Sustainable Pittsburgh

Environmental Film Series: Right to Harm
2020-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Phipps Conservatory - Botany Hall Auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens on Fri., Jan. 17 from 7 – 9 p.m. in the Botany Hall Auditorium at Phipps for a screening of Right to Harm. Through the riveting stories of five rural communities, Right to Harm exposes the devastating public health impact factory farming has on many disadvantaged citizens throughout the United States. Filmed across the country, the documentary chronicles the failures of state agencies to regulate industrial animal agriculture. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – or CAFOs – these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroys the quality of life for nearby neighbors. Fed up with the lack of regulation, these disenfranchised citizens band together to demand justice from their legislators.

Understanding Unconscious Bias: Avoiding the Traps, Making Better Decisions
2020-01-22 09:00 - 14:00 | Duquesne University Power Center Ballroom, 1015 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
DBA Training Solutions has partnered with the Corporate Equity Inclusion Roundtable (CEIR), BPEP, and Duquesne University to provide our 5-hour Unconscious Bias workshop on Wednesday, January 22nd. Our workshops are led by a team of trainers who utilize a combination of lecture, videos, and group exercises as they take a deeper dive into the science behind bias and help attendees make better, more informed decisions in their personal and professional lives. Our training is relevant, engaging, and delivered in an eye-opening and non-accusatory presentation.
Fore more information, please visit our website at www.dbatrainingsolutions.com

Women of Color in Pennsylvania Politics: Ready to Run Pittsburgh Pre-Conference Session
2020-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Chatham University Shadyside Campus, Mellon Building, 1 Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials, and policy experts.

*This session is part of the Ready to Run Campaign Training Conference.

Racial Justice Summit
2020-01-25 00:00 - 2020-01-26 23:59 | Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
The Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit is a two-part event. The Opening Ceremony is on Friday night at Union Project, and the Summit is a full day of workshops on Saturday. Register for the Summit on this page, and register for the Opening Ceremony here.
The Summit workshops and panels will be held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Doors open at 8:00 am and there will be a continental breakfast. The event begins at 9 am. Lunch is also provided.
Looking forward to seeing you there! Our theme this year is 1492-2020: Decolonize Our Histories to Reclaim Our Humanity. America’s wealth is built on stolen land, by the labor of stolen people. Our legacy is one of genocide, enslavement, oppression and intergenerational trauma.
The Summit’s goal is to underscore the necessity and importance of critically re-evaluating our respective histories, specifically colonization, how it has caused widespread dehumanization and exploitation throughout global and local history, and its link to modern racial justice issues. Workshops and panels will confront historical and modern racial issues, including social, economic, political, immigration, and environmental justice.
Registration proceeds are used to cover the cost of hosting the Summit and for the Jonny Gammage Scholarship Fund. We ask that those with access to more resources pay more and thus provide the cushion for those with less access to pay less, creating a sustainable economic underpinning for the conference.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Thank you for your commitment to justice.

Ready to Run Campaign Training for Women Pittsburgh 2020
2020-01-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Chatham University Shadyside Campus, Mellon Building, 1 Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials, and policy experts.

Building Operator Event: Growing and Retaining Your Facilities Workforce
2020-01-29 11:00 - 14:00 | Grand Concourse, 100 West Station Square Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Are you looking for ways to fill your workforce gap? This luncheon will provide strategies to grow your facilities operations & maintenance workforce and keep them engaged.
Limited seats! This free lunch is open to all Pennsylvania facilities operations and maintenance staff, especially those that work in the following sectors in PA: K-12 school districts, local/municipal government, state government, and colleges and universities.
Building Operator Certification (BOC) graduates: Please bring a facilities coworker with you to this event! (Must register separately.) Also, by attending this lunch, you will earn 1.5 continuing maintenance points.
Agenda:
11 a.m. – Sign in and networking
11:30 a.m. – Lunch buffet
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. – Featured speakers will present insider strategies to “Growing and Retaining Your Facilities Workforce”
Featured speakers:
John Tooley, Senior Building Science Consultant with Advanced Energy — Attracting, Developing and Retaining Superior Employees
Alison Diehl, Director of the National Sustainable Structures Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology — Upcoming grant-funded building operator training opportunities in PA

Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice
2020-01-29 12:00 - 13:30 | University of Pittsburgh, Room 2017, Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Scott Seider, EdD & Daren Graves, EdD

Scott Seider: Associate Professor of Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College
Daren Graves: Associate Professor of Education Coordinator, Boston Teachers Union Pilot School Program, Simmons University

The authors’ new book will be available for sale and signing.

2017 Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Lunch is provided.
No registration is required.
Space is limited.
Livestream available via our website.

Energy Smart Operations: From Fleets to Facilities
2020-01-30 08:00 - 12:30 | Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green, 4000 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
**THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.**
Hosted by Sustainable Pittsburgh, “Energy Smart Operations: From Fleets to Facilities” is a forum tailored for businesses, nonprofits, universities, and municipal community leaders who are seeking funding, financing, and procurement options for their energy smart solutions.
Speakers include:

Will Bernstein, City of Pittsburgh
Matt Mahoney, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
Mike Carnahan, Scalo Solar
Mike Cherock, AE Works
John McCabe, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum
Sarah Olexsak, Duquesne Light
Aurora Sharrard, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Nick DeSalvo, Lafayette College, representing the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges

Conversations on energy reduction, carbon emission reduction, and renewable energy will be featured, as well as an optional tour of Mill 19, a former brownfield site revolutionized into a green facility.
DATE: Thursday, January 30, 2020
TIME:

8:00 am – Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am – Program
11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Optional Tour

LOCATION: Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green

Thanks to our sponsors:

Inspire Speakers Series: Inspirational Stories on the Intersections of Climate, Equity, and Health
2020-01-30 16:30 - 19:00 | Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium at the Kaufmann Center, 1825 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Green Building Alliance’s first Inspire Speakers Series of the decade will engage local leaders and changemakers to tell their inspiring stories of the Intersections of Climate, Equity, and Health. Their amazing storytellers will recount their experiences throughout each topic, showing the symbiotic harmony between climate, equity, and health.

4:30-5:30 – Food, Drinks, and Networking
5:30-7:00 – Presentations by our Storytellers
7:00 – Q&A Session, Networking with Storytellers

Home Energy Efficiency Fair
2020-02-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Frick Environmental Center
Do you struggle to keep your home warm in the winter? Do you find yourself dreading high energy bills in the colder months? Are you ready to learn more and finally combat the challenges of an inefficient home.
Conservation Consultants, Inc. has partnered with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy in organizing its 3rd Annual Energy Efficiency Fair, to be held on February 9, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., at the Frick Environmental Center. Experts will be on hand to answer homeowner questions. Equipment and materials used in home efficiency improvements will be on display. You may even be quizzed on your building science prowess. The event is kid friendly, and participants can hope to win a free energy audit ($400 value) in a raffle.

Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward Program: Downtown
2020-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Penn State Center
The next Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward program will run from March – July 2020. Training includes 40 hours of instruction on 19 topics.
Classes will be held Tuesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 PM at 3 county parks plus 4 Saturday field study classes starting at 9:00 AM at other locations.
Look under “Do you really want to be a Master Watershed Steward?” for the online application. To learn more, attend a Regional Informational Meeting (see below) or contact Mary Wilson at 412-482-3464 or mpw5625@psu.edu.
Regional Informational Meetings
A series of public meetings will be held around Allegheny County in February to introduce individuals and organizations interested in watersheds and conservation to the Master Watershed Steward Program.

Monday, Feb. 10
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Penn State Center, Downtown Pittsburgh

Tuesday, Feb. 11
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Monroeville Public Library, Monroeville

Thursday, Feb 13
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Moon Twp. Municipal Bldg., Moon Twp.

Tuesday, Feb. 18
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon

Walk-ins welcome but advance registration is appreciated.
Please e-mail Mary Wilson at mpw5625@psu.edu to register to attend.

Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward Program: Monroeville
2020-02-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Monroeville Public Library
The next Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward program will run from March – July 2020. Training includes 40 hours of instruction on 19 topics.
Classes will be held Tuesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 PM at 3 county parks plus 4 Saturday field study classes starting at 9:00 AM at other locations.
Look under “Do you really want to be a Master Watershed Steward?” for the online application. To learn more, attend a Regional Informational Meeting (see below) or contact Mary Wilson at 412-482-3464 or mpw5625@psu.edu.
Regional Informational Meetings
A series of public meetings will be held around Allegheny County in February to introduce individuals and organizations interested in watersheds and conservation to the Master Watershed Steward Program.

Tuesday, Feb. 11
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Monroeville Public Library, Monroeville

Thursday, Feb 13
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Moon Twp. Municipal Bldg., Moon Twp.

Tuesday, Feb. 18
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon

Walk-ins welcome but advance registration is appreciated.
Please e-mail Mary Wilson at mpw5625@psu.edu to register to attend.

People + Place + Policy Winter Symposium
2020-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Beaver Falls Middle School Auditorium, 1601 8th Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA, United States
Join Beaver County Local Governments on February 13th as local government officials and citizens learn together from a local, regional and national perspective on what it means to work collaboratively on community development through our developing our people, place identity, and policy-making.
Keynote Speaker:
Majora Carter, Majora Carter Group/Sustainable South Bronx

Negro Leagues Centennial Commemoration
2020-02-13 18:00 - 20:30 | Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA, United States
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Negro League baseball, the Heinz History Center is partnering with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Josh Gibson Foundation, and Carnegie Museum of Art to host an engaging panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 13.
The date marks exactly 100 years since the Negro National League – the first African American professional baseball league – was established at a YMCA in Kansas City, Mo.
The Negro League Centennial Commemoration at the History Center will examine the legacy and impact of the Negro Leagues here in Pittsburgh with an all-star panel featuring:

Al Oliver, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star outfielder and member of the 1971 World Series Champion team
Sean Gibson, executive director, Josh Gibson Foundation; great-grandson of the legendary slugger
Rob Ruck, professor of history, University of Pittsburgh; author of “Raceball”
Samuel W Black, director of the African American Program at the Heinz History Center
Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Teenie Harris Archive Specialist, Carnegie Museum of Art

The panel will be moderated by Pittsburgh Pirates play-by-play announcer Joe Block.
The event will also showcase the world of Negro League baseball through the images of legendary Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris, courtesy of the Teenie Harris Archive at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
As home to two of the Negro League’s most dominant teams – the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords – Pittsburgh was once the center of Negro League baseball. The legacy of the city’s Negro League teams is evident inside the walls of Cooperstown, as 15 players from the Grays and Crawfords are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The event includes access to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, where visitors can see that legacy on display, including a rare Homestead Grays uniform, a glove worn by legendary hurler Satchel Paige, and a lifelike figure of Josh Gibson.

ADMISSION
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.
Admission to this event is FREE and includes access to all six floors of History Center exhibitions. Pre-registration by Feb. 7 is required.

Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward Program: Moon Twp
2020-02-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Moon Township Municipal Building, 1000 Beaver Grade Rd., Moon Township, PA|PA
The next Allegheny County Master Watershed Steward program will run from March – July 2020. Training includes 40 hours of instruction on 19 topics.
Classes will be held Tuesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 PM at 3 county parks plus 4 Saturday field study classes starting at 9:00 AM at other locations.
Look under “Do you really want to be a Master Watershed Steward?” for the online application. To learn more, attend a Regional Informational Meeting (see below) or contact Mary Wilson at 412-482-3464 or mpw5625@psu.edu.
Regional Informational Meetings
A series of public meetings will be held around Allegheny County in February to introduce individuals and organizations interested in watersheds and conservation to the Master Watershed Steward Program.

Thursday, Feb 13
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Moon Twp. Municipal Bldg., Moon Twp.

Tuesday, Feb. 18
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon

Walk-ins welcome but advance registration is appreciated.
Please e-mail Mary Wilson at mpw5625@psu.edu to register to attend.
