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Events

Sustainable Pittsburgh's Fall Lineup:

Get in the game!

Mark your calendars! Sustainable Pittsburgh has plenty of events scheduled this Fall, sure to inform and invigorate. Ranging from sustainable business operations to inclusion in the workforce to vacant property remediation, these events feature experts in the field providing current, applicable knowledge for people from all sectors. More information is available by clicking the links below:

Sustainability - Do we have what it takes to make it happen?
Information Forum: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission –
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Update and CMAQ Program Development and Management
Leadership Summit Dialogue Series: Corporate Inclusion
Sustainable Development Academy presents:
The Cranberry Plan
Road to Sustainability
Adventures in Regionalism – European style
How Pittsburgh can learn from Turin, Italy and Essen, Germany
Global Sustainability - Trends and Developments in the Built Environment
7th Annual Public Officials Sustainable Community Design Charrette
CALL FOR MUNICIPALITIES
6th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Equitable Development Summit
"Going Regional on Addressing Blighted and Abandoned Properties"

Events Continued

Resources

Sustainability - Do we have what it takes to make it happen?

A prelude to the G-20 Conference
Allegheny Group Sierra Club September Meeting
Wednesday, September 9
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Phipps Civic Garden Center
Free and Open to the Public
Contact: Donald L. Gibbon, dongibbon@earthlink.net or 412-362-8451

An open forum led by Court Gould, Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh and Bill O'Driscoll, Environmental Reporter and Columnist, Pittsburgh City Paper

Sustainable Pittsburgh has been all over the news in the run-up to the G-20 Conference, the “go-to” source for information on Pittsburgh’s plans for a sustainable future. Bill O’Driscoll has written for some 20 years on environmental matters, most recently about the facts, myths and challenges of sustainability. Join the Sierra Club's Allegheny Group for an open conversation with these two community leaders to clarify your own thinking in this vital area of environmental principles. During the meeting there will also be an update on August’s Gamesa wind turbine program. Refreshments and conversation following the program.

Information Forum: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission –
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Update and CMAQ Program Development and Management

Monday, September 14
10:00 – Noon
Regional Enterprise Tower, 31st floor
No fee to attend
Pre-registration to: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org or 412-258-6642. Please provide full contact information.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is now focused on developing the region’s 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP serves to identify needed regional transportation investments over a four-year period that support the region’s Long Range Transportation and Development Plan within fiscal constraint. A visible element of the TIP development process will be the recommended program of projects for the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ).

Come learn about these important regional processes for prioritizing needed transportation improvements. Gain insight in what it takes to get a project ready for the TIP and in particular learn about the CMAQ funding process and project eligibility.

This information forum, being presented by SPC in cooperation with Sustainable Pittsburgh, is timely given that both the TIP update process and CMAQ project selection process are just beginning. At the forum staff will highlight TIP update activity, present the process and schedule for developing and managing the CMAQ Program, and engage participants in a lively Q&A session including opportunity for attendees to discuss potential project ideas in an informal, rapid-fire session with SPC staff.

Leadership Summit Dialogue Series: Corporate Inclusion

Thursday, September 17
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Foerster Student Service Center, 2nd Floor Auditorium, Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), Northside
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, visit www.aala.webs.com.

The African American Leadership Association invites you to the first quarterly meeting to discuss corporate inclusion. The day will include an equity report from REMP, information on Dignity & Respect Month, diversity exercise, keynote and panel discussion. The Keynote will be provided by Court Gould, Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh. Court will discuss Sustainable Pittsburgh's mission of affecting decision-making in the Pittsburgh region to integrate economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality bringing sustainable solutions to communities and businesses. In addition, he will discuss a new report which details the economic benefit of hiring minorities.

Panel Moderator
Ed Gainey-Coordinator of Economic Development, City of Pittsburgh

Panelists
Dwight Mayo-President, Transportation Solutions
David Hopkins-VP, Community Development of Western Territory for PNC Bank
Sabrina Saunders-President of Urban League Young Professionals
Debbie Hickman-Owner of Independent Giant Eagle
Justin Strong-Owner AVA Lounge

Sustainable Development Academy presents:
The Cranberry Plan

Thursday, September 24
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Cranberry Township Municipal Building, 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township
Fee: $20.00; Tour and Lunch included
Register

Sustainable communities are places where people want to live and work-—today and tomorrow. Both the current and future resident benefit when a local government approaches its service to taxpayers with the point of view that simultaneously cares for the economy, social equity and the environment. Indeed sustainability is a process--a work in progress. Happily a growing number of municipalities in our region are adopting sustainability as a framework for their progress. As the region is host to the G-20 on September 24, local governments in southwestern Pennsylvania have an opportunity to consider how they can best serve their communities in a global economy by advancing the policy and practice of sustainable development.

Join in this in-depth program on “The Cranberry Plan” -- a community planning process guided by principles of sustainability. This day long program is designed to be "nuts and bolts" and features both an overview of the plan's process and goals. In addition to an instructional program by the plan's key developers, this program will feature tours and demonstration of key implementation activities relating to policy, operations, and engineering, including:
Public Works & Physical Plant: Buildings, Vehicle Maintenance, Alternative Fuels
Energy & Climate Action Plan
Transportation Management: signalization project
Golf Course: irrigation, Audubon certification
Sewage Treatment

Graham Park: streambank stabilization Transportation Management: traffic roundabout

Presented by:
Cranberry Township
Local Government Academy
Sustainable Pittsburgh

This program is available to those communities declared fiscally distressed by Act 47 at no charge.  A limited number of scholarships are also available from the Michael P. Lynch Scholarship Fund for other municipalities via the Local Government Academy.

Road to Sustainability

Tuesday, October 13
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Community College of Beaver County Dome
Cost: $35 per person (includes breakfast and lunch)
Contact: CCBC’s Career and Workforce Development Office at 724-480-3600
Registration and more information

“The Road to Sustainability” Conference is aimed at providing information to businesses and organizations about what it really means to “go green” as well as what it will take to get the current workforce trained to do so. Scheduled topics include the following:
• Sustainable Development
• Green Building and LEED
• Energy Auditing
• Mechanical Systems
• Grant Writing
• Act 129 opportunities
• Act 167 and Future Storm Water Management
• Solid Waste Management

Attendees will hear from regional experts in the sustainability movement as well as from a panel made up of corporations who are taking the lead in helping to make their businesses environmentally-friendly. A Resources Room will also be available throughout the day, highlighting vendors displaying green products and services. If you are interested in being a vendor for a cost of $125 per table, contact us soon.

Hosted by:
Community College of Beaver County (CCBC)
Congressman Jason Altmire
L. Robert Kimball & Associates
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Adventures in Regionalism – European style
How Pittsburgh can learn from Turin, Italy and Essen, Germany

Sustainability and Smart Growth Brown Bag Forum
FEATURING: Tracy Certo, Pop City; Pat Getty, Benedum Foundation; Allen Kukovich, Power of 32; and Audrey Russo, Pittsburgh Technology Council

Tuesday, October 20
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Regional Enterprise Tower, 23rd Floor, A.E. Hunt Room
No fee to attend. Bring a bag lunch. Desserts provided. To register, email: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org or call 412-258-6642

While the Pittsburgh region is recognized internationally for its comeback story, nevertheless many regions around the globe similarly offer valuable lessons from their own renaissances. The featured guests of this forum are recently back from a Transatlantic Cities Network idea-exchange in Europe hosted by the German Marshall Fund of the US. Come hear about the regionalization reform strategy of two metropolitan areas: Turin, Italy, and Essen, Germany. What lessons apply to Southwestern Pennsylvania and our mega-region as we aspire to prosper and compete in the ever-broadening global contest? With the G-20 behind by the time of this discussion, the question surely will be: How to catalyze the Pittsburgh region's next great story of prosperity through regional collaboration and sustainable development on the global stage? For a discussion preview, see Tracy Certo's article in the Post-Gazette.

Global Sustainability - Trends and Developments in the Built Environment

Sustainability and Smart Growth Brown Bag Forum
FEATURING: Vivien Loftness, University Professor at the School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University and a Senior Researcher for the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics

Friday, November 6
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Regional Enterprise Tower, 23rd Floor, Fetterolf Room
No fee to attend. Bring a bag lunch. Desserts provided.
To register, email: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org or call 412-258-6642

Vivien Loftness is an internationally-renowned researcher, author and educator with expertise in environmental design and sustainability, advanced building systems and systems integration, climate and regionalism in architecture, as well as design for performance in the workplace of the future. An appointee to the Assurance Group to Advance Mandate of the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Project of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Vivien will discuss global sustainability trends and developments. She will also provide insight to the work of WBCSD, a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. The Council provides a platform for companies to explore sustainable development, share best practices, and to advocate business positions. Come learn about the business case for and how businesses in our region can be advocates for sustainability here and globally.

Presented by:
Green Building Alliance
Sustainable Pittsburgh

7th Annual Public Officials Sustainable Community Design Charrette
CALL FOR MUNICIPALITIES

Friday, November 20
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Greentree Municipal Building
Free; lunch will be provided.
Open to limited number of municipalities.

Municipalities in SWPA, this is for you:
Free expert consultation on pressing sustainable community design challenges and opportunities.

Sustainable Pittsburgh's Sustainable Community Development Network, AIA Pittsburgh, and the Local Government Academy are now welcoming interested municipalities to propose to be "clients" for this free, half-day, hands-on, charrette-style consultation.

How it works: Up to five municipalities will be selected to benefit from the assistance of a team of pro bono experts. The municipality identifies a pressing sustainability challenge or opportunity and we assemble a team of experts to be on hand to work through the issue and generate practical solutions. Issues may relate to: main street revitalization, infill development, transportation access, energy efficiency or resource conservation, community development, a social or human service concern, community or green space, etc. For ideas and insights, refer to the Sustainable Community Rapid Assessment and 14 Sustainable Community Resource Sheets found at: www.sustainablecommunityessentials.org

Are you an interested municipality? Please call 412-258-6643. We'll discuss your needs and determine if there's a good fit. All that is required is attendance from your municipality to include at least one elected official, a municipal staff person, and one community leader.

6th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Equitable Development Summit
"Going Regional on Addressing Blighted and Abandoned Properties"

Tuesday, December 15
8:30 am - 12:30 pm (8:00 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast)
Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland
Fee: $10 Sustainable Pittsburgh members; $15 non-members
To register and for more information, contact: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org or 412-258-6642
Keynote: John Kromer, Sr. Consultant at the Fels Institute, author of Fixing Broken Cities: The Implementation of Urban Development Strategies

The presence of blighted and abandoned properties are among Southwestern Pennsylvania's most pressing threats undermining sustainable communities and regional equitable development. Blight and abandonment is a tip of the iceberg issue that undermines and potentially exacts a downward spiral sentence on quality of life and prosperity across social, economic and environmental essentials for a sustainable community. Without mitigation, this problem will continue to grow and be a drain on the region’s resources. It undercuts the ability of the region's communities to maintain their footing as places of choice. There are real costs. As the Statewide Blight Task Force noted in 2008, “Blight is an “economic crime” costing taxpayers and municipalities millions of dollars annually in lost property tax revenues, sewer and water fees, and increased municipal expenditures.”

Addressing blight and abandonment offers the chance to build assets in a community. It is a win-win strategy that pays in stabilizing neighborhoods, increased revenue, job creation, increase in property values and lower crime. Given the regional nature of this issue, regional approaches are in order. However, at present, there exists no regional plan, decision-making table, nor coordinated regional effort to tackle the growing crisis of abandonment and blight in our communities.

This year's Summit will present findings are recommendations from recent work, specific to our region, on how regional capacity can be developed to address blight and abandonment. Practical strategies and cooperative efforts will be highlighted as ripe for deployment to the benefit of individual communities and the regional as a whole. The Summit will be a key milestone in developing new structures and well-substantiated plans for raising capacity around the region to attack blight and return properties to community benefit and often local tax rolls.

Keynote, John Kromer is Senior Consultant at the Fels Institute of Government and is the author of Fixing Broken Cities: The Implementation of Urban Development Strategies. He is a serving as strategic consultant to Sustainable Pittsburgh's Regional Blighted and Abandoned Properties Solutions Project.

Presented by:
- Sustainable Pittsburgh's Sustainable Community Development Network
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs: Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership

Sponsored by:
The Buhl Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Richard King Mellon Foundation

Citizens Climate Corps Launch

Sunday, September 13
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Botany Hall, Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden (brick building across from Schenley Park Visitor Ctr), 346 Panther Hollow Road, Oakland
www.citizensclimatecorps.org

Join this innovative grassroots movement to reduce greenhouse gases. Help identify ways to lessen our local carbon footprint, vote on your favorite ideas and join a climate action team to create win-win solutions that work in our communities. "The Citizens Climate Corps is a grassroots, citizen-led organization that seeks to slow global warming by identifying, researching, and advocating for strategic solutions that reduce manmade, heat-trapping gases in southwestern Pennsylvania via project-based campaigns and education." It's just a fancy way of saying that CCC believes that citizens have an important role to play in solving climate change. Citizens see first-hand where energy is being used unwisely in their homes, workplaces, stores, places of worship, etc. Citizens also have creative ideas to make change. Joining together empowers people to take action.

Transit Development Plan (TDP): Public Hearing

Tuesday, September 15
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, Downtown
Details below.

Individuals wishing to testify are encouraged to pre-register by calling (412) 566-5437 (TTY 412-231-7007) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays. Oral testimony will be limited to three minutes per speaker. Persons who have not pre-registered can register to speak at the hearing and will be called on as time slots become available. Port Authority will provide a sign language interpreter for the public hearing and make Braille copies of all information available to those who request it. Individuals wishing to comment in writing about the proposals should mail their comments to Port Authority Fare and Service Proposals, Heinz 57 Center, 345 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527. Public comments on the proposals also will be accepted on Port Authority’s Web site at http://tdp.portauthority.org.

The official public comment period starts Aug. 28 and the deadline is Sept. 30. at 4 p.m.

List of locations where detailed information about the plan may be reviewed:

Port Authority's Web site
Port Authority offices, 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Port Authority’s Downtown Service Center, 534 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Visually impaired individuals may request information by calling the Authority at 1-866-583-0837.
Several Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh locations:
- Woods Run: 1201 Woods Run Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
- Homewood: 7101 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15208
- Carrick: 1811 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15210
- West End: 47 Wabash Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15220
- Hill District: 2177 Centre Ave. at Kirkpatrick Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- Main (Oakland): 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Shaler North Hills Library: 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, PA 15116
- Bethel Park Public Library: 5100 West Library Ave., Bethel Park, PA 15102
- Monroeville Public Library: 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., Monroeville, PA 15146
- Robinson Township Library: 1000 Church Hill Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205
- Braddock Carnegie Library: 419 Library St., Braddock, PA 15104

A Port Authority bus shuttle serving the hearing will run throughout the day and stop at several Downtown locations, including Fifth at Grant, Smithfield & Fourth Ave., Blvd. of the Allies at Wood, Blvd. of the Allies at Stanwix, Liberty at Gateway #4, Wood Street Station opposite Ninth Street, and Seventh Ave. at William Penn Place. The shuttle will run at least once every half hour.

Public meeting to review the Draft Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail plan

Thursday, September 17
Carnegie Borough Building, One Veterans Way, Carnegie
Anytime between 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Persons requiring special accommodations may contact Jennie Granger, AICP at 717-671-6985, ext 20.

Each public meeting will be held in an open house format so community members can stop by between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm to learn about the plan, ask questions and provide written comments. The plan will enable PennDOT to implement a more efficient and effective approach to intercity rail transportation within the Commonwealth. Specifically, consideration will be given to more frequent and timely passenger rail service and increased use of the freight rail system for goods movement. In addition, this plan will also aid in prioritizing rail projects throughout the state by identifying those that will provide the most benefit for the limited funding available. Prioritization will take into account multiple factors. These factors include, but are not limited to; the availability of funding, the ability of the project/improvement to facilitate economic growth, and the minimization of impacts to the environment.

Biodiesel for Fleets Workshop

Friday, September 18
Celebratory Launch of the Clean Pump Initiative: 10:00 am
Workshop: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, 1 North Linden Street, Duquesne
For information on the Clean Pump Initiative, the Biodiesel for Fleets Workshop, RSVP, and directions visit: www.pgh-cleancities.org and click on “Clean Pump Initiative”

What you’ll learn:
* How to successfully use biodiesel in your diesel vehicles
* The potential benefits and drawbacks to using biodiesel
* How to install and use fuel blending and storage systems
* About the current state and federal initiatives
* See south western PA’s first biodiesel/diesel variable blending tank

Third Annual Rachel Carson Legacy Conference
When Chemicals Disrupt: Managing Our Risks

Friday, September 25
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Bidwell Training Center, 1815 Metropolitan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Tickets: $90
Pre-registration and pre-payment is required.
More information

Featuring leaders of national and state government, academic institutions, environmental and social justice advocacy organizations and medical science, the conference will address the dichotomy between critical protection of the environment (and our bodies and those of the next generations) from endocrine disrupting contaminants and the unbridled economic interest of those who produce substances which directly or indirectly act as endocrine or developmental disruptors.

Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and other such synthetic compounds known as endocrine disruptors are chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. They are used widely in agriculture, industry and consumer products. They fool the body into over-production or under-production of natural hormones. They have been linked to feminization of fish, hermophrodization in frogs, and there is a growing body of scientific evidence that links endocrine disruptors to obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes in humans. Other research has shown that male sperm count is dropping and that genital abnormalities in newborn boys are increasing.

National and regional speakers include:
Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Ken Cook, President of Environmental Working Group
Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance
Dr. Terry Collins, Thomas Lord Chair of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Conrad Dan Volz, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Michael Wilson, Research Scientist, School of Public Health, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley
Tim Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Green OX Catalysts, Inc.
Paul Renner, Associate Director, The Labor Institute
Dr. Talal El-Hefnawy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh U.S. Representative Michael Doyle

Good Design Makes Dollars and Sense

Thursday, October 15
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Mellon School Auditorium and Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building, 700 Block of Washington Road in Uptown Mt. Lebanon
Fee: $50 (includes buffet lunch at Molly Brannigans)
Enrollment is limited--Reservation deadline is Monday, October 5
Parking is available in the South Garage next to the Municipal Building
For information call 412-343-3407.
* CM approval pending

Register at Mellon School, 700 Block of Washington Road, at 8:30 a.m. for a welcome and introduction by Anne-Marie Lubenau, AIA, President and CEO of the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh and keynote address by Thomas Hylton, author of Save Our Cities, Save our Towns. Speakers at the day-long workshop at the Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building that follows include:
Andrea McDonald, Pennsylvania and Museum Commission (PHMC)
Keith McGill, Mt.Lebanon planner
Bill Callahan, PHMC
Eric Milliron, Mt. Lebanon Commercial Districts Manager
Ellis Schmidlapp, Landmarks Design Associates
Tom Bartnik, CDCP
Tracy Myers, curator of architecture, Carnegie Museum of Art

Resources

Sustainable Community Essentials Resource Sheets available online

Toward cultivating greater capacity for sustainable practice around Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Sustainable Community Development Network of Sustainable Pittsburgh partnered with leading organizations to produce a new series of Sustainable Community Essentials Resource Sheets and a Rapid Assessment for communities. These resource sheets identify 14 essentials of a sustainable community - from Air Quality to Food Security to Governance - and provide an explanation of each topic and case studies – a perfect tool for community leaders to use as they work to improve their neighborhoods.

Improving sustainability through the 21st century and IBM’s vision of the office of the future

This paper discusses how organizations can optimize sustainability of the workplace environment today, and how they can prepare for the changes in the “office of the future.” It covers three key areas:
1. Enhancing sustainability through the provision of workplace facilities best suited to different roles and work styles
2. Understanding the importance of data management to support sustainability related decision-making and reporting requirements
3. What the office of the future could look like, and why it is important to consider this now

More

On The Avenue

Welcome to The Avenue, a blog that will explore what it means to be a metropolitan nation . . . Metros are not just sociologically engaging, they are critically important to the U.S. economy. In fact, they are the U.S. economy: All 363 metros in the nation are home to 83 percent of the country’s population and drive more than 90 percent of national GDP. But here’s the challenge: we may be a “metro nation” economically and socially, but we don’t act like one. Our competitors in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere are not making the same mistake.

China leads the pack in the race to go green-report

The report from The Climate Group shows that China is leading the development and commercialization of a range of low carbon technologies. With a new breed of entrepreneurs and ambitious government policies, Chinese businesses are amongst the top producers of electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and energy efficient appliances.

Canoeable Streams in Western Pennsylvania

The current stage data are retrieved from the USGS Water Data for the Nation site, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. The colors tell which streams are high enough to canoe.

2009-2010 Johnson Award for Best Papers in Ethics, Accountability, and Leadership

The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh is accepting submissions for the 2009-2010 Johnson Award for Best Papers in Ethics, Accountability, and Leadership. A blind review process will result in the selection of at least one winner in these categories:
Papers published or accepted for publication between September 2008 and December 2009 in refereed forums (in journals, as chapters in books, etc): $2,000
Student Papers (including work by doctoral students prior to the award of the degree): $1,000

Young scholars and students are especially encouraged to apply.

Themes: This award is for papers that address issues of ethics, accountability, and responsible leadership in public affairs, including government and the nonprofit sector and potentially the business sector if the topic relates to corporate social responsibility or some other aspect of public/private interaction. Submissions have addressed a wide range of topics including public administration; nonprofit/NGO management and governance; international and civil security, human security, and international development, public administration. This year, we are especially interested in papers addressing the broad theme of accountability and leadership in contexts where power and authority are diffused. For example, this theme could include how to exercise leadership and monitor performance in networked delivery systems, how globalization is affecting leadership and ethics, or many other related topics.

Pittsburgh Day of Service and G-20 Cleanup

Is your employer or school closed during the G-20 Summit? If so, why not consider volunteering on Friday, September 25 for the Pittsburgh Day of Service campaign in areas outside of downtown Pittsburgh? While eyes and ears around the world are on Pittsburgh for the G-20, we want to show our commitment to volunteerism and innovatively address the needs of our community. This is why a collaboration of nonprofits (Coro and Pittsburgh Cares), businesses (Allegheny Conference, Mullen Advertising, Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership), and government (Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh) have come together to plan a day of service on Friday, September 25 from 9-1pm at locations in the North, South, East, and West. Additionally, volunteers are needed two weeks prior, on September 12 to help with a large-scale cleanup of our main traffic arteries. Pittsburgh Cares is coordinating volunteers for both the September 12 and 25 events.

And the loser is: The Pennsylvania Taxpayer

If the Senate Republicans have their way, and the $1 million in lobbying money spent this year by gas drillers has enough Democrats toeing the industry line, the state budget crisis will be re-solved without the enactment of a severance tax on natural gas drilling. And the loser would be the Pennsylvania taxpayer.

Sustainable Monroeville: Woman grows group to help her town go green

Elisa Beck of Monroeville sees a lot of potential for her hometown going green. So, she founded Sustainable Monroeville, a group of people who work to get the municipality's residents to think greener about everything from energy to homegrown food to development.

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Sustainable Pittsburgh benefits from support in 2009 from:

Bayer Corporation
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Buhl Foundation
Dollar Bank
Falk Foundation
FedEx Ground
The Giant Eagle Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Dylan Todd Simonds Foundation
University of Pittsburgh
UPMC


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