March 12 - Sustainability and Smart Growth Brown Bag Forum
March 27 - Climate Change Uncertainties: Opportunities for Business Innovation
May 16-25 - Great Outdoors Week
Sustainability
and Smart Growth Brown Bag Forum
Wednesday, March 12
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Davis Room, 23rd Floor,
No fee to attend. Bring a bag lunch; refreshments and dessert provided.
RSVP info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
Featuring:
Ty Gourley,
Regional Water Management Task Force
The Task Force is currently drafting its initial recommendations and will soon
be seeking input from the region in order to improve them. This brownbag lunch
will be one opportunity to be involved in providing feedback to the Task Force
on its activities and eventual recommendations.
Endorsed by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, the Task Force includes
representatives of 11 southwestern
Sponsored by:
Climate
Change Uncertainties: Opportunities for Business Innovation?
Thursday, March
27
7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North, 910 Sheraton Drive, Mars,
Pennsylvania 16046
Contact Jerry Swart at 412-262-6291 - jerry.swart@fedex.com
or John Quinlisk at 412-503-4537 - John_Quinlisk@URSCorp.com
with any questions.
To meet these challenges, the Pittsburgh section of the American Society of
Civil Engineers’ (ASCE), and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute
(EWRI), in association with the Allegheny Mountain section of the Air &
Waste Management Association (AWMA), and Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Champions
for Sustainability (C4S) network invite the region’s business, engineering,
and environmental professionals to a one-day seminar focusing on climate
change.
Following is a listing of topics covered and corresponding speakers for this event:
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Human impact on climate change – William Easterling (Dean, PSU, College of
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Natural cycles on climate change – Dr. S. Fred Singer (Science & Environmental Policy Project)
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Impact on business – Kathryn Klaber, Vice President (Allegheny Conference on Community Dev.)
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Regulatory issues – Krish Ramamurthy (Chief, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, PA DEP)
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Legal framework and carbon emissions trading – Harry Klodowski, Esq. (Betts, Hull, & Klodowski LLC)
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Measuring our impact – carbon footprint – H. Scott Matthews (Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy at
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Possibilities of offsetting carbon – George Hoguet
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Climate action and leadership – Chris Steffy P.E. (Industrial Energy Engineering)
8th Annual
Southwestern
Pennsylvania
Smart Growth
Conference
Revitalize
the Region: Seize Market Interest to Redevelop Core Communities
Friday, May 16
Omni
William Penn Hotel,
8:30 am - 3:30 pm (continental breakfast and lunch included)
Keynote speaker: Christopher Leinberger,
Cost: Early Registration: $30. After May 1: $40 (free to elected officials)
For more information visit the Conference
page.
Great
Outdoors Week - May 16-25, 2008
Past Events
9/24-25/07 Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods http://www.vacantproperties.org/reclaimingconference.html
9/25/07 250 & Fit Kick Off imaginepittsburgh.com
9/26/07
Sustainability and Smart Growth Forum: "GREENPRINT
- A regional conservation agenda prioritizing land conservation for the public
good"
www.alleghenylandtrust.org
10/5/07 Information
Forum:
10/22/07 Sustainability and Smart Growth Forum - Planning Together: Lessons Learned
11/16/07 Regional
Equitable Development Summit: "Most Livable Region By Growing
11/29/07 Public Officials Design Charrette
12/12-13/07 Environmental Leadership Days - Leading the Way for a Sustainable, Eco-Friendly, Green Region
Want to learn about other events in the region? Check out the most recent issue of 3E Links in our Archive.
To subscribe to 3E Links, send an e-mail to info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
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