Final Week to Register! Learn who's leading in sustainability with the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge

One week remains before Sustainable Pittsburgh reveals the winners and impact of the 2018 Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge! Please join us for the Finale and Awards Celebration on March 21st at PNC Park.

Network with sustainability professionals, enjoy evening refreshments, and celebrate accomplishments that the 100+ organizations from southwestern PA achieved in making Pittsburgh a more sustainable region. All are invited to attend, regardless of participation in the Challenge.

Register today!

Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge Finale and Awards Celebration
Thursday, March 21
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
PNC Park | Jim Beam Left Field Lounge
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More than 1,000 sign on to I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh!

I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh has reached 1,087 participants and the number continues to grow!

This 3-week competition encourages and rewards individuals for taking sustainable actions that benefit the health and greater good of the Pittsburgh community.  Through I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh, we can achieve big things, together.

Among the ten sustainability focus areas featured, the Waste section has seen the highest level of engagement.  There are 735 participants who have committed to taking actions that include avoiding disposables, composting food waste, and choosing two sided printing. Food and Health are the next most popular areas, with actions including eating meatless meals, planning meals for the week, getting a health checkup, and taking an audit of toxic cleaning products in the home. All of these actions contribute to a more sustainable Pittsburgh region! You can track the impact here.

The competition ends March 20, but there is still time to join in and help make a difference. Two dozen local businesses and cultural institutions are supporting this inaugural event with donations of prizes. Sustainable Pittsburgh is hosting multiple opportunities to win these prizes, which includes an overnight test drive of a Tesla; dinner for two, theater tickets and a hotel stay in downtown Pittsburgh; Patagonia gear, and more!

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10th Annual Sustainability Conference Sparks In-depth Conversation About Smart Cities

The 10th Annual Sustainability Conference, co-hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers – Pittsburgh Section; the Environmental and Water Resources Institute – Pittsburgh Chapter; Metro21: Smart Cities Institute, Carnegie Mellon University; and Sustainable Pittsburgh/Champions for Sustainability; was held Wednesday, March 6 at the August Wilson Center in downtown Pittsburgh.

Titled, “Smart Cities: Transforming Cities for a New Era,” it covered a broad range of subjects exploring the relationship between technology and smart city planning, including their impact on the three tenets of sustainability. Presenters discussed how they and others in the Pittsburgh region are implementing smart tech for energy grids, transportation, air quality, and more in order to achieve increased cost savings, public safety, social equity, and environmental quality. Check out the recap from Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Laura Almendinger.

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