Sustainable Pittsburgh

Setting Up Your Web Store Presence During COVID-19
2020-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
There are several options to sell both products and services online. During COVID-19, we’re assessing all of the options. Join us in this Setting Up Your Web Store Presence Webinar Series as we work through different options and strategies to create quick and easy online stores.
This webinar series features the following topics:
Selecting the best digital platform. Understand your quick and easy options of Squarespace,
Facebook Store and Shopify.
Choosing the appropriate hosting plan
Setting up the perfect domain name
How to build your e-commerce store to attract the perfect customer
Collecting payments
How to get your new web store found and on the map

Participants will also receive a workbook and Q&A time with our webinar presenter, Toya Wilson-Smith, CMO of NexGeneration Mobile Marketing, to help implement the strategies.
This is a two part series:
– Part 1: Tuesday April 7, 2020 | 12:00pm-12:45pm
– Part 2: Thursday April 9, 2020 | 12:00pm-12:45pm
Join the Facebook event to stay up to date https://www.facebook.com/events/307640350210873/

Time
Apr 7, 2020 12:00 PM
Apr 9, 2020 12:00 PM

UPMC Passavant's Shred-A-Thon
2020-04-04 09:00 - 12:00 | UPMC Passavant
Safely and securely dispose of unwanted documents AND help the environment, thanks to UPMC Passavants’s mobile paper shredding vehicle.
Limit 6 boxes per customer.
Location: UPMC Passvant, Green Lot, 9100 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237

CANCELED Industry Forum on Energy Efficiency
2020-04-03 00:00 - 23:59 | Navy Yard, 4747 S Broad St #120, Philadelphia, PA 19112, PA, United States
Presented by the Energy Efficiency Alliance.
The full-day forum on Friday, April 3rd, 2020, will feature breakout sessions in three tracks: Healthcare, Food Services, and Higher Education. By focusing on the specific and unique concerns of the three most energy-intensive industries, this event will bring best practices for energy savings and sustainability to the forefront.
The agenda for this year’s event prioritizes networking. We’ll kick things off the night before, with cocktails and conversation amid the bustling exhibitor hall. The agenda for the full event on the following day offers half hour breaks between sessions and extended mealtimes so that attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors can make the connections they need to grow their businesses and the industry at large.

CANCELED Local Food Matchup
2020-03-31 16:00 - 19:00 | Millvale Food and Energy Hub, 112 E. Sherman Street, Millvale, PA, United States
This FREE event aims to help regional food-based businesses create new relationships and connect with resources to help support a vibrant sustainable local food system.
Who should attend:
Farmers, Growers, Food/Beverage Producers,
Institutional Buyers, Retailers, Restaurants, and
Service/Resource Providers.
Where:
Millvale Food + Energy Hub
112 E Sherman St, Millvale, PA 15209
http://bit.ly/LocalFoodMatchup2020

International Association of Culinary Professionals Conference
2020-03-27 00:00 - 2020-03-29 23:59 | Omni William Penn Hotel, 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
You’re invited to the 42nd Annual IACP Conference, happening March 27-29, 2020 in Pittsburgh. You can count on immersive, hands-on programming, inspirational talks, delicious bites and tons of networking.
Pittsburgh residents can receive a discounted ticket price of $199 each day (Saturday and Sunday.) Pittsburgh resident tickets can be found here.

Business Survival Tactics During Coronavirus Webinar
2020-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Social Venture Circle hosts this interactive webinar led by Josh Knauer on business survival tactics during coronavirus.
Josh Knauer, JumpScale Co-Founder and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, will provide expertise on business crisis management, having successfully led two companies to successful exits through several economic recessions, 9/11 and the H1N1 pandemic.

Time

Mar 25, 2020 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Sustainability & Health: Partners by Nature Webinar
2020-03-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
On Tuesday, March 24th, from 10-11:30 a.m., the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (PERC), Penn State’s Sustainability Institute, the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the Villanova School of Nursing are co-hosting a webinar on the intersection of sustainability and public health in Pennsylvania. This call will introduce frameworks of sustainability and the social determinants of health and open a discussion on how we can build collaborations across organizations working in these fields going forward.

CANCELED Steel Chef 2020 Cookoff
2020-03-23 17:00 - 20:30 | Father Ryan Arts Center, 420 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA, United States
Steel Chef is an annual, 11-week program that provides teens the tools and education they need to prepare healthier foods while teaching them entry-level skills needed to work in restaurant kitchens. The program serves as a career pathway to the restaurant industry.

Join Focus On Renewal and Heritage Valley Hospital, for the culinary competition of 2019! Watch a group of Pittsburgh teens and local chefs as they battle it out chef-style on stage to determine who has what it takes to win the coveted title of “Steel Chef”.

There will be three teams of one chef per team. Jr Chefs have been training since January to develop the necessary basic prep and sous chef skills in order to compete. Competitors for the “Steel Chef” title will be rated and determined by local celebrity judges — Kevin Sousa of Superior Motors, Keyla Cook of Casa Brasil, and Mark Snyder of C2E2L. The event will be held at the Father Ryan Arts Center theater in McKees Rocks. Come see what’s cooking!!

Our Chef Mentors/Competitors:

Chef Natalie DeiCas from Everyday’s A Sunday + Café
Chef Zach Mitcham from Hyatt Regency bellfarm kitchen
Chef Claudy Pierre from Arnold’s Tea
Ticket prices includes soft drinks and small bites from local restaurants and caterers

420 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136

$25

Proceeds from competition ticket sales will help provide and expand future Steel Chef programming.

CANCELED: CMU Energy Week
2020-03-23 00:00 - 2020-03-27 23:59 | Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
As of 3/13/20 this event has been canceled.
CMU Energy Week, now in its fifth year, draws CEOs, entrepreneurs, government leaders, academic experts and students together to discuss ways to advance energy technologies and innovations around the world. Attendees trade expertise, connect to form partnerships and rub elbows with nationally-recognized thought leaders. CMU Energy Week is hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
2020 Day by Day, at a glance:

3/23 – Pre-Event Programming: 2nd Annual CMU VentureWell Energy Hackathon, and CMU Energy Career Fair with Happy Hour Reception @ The Oaklander Hotel

3/24 – Official Kickoff (11am) with VIPs and government officials, Keynotes, Panels, Student Research Poster Competition, and Evening VIP Reception Event
3/25 – Keynotes, Fireside Chat-style Panels, Special Evening Reception & Tours of Solar Installation, ARM (Advanced Manufacturing for Robotics) Institute @ Mill19 in Hazelwood Green
3/26 – CMU Energy + Cleantech Investors Forum with Pitch Sessions, Start-Up One-on-Ones with Investors, and Energy, Law & Policy Symposium (in partnership with University of Pittsburgh School of Law), Evening Reception @ Tepper Quad
3/27 – DOE’s American-Made Solar Prize Demo Day Competition, CMU’s Tepper School of Business Cleantech Case Competition, and Closing Reception

Eden Hall Ecovillage (online)
2020-03-21 10:30 - 13:30 | Online
Do you like the idea of living in a community…
… where you know your neighbors,
… where friends are only a few doors away,
We welcome anyone who’s interested in learning about the Eden Hall Ecovillage to join our introductory session this Saturday. It will be online at 10:30 am to noon.
We will have a short illustrated talk about the ecovillage, a virtual tour with Chatham’s Dean Walker of the Eden Hall campus, and discussion.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://cmu.zoom.us/j/928876796

Test Event
2020-03-18 08:00 - 17:00

CANCELED A Conversation with DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn
2020-03-18 08:00 - 10:00 | The Grand Hall at the Priory, 614 Pressley Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join SWEP Three Rivers Chapter for breakfast and A Conversation with DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn at the historic Priory Grand Hall in Pittsburgh’s Northside neighborhood. Secretary Dunn has led the state’s conservation agency since her appointment by Governor Wolf in 2013 and will share with us her goals and accomplishments at the DCNR, along with insights into her career path and leadership in the environmental field.

CANCELED: 2020 PAEE/PRPS Joint Conference & Expo
2020-03-17 08:00 - 2020-03-20 17:00 | Seven Springs Mountain Resort, 777 Waterwheel Dr., Seven Springs, PA, United States
Cancelation information here.
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The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators and the Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society are excited to announce a new partnership – the 2020 PAEE/PRPS Joint Conference & Expo – that will combine two conferences to provide new opportunities to learn from a broad network of outdoor professionals.

Huntington Breakfast Briefing: Steve Malnight, CEO, Duquesne Light
2020-03-12 07:00 - 09:00 | Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join Duquesne Light President & CEO, Steve Malnight, as he presents information on electric vehicles, solar interconnections, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), and more.
As a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, Duquesne Light offers superior customer service and reliability to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania. From the industrial age to the technology era, Duquesne Light has been an integral part of the fabric of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. For over 140 years, its dedicated employees have helped to transform the way people live—delivering dependable energy for greater comfort and leisure, faster communications, more efficient transportation, enhanced economic development, and improved health care for virtually every facet of life.
Consistently among the best utilities in the state in reliability and in the top quartile in customer satisfaction nationwide, Duquesne Light invests resources to ensure that its infrastructure—the wires, transformers, substations, poles, and other equipment that make up the company’s transmission and distribution system—meets current and future electrical demands. An ongoing upgrade of its metering infrastructure is putting more information in the hands of customers, enabling them to make more informed decisions about their energy consumption.
Special rate of $75 available to Sustainable Pittsburgh Members! Email Christina Hsu to confirm your member status with Sustainable Pittsburgh and receive the discount code. You will need to use the discount code when registering.

Let's Talk Business: Northside Edition
2020-03-11 17:30 - 20:00 | Fulton Commons, 1546 Fulton Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh as four entrepreneurs speak to their experiences, challenges, and wisdom from starting their businesses in the city and offer their ears and minds to help fellow entrepreneurs like you start your own venture.
+ resources for small business on site!
+ bites available from the Carribean Vybz food truck!
