Preparation for Prosperity Women's Event
2020-03-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Description

Join us for a FREE Women Business Enterprise Event! There will be 3 valuable sessions discussing:

Government Contracting Opportunities
Business Owner Health: Take Care of Yourself
Business Lifecycle Needs

Agenda:
8:00-8:30am: Networking, Registration,Breakfast
8:30-8:50am: Welcome, Introductions, Sponsor Thanks
8:50-8:58am: Transition to Sessions
9:05-10:00am: Session 1
10:05-11:00am: Session 2
11:05am-12:00pm: Session 3
12:15-1:15pm: Boxed Lunchtime Panel with Yvonne Campos-Next Act Fund
1:15-1:30pm: Final Remarks

Building Re-Tuning and Operations Conference
2020-03-03 08:00 - 16:00 | Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W Park Avenue, State College, PA, United States
Working at a school or municipality building and looking to enhance your energy performance? If so, this Conference is for you.
Join PennTAP for a Building Re-Tuning and Operations Conference for managers and employees overseeing the success of school and municipality building performance. Attendees will learn about low and no-cost opportunities to enhance their building performance to optimize energy efficiency.
The morning will feature educational sessions broken out into three tracks including Building Re-Tuning (BRT) topics for people new to energy sustainability, technology upgrades, and project funding available to implement projects. The afternoon will feature walkthroughs of campus buildings to put the morning’s learning into practice. Additionally, there will be more educational sessions available for participants wanting to learn more about BRT specialty topics. Other event highlights include: knowledgeable presenters, vendor networking, a roundtable of past BRT participants who will share their experiences, and the opportunity to earn 4 BOC points.
Agenda Overview

Morning

Breakfast and Registration
Networking
Educational sessions broken out into three tracks:

BRT Topics Training
Technology Upgrades
Project Funding Opportunities

Afternoon

Lunch
Roundtable of past BRT participants who will share their experiences
Site walkthroughs of campus buildings
More educational sessions

Early Bird Fee (now through January 31, 2020): $25
Registration Fee (beginning February 1, 2020): $35

Corporate Responsibility Frameworks 101
2020-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Green Building Alliance, 33 Terminal Way, Suite 331, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join Green Building Alliance staff for an introduction to corporate social responsibility frameworks and rating systems, specifically relating to measuring equity in the workplace and operations. GBA’s Leslie Montgomery will present on the JUST, GEN, BCorp, ISO 26000, and other growing trends in the industry and the role corporate responsibility plays in our sustainable future. We will also hear from local organizations that have pursued these labels, including from 3R Sustainability’s Jana Lake.

Agenda Overview:

What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Introduction to Frameworks
Local Case Study
Q&A

14th Annual Farm to Table Local Expo
2020-03-06 00:00 - 2020-03-15 23:59 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join us for the 14th Annual Farm to Table Expo! We will be part of the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show.
Vendors and speakers will be sampling and selling local farm products. Learn where to shop local all year round and stock up on your Buy Fresh Buy Local favorites!!

PA Brownfields Conference
2020-03-09 00:00 - 2020-03-11 23:59
The conference is planned in collaboration between;
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP), is held in different cities in PA, and offers high-quality educational sessions on important brownfield topics! Additional benefits include:

Earn PDH Credits for select sessions throughout the day and a half conference;
Conference activities, such as Mobile Workshops and Walking Tours highlighting the best of PA brownfields developments;
An Exhibit Hall of companies and organizations who can help ensure a successful brownfields project;
Networking reception and special guest speakers;
a Special Grant Writing Workshop sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and much more!

Fighting for Our Future: No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels!
2020-03-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Father Ryan Arts Center, 420 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA, United States
Rally with PennFuture and our partners at the Capitol Rotunda in solidarity against House Bill 1100. This dangerous bill will inextricably link Pennsylvania’s economy to fossil fuels for decades to come, and will be disastrous for the health of our citizens and the environment.
We are calling on Gov. Wolf to veto this bill, and we are demanding that our legislators uphold that veto.
Current scheduled speakers include:
Jacquelyn Bonomo, President and C.E.O., PennFuture
State Representative Sara Innamorato, (21st House District)
State Representative Chris Rabb, (200th House District)
State Representative Carolyn Comitta, (156th House District)
State Senator Katie Muth, (44th Senatorial District)
Veronica Coptis, Executive Director, The Center for Coalfield Justice
Ashleigh Deemer, Deputy Director, PennEnvironment
Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Temple Hesed
Lunch will be provided. Click on the link above for more information and to register. (Registration encouraged but not required)

TRUTHSayers: Tarana Burke
2020-03-09 19:00 - 21:00 | August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Tarana Burke is a civil rights activist who was the original founder of the “Me Too” movement, which she started in 2006. It later became a global phenomenon that raised awareness about sexual harassment, abuse, and assault in society in 2017. In 2017, Burke and other influential female activists were named “the silence breakers” by Time magazine. She currently serves at the Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn as its senior director.

Do Good, Do Well: Sustainable Investment with Merrill Lynch
2020-03-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Now more than ever, there are many reasons to consider aligning moral values within institutional investments. Through impact investing, you can support your investment objectives and offer a sustainable way to pursue both your financial and impact related goals.
Merrill Lynch is excited to welcome two experts in this field; providing the latest research, developments and thought leadership on how and why organizations should incorporate ESG into their organizations.
Speakers
Kimberley Paris
Impact Investing Director
Bank of America; Global Strategy & Enterprise Platforms / Retirement & Personal Wealth Solutions
Katherine Collins, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Putnam Investments

To RSVP please contact Linda Hill at 412-854-7716 or email at Linda_Hill@ml.com by March 3, 2020.

Deconstructing Deconstruction: Understanding Opportunities in Building Material Reuse
2020-03-11 17:00 - 19:30 | Construction Junction, 214 N. Lexington Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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
