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IN PRINT
2011

- 7/3 PG  “Monaca in Beaver County becomes a model of sustainability”
- 6/20 PG “Bolivia has granted our planet legal rights, but how to enforce them?”
- 6/20 PG “Money concerns stall mayor's transit plan”
- 6/16 PG “Rapid Transit seen between Downtown and Oakland”
- 6/13 PG  “Regional Planners apply sustainability to transportation”
- 5/29 PG Business Calendar “Sustainability and Healthcare: Making the Business Case”
- 5/27 PG “Health secretary to speak at sustainability conference”
- Summer Issue Pittsburgh Quarterly
- May/June APA Magazine “Now Boarding, the 5:15 Express”
- 5/19 PG “Great Outdoors Week gives chance to get out and do something ... for free”
- 5/18 The Almanac “Allegheny Together welcomes Carnegie, Dormont “
- 5/13- Pgh Tribune-Review- “Great Outdoors Week Opens Today”
- 5/8- PG “Make The Most Out of Great Outdoors Week”
- 5/8 PG “Great Outdoors Week” Listings
- 4/22 PG “Amid World Environment and Earth days, a bevy of events”
- 4/18 University of Dayton News - “Working for a Sustainable Dayton”
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March 2011 North Side Chronicle “Get moving in the city: Great Outdoors Week”
1/13 - Trib "Companies thriving in water"
1/13 - PG "Wave of business opportuneties awaits Pittsburgh water-related industries"

HEARD ON THE RADIO
2011

- 6/10 KQV 1410 AM “Input Sought on Transportation”
- 5/19 WDUQ 90.5 FM "Biking, Climbing Paddling Highlight Outdoors Celebration"
- 4/27 Allegheny Front 25th Anniversary Interviewed: Court Gould

WATCHED ON TV
2011

- 5/12 WPXI “Talking Pittsburgh” Great Outdoors Week Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
- 5/9 KDKA “Pittsburgh Today Live” Great Outdoors Week Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
- 1/17 - KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live "Walls are Bad"

FEATURED ONLINE
2011

- 6/6 Techburgher Regional Prosperity: How the Region’s Plan Can Impact the Region’s Bottom Line
- 6/10 PG Staff blogs "SPC talking smart growth for region"
- 5/16 Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership “Great Outdoors Week Ten day Weekend”
- 5/13 About.com “Great Outdoors Week”

- 5/11 Pittsburgh Urban Media “10th Annual Great Outdoors Week.”
- 5/11 Pop City “Marathon is highlight of paddling, pedaling, rowing, running Great Outdoors Week”

- 5/11 Keystone Edge “Get Ready for Southwestern PA's 10 Day Weekend”
- 5/1- WYEP “Community Connections Page”
- 4/27- E.TEQ “10th Annual Great Outdoors Week”
- 4/27- DCNR “The Resource Newsletter”
- 3/31 PG "Row row row... you just never know"
- 3/28 Reuters “Measuring Happiness in Seattle - an Emerging Model”

- 1/19 - Pop City "Water, the next step. Growing a future Pittsburgh industry cluster"

 
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IN PRINT
2010


12/30 - Trib "Cranberry to track its energy useage via computer"

12/19 - PG Letter to the Editor "A call to action"
12/8 - "Climate change is about economics, speaker says"
10/11 Pittsburgh Business Times “Business resources plentiful for reducing carbon footprint”

9/27 Trib “Pennsylvania bill targets blight, vacant buildings”
9/20 Trib “Sustainable Pittsburgh sponsors milestones competition”
9/17 PG “Competition to identify region's sustainable development"
8/24 PG “'Sustainable' label recognizes area businesses that go green”
8/23 Allegheny County Office of the Chief Executive – press release “Onorato Brings Sustainable Business Designation Program to Allegheny Together Communities
7/26 – Trib “Port Authority seeks to shorten travel times on crowded streets”
7/17 – PG “Pittsburgh Foundation sees new direction away from city-county consolidation”
7/12 – Pitt Chronicle “Pitt’s Hesselbein Global Academy Attracts Students, Business and Government Leaders Worldwide”
7/7 – PG “Concentrate on riverfront, Verona sustainability study suggests”
6/10 – Pittsburgh City Paper “Green-Talkers”
6/3 – PG “World Environment Day conference convenes in Pittsburgh”
6/3 – Pittsburgh City Paper “Dampening Debate”
5/21 – Pittsburgh Business Times “City living in U.S. on the rise after years of attrition, EPA says”
5/20 – PG “Students join in worldwide water discussion”
5/20 – Trib “Water conference links schools across globe”
5/16 – Trib “Great Outdoors Week brings out the adventure”
5/14 – Pgh Business Times “Partners Ron Sabatino, Jason Zadeh push $1B 'Cool Valley' project”
5/12 – City Paper Short List “Great Outdoors Week”
5/11 – PG “City to try to set canoe, kayak record”
4/29 – Pittsburgh Business Times “Dollar Bank first-ever presenting sponsor of Three Rivers Arts Festival”
4/27 – PG “Around Town: Drive to recycle fuels one question -- Was it worth it?”
4/14 – PG Op-Ed “Act now on climate change: Pennsylvania can lead the way to ensure America's energy and national security”
4/9 – Trib “Blight hurting Mid-Mon Valley economy”
April – Pittsburgh Magazine “The New Emerald City”
3/24 – PG 'Walk in the Woods' picked for next One Book project
3/16 – PG “Commentary: Sustainable thinking a proxy for good management"
3/16 – PG “A Green checklist”
3/16 – PG “Being green comes with a cost”
3/16 – PG “Cities have been embracing sustainability movement”
3/11 – PG “Organizers of World Environment Day unveil theme of the six-week event”
3/7 PG “The Next Page: Midsize cities, big ideas”
2/18 – Trib “CMU class aims to help transform needy communities”
1/14 - PG “Sustainability expert urges end to habits of consumption”



HEARD ON THE RADIO
- 2010

WYEP – promos for Great Outdoors Week
12/6-7 - WDUQ Interviewed: Matt Mehalik "Energy Efficiency Workshop"
12/5 - WDUQ "Peter Calthorpe Broadcast"
4/25 – DUQ broadcast of REDS keynote & some Q&A
3/11 KQV-AM – World Environment Day
3/11 WDUQ – World Environment Day

WATCHED ON TV - 2010

11/9 – KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Top 5 Trails and Fall Outdoor Activities”
8/15 – KDKA – Sunday Business Page “Downtown First”
6/21 – KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Walls are Bad” Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
5/31 – WQED – onQ, “What’s in the Water” Guest: Court Gould
5/31 Pittsburgh Today Live appearance on KDKA Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski 5/26 – PCNC – Impact, “World Environment Day” Guest: Ginette Walker Vinski
3/11 KDKA-TV – World Environment Day


FEATURED ONLINE

12/3 PG - Walkabout Blog "A Second Chance to hear da man"
12/3 - Techburger "Champions for Sustainability Workshop Looks at Energy Efficiency"

11/15 Greentech Media “Networked Regions 2.0: Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Renaissance”

10/17 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette City Walkabout Blog “City, region, it's all the same"
10/9 Les Affaires.com “Shale gas: environmentalists want a new tax”
10/7 Gapers Block “A Steel Tree: Return to Pittsburgh
9/22 Pop City “Win an iPad! Just tip off Sustainable Pittsburgh about what's made us a winner”
9/1 One Book One Community Blog “Partner Update: Sustainable Pittsburgh 10th Annual Southwestern PA Smart Growth Conference: Regional Collaboration: Investing in Sustainable Communities”
September – Pittsburgh Regional Alliance PRA Post “October 15 – 10th annual southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference”
8/25 Pop City “Sustainable Pittsburgh's Tipping Points Contest May Aid Next Decade of Pittsburgh Growth”
8/23 PG Being Green Blog “Igloo, trees and the past looking forward” (Tipping Points Competition)
7/20 - PilotGirl "Spoke Junkies at the OTB"
Ongoing - Pittsburgh Business Times Business Event Calendar
5/19 – Pop City “World Environment Day kicks off with why Water Matters! Register now”
5/12 – Pop City “Are you reading this outside? Great Outdoors Week is here”
4/21 – Pop City “How green is Pittsburgh? Take the World Environment Day online survey!”
TheSoulPitt.com “Inclusion in the Workforce”
PittsburghUrbanMedia.com “Inclusion in the Workforce”
Government Innovators Network of the Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University ran the 10/18 PG article on “Inclusion in the Workforce”

IN PRINT

2009

12/21 - PG "Millions of dollars lost in taxes, investment because of 'growing crisis' of blight"
12/15 -Trib "Report targets blighted property"
10/23 – Trib “Here's an idea: Check out one of these groups”
12/23 PG “Cranberry is going green”
10/22 – Reuters “Pennsylvania Business Leaders Release New Report on State Economic Impact of Climate Legislation” 
12/21 PG “Millions of dollars lost in taxes, investment because of 'growing crisis' of blight”
12/16 Trib “Report targets blighted property”
11/27 Pittsburgh Business Times, “G-20 begins to pay dividends for Pittsburgh companies”
10/19 – PG “Commentary: Mentoring programs can build diversity in management”
10/18 – PG “Sustainable Pittsburgh urges work force inclusion”
9/26 – Trib “Protesters weigh impact of their carbon footprints”
9/26 – Butler Eagle “Cranberry showcases its sustainability”
9/23 – Pop City Five Things That Could Dramatically Shape Pittsburgh's Future
9/22 – PG “Envisioning the possible future of climate change”
9/17 – PG “Cranberry tells all”
9/16 – Pop City “Diversity and inclusion is the key to a prosperous regional workforce, study says”
9/9 - PG, Study says inequality causes drag on economy
9/9 – PG “Study says inequality causes drag on economy”
Sept/Oct issue Edible Allegheny –– Walls are Bad/Sustainable Pittsburgh
September 2009 – ASCE News (Newsletter of the American Society of Civil Engineers Pittsburgh Section
7/7/09 - Students From Around the World Flock to Pitt For Leadership Training From Top Professionals
7/2/09 - Interns at The Heinz Endowments seek applicants for $175,000 in grants
6/1/7/09 - Engineers glean the latest in green tech at Sustainable Solutions Conference
5/22/09 - Could it be that we're shifting toward smart?
5/15/09 - Great Outdoors Week is an invitation to partake of our rivers and trails
5/15/09 - Festival will launch new Venture Outdoors programs
5/10/09 - Great Outdoors Week kicks off Thursday
Outdoors activities focus of 10-day celebration
4/30/09 - Sussing Sustainability
11/19/08 - Civic Organizations press Port Authority and Transit Union to Settle Contract/Avoid Shut Down
The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and Sustainable Pittsburgh joined Rep. Jake Wheatley, the African American Chamber of Commerce, the Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, and dozens of other community groups in issuing a Communitywide Statement on Transit Dispute.
View a list of organizations that have signed on to the Statement

HEARD ON THE RADIO

12/15 KQV-AM – Live Line interview of John Kromer re: Blighted and Abandoned Properties
12/15 WDUQ-FM – Regional Equitable Development Summit
12/15 - DUQ - "Blighted and Abandoned Properties," Regional Equitable Development Summit
12/15/09 - KQV - "Blighted and Abandoned Properties" Live Line Interview
11/16/09 - Pittsburgh Business Radio: Former Allegheny County Executive Jim Roddey looks at the influence that “going green” has had on Pittsburgh’s business climate. Jim talks with a number of local business leaders who are currently implementing green technology and resources into their operational strategy
9/23/09 – WYEP - Allegheny Front “Experts Weigh in on Sustainability of Pittsburgh”
9/10/09 – DUQ – “Sustainable Pittsburgh Releases ReportInterviewed:  Lee Hipps
8/19/09 DUQ – Greening the G-20
5/22/09 DUQ - story about the 9th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
5/21/09 DUQ – “9th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference Held”
5/15-16/09 DUQ – “Great Outdoors Week”
5/14/09 KDKA 1020 – “Great Outdoors Week"
4/17/09 DUQ - "One Step at a Time: Student Sustainability Symposium"

WATCHED ON TV

11/5/09 WPXI “Our Region’s Business” Interviewed: Lee Hipps (SP Board Chair)
10/15/09 WPXI – 6pm Evening news. Interviewed: Matt Mehalik
10/5/09 KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live “Children and Nature” Walls are Bad segment
9/11/09 KDKA-TV Pittsburgh Today Live " Laurel Highlands" Walls are Bad segment
8/19/09 KDKA-TV Group Pushes for ‘Green’ Elements to G-20
8/14/09 KDKA-TV Pittsburgh Today Live "Bike Fest" Walls are Bad segment
7/10/09 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live - Walls are Bad - "Water Trails" Walls are Bad segment
5/21/09 PCNC Night Talk, guest appearance “Green Tech/Jobs”
5/8/09 KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live “Great Outdoors Week” Walls are Bad segment


 

 
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