10 a.m. in City Council Chambers on the 5th floor of the City-County Building (414 Grant St.). You can learn more and check in on Facebook here. Note that this event shifted from June 21st due to Council postponement.
Jun 28: City Council water votes
10 a.m. in City Council Chambers on the 5th floor of the City-County Building (414 Grant St.). You can learn more and check in on Facebook here. Note that this event shifted from June 21st due to Council postponement.
Jun 27: Ohio River Watershed vision
Headwaters: A Bold New Vision for the Ohio River Watershed
In many ways, the Ohio River is an unsung resource. The Ohio’s near-thousand-mile course flows through Pennsylvania and five other states before emptying into the Mississippi. It’s a source of drinking water for more than five million people. But its long legacy as a “working river” has also made it the most polluted in the country. Those living along its banks from Pittsburgh to Louisville are now beginning to realize that reimagining their relationship to the river could prove crucial to the region’s future.
Join WESA's The Allegheny Front for a discussion about the future of the Ohio River watershed, with a keynote talk by Collin O'Mara, President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, followed by a panel discussion
6-8 p.m. at Point Park University's Center for Media Innovation (305 Wood St. 15222). Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages provided. Space is limited, so please register early! More information and online registration are here.
Hosted by The Allegheny Front to celebrate the launch of their new podcast, Headwaters, which will explore what this new chapter in the river’s history could look like — and how we can get there.
Jun 25: Allegheny SolarFest
Come on out for the third Allegheny SolarFest! Free admission to the Children's Museum all day. Ride your bike to the event during OpenStreetsPGH!!
Solar energy companies will show you how you can go solar, and there'll be an electric vehicle car show, food trucks, music and information on solar, energy efficiency, solar-powered aquaponics, efficient solar home design and more!
Great music, too!
• 10:15 - 11:45 am: The Chiodi Trio
• 12:15 - 1:30 pm: Buffalo Rose
• 1:45 - 3:00 pm: Brad Yoder
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Buhl Park, in front of the Pittsburgh Children's Museum (10 Children's Way, 15212). The event is powered with 100% solar energy! More information ('cause the flyer at left is too small here) and free online registration are here. And you can check in on Facebook to see who else is going!
Jun 24: Visit the first oil well
Tour of the Drake Well Museum
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| Photo courtesy of wiki user Niagara. |
Join the Sierra Club PA Legacy Issues Committee on a tour of the site of the first commercial oil well drilled in the United States. Learn about the birth of the oil industry and its impact to Pennsylvania. In addition to a tour of the museum, there will also be a presentation on abandoned gas wells and other legacy issues in the state of Pennsylvania.
11 a.m. at the Drake Well Museum, Titusville, PA. Space is limited, so RSVP online here.
11 a.m. at the Drake Well Museum, Titusville, PA. Space is limited, so RSVP online here.
Jun 17: Sustainability Salon on Pittsburgh's Water Future
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| July's salon with Bill Peduto |
Bring food and/or drink to share if you can (see below), along with musical instruments if you play. Check back on MarensList (where you can find information on all sorts of environmental and social justice events) for updates. And if you aren't yet on my list, if you're interested in Sustainability Salons (and our occasional house concert, simply contact me and I'll put you on my email list.
As always, I'll be sending out directions and such, and any late-breaking info, to all the RSVP'd folks by the morning of the salon if not before. So if you don't have it yet, please be patient! One of these days I'll streamline this process a bit, but for now it takes a while to to dot all my i's and cross all my t's. (All the extraneous requests for the address don't help; I have lots of other stuff I send out with it, but don't like to let them go unanswered so it adds hours to my prep time. If you RSVP properly (see above), you should get the info by the morning of the salon!)
For the uninitiated, a Sustainability Salon is an educational forum, it's a mini-conference, it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues, it's a house party with an environmental theme. We usually have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, delectable potluck food and drink, and music-making through the evening.
Past topics have included Shell's planned petrochemical plant, visualizing air quality, the City of Pittsburgh's sustainability initiatives, fossil energy infrastructure, getting money out of politics, community solar power and the Solarize Allegheny program, the Paris climate negotiations (before, during, and after), air quality (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of things and substances), neighborhood-scale food systems, other forms of green community revitalization, solar power, climate change, environmental art, environmental education (Part I & Part II), community mapping projects, environmental journalism, grassroots action, Marcellus shale development and community rights, green building, air quality, health care, more solar power, trees and park stewardship, alternative energy and climate policy, regional watershed issues, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on Food Systems, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Plastic Paradise, Rachel Carson and the Power Of One Voice, Triple Divide on fracking, You've Been Trumped and A Dangerous Game, A Fierce Green Fire, Sustainability Pioneers, films on consumption, Living Downstream, Bidder 70, YERT, Gas Rush Stories, and food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, and more food (a recurrent theme; with California running out of water, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).
Quite a few people have asked me what sorts of food to bring -- and my answer, as always, is whatever inspires you; I believe in the "luck" part of potlucks. Tasty noshings for the afternoon, hearty main dishes or scrumptious salads and sides for dinner, baked goods from biscuits and breads to brownies or baklava -- and/or beverages: wine, hard or sweet cider (the latter we can mull if you like), juice, tea, whatever. The more the merrier! Local fare is always particularly welcome, whether homemade or boughten. Dishes containing meat or dairy are fine, though if it isn't really obvious please make a note of it. We refill a bunch of growlers at East End and provide a big batch of mostly-homegrown pesto (cheesy and vegan), and other things as needed. More details will come after you RSVP (hint, hint!).
If you haven't been here before, you may enjoy checking out our roof garden and solar installation (and now apiary!) as well as the many other green and interesting things around our place.
And if you like to make music or listen to homemade music, don't forget the evening sing -- we typically run the gamut from Irish fiddle tunes to protest songs to the Beatles, and a fun time is had by all. Bring instruments if you play, and/or pick up one of ours. Conversations will continue through the evening, as well.
Jun 6: Inspire lecture on Food & Sustainability
Inspire Speakers Series presents Food and Sustainability with Stephen Ritz, Karen Washington, and Raqueeb Bey
Food is the foundation of communities, a means of connecting people to place and place to opportunity. Cultivating this relationship is Stephen Ritz, a dedicated teacher who has spent the last 20 years raising test scores and vegetables in his South Bronx classroom. Stephen lives and works in the nation’s poorest congressional district, and uses food to grow ‘organic citizens’ as part of a new green economy. Stephen will be joined by the godmother of urban farming Karen Washington, who began one of the first community gardens in the Bronx in 1988. Having founded farmers markets, a garden coalition, and now a farm of her own, Karen plants seeds of resilience, growing food to inspire unity and collaboration among residents. She understands the power of a tomato to promote racial justice, economic equality, and urban sustainability. The conversation also features local food leader and advocate Raqueeb Bey, president of Pittsburgh chapter of Black Urban Growers (founded by Ms. Washington), and Jake Seltman, Grow Pittsburgh's executive director, as the emcee.
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Stephen Ritz, educator and green innovator, teaches at CS 55 in the Bronx, and is the founder of the Green Bronx Machine.
Karen Washington Karen is a farmer and community activist, and co-founder of Black Urban Growers.
Raqueeb Bey is an urban agriculturalist, community activist, mother, and Garden Resource Coordinator for Grow Pittsburgh.
5:30 p.m. at the Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium at the Hill House Kaufmann Center. Networking, food, and drink begin at 4:30p; and resumes after the event at 7 p.m. along with a book signing with Stephen Ritz. Free childcare provided with advance registration; see details on the registration web page. More info and online registration here!
Jun 3: Fracking in Your Community
Fracking in Your Local Community: Your Rights and Municipal Responsibilities
Join Food & Water Watch for a forum on everything you'll need to know about local zoning regulations and preparing for shale drilling in your community. This event is for elected officials and community leaders looking to engage with this issue at the local level in their community.
See the list of confirmed speakers here, then be sure to sign up below to reserve your seat!
8:30 a.m. (panels begin at 9) to 12:30 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (616 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206). Seating is limited, so register today! For more information, contact Doug Shields at dshields@fwwatch.org or 267-428-1917.
Jun 3: March For Truth
People of Pittsburgh and Western Pensylvania will rise with Indivisible Pittsburgh, the Women's March of Pittsburgh, and Mayor Bill Peduto along with other activists and concerned citizens gathering all over the country to #MarchForTruth and demand that key components of our democracy are maintained. We want to know that our country is being protected and that the truth is respected.
Marchers will gather at the portico of the City-County building at 11 a.m., and head into Market Square. We will have speakers and more. This is being put together quickly; if your organization wants to help, message @IndivisiblePittsburgh!
Speakers: TBA
Goals include:
1. A special prosecutor must be named, an independent commission must be established, and Congressional investigations should be properly resourced and pursued free of partisan interests;
2. As much information should be made available to the public as possible, and as soon as possible;
3. Congress should require Donald Trump to release his tax returns to clarify his business interests and obligations to any foreign entity;
4. If crimes were committed or if collusion is discovered, it must be prosecuted.
Note: By choosing to attend this event, you are acknowledging the risks involved, and you are committing to participate nonviolently and in accordance with the law, and to work to de-escalate confrontations with opposing persons or others. You agree (i) not to engage in any act of violence or violation of any applicable law and (ii) to obey the orders of authorized event marshals and law enforcement authorities.
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