Sustainable Pittsburgh

Chapter 5 – Nutrients: Good or Bad?
2020-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Online event brought to you by the Allegheny County Conservation District.
Nutrients are a natural and essential part of any stream ecosystem, but too much of a good thing is often bad. Learn where excess nutrients come from, and how they can impact water quality.

2070 MOBILITY VISION PLAN: Update & Discussion via Zoom!
2020-06-17 11:00 - 14:30 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Town Hall discussion brought to you by Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure.
This past January we introduced the objectives of the 2070 Mobility Vision Plan. Join us for a town hall discussion to review the draft list of priority projects and discuss mobility improvements at four scales:

Connecting the World
Connecting the Region
Connecting Centers
Connecting Districts

During this interactive Zoom session, we will gather your input on desired connections, priority projects, and additional issues we should be considering to ensure that all residents have the physical mobility they need to reach the economic mobility they seek.

Sustainability in the COVID-19 Era: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
2020-06-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Webinar brought to you by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Sustainable Business.
The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has brought the depth of our interconnectedness into sharp relief. No large company can operate in isolation; getting products and services to customers requires navigating a complex web of parts and raw material suppliers, manufacturers, transportation networks, and energy procurement challenges. Breaks in any link of the chain can cause disruption all along the way and have serious consequences for people’s lives.
The ability to adapt supply chains and resolve emerging logistical issues while limiting (or eliminating) negative impacts on society, the environment, and the long-term financial health of the company is a critical component of building a more sustainable business. But, what has this looked like in practice? How are companies adapting their supply chain and operations to respond to the challenges introduced by COVID-19? What lessons can be learned from these adjustments as we look towards building a more sustainable world post-pandemic?

CCI's Home Energy Showcase Wrap Up
2020-06-17 16:00 - 17:30
Join CCI as they explore home energy efficiency potential through the results of their Home Energy Showcase.

About this Event

Starting last August, 54 Pittsburgh area homeowners signed up to drop pounds of carbon, reduce energy usage, and learn more about how to make their house a higher-performing, more comfortable and healthier home. The Showcase participants who took at least one action reduced their home’s CO2 emissions by an estimated average of 1.3 tons annually. That would take about 30 mature trees growing for a full year to sequester this amount of CO2. As a cohort, that is equivalent to the climate-saving carbon contribution from 962 mature trees.
The 33% energy savings potential identified for these homes demonstrates the powerful impact every homeowner in our region could make by weatherizing their home. According to data from the energy audits performed on the Showcase homes, average energy reduction potential was 509 therms of gas (or $503 savings on the bill) and 1,767 kWh (or $239/year), equal to 3.7 tons reduction in CO2.
Want to learn more about how the best of our energy makeover heroes took charge – and be inspired so that you can too? Plan to join us online Wednesday June 17 at 4 p.m. for a celebration of the Showcase as we reveal the prize winners in each competition category. And for a sneak peek, visit https://getenergysmarter.org/showcase, to check out details of energy use, CO2 emissions, age and size of the buildings, and family sizes, saving potential and participants’ stories.

The Disaster Debris Recovery Tool - Materials Management for Debris Planning and Emergency Response
2020-06-18 13:00 - 14:30
The U.S. EPA Disaster Debris Recovery Tool provides emergency planners and responders at the federal, state, tribal and local levels with a tool to plan and implement proper recovery, recycling and disposal of disaster debris. The scope of the tool reaches beyond disasters to include green remediation and sustainable materials management technical assistance.
Once a regional tool, EPA has expanded and launched a national version this month. The tool now maps location and contact information of over 20,000 facilities including composters, demolition contractors, transfer stations, landfills, household hazardous waste collection sites, and facilities recycling construction and demolition materials, electronics, metals, tires and vehicles.
EPA experts will present alongside the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management. EPA will give an overview of the new EPA Planning for Natural Disaster Debris Guidance. EPA will also share how the newly expanded national tool can assist responders, recovery staff and planners and will provide a demonstration of the tool. Representatives of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management will share their experience using the tool during a 2019 disaster debris planning exercise.
Learn more here.

Let Us Breathe: A JUNETEENTH CONVERSATION ON EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND CLIMATE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
2020-06-19 11:00 - 13:00
Event brought to you by Moms Clean Air Force.
This Let Us Breathe event will highlight the continual fight for racial justice, specifically, environmental injustices in the African American community. Our goal is to generate solutions through conversation that discusses how air pollution, climate change, and COVID impacts the African American community, and what needs to be done to ensure that we continue to advocate for equity, justice, and climate action beyond this national pandemic.
The event will feature panelists Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), Dr. Mildred McClain, Rev. Michael Malcom, Tina Spencer-Smith, and Catherine Flowers. The conversation will be moderated by Moms Clean Air Force’s National Field Director Heather McTeer Toney.

Chapter 6 – What Can Municipalities Do?
2020-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Online event brought to you by the Allegheny County Conservation District.
Municipalities have a part to play in protecting stream health and reducing stormwater. Learn what steps municipalities can take to improve water quality in your community.

Pennsylvania Municipal League Virtual Sustainability Conference
2020-06-24 08:00 - 16:00
Join the Pennsylvania Municipal League and Sustainable Pennsylvania for a virtual Sustainability Conference, featuring opportunities for local government leaders and policy makers to strengthen their sustainability efforts and understanding of social equity, climate mitigation, and more. As this is a virtual event, attendees can choose their sessions. There will also be several discussion opportunities to dig deeper with both peers and experts on the topics of health, equity, water, and climate resilience at roundtable sessions.

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TOPICS: GLASS RECYCLING
2020-06-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Local government administrators and officials are increasingly faced with gaps in recycling service delivery, with glass recycling being one of the most salient changes today. We will discuss: Why is my community’s contracted hauler removing glass from our residential curbside contract? Is there really “no market” for glass containers? How can we as public administrators continue to offer quality collection services and sustainable management of these valuable materials?
Public administrators participating in this webinar will also be introduced to PRC’s services that municipalities may engage to implement glass recycling collections within their communities. PRC will provide details and associated costs for each of these programs, providing local government administrators and elected officials with the information needed to offer glass recycling collection services to their communities in 2020. For questions about this presentation, please contact glass@prc.org.

RECYCLING & WASTE REDUCTION WEBINAR
2020-06-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
PRC shares answers to common questions surrounding recycling in Pennsylvania such as:
Lids on? Lids off? Rinse? Wash? Labels on? Labels off? Which plastics are acceptable? What about a window? Broken plastic toys? Electronics? Tires? Plastic bags? Polystyrene? Appliances? Textiles? What materials are accepted curbside? What about hard-to-recycle items and household hazardous waste? Unwanted pharmaceuticals? Organic debris?
The webinar will also briefly cover general waste reduction, reuse and recycling topics as well as specifics about where to recycle common materials.
This webinar is FREE, but we encourage you to make a donation in support of our work and/or sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of our homepage at prc.org.

Chapter 7 - Homeowner Solutions
2020-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Online event brought to you by the Allegheny County Conservation District.
Join us for a series wrap-up and an overview of practical actions that a property owner can put in place to reduce stormwater and improve water quality.

Virtual Biophilia: Pittsburgh July Meeting – The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America
2020-07-02 18:00 - 19:15 | Online, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Suite 140, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Presented by Biophilia: Pittsburgh:
Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation, and the founder of the company The Sioux Chef is committed to revitalizing Native American cuisine. Through his research, he has uncovered and mapped out the foundations of the indigenous food systems through and indigenous perspective. Chef Sean has become renowned nationally and internationally in the culinary movement of indigenous foods and with an ever growing team of indigenous minded peers, is leading a movement to completely redefine North American cuisine through the understanding and utilization indigenous food knowledge. This is an evolution of Native American Foods, taking important educations of the past and applying them to the now.

PRC Glass Recycling Event
2020-07-11 00:00 - 2020-07-16 23:59 | South Fayette Township Municipal Building, 515 Millers Run Rd, Morgan, PA, United States
Many communities have lost access to glass collection services in their curbside recycling programs, but glass is still a highly valuable and recyclable commodity. PA residents can continue glass recycling efforts by expanding our infrastructure of glass drop-off collection sites. In 2020, PRC continues to pursue this goal.
NEW! Starting in June 2020, PRC is rolling out a new Traveling Glass Bin program – a week-long, rotating self-serve collection model!

In Conversation: Paul Polman
2020-07-16 13:00 - 14:00
Presented by GreenBiz:
Over the past decade, Paul Polman has emerged as one of the most influential business voices in sustainability. During his 10-year reign as CEO of Unilever (following 27 years at Procter & Gamble), he led the company’s Sustainable Living Plan, a multifaceted effort to decouple its growth from its overall environmental footprint and improve its social impact. Since leaving Unilever, he formed Imagine, whose goal is to help companies meet the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. He also served as chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and is currently chair of the International Chamber of Commerce.
In this intimate, one-on-one conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower, Polman will discuss the future of business in the post-pandemic era, including how to redesign business and commerce to better address both sustainability and social challenges.

Local Government Academy Summer Workshop Series
2020-07-16 14:00 - 15:00 | LGA Online
Hosted by LGA:
DCED – Municipal Impacts: Allegheny County
The Summer Workshop Series is a valuable professional development opportunity for local government officials and staff. Join us to hear credentialed professionals explain the complexities associated with recent legislation, subject matter experts who will share techniques to assess financial impacts, and more!
