Sustainable Pittsburgh

Harnessing Digital Solutions to Improve Product Sustainability and Supply Chain Transparency
2020-04-21 14:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Stakeholder influence continues to pressure organizations to improve sustainability measures within their operations and across the supply chain. Investors, shareholders, customers, and regulatory bodies demand more transparency in how products and packaging are manufactured. In response, organizations are reaching upstream into their supply chain to better understand the entire value stream.
Join this webinar to understand how digital transformation can enable an organization to address these complexities through cross-functional collaboration, process optimization, and a management systems approach.
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 30 minutes

Youth Climate Strike
2020-04-22 00:00 - 12:00 | PA
Due to COVID-19, the April 22 strike will no longer be an in-person strike.
INSTEAD, we will be streaming on Instagram 24 hours of climate-related activities and discussions on April 22, 2020 starting at midnight.
Just because we can’t take it to the streets doesn’t mean we can’t be effective!
Stay safe and stay at home!

50th Anniversary of Earth Day
2020-04-22 00:00 - 23:59 | PA

GBA’s Virtual Sunrise Celebration for Earth Day
2020-04-22 07:30 - 08:30 | PA
Join Green Building Alliance as we welcome the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, shortly after sunrise. Together, we’ll greet the day with hope: hope for progress; hope for our future; and hope for the healing of humans and the environment.
Grab your coffee or tea and “meet” us wherever you can catch a glimpse of the morning sun – on your porch, by a window, or any cozy spot. When this event is over, we hope you’ll be inspired and energized to take on this special day in a meaningful way.

Virtual Story Time
2020-04-22 10:30 - 13:00 | PA
Story Time is going online! Join us each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. for a 15-minute Story Time and receive a link to a fun activity that you can complete at home. Each week, we will share a new story and activity!

Leadership Strategies in Sustainability Webinar
2020-04-23 00:00 - 2020-04-24 23:59 | Online
This two-day webinar course covers everything from supply chain resilience to energy management to employee engagement, and participants will leave with knowledge of a suite of tools to support evidence-based decision-making across the board to guide their organizations in assessing, analyzing, and increasing sustainable measures. They will be able to bring back to their organizations the latest strategies in understanding metrics and systems, analyzing risks, and identifying processes and frameworks to use in integrating sustainability into business planning and implementation.
Course Date: April 23-24 2020, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Fee: $1000
Location: Zoom – Eden Hall Campus, Esther Barazzone Center, Room 127/128, 6035 Ridge Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044
More information is available at https://www.falkexecutive.chatham.edu/.

Ensuring and Communicating Takeout-Food Safety Amid COVID-19
2020-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 | PA
Through this uncertain period of economic upheaval and life disruption, the role of businesses and organizations that provide food for consumers is ever more critical. For restaurants, it’s imperative that proper safety precautions are being taken — to increase consumer confidence, as well as to protect them, employees, delivery drivers, and the livelihood of the business.
Join Sustainable Pittsburgh for a free webinar to learn safety tips and best practices that can be implemented at your establishment to ensure that safety remains paramount during this time.

Hear from Sherree Goldstein, owner of Square Cafe, about how she’s successfully adapted business operations to meet these needs and communicated her efforts to customers.
Get your safety questions answered by experts from the Food Safety Division of the Allegheny County Health Department and learn how they can support safe operations of your business, especially now in response to the COVID crisis.

Who should attend? SWPA restaurants providing delivery and take-out services and those that plan to during the COVID-19 crisis

CANCELED Sustainable Business Breakfast
2020-04-24 08:00 - 10:00 | Fairmont Hotel, 510 Market St
Partnering with CEOs for Sustainability and The Allegheny Conference, the 6th Annual Sustainable Business Breakfast continues to have sell-out attendance with industry leaders speaking about business-to-business and business-to-consumer green best practices.

This year, the event will take place at The Fairmont.

It’s easy to say we are going to commit to being a sustainable business, but what does it take to put this commitment into action? This year, Pittsburgh’s leaders in corporate and community sustainability will discuss what it takes to implement sustainable practices and how to connect to global sustainability goals. Local business leaders will talk about ways, both large and small, that they are transforming their companies and communities into shining examples of sustainability.

2020 Panelists:

Moderator: Bill Flanagan, The Allegheny Conference

Joylette Portlock, Sustainable Pittsburgh

Steve Malnight, Duquesne Light

CB Bhattacharya, University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business

Rebecca Lucore, Covestro

Scott Lammie, UPMC Health Plan

Steve Tonsor, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Cara Mercil, Giant Eagle

Sustainable Business Breakfast is sponsored by Duquesne Light, Covestro, Pitt Ohio, Port Authority, Alcosan, BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh Magazine, Next Pittsburgh, Entercom, Allegheny Conference, Sustainable Pittsburgh, 412 Food Rescue.

CANCELED Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Earth Day 2020 at Frick Environmental Center
2020-04-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Frick Environmental Center
At the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, every day is Earth Day! In honor of international Earth Day, hundreds of Pittsburgh neighbors come to Frick Park for our free community celebration.
In the spirit of Earth Day, we encourage all event-goers to consider biking, carpooling, or busing to these events. Reusable water bottles are also recommended. In the case of inclement weather, check back here for event cancellation information.
We strive to make our programs accessible to everyone. Inquire about disability accommodations for these events by contacting Patty Himes at 412-586-4576 ext 107 or phimes@pittsburghparks.org. Requests need to be made one week before events take place.

CANCELED Earth to Table Dinner
2020-04-26 18:30 - 21:30 | Kingfly Spirits, 2613 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Benefits The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Sunday, April 26th at Kingfly Spirits
We all know that exciting and authentic cuisine is part of the DNA of Pittsburgh with some of the finest chefs who are nationally recognized and award winning.
In celebration of Pittsburgh Chefs and Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants, local chefs will be pairing up with farmers/local purveyors at Kingfly Spirits as guests rove through the event for tasting courses highlighting Sustainable Pittsburgh certified restaurants:
DiAnoia’s
Monterey Bay Fish Grotto
Bridges & Bourbon
Station
Spirit & Tales
Bistro to Go
ShuBrew
Or, The Whale
Plus, enjoy tasty beverages from Kingfly Distillery, She Brew and Blume Honey Water.

Portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Earth to Table is sponsored by Duquesne Light, Table Magazine, Entercom, and Kingfly Spirits, Farm to Table

Expanding a Sustainable Art Practice with Technology Webinar
2020-04-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Learn about how technology, such as large-format archival printing, 3-D scanning, and 3-D printing, can enhance the quality of your artwork, increase production, and execute sustainable practices.
Technology is a driving force in the history of artmaking and helps shape art forms and practices. In this workshop, regardless of your tech savviness, you will join artist Fran Flaherty to learn how technology can improve the quality of your artwork and increase productivity. Attendees will learn the following:

use large-format archival printing, 3-D printing, and 3-D scanning to enhance the quality of your work
how technology can increase production
how to execute sustainable practices
learn about artists using the same methods

City Nature Challenge
2020-04-29 00:00 - 23:59 | PA
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made some modifications to the City Nature Challenge to help keep our organizers and participants safe. Firstly, this year’s CNC is no longer a competition. Instead, we want to embrace the healing power of nature and encourage the collaborative aspect of the CNC. This will allow people to safely document biodiversity in whatever way they can, even from the safety of their own homes if necessary. We urge all participants to carefully follow public health guidelines provided by your local governments, as they are changing in real-time. Individual safety and public health are our utmost priority. Please refer to our COVID-19 FAQ page for more information.

Chapter 91 Manure Management | An Introduction for Municipalities
2020-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Learn the basics of Manure Management regulations for PA and how that information can benefit your municipality ! Plus, learn what resources and expertise ACCD can bring to livestock operations near you.

Ready to Vote: Educating Pennsylvania's Workforce About Election Changes
2020-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 | PA
Please join us on Wednesday, April 29 at 4pm ET for a statewide webinar to discuss the importance of Pennsylvania’s historic, bipartisan Act 77 election reforms for the 2020 elections, the more recent Act 12 to postpone the PA Primary Election, and how the Commonwealth’s business community can make sure employees know how and when they can cast their ballots this year.

Sustainable Pennsylvania Communities - Tools to Improve Community Resilience
2020-04-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
The Sustainable Pennsylvania Community Certification is a voluntary performance recognition program designed to support leaders seeking to improve resilience and sustainability in their municipality. More than 108 municipalities across the state have used the tool to learn about and incorporate sustainability into their policies and practices. This webinar will review the resilience tools that were created for this Energy Resilience Series and how they are being incorporated into the actions of the Sustainable PA program. The webinar will also discuss scope of new resilience actions, assessments, tools, and resources included for communities in the updated Sustainable PA program and their importance.
