11-16-2017
After four years of eye-popping impacts chalked up by the more than 250 businesses and organizations competing in the Green Workplace Challenge, Sustainable Pittsburgh changed the name of the competition to …
10-26-2017
At Sustainable Pittsburgh we are often asked to name the biggest sustainability issue of the day. The response we increasingly find ourselves giving is the juxtaposed mega forces of money …
10-13-2017
Coalition calls for state leadership to grow Pennsylvania’s clean energy economy COALITION STATEMENT – CLEAN POWER PA HARRISBURG (October 9, 2017) – The Clean Power PA Coalition decried today’s announcement …
9-8-2017
Yesterday’s release of the new Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 2017 report provides timely insight to the fast rise of employment in the clean energy sector. This refers principally to the industries …
9-1-2017
The Post-Gazette editorial board sure has it right with this statement in their August 30th editorial: “Nothing would arrest the city’s economic progress and newly hip image faster than the …
8-24-2017
Sustainable Pittsburgh took time out to observe and reflect on Monday’s eclipse. What was your moment of inspiration? Here are some of ours. “Surrounded by largely uninterested children doing what …
8-10-2017
Since its inception, Sustainable Pittsburgh has been intentional in asserting the depth of what sustainable community development is all about. The story of the Tragedy of the Unregulated Commons was …
8-3-2017
As the balance of power shifts from federal to local entities, America’s states and metros are increasingly called upon to take charge of their destinies. In the new world order, …
7-27-2017
Our Commonwealth is in precarious fiscal straits. Facing upwards of a $2 billion deficit, the Republican-controlled legislature, loath to consider new taxes, but facing the crushing reality of budget imbalance, …
7-20-2017
In the quest for building great communities, leaders in Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network focus on solving problems and capitalizing on opportunities, both of which are many. Among challenges …
7-14-2017
Climate consciousness got a boost this week as two cataclysmic events raised new levels of alarm. New York Magazine‘s Uninhabitable Earth article whipped up a frenzy of discussion, while the …
7-6-2017
In a resource-constrained world, consumerism is the elephant in the room. The good news is that when we do make purchases, the choices in where we shop and what we …
