interested in competing but want to learn more before …

4-25-2016

Remember Sustainable Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh’s Day of Giving, May 3

Here at Sustainable Pittsburgh, we envision that through an enduring accountability to sustainable development, the region’s communities and businesses will engender a strong economy in which all people live to …

4-18-2016

Celebrating Pittsburgh Earth Day

This week join Sustainable Pittsburgh in being part of a city-wide celebration of Earth Day! Acrobatique Creative, working with the City of Pittsburgh and partners, has developed an exciting agenda …

4-4-2016

Regional Energy Efficiency Efforts: Energy for the Power of 32 Region and Beyond

Sustainable Pittsburgh, on behalf of Energy for the Power of 32, commissioned this white paper on energy efficiency, authored by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The report is …

2-11-2016

Video available: “Need, Opportunities, and Programs to Improve Air Quality and Health in SWPA”

During the Dec. 2 Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge Awards Ceremony, Philip Johnson, Program Director for Science and Environment for The Heinz Endowments, shared dramatic, science-based evidence about the Pittsburgh region’s …

1-25-2016

Sustainability Calling – Feel and Be Part of the Momentum

Sustainable Pittsburgh envisions that through enduring accountability to sustainable development, the region’s communities and businesses will engender a strong economy in which all people live to their potential, are engaged, …

1-22-2016

21 PGH-Area Restaurants Earn Sustainable Designations–and counting!

Kudos to the first 21 restaurants that earned designation as a Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant! Several more are working on their designation. A Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant demonstrates commitment to managing the …

4-23-2015

Commit to a more sustainable Pittsburgh region: Take the “I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh” pledge!

Be recognized for your role in making Pittsburgh the greatest place to live, learn, work and play. Take the “I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh” pledge! See who’s taken the pledge so …

4-3-2015

Sustainable Pittsburgh wins two awards!

Sustainable Pittsburgh is pleased to announce it is recipient of two prestigious awards: the 2015 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award and the 2015 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. The awards recognize SP’s Regional …

4-3-2015

SWPA communities invited to apply to host a cash mob to support their sustainable businesses. Deadline to apply: April 10!

Communities are invited to apply to host a cash mob, for which Sustainable Pittsburgh provides logistical and promotional support to draw attention and customers to business districts and sustainable small …