How the Produce Industry Built Resilience During Changing Times
2020-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Presented by GreenBiz
The produce industry has long been building resiliency through sustainability strategies. Hear from members of the industry including Jeff Scott from Kwik Lok, Anabella De Freeman from Walmart and Mike Thomsen from Second Harvest Food Bank as they describe how the produce industry’s integration of sustainable practices have made their organizations more resilient – especially in times of great change like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resilient Green Space: How Municipalities Can Make Green Space Pay for Itself
2020-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 | LGA Online
Research shows that green spaces are critical infrastructure for resilient cities. This presentation will provide resources for traditional and novel funding sources to reduce taxpayer burden for these projects and potentially create funding streams, and will touch upon new non-traditional funding mechanisms. Instructor—Alyson Fearon, Senior Director of Community Conservation & Resiliency, Allegheny Land Trust.

National E-Mobility Equity Virtual Conference
2020-11-12 00:00 - 2020-11-13 23:59 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Forth and EVNoire are proud to present the National E-Mobility Equity Virtual Conference. The conference will explore and facilitate conversations around strategies and best practices for engaging diverse communities often hit worst and first by air pollution caused by transportation.
The conference will share current research and discuss case studies on economic development opportunities and jobs created by new transportation technologies, as well as efforts to ensure that frontline communities have access to these opportunities.

CitiesAlive Conference
2020-11-15 00:00 - 2020-11-18 23:59
CitiesAlive® is North America’s leading forum to discuss benefits and strategies of green roof and wall design, installation, and maintenance. This interdisciplinary conference features presentations on research, design, and policy. Every year this conference focuses on a specific sustainability topic that can be addressed with green roofs and walls. This event also serves as host to the annual Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence program, celebrating outstanding green roof and wall design projects, ground-breaking research, influential sustainability advocates, and supportive organizations.
Learn more at citiesalive.org
Green Roofs For Healthy Cities
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is the North American Green Roof & Wall Association working to develop and protect the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development and celebrations of excellence.
Green Infrastructure Foundation
Green Infrastructure Foundation (GIF) responds to the need for greater awareness and resources to promote the design, installation, and maintenance of green infrastructure in local communities. GIF is a tax-exempt, charitable 501(c)(3).

The History and Value of Integrated Regional Water Planning
2020-11-18 12:00 - 13:00
Integrated Water Resource Planning (IWRP) has become a popular means of addressing interdependent environmental and regulatory needs in a coordinated, cost-effective way. An overview of Integrated Planning (history and processes), relevant but often competing motivations such as flooding, pollution reduction plans, surface water quality, droughts, etc., and examples will be discussed on prospective benefits of regional integrated planning.

Presented by: Brown and Caldwell

November 18, 2020
12:00-1:00

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Changes in Health Care & Municipal Obligations
2020-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 | LGA Online
This session will review and explain the implications of COVID-19 on the health care insurance market in Pennsylvania. It will examine usage statistics, cost increases, premium credits and other factors of which plan sponsors should be aware. Additionally, as municipalities begin their budgeting process for 2021, this session will provide a road map for municipalities to plan for future health care costs as well as explore opportunities for savings both in the short-term and foreseeable future. Instructor—Michael Boyd, CEBS, President and CEO, Benegration

MCSI Green Speakeasy Virtual Happy Hour
2020-11-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Presented by the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation:
This virtual presentation and happy hour will feature Dr. Harold Rickenbacker on Making the Invisible Visible: developing hyperlocal air monitering networks to better inform policy development and enactment.

Shop Small Saturday
2020-11-28 00:00 - 23:59
Every time you pick up a coffee at your local café, grab lunch at the mom-and-pop shop, or buy a new bag from a local store, you’re making an impact in your community. In fact, for every dollar spent at a small business in the U.S., approximately 67 cents stays in the local community.

Learn more here!

CRSP Speaker Series
2020-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Presented by the University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems.
Featured Speaker: Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Healing Racial Trauma: Racial Socialization as a Clinical Strategy for Black Youth
In this CRSP Lecture Dr. Riana Anderson will discuss her pioneering work on using a clinical racial socialization intervention to support Black families in coping with racial trauma in their lives.

Say HY-drogen to Our Decarbonized Future
2020-12-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Presented by GreenBiz.
The world is betting on clean hydrogen – but will applying it to decarbonization efforts come up short? Hydrogen is a clean and versatile energy carrier that can be used as a fuel for power, transport and industrial use. These qualities make hydrogen potentially significant in addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the hard-to-decarbonize sectors of the global energy system. However, for hydrogen to make an impact on energy transitions, significant advances are needed. Investment by industry, enabled by supportive government policy, will allow the rollout of hydrogen technology at the scale required to deliver on its potential, but also to achieve cost reductions. Yet, a detailed strategy and solution for large-scale decarbonization is still largely unexplored.

How AI and Robotics are Transforming Recycling
2020-12-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Presented by GreenBiz.
The challenges facing recycling in the U.S. may seem daunting but cross-sector collaboration is providing a path forward on many of its toughest issues. This kind of collaboration – CPG companies working hand-in-hand with technological innovators, MRF operators and investors – will be critical to solving logjams and current hurdles to improving recycling in the United States. Leaders from AMP Robotics, GFL Environmental, Keurig Dr Pepper and Sidewalk Infrastructures sit down to discuss how their work together is bringing about much needed change to our recycling systems and how this collaborative systems approach proves the power of cross-sector action to address critical issues.

YWCA Inauguration Watch Party
2021-01-20 11:45 - 14:00 | Virtual
Presented by: YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
In consideration for the historic inauguration of the FIRST woman of color to be elected Vice-President of the United States, YWCA USA will be hosting a watch party that is open to the public.

23rd Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
2021-01-22 00:00 - 2021-01-23 23:59 | Virtual
Presented by: The Black & White Reunion
Rise, Revolt, Repeat: Building Sustained Movements for Justice
The Racial Justice Summit, formerly known as the Summit Against Racism, is a flagship event for Pittsburgh organizers. The Summit creates opportunities for attendees to learn, connect, and act on behalf of racial justice.

Creating a Just Community Program
2021-01-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
Presented by the University of Pittsburgh.
Please join us as we recognize the Center for Race and Social Problems and Dr. Yolanda Covington-Ward for their outstanding efforts in creating a more just, equitable, and inclusive Pitt community.
The program will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Elayne Arrington, the first African American woman to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the School of Engineering, and remarks from Chancellor Pat Gallagher, Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement Kathy Humphrey, and Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Clyde Pickett.

First Peoples Past & Present: Native Health and Voting Power
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:30
Pittsburgh is known as a city with a rich colonial past, but the Native American perspective is often lost in the retelling of this history. Thus, our students (many of whom are from Pittsburgh and broader Pennsylvania), as well as the Pittsburgh community would greatly benefit from learning about the Native people who once lived here and the Native community that now calls this city their home.
This event series will focus on elucidating the Native American past and present in Pittsburgh and across the United States. Beginning with a panel presentation speaking to the current health crisis’ effects on Native communities and the resiliency of Native people, this series will go on to examine topics like the intersection of Black and Native histories and genealogies..
First Peoples Past & Present: Native Health and Voting Power
Wednesday, January 27, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Registration: RSVP form
Panelists:

Gregory Evans Dowd, PhD – Professor of History and American Culture, University of Michigan
Kimberly R. Huyser, PhD – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia.

Moderators:

Alaina E. Roberts, PhD – Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
Mario C. Browne, MPH, CDP – Director, Office of Health Sciences Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Schools of the Health Sciences | Interim Associate Dean of Equity, Engagement, and Justice, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by the Office of Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Questions? – Contact mcb77@pitt.edu
