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Maren's list of environmental, cultural, and <br>social justice events in and around Pittsburgh.Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1835125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-275754697948791842024-03-10T16:54:00.030-04:002024-03-18T15:49:04.600-04:00Mar 24: Sustainability Salon on Reducing Plastics (on Zoom)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieflTW-XxUdLv2WueQ1IApt16-ER2Pu1hOx9KSmfKmNLGc_fkNv1K4NTjFxJVc2rsXybGubjoa7cJ_T8eeQC9RWDGa8yV_7M00CKBDB7cTI5tMGgbMZ4b-GVZ-rK7tuqdaSVhADTtIKfJ705R6WJukaVWMleSJVDQVizgdHumvMC7aHOXzYri1uuX6vQuB/s3766/AvoidingSUPs1992.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Examples of ways to avoid SUPs" border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="3766" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieflTW-XxUdLv2WueQ1IApt16-ER2Pu1hOx9KSmfKmNLGc_fkNv1K4NTjFxJVc2rsXybGubjoa7cJ_T8eeQC9RWDGa8yV_7M00CKBDB7cTI5tMGgbMZ4b-GVZ-rK7tuqdaSVhADTtIKfJ705R6WJukaVWMleSJVDQVizgdHumvMC7aHOXzYri1uuX6vQuB/w449-h222/AvoidingSUPs1992.jpeg" title="Avoiding single-use plastics" width="449" /></a></div>With catastrophic events like the train derailment and chemical explosion in nearby East Palestine, Ohio last year, the plastics industry is receiving <a href="https://www.beyondplastics.org/actions/ban-vinyl-chloride" target="_blank">much-needed scrutiny</a>. Leading up to our annual Food salons, we'll look at ways that we -- individuals, and society at large -- can reduce the use of plastics related to food: how it's grown, transported, prepared, stored, and served. Petro-based plastics in particular (the word "plastic" just means "formable") -- we can address both the production side (drilling and fracking and pipelines and petrochemical plants and transportation of chemicals and nurdles, all of which damage health and the environment) and the end-of-life problems (plastic pollution, from ecosystems to our own bodies) by changing how we do things (e.g., eliminating single-use plastics) and what we do them with (filling the same needs with other, more benign, materials). So this year, for the 146th Sustainability Salon, we'll extend our annual Food series with an extra session focusing on plastics, in collaboration with Pittsburghers Against Single-use Plastic (<a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank">PASUP</a>).<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Although next Sunday looks to be a nice day for working outside, it’ll be a bit cool for sitting around in the shade for hours, so we’ll still be on Zoom. </span><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank">PASUP</a>'s <b>Maren Cooke </b>will open with a brief explanation of why each item in the event photo was chosen -- 'cause we know that some folks are wondering.</div><div><p><a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank">PASUP</a>'s <b>'Becca Stallings</b> is also the author of <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/" target="_blank">The Earthling's Handbook</a>, an insightful blog which explores many different aspects of life through a lens of sustainability. Earthling's entries range from <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/2022/06/14/suburban-nation-happy-city-owl-musings/" target="_blank">book reviews</a> to <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/2021/09/22/quick-lunch-from-leftovers-roasted-tomatoes-and-crispy-garlic-kale/" target="_blank">healthy recipes</a> to <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/2022/08/02/plastic-free-product-reviews/" target="_blank">reviews of plastic-free products</a>. She'll further explore the realm of food-container reuse.</p></div><div><p><a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank">PASUP</a>'s <b>Dianne Peterson</b> will share what she's been doing to enable individuals and families to eschew plastics, and especially single-use plastics, in their daily lives. From wooden toys and games to food storage containers made of silicone and stainless steel, her home-based business Our Children Our Earth enables Pittsburghers and others to live life a little more sustainably. And Dianne's Dishware has provided bamboo-based tableware to dozens (or hundreds?) of events in and around the 'Burgh (that otherwise would've used disposables). </p><p><b>Ed Wrenn</b> co-founded our <a href="https://westernpa.wildones.org/" target="_blank">regional chapter</a> of <a href="https://wildones.org/" target="_blank">Wild Ones</a>, an organization that promotes native plants and more-sustainable land care, but he also thinks a great deal about plastics, including those used in landscaping and food gardening -- and how they can be reduced. </p><div><div>Check back here for updates!</div><div><br /></div><div>The next two Sustainability Salons will also be part of our regular spring series on <b>Food</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With weather still chilly, we'll still be on Zoom this month. We'll see how the forecast develops for next month! </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m., when presentations begin, and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that) -- join us for whatever time works for you!.</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mar-24-sustainability-salon-on-reducing-plastics-on-zoom-tickets-865731214367?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank"><b>RSVP via Eventbrite</b></a>, </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Mar 18: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Seminar on the History of Deep Reform in the US and Its Lessons for Today's Social Movements -- 4:30-7 in 3702 Posvar Hall (230 S Bouquet St., at Pitt).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Mar 23: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Rally and conference in East Palestine: Among the consequences of plastic production are events like last year's train derailment and chemical explosion, which released huge amounts of toxic substances -- and in the process burned several cars' worth of vinyl chloride, leaving homes and communities contaminated, and damaging residents' health both there and downwind (largely Beaver County, just north of Pittsburgh). Join community members, labor allies, and <a href="https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/" target="_blank">Food & Water Watch</a> for a rally and conference. More info and registration <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/613423/" target="_blank">here</a>. And there will be a <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/612933/" target="_blank">bus from Pittsburgh</a>!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Apr 3-7: Concerned about <a href="https://www.accdpa.org/urban-soils" target="_blank">soil contamination</a>? (Here's some information on <a href="https://www.accdpa.org/files/content/accd-lead-guidance-factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">lead in soils</a>.) The <a href="https://www.accdpa.org/" target="_blank">Allegheny County Conservation District</a> is holding a free Soil Lead Screening, with five different dropoff sites around town. You need to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-soil-lead-screening-spring-drop-off-event-tickets-853720309427" target="_blank">register here</a>, and detailed instructions will be sent to you! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Apr 27 & 28: Penn Garvin, who framed our recent four-part series on Movement-Building, will be in Pittsburgh for a two-day workshop on Strategic Organizing and Nonviolent Direct Action. More details to come!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"> </span><a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/food-systems" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;" target="_blank">ReImagine Food Systems</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">, which we've talked about at past salons, is raising funds for this year's operations (food gardens and hands-on education offered at no cost to residents in environmental justice communities, by volunteers). If you have something to spare, you can <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-pts-reimagine-food-systems" target="_blank">contribute via GoFundMe</a>. And we're always looking for more volunteers, too! Email <a href="mailto: reimaginefoodsystems@gmail.com">reimaginefoodsystems@gmail.com</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY recently released the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. <a href="https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgSZ3HSA4v4/VV1PQiARgbI/AAAAAAAADt4/Oj4wGZWU_Uo/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgSZ3HSA4v4/VV1PQiARgbI/AAAAAAAADt4/Oj4wGZWU_Uo/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2024/02/feb-25-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">water campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/12/jan-21-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">climate campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/11/dec-10-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumerism</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/nov-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">air quality campaigns</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">movement-building and sustained campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a 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<br />Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-76239281515663079012024-02-02T10:30:00.000-05:002024-02-07T17:18:42.568-05:00MarensList is Experiencing Technical Difficulties<p>Due to a change in how this platform works, it has become very difficult to make new postings for future events. I hope to find a solution soon, but in the meantime my apologies for a rather thin slate of events! I do consolidate a wide variety of events in each Sustainability Salon listing, so look there for "Other Items of Interest". There really is a lot going on... note that I also share events on Facebook, so look me up there if you're at loose ends. </p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-15313879507027128592024-02-02T10:00:00.000-05:002024-02-07T17:19:26.355-05:00Campfire Dispatch -- current and past issues<p>The Campfire Dispatch is a newsletter about climate action and climate news in Pennsylvania. Due to organizational changes, it has moved -- for now, you can view past articles <a href="https://campfiredispatcheditor.wordpress.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here</a>, and the current issue is <b><a href="https://sgpublishingteam.com/pa-campfire-dispatch/" target="_blank">here</a>.</b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://campfiredispatcheditor.wordpress.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="4200" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKa69e239wBrekz8vSK8wMKKe8mp-HWDV__in1K72t-KdV3jZS0JAS0fekpMsjzgF-YJys1r40IRKMn1JG-SWFubRZM1V1ucvBK9J7x6zhueGwOTkT-tQN_21f2-sryb08eu4mW9MY1OjfJFZaSk42mh7IMTuUo920xDgUDkZK986DK6gGZWbDM42nbQ/w388-h640/CFDfront.jpg" width="388" /></a></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-10656690680304369342024-02-02T09:30:00.000-05:002024-02-07T17:19:39.062-05:00Local food resources<b>The Putting Down Roots <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html">Sustainability Salons</a> have continued each month since February, 2012. </b>The <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html">second Sustainability Salon</a> (as well as the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html">14th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html">15th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html">26th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html">27th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">38th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" target="_blank">39th</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">51st</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">52nd</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" target="_blank">62nd</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" target="_blank">63rd</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">64th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" target="_blank">74th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" target="_blank">75th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">87th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">88th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">98th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/apr-4-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">99th,</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">110th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">111th</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">122nd</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">123rd</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">135th</a>, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">136th</a>) focused on <b>food</b> -- growing it, sourcing it locally, and eating more humanely. Afterwards, Maren put together a list of many such local sources: CSA farms, farmers' markets, grassfed and humanely raised meats and dairy, natural foods suppliers, bakeries, and advocacy organizations. <a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2013/12/local-food-resources.html">This list</a> now resides on a growing <a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Resources section</a> of the Putting Down Roots Blogger site. Click on the tomatoes to teleport over there! <br />
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Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-59750354298082074952024-02-01T04:16:00.025-05:002024-02-25T10:45:52.519-05:00Feb 25: Sustainability Salon on Movement-Building (Part IV, Water) on Zoom<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv-5mbXthcexMSPVQTgIizGVC3PBNEGiOQhgxmgEMxgUqtTO0VDGbARLUg7vFuhQQCzYyWD45D6diHHfhpDC1VFp8ogPbaxFg7XNH7I77cPKh3pozBmrXRNrCMkUyZc2xbs7QARFUnQ3Dgw8UTaOIt2WSAP58zkprk3v9ptasoa1YbZjqJPTi0S2vegQR/s3896/AlleghenyKayaking4200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3896" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv-5mbXthcexMSPVQTgIizGVC3PBNEGiOQhgxmgEMxgUqtTO0VDGbARLUg7vFuhQQCzYyWD45D6diHHfhpDC1VFp8ogPbaxFg7XNH7I77cPKh3pozBmrXRNrCMkUyZc2xbs7QARFUnQ3Dgw8UTaOIt2WSAP58zkprk3v9ptasoa1YbZjqJPTi0S2vegQR/w565-h386/AlleghenyKayaking4200.jpeg" width="565" /></a></div><p></p><b>A lot of folks are asking</b> "How can I be the most effective?" "What impact can I have on climate change?" and "How can I contribute to bringing about social justice?" With 2023 in the books as the <a href="https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2023-hottest-year-record" target="_blank">hottest year on record</a> -- the world is changing, folks! -- we'll continue our Movement-Building series with a focus on <b>water campaigns</b>. This will be a great opportunity to get a handle on all the important work being done to protect our region's waterways. <i>(We'll be on Zoom; with covid numbers high again, we just don't want 50-100 people in our living room.)</i><p></p><div>On the macro level, what makes a successful social movement? How do they develop, from the ground up? How can groups collaborate most efficiently? How best to target our efforts? What skills are needed? What kind of strategic planning is necessary, at what stages? On the personal level: what do you care about? What are you good at? What do you love doing? What do you know? Who do you know? We can use the answers to all these questions to plan, create, and sustain effective campaigns -- not just a protest march here, a banner-drop there. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s2744/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2051" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/w173-h232/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" width="173" /></a></div>For the <b>145th Sustainability Salon (kicking off our 13th year of salons!)</b>, we'll continue our exploration of these ideas, as we figure out how to use our passion to create long-term campaigns. In October, longtime activist and skilled movement trainers <b>Penn Garvin</b> and Kidest Gebre led an <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">interactive workshop</a> (you can view the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">recording online</a>, if you weren't able to attend!) and this time we'll be considering some of the long-term campaigns helping to <b>protect</b> <b>water quality</b> that are active in our region. We'll brainstorm ways to improve these campaigns, and share stories, insights, resources, and victories -- as well as finding ways to connect more folks with this important work. We hope that a lot of local leaders, activists, and would-be activists will be able to join us for this series -- and are looking for Again, if you couldn't make the first one but want to join in the discussion, please view the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" target="_blank">recording online</a></b> -- that'll help get us all onto the same page, laying the groundwork for our discussions with particular regional campaigns. Documents and links associated with this series are provided <a href="https://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2023/11/movement-building-workshop-documents.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Two previous salons in this series focused on <b><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/nov-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">Air</a></b> and <b><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/12/jan-21-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">Climate</a></b> campaigns. <div><div><br /></div><div><b>Penn Garvin</b> will be with us again, to frame our conversation. Penn began her activist work with the original Poor People's Campaign in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. She has worked on issues like human rights, women's health care, homelessness, Central America, peace, and the environment -- and has led workshops on organizing and non-violent civil resistance. She presently works with <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/pennsylvania-action-on-climate" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Action On Climate</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Heather Hulton VanTassel</b> is the executive director of <a href="https://www.threeriverswaterkeeper.org/" target="_blank">Three Rivers Waterkeeper</a>, which monitors and protects the Allegheny, the Monongahela, and the Ohio using science and the law.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tom Pike</b>, environmental policy advocate at <a href="https://www.protectpt.org/" target="_blank">ProtectPT</a>, will share their work protecting water quality from fracking and related operations in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><b>Hilary Flint</b> is Director of Communications and Community Engagement for Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (<a href="https://www.marcellusawareness.org/" target="_blank">BCMAC</a>), and Vice President of <a href="https://twitter.com/UnityCouncilEP" target="_blank">Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment</a>. As a cancer survivor and affected resident, she’s determined to protect others from corporate greed and the health harms generated by the buildout of petrochemical plastics manufacturing. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Gabriel Gray</b> is <a href="https://pittsburghunited.org/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh United</a>'s lead organizer for the Our Water campaign, which aims to keep our region's water supply both clean and affordable -- we need accessibility and equity, as well as pollution prevention! We talked about this campaign in 2017's <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">salon on Pittsburgh's Water Future</a>; Gabby will bring us up to date on the campaign, which is expanding into schools and across the region.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Patrick Shirey</b> is a fisheries ecologist involved in policy, an assistant professor in Geology and Environmental Sciences at Pitt, and associate director of <a href="https://www.water.pitt.edu/" target="_blank">The Water Collaboratory,</a> which works at the intersection of water research, governance, and action. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Robin Martin Lesko</b>, organizer at <a href="https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/" target="_blank">Food & Water Watch</a>, led a successful canvassing campaign to protect Allegheny County parks from fracking. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Check back here for updates!</div><div><br /></div><div>The next Sustainability Salon will very likely launch our regular spring series on <b>Food</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With winter here, we'll be on Zoom for the next several months. </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m., when presentations begin, and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!).</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feb-25-sustainability-salon-on-movement-building-part-iv-water-tickets-837791505947" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a>, </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Feb 9: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Collective Knowledge Building Workshop on Air Quality & Community Health (2:30-4:30 p.m. at General Sisters, 1140 Kirkpatrick Ave. in North Braddock). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Feb 15: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">The </span><a href="https://blackappalachiancoalition.org/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Black Appalachian Coalition</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> and the </span><a href="https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Ohio River Valley Institute</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> are partnering with </span><a href="https://patriciademarco.com/just-transition-pathways/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Patricia DeMarco</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">, PhD for a Petrochemical Lunch & Learn series, delving deep into the connection between environmental pollution and our health. Register </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcuqqrz0vGdSlxRBjkfkT4FusY64Cpz_2?blm_aid=0#/registration" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Feb 17: Join the <a href="https://www.idapgh.org/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Branch</a> of DarkSky International and other local folks who care about light pollution in Pittsburgh to socialize and share stories, enjoy light refreshments, and tour the Allegheny Observatory! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-skies-meeting-tickets-817533453567" target="_blank">Registration requested</a> (and note that if there's inclement weather, it'll shift to Zoom).</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Feb 22: Join national and local Green New Deal networks, congressmember Summer Lee, and other voices for a</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <span style="background-color: white;">community event and rally calling on President Biden and our Pennsylvania state government to make bigger and bolder investments that keep our communities safe and healthy (vs. more spending on waging war).</span> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">2-3 p.m. in Schenley Plaza -- more information and registration <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/greennewdealnetwork/event/603228/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Mar 2: </span></span> Poor People's Campaign Mass Mobilization in Harrisburg -- m</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">ore information and registration </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-2nd-poor-peoples-campaign-mass-mobilization-in-harrisburg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">. There will be a bus from Pittsburgh!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Mar 9: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Want to know more about the trees in your neighborhood, and have the opportunity to help care for them? Become a Tree Tender! Tree Pittsburgh and Upstream Pgh are holding a training in Wilkinsburg -- more info and registration <a href="https://secure.givelively.org/event/friends-of-the-pittsburgh-urban-forest/tree-tender-course-march-2024-with-upstream-pgh" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Mar 18: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Speaking of movements... a seminar on the History of Deep Reform in the US and Its Lessons for Today's Social Movements -- 4:30-7 in 3702 Posvar Hall (230 S Bouquet St., at Pitt).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"> </span><a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/food-systems" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;" target="_blank">ReImagine Food Systems</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">, which we've talked about at past salons, is raising funds for this year's operations (food gardens and hands-on education offered at no cost to residents in environmental justice communities, by volunteers). If you have something to spare, you can <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-pts-reimagine-food-systems" target="_blank">contribute via GoFundMe</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY recently released the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. <a href="https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgSZ3HSA4v4/VV1PQiARgbI/AAAAAAAADt4/Oj4wGZWU_Uo/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgSZ3HSA4v4/VV1PQiARgbI/AAAAAAAADt4/Oj4wGZWU_Uo/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/12/jan-21-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">climate campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/11/dec-10-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumerism</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/nov-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">air quality campaigns</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">movement-building and sustained campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bHuBeCxOAqc/U2FYbaL2u8I/AAAAAAAAC0s/Qhq01s5Nuq4/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bHuBeCxOAqc/U2FYbaL2u8I/AAAAAAAAC0s/Qhq01s5Nuq4/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-43512769837756972712024-01-05T15:55:00.036-05:002024-01-25T14:08:30.781-05:00Jan 21: Sustainability Salon on Movement-Building (Part III, Climate (zoom))<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGNVqTaYcvARwcjkYb-qoZFvH8xR1hfNBPuHkBPGofnYtxMI95ntj3Sw9k5Hktn9ihXH4oxV1AZtIoXy9C3rrCTrto8HVb2gZKBNjw7CkKlL8Cx7KKA6l1GLc-OkzUejgHgcQafmNYzZssBR6aq_Mn5TMf23IXh1Z2rq4diqFXG6GyZPAKKf1x0zuYKdd/s2400/2023HottestYear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2400" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGNVqTaYcvARwcjkYb-qoZFvH8xR1hfNBPuHkBPGofnYtxMI95ntj3Sw9k5Hktn9ihXH4oxV1AZtIoXy9C3rrCTrto8HVb2gZKBNjw7CkKlL8Cx7KKA6l1GLc-OkzUejgHgcQafmNYzZssBR6aq_Mn5TMf23IXh1Z2rq4diqFXG6GyZPAKKf1x0zuYKdd/w433-h314/2023HottestYear.jpg" width="433" /></a></b></div><b>A lot of folks are asking</b> "How can I be the most effective?" "What impact can I have on climate change?" and "How can I contribute to bringing about social justice?" With 2023 in the books as the <a href="https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2023-hottest-year-record" target="_blank">hottest year on record</a>, we'll start 2024 with a focus on <b>climate change activism</b>. This will be a great opportunity to get a handle on all the important work being done in our region to spur climate action. We'll be on Zoom again; with covid numbers high again, we just don't want 50-100 people in our living room.<p></p><div>On the macro level, what makes a successful social movement? How do they develop, from the ground up? How can groups collaborate most efficiently? How best to target our efforts? What skills are needed? What kind of strategic planning is necessary, at what stages? On the personal level: what do you care about? What are you good at? What do you love doing? What do you know? Who do you know? We can use the answers to all these questions to plan, create, and sustain effective campaigns -- not just a protest march here, a banner-drop there. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s2744/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2051" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s320/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>For the <b>144th Sustainability Salon (that's TWELVE YEARS of Salons!)</b>, we'll continue our exploration of these ideas, as we figure out how to use our passion to create long-term campaigns. In October, longtime activist and skilled movement trainers <b>Penn Garvin</b> and Kidest Gebre led an <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">interactive workshop</a> (you can view the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">recording online</a>, if you weren't able to attend!) and this time we'll be considering some of the long-term campaigns around <b>climate</b> that are active in our region. We'll brainstorm ways to improve them, and share stories, insights, resources, and victories -- as well as finding ways to connect more folks with this important work. We hope that a lot of local leaders, activists, and would-be activists will be able to join us for this series -- and are looking for Again, if you couldn't make the first one but want to join in the discussion, please view the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" target="_blank">recording online</a></b> -- that'll help get us all onto the same page, laying the groundwork for our discussions with particular regional campaigns. Documents and links associated with this series are provided <a href="https://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2023/11/movement-building-workshop-documents.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<div><div><br /></div><div><b>Penn Garvin</b> will be with us again, to frame our conversation. Penn began her activist work with the original Poor People's Campaign in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. She has worked on issues like human rights, women's health care, homelessness, Central America, peace, and the environment -- and has led workshops on organizing and non-violent civil resistance. She presently works with <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/pennsylvania-action-on-climate" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Action On Climate</a> (PAC), and others from PAC will join the conversation.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matthew Mehalik</b>, executive director of the <a href="https://breatheproject.org/" target="_blank">Breathe Project</a>, will be with us again, this time with a brief history of climate activism in our region.</div><div><br /></div><div>This salon will be part of the leadup to the launch of <b><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/12/jan-21-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">350 Pittsburgh</a></b>'s new <b>University Environmental Scorecard</b>, and we'll hear about 350Pgh's other long-term campaigns, from 350 Pgh's <b>Jim Blakley</b>.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>After 350.org, Bill McKibben went on to found<b> <a href="https://thirdact.org/" target="_blank">Third Act</a></b>, harnessing the considerable energies of "experienced Americans" (folks over 60) to protect people and the planet, now and into the future. A <a href="https://www.thirdactpa.org/" target="_blank"><b>Pennsylvania working group</b></a> has formed and is advocating for stronger climate action in PA, protecting the right to vote and uplifting democracy, and helping people (and pressuring institutions) to divest from fossil fuels. Local organizers <b>JoAnn Karsh </b>and<b> Marty Seltman</b> will share an update on the group's work so far.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Younger generations, of course, are going to have to contend with climate impacts on into the future. And young folks are speaking out and acting up, through groups like the <a href="https://www.sunrisemovement.org/" target="_blank"><b>Sunrise Movement</b></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fossilfreepitt/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Fossil Free Pitt Coalition</a>, and CMU's<b> <a href="https://cmusustainableearth.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Sustainable Earth</a></b>. <b> </b> <a href="https://www.communitopiapgh.org/pittsburgh-youth-for-climate-action" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Youth for Climate Action</b></a> grew out of the work of <a href="https://www.communitopiapgh.org/" target="_blank"><b>Communitopia</b></a> with local students; <b>Raina Rippel</b>, executive director of Communitopia, will shine a light on their work.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>On the legislative front, <a href="https://citizensclimatelobby.org/" target="_blank"><b>Citizens Climate Lobby</b></a> has long advocated for carbon fee and dividend bills that would use natural market forces to incentivize conservation and renewables. <b>Dana Siler</b>, co-chair of the <b><a href="https://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/PA_Pittsburgh/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh chapter</a></b>, will talk about some of the tools in CCL's toolbox including letters and op-eds in newspapers and public speaking as well as direct lobbying. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><b><a href="https://pghgreennewdeal.com/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Green New Deal</a></b> is also working on strategies to help make sure that the Climate Action Plan being developed for Allegheny County centers environmental justice (including economic, racial, disability, and migrant justice) while being accountable, transparent, and enforceable. Core members <b>Helen Gerhardt</b> and <b>Julia Mente</b> will talk about this and other PGND campaigns.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaactiononclimate.org/" target="_blank"><b>Pennsylvania Action on Climate</b></a> takes a strong stance against corruption leading to environmental devastation in Pennsylvania. PAC co-founder <b>Michael Bagdes-Canning</b> will share their experiences doing non-violent direct action around the state and in Harrisburg.</div><div><br /></div><div>Climate action will require understanding and participation from everyone. But it can be a challenge to have a meaningful conversation about climate change with folks on the other side of the political divide. The <a href="https://carnegiemnh.org/educator/crsp/" target="_blank"><b>Climate and Rural Systems Partnership</b></a>, based at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the University of Pittsburgh, is a collaborative learning and research project aiming to get people in rural Western Pennsylvania talking about it -- and ready to make necessary changes. <b>Alexis Boytim</b>, senior program manager, will share their progress. (CRSP is a follow-on to CUSP, the Climate Urban Systems Partnership, which we featured at a <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">2013 salon</a>.)</div><div><br /></div><div>The next Sustainability Salon will very likely be another installment in this series, looking at <b>water</b> -- check back on MarensList for the latest! </div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With autumn closing in, we'll be on Zoom for the next several months. </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m., when presentations begin, and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!).</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jan-21-sustainability-salon-on-movement-building-part-iii-climate-tickets-795454424597" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 9: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> T</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">he Order of the Phoenix, Pittsburgh Democratic Committee, Indivisible Grassroots Pittsburgh, 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club, and Indivisible Forest Hills host a Town Hall with Mayor Ed Gainey <i>(7 p.m. at First Unitarian Church in Shadyside). </i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 14: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> First in a series of strategic planning sessions to promote, improve, and advocate for Climate Action Plans and environmental justice across the Pittsburgh region. More information and registration <a href="https://pghgreennewdeal.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 18 or 19 (your choice): Introductory webinar for the 58th cohort of the </span></span></span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://rocis.org/" target="_blank">ROCIS</a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px;"> (</span>Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px;">) monitoring project. Now virtual (and even open to some folks outside of swpa) and free to participate! Learn more and register <a href="https://rocis.org/low-cost-monitoring-project/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 18 - Mar 14: Once again, Farm to Table presents a series of online gardening classes with local gardening sage Doug Oster. Thursdays at 5pm on Zoom -- more info and registration <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/gardeningwithdougoster/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 19-20: </span>The annual <a href="https://prjs.org/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit</a> (Friday evening keynote and daytime workshops on Saturday, at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary). Lots more information and registration <a href="https://prjs.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. <i><b>NEWSFLASH: Postponed, due to snow and illnesses. </b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 25: <a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/" target="_blank">ReImagine TCWAC</a> is having another visioning session! Learn about the group's initiatives (including <a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/food-systems" target="_blank">ReImagine Food Systems</a>, which we've talked about at past salons), and connect with local climate and envl organizations. More info and registration <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/147NMvEVj0etccRs3RPNtg2" target="_blank">here</a>. (Note: tabling space still available for orgs!)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 30: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/" target="_blank">GASP</a> continues to Make the Connections with a panel discussion on home health hazards. More information and registration </span><a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/event-details/making-the-connection-safe-at-home-understanding-common-environmental-hazards-1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Jan 31: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> <a href="https://oveadvocates.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Valley Environmental Advocates</a> kicks off an Expert Series with a webinar on local air monitoring and the impacts of cumulative air pollution<i> (7 p.m. on Zoom). </i>Register <a href="https://zoom.us/.../tJcvd-2hpzgoEtHbmAQRKv2-25-Mzq5l8hlx" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Feb 15: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> The <a href="https://blackappalachiancoalition.org/" target="_blank">Black Appalachian Coalition</a> and the <a href="https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Ohio River Valley Institute</a> are partnering with <a href="https://patriciademarco.com/just-transition-pathways/" target="_blank">Patricia DeMarco</a>, PhD for a Petrochemical Lunch & Learn series, delving deep into the connection between environmental pollution and our health. Register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcuqqrz0vGdSlxRBjkfkT4FusY64Cpz_2?blm_aid=0#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"> </span><a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/food-systems" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;" target="_blank">ReImagine Food Systems</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">, which we've talked about at past salons, is raising funds for this year's operations (food gardens and hands-on education offered at no cost to residents in environmental justice communities, by volunteers). If you have something to spare, you can <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-pts-reimagine-food-systems" target="_blank">contribute via GoFundMe</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY recently released the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. <a href="https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/11/dec-10-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumerism</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/nov-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">air quality campaigns</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">movement-building and sustained campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a 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position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-22126804776564809592023-12-01T00:30:00.024-05:002023-12-10T17:11:03.547-05:00Dec 10: Sustainability Salon on Consumption<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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<b>143rd Sustainability Salon (on Zoom)</b>, we'll take a break from our ongoing series on Movement-Building, and return to our annual December focus on <b>Consumption</b> (as always, hoping to help folks go forth into the holidays inclined to <i>buy less stuff). </i><p></p><p>Do you see yourself as a consumer? (Or are you a citizen, a resident, a person, a human?) Why and how are people motivated to consume and acquire? How do social pressures and family dynamics figure in? What are the ingredients for a really meaningful holiday?</p><p>In collaboration with Pittsburghers Against Single-Use Plastic (<a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank">PASUP</a>), we welcome <b>Sydney Shoff</b>, founder of <b><a href="https://solrefill.com/" target="_blank">Sol Refill</a> </b>-- Pittsburgh's first zero-waste delivery service. She's been thinking a lot about consumerism: its history, the forces that drive it, and alternative ways of being and sharing. </p><p>First, we'll look at practical, everyday waste-reduction measures. <a href="http://pasupnow.org/" target="_blank"><b>PASUP</b></a>'<b>s</b> own <b>Becca Stallings</b>, also creator of <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Earthling's Handbook</b></a>, will help Pittsburghers navigate the new <a href="http://pasupnow.org/2023/12/06/pittsburghs-plastic-bag-ban-what-does-it-mean-for-you" target="_blank">single-use plastic bag ban</a>. </p><p>One mode of holiday gifting that doesn't generate more stuff is to give or share an experience; another is to make a donation in their honor, or volunteering together. That way the recipient knows that you're thinking about them, while contributing to something they care about. You can find any number of worthy organizations in past salon descriptions (linked at the bottom of this MarensList post) -- and if you bring your thoughts about causes you'd like to support, I can probably hook you up with the right organization! One interesting new enterprise addresses multiple needs at once: <b><a href="https://www.harmonydogrescue.org/" target="_blank">Harmony Dog Rescue</a></b> arranges foster care for dogs whose humans are fleeing violence and abuse. Founder <b>Timothy Lydon</b> will say a few words about this new organization. </p><div>In the new year, on January 21st, we will mark twelve years of salons by returning to the most important topic of our time -- <b>climate change</b> -- and continue our ongoing series about movement-building and effective campaign work, including 350Pittsburgh's new Environmental Scorecard for universities, and a discussion of climate action planning and environmental justice led by the Pittsburgh Green New Deal group. As always, check back on MarensList for the latest! </div><div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below (and note the top item -- want to be my neighbor?). </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With winter approaching, <b>we'll be on Zoom</b> for the next several months. </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m. (when presentations begin), and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!).</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/december-10th-sustainability-salon-on-consumption-tickets-770952739397" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> <i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Newsflash</span>:</b></i> <span style="color: #274e13;"><b> if you'd like a really short stroll to the next in-person Sustainability Salon, and opportunities for co-gardening and other fun things, the house next door to us has just gone on the market! <a href="https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/6735-Forest-Glen-Rd_Pittsburgh_PA_15217_M32024-80025" target="_blank">#6735</a> (note that things move fast around here).</b></span></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Dec 3: <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">September's salon</a> was all about about abandoned oil & gas wells in PA. They're all around us -- you can learn how to identify wells (and what to do once you do) with the Pittsburgh Green New Deal group in North Park <i>(12-3 p.m., starting at LaRoche University).</i> Sign up <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczkGzvV_jMT_ux0FDHAooAp7ZreVUfI9CPHzo1-J3gcmkURA/viewform" target="_blank">here</a> for this event (or <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehMG7IydBtWAXadgwvDJssLq_vnLHH2GU5zQJEpSkbjMaaEQ/viewform" target="_blank">here</a> to indicate general interest).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Dec 6: </span>Better Path Presents </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Jennifer Congdon and Jess Conard of </span><span style="background-color: white;">Beyond Plastic with their new report "</span><a href="https://www.beyondplastics.org/publications/chemical-recycling" target="_blank">Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception</a><span style="background-color: white;">" <i>(7pm; register <a href="http://bit.ly/BPPCongdon" target="_blank">here</a>)</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Dec 14: Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/498855417424948" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Labor Choir</a> in songs of unions, peace, and justice -- including holiday favorites reimagined! (7-9 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Friends Meeting House (4836 Ellsworth Ave.) </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> Jan 10: Register by this date for the 2024 Permaculture Design Certification course based at Garfield Farm. It'll be monthly sessions year-round this time, instead of a two-week intensive. Learn more and register <a href="https://www.wild-indigo-guild.com/classes" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> May 24-27: The <a href="https://heartwood.org/events/index.html" target="_blank">Heartwood Forest Council</a> comes to Southeast Ohio at <a href="https://unitedplantsavers.org/" target="_blank">United Plant Savers</a>. Currently seeking co-sponsors -- </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">to make connections, help shape the program,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> support the event, and help promote it. Contact </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><a href="mailto:info@heartwood.org">info@heartwood.org</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY recently released the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. <a href="https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Another important report, specific to the ineffective, toxic, energy-intensive, and costly practices referred to as "advanced recycling": Beyond Plastic's "<a href="https://www.beyondplastics.org/publications/chemical-recycling" target="_blank">Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception</a>" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> It took five months and a lot of advocacy for Ohio Governor DeWine to request an emergency declaration after the East Palestine train derailment. Now the ball is in President Biden's court. <a href="https://only.one/act/east-palestine" target="_blank">Sign this petition</a> to add your voice. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><a href="https://blac.freedomtobreathe.org/" target="_blank">Another petition</a>, from the Black Appalachian Coalition, urges the Allegheny County Health Department to seek input from residents of Clairton.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction -- some are on hiatus for the winter; there are also some recorded webinars.</span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/nov-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement.html" target="_blank">air quality campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">movement-building and sustained campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-51503083392166083462023-11-12T15:35:00.002-05:002024-02-07T17:22:43.481-05:00Nov 12: Sustainability Salon on Movement-Building (Part II: Air (zoom))<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHELr24R1i1Zg11NGZIPdAaMzhb8rOx9QzKwOZfT1H-D0AcEXkEkSl816yAKe2Y1Bi3bJcEXVy1hynS38ZmgF1cGFhawlOlgxhLHxnejDwZZMMf1Qvl5-n-a6_oTANnD2HGh_PeTev8OQQdrm1p5ogvuRpMJckncWd_KQG7wb2aMt7wXrORH2_rCKD7dm/s2048/SkySargentCtr8064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2048" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHELr24R1i1Zg11NGZIPdAaMzhb8rOx9QzKwOZfT1H-D0AcEXkEkSl816yAKe2Y1Bi3bJcEXVy1hynS38ZmgF1cGFhawlOlgxhLHxnejDwZZMMf1Qvl5-n-a6_oTANnD2HGh_PeTev8OQQdrm1p5ogvuRpMJckncWd_KQG7wb2aMt7wXrORH2_rCKD7dm/w429-h252/SkySargentCtr8064.jpg" width="429" /></a></p><p><b>A lot of folks are asking</b> "How can I be the most effective?" "What impact can I have on climate change?" and "How can I contribute to bringing about social justice?"</p><div>On the macro level, what makes a successful social movement? How do they develop, from the ground up? How can groups collaborate most efficiently? How best to target our efforts? What skills are needed? What kind of strategic planning is necessary, at what stages? On the personal level: what do you care about? What are you good at? What do you love doing? What do you know? Who do you know? We can use the answers to all these questions to plan, create, and sustain effective campaigns -- not just a protest march here, a banner-drop there. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s2744/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2051" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s320/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>For the <b>142nd Sustainability Salon (on Zoom)</b>, we'll continue our exploration of these ideas, as we figure out how to use our passion to create long-term campaigns. Last month, longtime activist and skilled movement trainer <b>Penn Garvin</b> led an <br /><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">interactive workshop</a> (you can view the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">recording online</a>, if you weren't able to attend!) and this time we'll be considering some of the long-term campaigns around air quality that are active in our region. We'll brainstorm ways to improve them, and share stories, insights, resources, and victories -- as well as finding ways to connect more folks with this important work. We hope that a lot of local leaders, activists, and would-be activists will be able to join us for this series -- and are looking for Again, if you couldn't make the first one but want to join in the discussion, please view the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOman1pkqSk" target="_blank">recording online</a></b> -- that'll help get us all onto the same page, laying the groundwork for our discussions with particular regional campaigns. Documents and links associated with this series are provided <a href="https://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2023/11/movement-building-workshop-documents.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<div><div><br /></div><div><b>Penn Garvin</b> will be with us again, to frame our conversation. Penn began her activist work with the original Poor People's Campaign in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. She has worked on issues like human rights, women's health care, homelessness, Central America, peace, and the environment -- and has led workshops on organizing and non-violent civil resistance. She presently works with <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/pennsylvania-action-on-climate" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Action On Climate</a> (PAC), and others from PAC will join the conversation.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matthew Mehalik</b>, the Executive Director of the <a href="https://breatheproject.org/" target="_blank">Breathe Project</a>, will share the history of this collaborative and how it works to support many other groups in their own campaign work. Before that, he was Program Director for Sustainable Pittsburgh, where he founded the Champions of Sustainability business network. He also has a PhD in Systems Engineering, and teaches sustainability and environmental policy at CMU's Heinz College. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hilary Flint</b> is a resident of Enon Valley, PA -- just a mile away from East Palestine, OH. Even before February's catastrophic derailment, she was active with Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (<a href="https://www.marcellusawareness.org/" target="_blank">BCMAC</a>) and the Shell Accountability Campaign. Now she's also Vice President of the Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nickole Nesby</b> is the former Mayor of Duquesne, PA, and now Environmental Justice Coordinator for <a href="https://412justice.org/" target="_blank">412Justice</a>. With many years of legislative and executive branch experience, she knows well how things work -- and sometimes don't. </div><div><br /></div><div>The next Sustainability Salon will probably be on December 10th -- check back on MarensList for the latest! And in the new year, very likely on January 21st, we will mark TWELVE YEARS of salons, by returning to the most important topic of the age -- climate change -- and continue this series about effective campaign work! </div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With autumn closing in, we'll be on Zoom for the next several months. </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m., when presentations begin, and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!).</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-12-sustainability-salon-on-movement-building-part-ii-tickets-754276991787" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 26: Physicians for Social Responsibility has a new report on PFAS in fracking. Join PSR, ProtectPT, FracTracker Alliance, Environmental Health Project, and Halt the Harm Network for a <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/YFfoPg2zkk69hkqNkZckXg2" target="_blank">live (online) discussion</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Oct 27: LaRoche University hosts the <a href="https://www.laroche.edu/global/" target="_blank">Global Problems/Global Solutions</a> conference on environmental justice.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Nov 5: Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light's annual conference: <a href="https://paiplac23.regfox.com/annual-conference-2023" target="_blank">No Faith in Fossil Fuels</a>. In-person (at Duquesne University and other locations around the state) and virtual options. More information and reservations <a href="https://paiplac23.regfox.com/annual-conference-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Nov 8: Community response to the <a href="https://www.metcokemarkets.com/metcoke" target="_blank">MetCoke Summit</a>, at Frankie Pace Park, downtown. Featuring affected people from the Mon Valley and East Palestine, projections by Aaron Henderson, and the Pittsburgh Labor Choir. More details <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-for-action-hold-norfolk-southern-accountable" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 9: <a href="https://www.fractracker.org/" target="_blank">FracTracker Alliance</a>'s 9th annual <a href="https://www.fractracker.org/get-involved/sentinel-award/" target="_blank">Community Sentinel Awards</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 9: <a href="https://womenforahealthyenvironment.org/" target="_blank">Women for a Healthy Environment</a> hosts <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-carey-gillam-the-truth-behind-monsanto-and-roundup-tickets-728520974847?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">an evening with Carey Gillam</a>, investigative journalist and author of <i><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/monsanto-papers" target="_blank">The Monsanto Papers</a>.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 11: </span>Outdoor ceremony and cultural event marking the installation of a symbolic carving to face Clairton Cokeworks. Information and registration <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ceremonial-planting-of-a-we-refuse-to-die-carving-by-the-clairton-cokeworks-plant/" target="_blank">here</a> -- and at the <a href="https://www.werefusetodie.org/" target="_blank">We Refuse To Die</a> exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art (and <a href="https://www.werefusetodie.org/" target="_blank">online</a>). </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 14 (day): </span>11th Annual League of Women Voters Shale and Public Health Conference (free, in-person or virtual). Details and registration <a href="https://www.shalepalwv.org/2023-shale-public-health-conference/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 14 (evening): </span>Join </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Beyond Plastics, the Years Project,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> t</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">he East Palestine Unity Council, and OnlyOne for a free virtual screening of a short film Small Town Explosion: What Really Happened in East Palestine? followed by discussion. More information and registration <a href="https://bennington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqcO2vpjMtE9Z-8TlWw9rQjvY4P6ppwLFQ#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY recently released the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. <a href="https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>This spring we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/10/oct-22-sustainability-salon-use-your.html" target="_blank">movement-building and sustained campaigns</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-47727846762205912332023-10-07T11:23:00.046-04:002024-01-21T01:42:26.006-05:00Oct 22: Sustainability Salon on Movement-Building (Part I: Workshop (zoom))<p><b>A lot of folks are asking</b> "How can I be the most effective?" "What impact can I have on climate change?" and "How can I contribute to bringing about social justice?"</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s2744/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2051" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSftWz63ZkCxDbewh4Niax3KS0kJvaBE7tSsBx7aq9YLrir8hO_rUKHBKFO8RFy86m64MAHqWVtu6sMGzzQ5kYlINGShhpLYKd7EMp3gvAHgNjh5t4cQjunT8EU2f0A0lzWkzbwwVJaZT66DnmMG_rBy5YuV5V_9ciPdXnpPV5SyZHW3ejKnAUiq8RCVPm/s320/img1979ActionNotWordsCrop.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>For the 141st and 142nd Sustainability Salons (on Zoom, Oct 22 and Nov 12), we'll explore these ideas in depth to figure out how to use our passion to create long-term campaigns. Documents and links associated with this series (including a video of this workshop) are provided <a href="https://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2023/11/movement-building-workshop-documents.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p><p>On the macro level, what makes a successful social movement? How do they develop, from the ground up? How can groups collaborate most efficiently? How best to target our efforts? What skills are needed? On the personal level: what do you care about? What are you good at? What do you love doing? What do you know? Who do you know? We can use the answers to all these questions to plan, create, and sustain effective campaigns -- not just a protest march here, a banner-drop there. </p><p><b>Penn Garvin</b> began her activist work with the original Poor People's Campaign in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. She has worked on issues like human rights, women's health care, homelessness, Central America, peace, and the environment -- and has led workshops on organizing and non-violent civil resistance. She presently works with <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/pennsylvania-action-on-climate" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Action On Climate</a> (PAC), and others from PAC will join the conversation.</p><p><b>Kidest Gebre</b> <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman";">is campaigns and communications manager for the <a href="https://blackappalachiancoalition.org/" target="_blank">Black Appalachian Coalition</a> (and previously <a href="https://vaipl.org/" target="_blank">Virginia Interfaith Power & Light</a>)</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman";">. She has also trained with the <a href="https://www.storybasedstrategy.org/" target="_blank">Center for Story-Based Strategy</a>, and will share some of that training as well as her own organizing experience. </span></p><p>Next month (November 12), we'll look at some of the long-term campaigns that are active in our region, brainstorm ways to improve them, and find ways to connect more folks with this important work. We hope that a lot of local leaders, activists, and would-be activists will be able to join us for both events! If you can't make the first one but want to join in the discussion, I'll try to get the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0f5vXVxd8O-Pwk-NV2S4L4qvERJ0Bq_0" target="_blank">online</a> soon after the event -- that'll help get us all onto the same page, laying the groundwork for later discussions with particular regional campaigns. </p><p>There are also a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">With autumn closing in, we'll be on Zoom for the next several months. </i>Zoom salons (and the Zoom side for hybrid events), start around 4 p.m., when presentations begin, and usually wind down sometime around 7 or 8 (</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">informal discussion may continue after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!).</i><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! <i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/october-22-sustainability-salon-on-movement-building-part-i-tickets-73818891190" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. </i><i style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">A</i>long about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send it out again, with other information, to all who have RSVP'd. </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">. </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>Other events and whatnot</b>:</div></div><div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 10: Air Quality Town :Hall on the results of the ACHD's consent agreement with US Steel over Clairton Cokeworks violations -- where has the money gone? More info and registration <a href="https://bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsfuGrpjkvHNesUcrs50hman6HAaacAnwW#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 11: The <a href="https://www.coalfieldjustice.org/" target="_blank">Center for Coalfield Justice</a> and the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/" target="_blank">Donora Smog Museum</a> are hosting a webinar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Donora Smog in 1948, the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history -- and which led to the creation of the Clean Air Act of 1963. Details and registration <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/YF37pH9-4UeXgS4bGNHxQw2" target="_blank">here</a>; more Donora-related events <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/futurepast-historical-events/1948-smog-75th-year-of-remembrance-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Oct 11-15: </span><span style="background-color: white;">Calling all gardeners -- free soil testing event! Learn more and register to drop off your samples <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-soil-lead-screening-tickets-717996927137" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Oct 12: </span><span style="background-color: white;">Did you miss our <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">salon with Kristina Marusic</a>? She'll be talking with folks from the Moms Clean Air Force -- more information <a href="https://www.momscleanairforce.org/event/interview-with-kristina-marusic-author-of-a-new-war-on-cancer/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 16: </span>Another question people ask me often is how to get started with composting. A great way to start: attend a PRC <a href="https://prc.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/prc/event.jsp?event=387" target="_blank">composting workshop</a>.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Oct 18: </span><span style="background-color: white;">Concerned Health Professionals of NY releases the 9th Edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas & Oil Infrastructure. Register for the <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqfuqurzsrHtCkAJc1ysBVOXeSztXwOEtB" target="_blank">noon briefing</a> or the <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtd-ispjksHtHCn0ktizMmEUXhUSIimq-A" target="_blank">evening webinar</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 18: </span></span></span><a href="https://womenforahealthyenvironment.org/" target="_blank">Women for a Healthy Environment</a> hosts a <a href="https://womenforahealthyenvironment.org/event/children-of-the-vine-film-screening-free/" target="_blank">screening</a> of <a href="https://vimeo.com/667079894" target="_blank"><i>Children of the Vine</i></a>, an exposé of the lethal dangers of RoundUp, and the corporate shenanigans that have enabled it to maintain its dominance in agriculture and home landscaping for almost half a century. </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Oct 21: </span>Enjoy an <a href="https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTg4Mjk3" target="_blank">evening on the water</a> with <a href="https://www.threeriverswaterkeeper.org/" target="_blank">Three Rivers Waterkeeper</a> (and help support this excellent watchdog organization!)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Oct 27: LaRoche University hosts the <a href="https://www.laroche.edu/global/" target="_blank">Global Problems/Global Solutions</a> conference on environmental justice.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Nov 5: Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light's annual conference: <a href="https://paiplac23.regfox.com/annual-conference-2023" target="_blank">No Faith in Fossil Fuels</a>. In-person (at Duquesne University and other locations around the state) and virtual options. More information and reservations <a href="https://paiplac23.regfox.com/annual-conference-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Nov 8-9: Community response to the <a href="https://www.metcokemarkets.com/metcoke" target="_blank">MetCoke Summit</a>, at Bigelow Square downtown. More details to come!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 9: <a href="https://www.fractracker.org/" target="_blank">FracTracker Alliance</a>'s 9th annual <a href="https://www.fractracker.org/get-involved/sentinel-award/" target="_blank">Community Sentinel Awards</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Nov 9: <a href="https://womenforahealthyenvironment.org/" target="_blank">Women for a Healthy Environment</a> hosts <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-carey-gillam-the-truth-behind-monsanto-and-roundup-tickets-728520974847?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">an evening with Carey Gillam</a>, investigative journalist and author of <i><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/monsanto-papers" target="_blank">The Monsanto Papers</a>.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>This spring we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>It's been more than a year now! You can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>For the uninitiated</b>, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer (and now hybrid!) salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">abandoned oil and gas wells</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /><br /></p></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-55331026026189106862023-10-02T19:29:00.000-04:002023-10-09T13:20:13.098-04:00Oct 1-2: Pennsylvania Climate Convergence<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd-l1IccRlkDcujlZL0lF6Od-2Bcn8XcYEGQsgXQmVAvNdkLI6gBdCz_L6LLiQO71E2YFZDIwhJMevWJZ9IG4kxOneR83xjLKm5ma4y8VP9-fcMuXLHNqBGq9t0_FqEyjdCNwSeI3v_-KLVflJbwOQvvOA9q7Aqe_mm5RqvyAZdBh2lSYWUscxTUgbsZR/s871/PAClimateConvergence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="871" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd-l1IccRlkDcujlZL0lF6Od-2Bcn8XcYEGQsgXQmVAvNdkLI6gBdCz_L6LLiQO71E2YFZDIwhJMevWJZ9IG4kxOneR83xjLKm5ma4y8VP9-fcMuXLHNqBGq9t0_FqEyjdCNwSeI3v_-KLVflJbwOQvvOA9q7Aqe_mm5RqvyAZdBh2lSYWUscxTUgbsZR/w431-h273/PAClimateConvergence.jpg" width="431" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">The <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> returns to Harrisburg for a second year (the form evolves each year). Virtual opening event with Bill McKibben the evening of Saturday, Sept 30th; a festival day on Sunday Oct 1, with art, music, speakers, and panel discussions to make deep connections between topics, regions, and people across the movement. Monday Oct 2 will be the People's Climate Hearing, to share Pennsylvanians' insights, extraction experiences, and climate stories. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">There's a <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/v-XTJ12aa0uADbEtZLZlvA2" target="_blank">bus from Southwestern Pennsylvania</a>, organized by ProtectPT and sponsored by Food & Water Watch and Earthworks. All the information is on the <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Convergence web site</a>! </span></p><p><br /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-23796280825647186482023-09-19T18:12:00.003-04:002023-09-28T18:21:52.847-04:00Sept 28 - Oct 1: Fracking theatre <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7o56BGwIFCAty_k7d5UxeYcb0mNG3AlXhBP49_urS26vnI8fc3xMGZLhFbOc9_8_obWRuagerlPQaaTDJ-6N8cBEzoAROIKWb9S0fnNrC4gfopSzNl8AeAhvCyHh9vCVJAIun99mD9hCu-o7-sa7JNKmdKgfZ0CDejd2kknMkrptteRFvXr8mb1zenMG/s1080/ezell_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1080" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7o56BGwIFCAty_k7d5UxeYcb0mNG3AlXhBP49_urS26vnI8fc3xMGZLhFbOc9_8_obWRuagerlPQaaTDJ-6N8cBEzoAROIKWb9S0fnNrC4gfopSzNl8AeAhvCyHh9vCVJAIun99mD9hCu-o7-sa7JNKmdKgfZ0CDejd2kknMkrptteRFvXr8mb1zenMG/s320/ezell_crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man </b>is a touring performance, an outdoor eco-cultural theatre, music, and meal experience. Subtitled "A parable of domination + resilience from the foothills of Appalachia", this promises to be a thought-provoking, if not life-changing, evening. <p></p><p>Information and registration are <a href="https://www.treepittsburgh.org/ezell-ballad-of-a-land-man/" target="_blank">here</a>, and check out <a href="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ezell-ballad-of-a-land-man-pittsburgh-performance-fracking/" target="_blank">this nice piece</a> by <a href="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Allegheny Front</b></a>.</p><p><i>Thursday to Sunday, 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Tree Pittsburgh. </i></p><p><i>https://www.treepittsburgh.org/ezell-ballad-of-a-land-man/</i></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-53048891081540793272023-09-19T16:42:00.016-04:002023-09-28T19:20:23.980-04:00Sep 24: Sustainability Salon on Abandoned Wells (hybrid event)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Weather permitting, this will be a hybrid event. </b>Weather permitting, in this case, means that I will be checking the forecast and studying the radar quite extensively on Sunday, and will decide whether it'll be Hybrid or Zoom-Only fairly close to the event (when the radar becomes really relevant). Thanks for your patience! <b>Everyone who has RSVP'd has the Zoom link</b>, just in case. UPDATE: There's enough risk of rain (reaching us from the former Hurricane Ophelia) that we are resorting to a Zoom-only meeting. Here's the <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-2opzooHtNKUYsEUEc-jbAqt4MUa27E" target="_blank">Zoom registration link</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1XkzS320tYpeMmvisP8LxPnjmQvCwALO-ezIyUolOzI2RI6i7_-kQfzumv8CZ_NeMRb5Nk6rk5KNtqSSqtNLzuJ57X1qTmpNnVCC64BGYmP0Vf8ZlS-rOujjzY1y4DJvsTDW73_rtlxVyai9PW5TrWEz_0FcHp4b8kA7d35Bc1HcT9F063RdwMZ_2SkS/s872/DrakeWell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="872" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1XkzS320tYpeMmvisP8LxPnjmQvCwALO-ezIyUolOzI2RI6i7_-kQfzumv8CZ_NeMRb5Nk6rk5KNtqSSqtNLzuJ57X1qTmpNnVCC64BGYmP0Vf8ZlS-rOujjzY1y4DJvsTDW73_rtlxVyai9PW5TrWEz_0FcHp4b8kA7d35Bc1HcT9F063RdwMZ_2SkS/w400-h272/DrakeWell.jpg" width="400" /></a></p></div>It's been over a century and a half since the first oil well was drilled in Titusville, PA. In that time, the oil & gas industry has left behind hundreds of thousands of old wells -- most abandoned and unplugged. Some are still leaking (either directly or through other wells and mines, sometimes caused by newer drilling) and polluting the air, water, and soil, exacerbating climate change, and occasionally destroying homes in fiery explosions of fossil methane. Once again, extractive industries have worked hard to internalize profits and externalize costs. For the 140th Sustainability Salon, we'll take a closer look!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYpZNn5-xWi8hJgVvnjUp7ns62MkL1QBWd48EUAEIClLYOea16KgzppqDKujX93ujjwy-LUkf8nxblFFvXrCGDsTPn2vIWVa0mbWanPamXn6cwS4sDNWeMpyNtIS2DypPgJMIB7CKYbGa2FOls-muiO7NFIE7JVhvxuH_q3b4I2H5xmBhGEdF4r88ROff/s878/salon140HelenLane.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="878" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYpZNn5-xWi8hJgVvnjUp7ns62MkL1QBWd48EUAEIClLYOea16KgzppqDKujX93ujjwy-LUkf8nxblFFvXrCGDsTPn2vIWVa0mbWanPamXn6cwS4sDNWeMpyNtIS2DypPgJMIB7CKYbGa2FOls-muiO7NFIE7JVhvxuH_q3b4I2H5xmBhGEdF4r88ROff/s320/salon140HelenLane.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy of Save Our Streams PA<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSxMWoU2uP_C-3vxsTA5W7vbVHC1udlT1yOIjZ_iHSOnP5GAbrTOOdQB427NoreEEtFZTPUVa-tlbQ8PS3aojOGXGrW-yk4kNCOwYO0GI68AgnuOeKJjAxP5RTh1L698SBu3W2xWk4w9Bzp_668EB-s5PdAFftieehPIY6n3Em_mJOzeL-k63vFdxZAsG/s768/BubblyWell.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSxMWoU2uP_C-3vxsTA5W7vbVHC1udlT1yOIjZ_iHSOnP5GAbrTOOdQB427NoreEEtFZTPUVa-tlbQ8PS3aojOGXGrW-yk4kNCOwYO0GI68AgnuOeKJjAxP5RTh1L698SBu3W2xWk4w9Bzp_668EB-s5PdAFftieehPIY6n3Em_mJOzeL-k63vFdxZAsG/w147-h195/BubblyWell.jpeg" width="147" /></a></b></div><b>Laurie Barr</b>, citizen scientist and activist, co-founded <a href="https://saveourstreamspa.org/" target="_blank">Save Our Streams PA</a>. She has been hunting abandoned and orphanded gas & oil wells for more than a decade. Laurie will fill us in on the history of this problem and how extraction from the Marcellus shale has exacerbated it, share the challenges of finding and documenting "lost" wells across Pennsylvania and in our region, and discuss the prospects for properly plugging the worst wells. <div><b>Kelsey Krepps</b>, senior field organizer for Sierra Club's <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/beyond-dirty-fuels" target="_blank">Beyond Dirty Fuels</a> campaign, works on issues and policies surrounding abandoned and orphaned wells (both old and new), and has been working to raise the woefully inadequate bonding requirements for oil and gas wells -- including filing a <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania/blog/2023/08/environmental-groups-sue-pennsylvania-s-general-assembly-governor-josh" target="_blank">lawsuit last month</a>. </div><div><p>We'll also talk about the upcoming<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> (October 1 & 2 in Harrisburg) -- and note that there's one more <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/09/sept-23-art-build-for-pa-climate.html" target="_blank">Art Build</a> to help create a giant community climate quilt, the day before this salon. And there are a whole lot of other important events happening in our region; check out the list below!</p><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNEnht17XRE0MFwz94A-INJr3c5h2WQVqflhCKFKk__yG2IdYhkVxDmsweA0lHvcsvx_FpOgL8WTp3PnGT_NCWr_bxiEMqaEfraxpMRmhfaiyVIzTN9p0XgrC7LgybPerDA9Mtd6PUrXmy8aL0zDgLLMPTP2rWh5YHpEibxzBMKyFZ3f0L4IgsYnPDclR/s2983/Salon137_7057crop.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2795" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNEnht17XRE0MFwz94A-INJr3c5h2WQVqflhCKFKk__yG2IdYhkVxDmsweA0lHvcsvx_FpOgL8WTp3PnGT_NCWr_bxiEMqaEfraxpMRmhfaiyVIzTN9p0XgrC7LgybPerDA9Mtd6PUrXmy8aL0zDgLLMPTP2rWh5YHpEibxzBMKyFZ3f0L4IgsYnPDclR/w203-h216/Salon137_7057crop.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">I<b>n-person salons</b> go from 3 p.m. to 8 or 9; the Zoom side for this hybrid event will start around 4 p.m. (when presentations begin) and wind down when we break for the potluck supper. Please</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> be sure to RSVP if you might come! And with the weather a bit uncertain, please keep an eye out on MarensList and/or email as the time approaches. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! Likewise, email if you are interested in a Zoom option for this salon! To RSVP, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sept-24th-sustainability-salon-on-abandoned-wells-tickets-719932396177" target="_blank">respond via Eventbrite</a> or simply email me with "salon" in the Subject line. Along about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send out Directions & Other Information to all who have registered (but please register even if you know your way here).</i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div>Other events and whatnot:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Aug 23: Better Path Coalition presents CIEL's Jane Patton on hydrogen science and policy -- as the DOE is set to announce hydrogen hubs. Webinar at 7pm; register <a href="http://bit.ly/BPPPatton" target="_blank">here</a> (a little more information on FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1335426210729590/" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Aug 26: </span>Buy Fresh Buy Local is starting up a new webinar series with local gardening luminary Doug Oster. Thursdays at 5 p.m.; </span></span></span></span>more info and registration are <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/events/" target="_blank">here</a> (along with videos of past sessions). </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Aug 26 and Sept 2 & 23rd: <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/09/sept-2-art-build-for-pa-climate.html" target="_blank">Art Build</a>! In conjunction with the upcoming</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a>, people around Pennsylvania are creating a community quilt to display, to march with, and to remind our government in Harrisburg that we are watching them. C'mon over and embellish your own square(s)! Email Maren (see above) to participate, or <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt" target="_blank">make your own squares</a> and bring them to Maren by Sept 29. </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Aug 27: Gathering, march, festival, teach-in, and resource-sharing for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice (Homestead, 1 p.m.) -- flyer is <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFrRxPN6KU/6Sq16bfDNAEnirWSSADuWg/view" target="_blank">here</a>; more info and registration are <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd23sySItox7uUjTZst2G9fleZMpTgWEbSwqT0yn7zKOMFmyA/viewform?pli=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Aug 29: The Allegheny County Council will be deciding whether to create a Climate Action Plan for the county. Please attend their meeting to demonstrate how much local residents care about climate! If you'd like to speak, please fill out <a href="https://apps.alleghenycounty.us/website/CouncilReqComm.asp" target="_blank">this form</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 15: Mark Dixon on Exploring Air Pollution: Monitoring and Mitigation. More info <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-air-pollution-monitoring-and-mitigation-with-mark-dixon-tickets-674621319527" target="_blank">here</a>, zoom link <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89587291579?pwd=YU5sbTM3TDZiVi90aEF0MzRkL0x5QT09" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 17: <a href="https://fightfossilfuels.net/" target="_blank">March to End Fossil Fuels</a> in NYC, in conjunction with <a href="https://www.climateweeknyc.org/" target="_blank">Climate Week</a>. Sierra Club is sponsoring a <a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000001rZs4AAE" target="_blank">bus from Southwestern Pennsylvania</a>.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Sept 20: Better Path Presents investigative journalist Justin Nobel on radioactive fracking waste. Register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdu6gqDIjHtRJBry1YvSELAlgP9cGaT_C" target="_blank">here</a>; more info <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1076972289934606/" target="_blank">here</a> (check out his <a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/inside-west-virginias-chernobyl/" target="_blank">new article</a>).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 20-21: <a href="https://walkwithamal.org/" target="_blank">Walk with Little Amal</a> -- this 12-foot puppet symbolizes global refugees. In five events around Pittsburgh she will visit the similarly giant ironworks at Carrie Furnace, share the works of Billy Strayhorn and August Wilson, celebrate with new citizens, and play with children.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 21: </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span>The <a href="http://aswp.org/" target="_blank">Audubon Society of Western PA</a> and the <a href="https://buffalocreekcoalition.org/" target="_blank">Buffalo Creek Coalition</a> are hosting a webinar with Doug Tallamy, who </span></span><span style="color: #524846;">will remind us of the many essential roles insects play in our ecosystem, and the simple changes we need to make in our landscapes and our attitudes in order to keep insects on the ground, in the air, and yes, on our plants. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">More info & registration <a href="http://aswp.org/events/12498" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Sept 22: The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org/" target="_blank">PA Solar Center</a> is hosting a webinar on Solar + Storage + Microgrids. </span>More info & registration <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solar-storage-microgrids-energy-freedom-tickets-719378278797" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 22: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxJmFLNsUMQ/" target="_blank">Local climate rally</a> by Sunrise Pittsburgh and Fossil Free Pitt (3-6 at PNG, 375 N Shore Drive).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 23: Pittsburgh's annual <a href="https://pasafarming.org/event/2023-pittsburgh-urban-farm-tour/" target="_blank">Urban Farm Tour</a>! </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 23: One more <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/09/sept-2-art-build-for-pa-climate.html" target="_blank">Quilt build</a>! For the</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> just over a month from now, people around Pennsylvania are creating a community quilt to display, to march with, and to remind our government in Harrisburg that we are watching them. C'mon over and embellish your own square(s)! Email Maren (with "quilt" in the Subject line) to participate, or <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt" target="_blank">make your own squares according to these specs</a> and bring them to Maren by Sept 29. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 24: Reuse Reunion -- join the <a href="https://pccr.org/" target="_blank">Pgh Center for Creative Reuse</a> for an afternoon of art-making and supply-swapping and art-making (12-4 in Westinghouse Park). More info on their <a href="https://pccr.org/events/" target="_blank">events page</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 24: Sustainability Salon #140!</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Oct 1-2: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> The second <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> in Harrisburg. Virtual opening event with Bill McKibben on Sept 30th. There's a <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/v-XTJ12aa0uADbEtZLZlvA2" target="_blank">bus from Southwestern Pennsylvania</a>, organized by ProtectPT and sponsored by Food & Water Watch and Earthworks. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 10: Air Quality Town Hall on the results of the ACHD's consent agreement with US Steel over Clairton Cokeworks violations -- where has the money gone? More info and registration <a href="https://bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsfuGrpjkvHNesUcrs50hman6HAaacAnwW#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 11: The <a href="https://www.coalfieldjustice.org/" target="_blank">Center for Coalfield Justice</a> and the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/" target="_blank">Donora Smog Museum</a> are hosting a webinar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Donora Smog in 1948, the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history -- and which led to the creation of the Clean Air Act of 1963. Details and registration <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/YF37pH9-4UeXgS4bGNHxQw2" target="_blank">here</a>; more Donora-related events <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/futurepast-historical-events/1948-smog-75th-year-of-remembrance-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>This spring we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">hope (finding it, creating it, using it),</a> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-47793717714599771902023-09-17T21:01:00.000-04:002023-09-20T21:02:17.978-04:00Sept 23: Art build for PA Climate Convergence (quilt squares!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/s3448/LancasterQuilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="3448" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/w530-h273/LancasterQuilt.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Lancaster Against Pipelines community quilt at the Clean Energy Revolution march in 2016<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Another Quilt Build! The <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> is coming up soon, and Maren is hosting another Art Build, focusing on making quilt squares for a big community quilt on the theme of Bearing Witness. We'll tell our climate stories on these squares, and also remind policymakers that we are watching them -- to make sure that they act swiftly on climate (so eyes will be a recurrent visual theme). <p></p><div><span data-key="37">We can use paint, markers, needle and thread (appliqué, embroidery), or pretty much anything else you can think of! We'll have some supplies on hand, but feel free to bring more (or check in with me about what you might have that I don't). If you'd like to do this on your own or with another group, there are quilt-square deets </span><a data-key="48" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt"><span data-key="47">here</span></a> -- you can <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt" target="_blank">make your own squares</a> and bring them to Maren by Sept 29. </div><div><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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"><br /></span></div><div><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvsKweYrLakWZak2es_Cr5Oc6uTK3lOVNjMbN_VXWfK9zzCiX3j381ogwP7tdXjQP9t5wzsiSL4_gC7jduEi7lJ3tjQI6TzOQTWk3mEYdd1-lNTLGazo-hX964M2Da-a0lltxK9SPJTI2kUdsUR944TIWn79v6NgdFn8jeL3qp0iLu4YYneoNpX6jsOis/s4032/QuiltBuild1703.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvsKweYrLakWZak2es_Cr5Oc6uTK3lOVNjMbN_VXWfK9zzCiX3j381ogwP7tdXjQP9t5wzsiSL4_gC7jduEi7lJ3tjQI6TzOQTWk3mEYdd1-lNTLGazo-hX964M2Da-a0lltxK9SPJTI2kUdsUR944TIWn79v6NgdFn8jeL3qp0iLu4YYneoNpX6jsOis/w184-h138/QuiltBuild1703.jpeg" width="184" /></a></div>In the previous Quilt Builds, we cut up a bunch of 14" cloth squares, and embellished quite a few -- but we need lots more! </span></div><div><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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"><br /></span></div><div><i>3:30-7 p.m. (so it'll be shady) at Maren's house in Squirrel Hill. Come join us, for however long works for you! (It'd be great if you can send word about your plans). RSVP via <a href="mailto: maren.cooke@gmail.com" target="_blank">email</a> (with "quilt" in the Subject line) if you think you might join us! I'll send out Directions & Other Info to RSVP'd folks. Snacks or additional supplies are welcome, but not required. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>And don't forget about the upcoming <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/sep-24-140th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">Sustainability Salon</a>, on Sunday -- and please check out the growing list of other events and petitions and such assembled on that page. Quite a few things have been added since my first salon mailing over the weekend. Thanks!</div><div><br /></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-21832735512176943252023-09-02T11:53:00.001-04:002023-09-20T21:04:48.118-04:00Sept 2: Art build for PA Climate Convergence (quilt squares!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/s3448/LancasterQuilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="3448" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/w530-h273/LancasterQuilt.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Lancaster Against Pipelines community quilt at the Clean Energy Revolution march in 2016<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Quilt Build! The <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> is coming up soon, and Maren is hosting another Art Build, focusing on making quilt squares for a big community quilt on the theme of Bearing Witness. We'll tell our climate stories on these squares, and also remind policymakers that we are watching them -- to make sure that they act swiftly on climate (so eyes will be a recurrent visual theme). <p></p><div><span data-key="37">We can use paint, markers, needle and thread (appliqué, embroidery), or pretty much anything else you can think of! We'll have some supplies on hand, but feel free to bring more (or check in with me about what you might have that I don't). If you'd like to do this on your own or with another group, there are quilt-square deets </span><a data-key="48" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt"><span data-key="47">here</span></a> -- you can <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt" target="_blank">make your own squares</a> and bring them to Maren by Sept 29. </div><div><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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"><br /></span></div><div><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1dBm1pGmDB8_u3uCgqTKON2FBbeTjVS556v0kfC6bPyiuXH2KIo8k-A5Obq2LK9TpJgMX2U4QD6ntJfoZsTJ-DETFgMDinq0hkfzKGCeyX4CYre7Rfqwvt05pEhKGM6KC7e_VYJY0K6v6f-CPG9E-fCyfQWEKc3aMcE3M9PcvW8SBeeyUSbz3Bw8j2Pc/s3150/QuiltCutting1241.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3150" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1dBm1pGmDB8_u3uCgqTKON2FBbeTjVS556v0kfC6bPyiuXH2KIo8k-A5Obq2LK9TpJgMX2U4QD6ntJfoZsTJ-DETFgMDinq0hkfzKGCeyX4CYre7Rfqwvt05pEhKGM6KC7e_VYJY0K6v6f-CPG9E-fCyfQWEKc3aMcE3M9PcvW8SBeeyUSbz3Bw8j2Pc/w104-h99/QuiltCutting1241.jpeg" width="104" /></a></div>Last time, we mostly cut up a whole lot of 14" squares -- so they're ready to be embellished! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><i>4-6 p.m. (so it'll be shady) at Maren's house in Squirrel Hill. Come join us, for however long works for you! (It'd be great if you can send word about your plans). RSVP via <a href="mailto: maren.cooke@gmail.com" target="_blank">email</a> (with "quilt" in the Subject line) if you think you might join us! I'll send out Directions & Other Info to RSVP'd folks. Snacks or additional supplies are welcome, but not required. And let me know if you can't come to this one but might be interested in another date!</i></div><div><br /></div><div>And don't forget about the upcoming <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">Sustainability Salon</a>, on Sunday -- and please check out the growing list of other events and petitions and such assembled on that page. Quite a few things have been added since my first salon mailing over the weekend. Thanks!</div><div><br /></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-45866295006312452592023-08-16T10:22:00.045-04:002023-08-27T03:31:01.790-04:00Aug 27: Sustainability Salon on Hopeful Visions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSRRSFHSbPIj1iihF_HB8EpI4_sY6Xq-NToEewMNYRRxNWpWgJN139Y0Ob014kz94L-Pgmlo_anZ_dR-okH1V-CrzvJCQmMPWNPJET2X_WdqxhBcHpRtFmGcwzKmkOvu9dqHT9cqE1A-oI94H9A2sxfPJV8c3UluKz__tI-RaYzYypvbEkJZYR_Kcjd-z/s1409/Sakib139BooksCrop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1409" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSRRSFHSbPIj1iihF_HB8EpI4_sY6Xq-NToEewMNYRRxNWpWgJN139Y0Ob014kz94L-Pgmlo_anZ_dR-okH1V-CrzvJCQmMPWNPJET2X_WdqxhBcHpRtFmGcwzKmkOvu9dqHT9cqE1A-oI94H9A2sxfPJV8c3UluKz__tI-RaYzYypvbEkJZYR_Kcjd-z/w572-h284/Sakib139BooksCrop.jpg" width="572" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Susan Kaye Quinn's <i>Nothing is Promised</i> series of hopepunk novels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Making this the inaugural <b>Summer Author Series</b> (following on our great discussion with Kristina Marusic <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">last month</a>) -- and ending the summer on a positive note -- we will welcome <a href="https://susankayequinn.com/" target="_blank"><b>Susan Kaye Quinn</b></a>, environmental engineer turned writer of speculative fiction, solarpunk, and <a href="https://susankayequinn.com/hopepunk-solarpunk" target="_blank">hopepunk climate fiction</a>; astronomer, author, mentor, organizer, and dark-sky advocate <a href="https://dianeturnshek.com/" target="_blank"><b>Diane Turnshek</b></a>; and author and publisher <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/about-scot-noel/" target="_blank"><b>Scot Noel</b></a> for a conversation about hopeful visions for the future.</p><p>Weather permitting, we'll continue our summertime break from online-only salons. The 139th Sustainability Salon may again be hybrid, with an in-person (mostly-outdoor) gathering plus a Zoom option for faraway folks or those otherwise unable to attend in person. <span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">If you're interested in the Zoom option for the presentation & discussion portion of this salon, please <a href="mailto: maren.cooke@gmail.com">email me</a> (with "salon" in the Subject line, as always)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcNWY45K7f07FbLBWW65bE-g7QuvUm2uRwIdEC7i79medTRC3R3l0r0GhqNO45M_iRMrYvUOAUnqCU-fnYS4UlGrc-WFnVmTJZtJsp5gLUipcgGO87VBBMiN9ecznAJjfRuQrFPS66mucfKklCW6uX579YVqjkwsJVgNnnuysLmsO1gNuyo-58yC4KoCJ/s800/Salon139SKQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="601" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcNWY45K7f07FbLBWW65bE-g7QuvUm2uRwIdEC7i79medTRC3R3l0r0GhqNO45M_iRMrYvUOAUnqCU-fnYS4UlGrc-WFnVmTJZtJsp5gLUipcgGO87VBBMiN9ecznAJjfRuQrFPS66mucfKklCW6uX579YVqjkwsJVgNnnuysLmsO1gNuyo-58yC4KoCJ/w118-h157/Salon139SKQ.jpg" width="118" /></a></div>What is hope, anyway? <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><i><b>Hope is a Plant You Can Care For or Kill</b>. </i><b> </b></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">Hope is often derided as Pollyanna-ish, or a not-serious emotion, but in fact, it’s a deeply human tool that we use to persevere, to imagine harder, and to work for a better world. With the climate crisis constantly pounding the world with disasters, record numbers of people are concerned about the climate -- but they often quickly get stuck in despair, which leads to inaction. <b>Stories</b> are how we understand the world, and a shift to positive narratives about the struggle for a just, sustainable world can act as a balm and inspiration for action. </span> <a href="https://susankayequinn.com/" target="_blank"><b>Susan Kaye Quinn</b></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"> will talk about the role positive stories play in the fight for a better world. She’ll discuss the ten elements of hopepunk, how activists are increasingly focused on solutions-based narratives, and how efforts to get climate stories on the screen could change how we talk about the crisis. She’ll share her works as well as other stories that can restore, inspire, and help grow the hope we need to work together in this fight.</span><div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldWuN3vlaxXWwBDbO6tRUzjH7M1Tlk5RGl7Yn8KUSe1GKwt0KV45UdWED2kTZAPYSe0MMsOVWFe-5TAdipn0_4Rpf1UQfZtVXapMTdHisHXFKM0JMstb-htI3RPgrgYmkdeXgtsrZ8Kikkszeywgz0wDYXF4jtqIRZ-QN8cr3wllQnePSlKg-7vg3KuMu/s888/Salon138DT.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="708" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldWuN3vlaxXWwBDbO6tRUzjH7M1Tlk5RGl7Yn8KUSe1GKwt0KV45UdWED2kTZAPYSe0MMsOVWFe-5TAdipn0_4Rpf1UQfZtVXapMTdHisHXFKM0JMstb-htI3RPgrgYmkdeXgtsrZ8Kikkszeywgz0wDYXF4jtqIRZ-QN8cr3wllQnePSlKg-7vg3KuMu/w117-h147/Salon138DT.jpeg" width="117" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><b><a href="https://dianeturnshek.com/" target="_blank">Diane Turnshek</a></b> has been involved with speculative fiction for decades, founding the <a href="https://alphawritersworkshop.org/" target="_blank">Alpha</a> teen writing workshop, <a href="https://word-pgh.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Write or Die</a>, a writers' mutual critique group, and </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">the <a href="http://parsecink.com/index.php/about-triangulation/" target="_blank">Triangulation</a> anthology series, which often explores environmental themes.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"> She has taught at area institutions including CMU, Pitt, Chatham, Seton Hill, and St. Vincent College in </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">subjects from astronomy to writing</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">, and is Executive Director of </span><a href="https://parsec-sff.org/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;" target="_blank">Parsec</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">, Pittsburgh's premier science fiction organization. She is a strong advocate for dark skies (controlling artificial lights at night), for myriad reasons related to energy use, astronomical observations, and biology. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;">A committed environmentalist, Diane lives in a tiny house (500 square feet, and very green) in Pittsburgh. She will offer insights about how cities can be made greener, healthier, and more sustainable through better (and more biophilic) urban planning and design. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(photo by Karen Yun-Lutz)</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EGR1MYOS9Q6G5rKRu6s0b17NMhjpc9VaExjAZDssYIU-s7LQ4T11UNKbhoZJi_83R4f1alhvKcICgBWtZSAErC3qQC5MnccLLitEhdp3dDxRK5Vbgf-rCP__BG8TT4CkWw62fsIv8I7_Dhah_b04DHePFBY8sSMOmkvzex7OZshvS72ReNZQ4TQ_pkbh/s800/salon139SN.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EGR1MYOS9Q6G5rKRu6s0b17NMhjpc9VaExjAZDssYIU-s7LQ4T11UNKbhoZJi_83R4f1alhvKcICgBWtZSAErC3qQC5MnccLLitEhdp3dDxRK5Vbgf-rCP__BG8TT4CkWw62fsIv8I7_Dhah_b04DHePFBY8sSMOmkvzex7OZshvS72ReNZQ4TQ_pkbh/w97-h97/salon139SN.jpg" width="97" /></a></div>Also joining us will be <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/about-scot-noel/" target="_blank"><b>Scot Noel</b></a>, founder and publisher of <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/" target="_blank">DreamForge</a>: a magazine of fiction and commentary that <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/rules-of-fiction/" target="_blank">embody humane values</a> of compassion, cooperation, creativity, integrity, and hope (as well as an award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy himself). He's a major proponent of, and frequent speaker on, solarpunk and hopepunk literature.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNEnht17XRE0MFwz94A-INJr3c5h2WQVqflhCKFKk__yG2IdYhkVxDmsweA0lHvcsvx_FpOgL8WTp3PnGT_NCWr_bxiEMqaEfraxpMRmhfaiyVIzTN9p0XgrC7LgybPerDA9Mtd6PUrXmy8aL0zDgLLMPTP2rWh5YHpEibxzBMKyFZ3f0L4IgsYnPDclR/s2983/Salon137_7057crop.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2795" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNEnht17XRE0MFwz94A-INJr3c5h2WQVqflhCKFKk__yG2IdYhkVxDmsweA0lHvcsvx_FpOgL8WTp3PnGT_NCWr_bxiEMqaEfraxpMRmhfaiyVIzTN9p0XgrC7LgybPerDA9Mtd6PUrXmy8aL0zDgLLMPTP2rWh5YHpEibxzBMKyFZ3f0L4IgsYnPDclR/w203-h216/Salon137_7057crop.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">This <b>in-person gathering</b> will go from 3 p.m. to 8 or 9. Presentations and discussion will start around 4 p.m. Please</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> be sure to RSVP if you might come! And with the weather a bit uncertain, please keep an eye out on MarensList and/or email as the weekend approaches. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with "<u>salon"</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! Likewise, email if you are interested in a Zoom option for this salon! To RSVP, <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/august-27th-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful-visions-tickets-702032226287" target="_blank">respond via Eventbrite</a></b> or simply email me with "salon" in the Subject line. Along about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send out Directions & Other Information to all who have registered (but please register even if you know your way here).</i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div>The next salon will almost certainly be on September 24th. In the meantime, some other items of interest:</div></div><div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Aug 23: Better Path Coalition presents CIEL's Jane Patton on hydrogen science and policy -- as the DOE is set to announce hydrogen hubs. Webinar at 7pm; register <a href="http://bit.ly/BPPPatton" target="_blank">here</a> (a little more information on FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1335426210729590/" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times;">Aug 26: </span>Buy Fresh Buy Local is starting up a new webinar series with local gardening luminary Doug Oster. Thursdays at 5 p.m.; </span></span></span></span>more info and registration are <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/events/" target="_blank">here</a> (along with videos of past sessions). </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Aug 26: Art build! For the</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> just over a month from now, people around Pennsylvania are creating a community quilt to display, to march with, and to remind our government in Harrisburg that we are watching them. C'mon over and embellish your own square(s)! Email Maren (see above) to participate.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Aug 27: Gathering, march, festival, teach-in, and resource-sharing for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice (Homestead, 1 p.m.) -- flyer is <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFrRxPN6KU/6Sq16bfDNAEnirWSSADuWg/view" target="_blank">here</a>; more info and registration are <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd23sySItox7uUjTZst2G9fleZMpTgWEbSwqT0yn7zKOMFmyA/viewform?pli=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Aug 29: The Allegheny County Council will be deciding whether to create a Climate Action Plan for the county. Please attend their meeting (5 p.m. in the Gold Room on the 4th floor of the County Courthouse, 436 Grant St.), to demonstrate how much local residents care about climate! If you'd like to speak, please fill out <a href="https://apps.alleghenycounty.us/website/CouncilReqComm.asp" target="_blank">this form</a>. </p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 15: Local/global climate march/rally by Fridays for Future.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 17: <a href="https://fightfossilfuels.net/" target="_blank">March to End Fossil Fuels</a> in NYC, in conjunction with <a href="https://www.climateweeknyc.org/" target="_blank">Climate Week</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 23: Save the date for Pittsburgh's annual Urban Farm Tour! Keep an eye on <a href="https://pasafarming.org/event/2023-pittsburgh-urban-farm-tour/" target="_blank">this page</a> for more information. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 24: Reuse Reunion -- join the <a href="https://pccr.org/" target="_blank">Pgh Center for Creative Reuse</a> for an afternoon of art-making and supply-swapping and art-making (12-4 in Westinghouse Park). More info on their <a href="https://pccr.org/events/" target="_blank">events page</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 24: Sustainability Salon #140!</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Oct 1-2: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> The second <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> in Harrisburg. Virtual opening event with Bill McKibben on Sept 30th.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Oct 10: Air Quality Town Hall on the results of the ACHD's consent agreement with US Steel over Clairton Cokeworks violations -- where has the money gone? More info and registration <a href="https://bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsfuGrpjkvHNesUcrs50hman6HAaacAnwW#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> PA is considering legislation to (a) greatly increase the renewables portion of our electricity generation, and (b) enable community solar!! The <a href="https://pasolarcenter.org" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Solar Center</a> has made it easy to <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/IG5lzyxVdk-S9vnNMeCBHA2?contactdata=PZk28paX8fb9VmkpurPLXqBszkFVO9Wvt40XWLuJdzGOh+lkGIo6Br1tuWkBZjJL931C36zEV7+0LTGH165oId0G+9clTfyJ9gl3yyM6+rBmRZPlW68hAp%2fjstu08TcYFKOin5F3Ee5o4il6wMF84uiGj8buzt3fiy0YI8gVk3y2UVL%2f0IqSqhjGw9KMg+8wd2cPPv2iSm9N4AnHnUlYiQ%3d%3d&emci=13048fb8-743b-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=23a96c05-1541-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=8728155" target="_blank">speak out to support this action</a>! </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>This spring we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!). This strike has garnered national attention; one recent picket even made it into <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pittsburgh-union-progress-strike-newspaper-intern" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/july-30-sustainability-salon-with.html" target="_blank">addressing environmental causes of cancer</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-35069177971710365652023-08-15T19:06:00.006-04:002023-08-26T16:03:00.820-04:00August 26: Art build for PA Climate Convergence <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/s3448/LancasterQuilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="3448" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-7KH3b4vl7Bpr0DwB7rrg0BKQYS2N6kgyvovQqBuNw3SfDCRmCu85DZj_fnuhdSQ61LFSZhvX-WG55_-RQx5GdCKuAt63ODBablPAWBurfMmwE5ws2mrFFFV5JYPv42zyC9nmDLITNHA9xTgl7_eV2zVZl4tpI_miWhLiR5x3YsxTuXh3ZX3QSE2kDYd/w530-h273/LancasterQuilt.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Lancaster Against Pipelines community quilt at the Clean Energy Revolution march in 2016<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>The <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> is coming up soon, and Maren is hosting an Art Build, focusing on making quilt squares for a big community quilt on the theme of Bearing Witness. We'll tell our climate stories on these squares, and also remind policymakers that we are watching them -- to make sure that they act swiftly on climate. <p></p><div><span data-key="37">We can use paint, markers, needle and thread (appliqué, embroidery), or pretty much anything else you can think of! We'll have some supplies on hand, but feel free to bring more (or check in with me about what you might have that I don't). If you'd like to do this on your own or with another group, there are quilt-square deets </span><a data-key="48" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/eyes-quilt"><span data-key="47">here</span></a><span data-key="46" data-slate-fragment="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">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><i>1-5 p.m. at Maren's house in Squirrel Hill. Come join us, for however long works for you! (It'd be great if you can send word about your plans). RSVP via Eventbrite or <a href="mailto: maren.cooke@gmail.com" target="_blank">email</a> (with "quilt" in the Subject line) if you think you might join us! I'll send out Directions & Other Info to RSVP'd folks on Friday night or Saturday morning. Snacks or additional supplies are welcome, but not required. And let me know if you can't come to this one but might be interested in another date!</i></div><div><br /></div><div>And don't forget about the upcoming <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-on-hopeful.html" target="_blank">Sustainability Salon</a>, on Sunday -- and please check out the growing list of other events and petitions and such assembled on that page. Quite a few things have been added since my first salon mailing over the weekend. Thanks!</div><div><br /></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-50629437676992486142023-07-01T09:20:00.019-04:002023-07-29T23:35:36.459-04:00July 30: Hybrid Sustainability Salon with Kristina Marusic<p>Note updates below regarding books, and Zoom!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51ZMOCqTqpdgbq962FOBzq0AS9fIPhTIzaTN8sX_0sWsc1DKLj62FJ7BCwCT9_cnF1J9Xrw9NP7EMywqDffckFEUR0AN4PVAj-idhrkuiayq6z0WcYR-JhrOLqN5VBpJjzbwh_A-IlSa4oZt3La8c-juQO0pb7NMq_NrVaa71tIFIqNC-pi0t-NDe8yFV/s1224/NewWarOnCancer.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="804" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51ZMOCqTqpdgbq962FOBzq0AS9fIPhTIzaTN8sX_0sWsc1DKLj62FJ7BCwCT9_cnF1J9Xrw9NP7EMywqDffckFEUR0AN4PVAj-idhrkuiayq6z0WcYR-JhrOLqN5VBpJjzbwh_A-IlSa4oZt3La8c-juQO0pb7NMq_NrVaa71tIFIqNC-pi0t-NDe8yFV/s320/NewWarOnCancer.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>Weather permitting, we'll continue our summertime break from online-only salons. The 138th Sustainability Salon will be hybrid, with an in-person (mostly-outdoor) gathering and a Zoom option for faraway folks or those otherwise unable to attend in person. <div><br /></div><div>This month we'll feature investigative journa<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">list</span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.kristinamarusic.com/" target="_blank">Kristina Marusic</a></b><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> and her eye-opening new book, </span><i style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/new-war-cancer" target="_blank"><b>A New War on Cancer</b></a></i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/new-war-cancer" target="_blank"><b>: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention</b></a>.</i> </span></span><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So much attention is paid to (and resources spent on) improving treatments or finding the holy grail, a cure for cancer... but why not as much or more to preventing it in the first place? Study after study has linked cancer to environmental exposures where people live or work, and still dangerous substances are allowed to coexist with people. </span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/new-war-cancer" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"><b>A New War on Cancer</b></a> brings environmental justice to the fore as it </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">profiles </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">scientists,</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">physicians, and advocates -- and also people dealing with cancer (and considering why). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Bonus</b>: a couple of fortunate attendees will go home with their own copies of the book as a sort of door-prize/raffle (with an extra entry for folks who register before noon!), and if more folks are interested then we can put together a bulk order (at a deep discount!). We may even have some available at the salon. And if you already have a copy, bring it along if you'd like Kristina to inscribe it! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyvsnxzK37cNSLpUIacH4OPSYNzLpcJwZnPPLNVXgrrjhARYRRkZTh5uQpxY0QwBPYQp4AUtWaS-5lN71vofcwipKSmWeG9pNjKsMGeQRcctkhzbF6ewI5GrmNO8K3HHOMRbnxkpYwm85BiTADbpf7AbXm3Qo_gkgcpGhJVVi6RfAH9cnXfgKsVVk3VkO/s4032/Salon125_0171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyvsnxzK37cNSLpUIacH4OPSYNzLpcJwZnPPLNVXgrrjhARYRRkZTh5uQpxY0QwBPYQp4AUtWaS-5lN71vofcwipKSmWeG9pNjKsMGeQRcctkhzbF6ewI5GrmNO8K3HHOMRbnxkpYwm85BiTADbpf7AbXm3Qo_gkgcpGhJVVi6RfAH9cnXfgKsVVk3VkO/s320/Salon125_0171.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">We'll also have an update on the <a href="https://frickparkfriends.com/" target="_blank">Frick Park development proposal</a>, with petitions to sign ahead of the <a href="https://pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/zba" target="_blank">August 3rd hearing</a> on the zoning variances </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">requested by the project's developer</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">. Maybe even some letter-writing -- the Zoning Board needs to hear from park users! There's also a separate <a href="https://upstreampgh.org/forwardave-proposal/" target="_blank">online petition</a> from Upstream that addresses the potential impact on the Nine Mile Run restoration area. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br />If you're interested in the Zoom option for the presentation & discussion portion of this salon, please <a href="mailto: maren.cooke@gmail.com">email me</a> (with "salon" in the Subject line, as always)</span> -- and/or check back here on MarensList for further details on that.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">This <b>low-key, informal gathering</b> will go from 3 p.m. to 8 or 9 -- a wide window so we're never too crowded. Please</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> be sure to RSVP if you might come! And with the weather a bit uncertain, please keep an eye out on MarensList and/or email as the weekend approaches. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! Likewise, email if you are interested in a Zoom option for this salon! To RSVP, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainability-salon-with-kristina-marusic-tickets-684497950797" target="_blank"><b>respond via Eventbrite</b></a> or simply email me with "salon" in the Subject line. Along about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send out Directions & Other Information to all who have registered (but please register even if you know your way here).</i></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div>In the meantime, some other items of interest:</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Aug 3: </span>The <a href="https://pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/zba" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Zoning Board</a> considers variances requested by the Toronto developer who wants to build a giant apartment complex on the site of the old Irish Centre. <br /><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Aug 4: Are you in the food service industry? If so, check out this free, one-day <a href="https://humaneactionpittsburgh.org/servingupsustainability" target="_blank">workshop</a> on making your operation more sustainable, organized by Humane Action Pittsburgh. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Aug 14 or 15: Concerned about air quality in your home? Check out this Introductory Webinar for the next cohort of <a href="https://rocis.org/" target="_blank">ROCIS</a> participants -- more information <a href="https://rocis.org/low-cost-monitoring-project/lcmp-active-sign-up/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;">Sept 15: Local/global climate march/rally by Fridays for Future.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 17: <a href="https://fightfossilfuels.net/" target="_blank">March to End Fossil Fuels</a> in NYC, in conjunction with <a href="https://www.climateweeknyc.org/" target="_blank">Climate Week</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 23: Save the date for Pittsburgh's annual Urban Farm Tour! Keep an eye on <a href="https://pasafarming.org/event/2023-pittsburgh-urban-farm-tour/" target="_blank">this page</a> for more information. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Oct 1-2: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> The second <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaclimateconvergence.org/" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Climate Convergence</a> in Harrisburg. Virtual opening event with Bill McKibben on Sept 30th.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>This spring we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank"><b>petition/sign-on letter</b></a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!).</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Another forest that needs protecting is Sherwood Forest, in Mason Co., WA -- at risk of clear-cutting by a company headquartered here in Pittsburgh. You can learn more (and donate to the legal fund if you can) <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sherwood" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">a development proposal for Frick Park</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></p></div></div></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-45637445939459095182023-06-01T09:15:00.002-04:002023-07-23T22:56:37.869-04:00July 22: Better air: Corsi-Rosenthal Box workshop<p><span style="font-family: times;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">Are you concerned about your indoor air safety</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, either due to viruses or pollutants</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">? There's a DIY solution called the Corsi-Rosenthal Box. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">DSA’s EcoSocialist Mutual Aid crew will be organizing a Corsi</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">-Rosenthal workshop where we will be building these air purification systems to distribute and help keep our homes and public spaces safe and our air clean</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">. </span></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">If you’d like to ‘claim’ one of the CR Boxes we build on that day</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, we are asking for a suggested donation of </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">$100</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, which is far cheaper than most commercial air purifiers </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">(which range up from about $150)</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, and will get you much better results</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">. </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">
This </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">$100 is slightly more than the cost of the materials</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, as they are also hoping to build some additional CR Boxes to provide to vulnerable people in our community at no cost through a collaboration with Mask Up PGH and other mutual aid networks</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">. If you think that’s awesome and want to purchase one for yourself and one for those who need it in the community</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">$140 can cover the costs of 2 CR Boxes completely</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">. </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #313338; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">3 p.m. at Community Forge (1256 Franklin Ave. in Wilkinsburg). Default cost is $100. Email GalvinReading@gmail.com </span>to reserve a box and coordinate payment.<span style="color: #313338; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">
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Even if you’re not in a position to help fund this initiative</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, but are interested and want to help or learn more</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">, mark your calendar and join the workshop!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #313338; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><br /></span></span></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-82938373463391228782023-06-01T08:30:00.017-04:002023-07-23T09:52:57.833-04:00June 25: Sustainability Salon gathering<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tH-Pbwvjuc6aTELthpJwheZCVvQ3gbZ2PYFVIfk6fIj6j5g6RakaTZYS6FdKGwTPeDeZvClpZebDzyW3vMbGBe7pzitU7-_TgbQZPt-TehEWWjQWLMxXCfH_7Ccxx3X6NW__yl1w5bKxqW2gHkA80VCAKNTbI6uJIO3XBCTJoWFJum-s0-J5Q5Dv4w/s4032/Salon126_2236.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tH-Pbwvjuc6aTELthpJwheZCVvQ3gbZ2PYFVIfk6fIj6j5g6RakaTZYS6FdKGwTPeDeZvClpZebDzyW3vMbGBe7pzitU7-_TgbQZPt-TehEWWjQWLMxXCfH_7Ccxx3X6NW__yl1w5bKxqW2gHkA80VCAKNTbI6uJIO3XBCTJoWFJum-s0-J5Q5Dv4w/w349-h262/Salon126_2236.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div>Ready for a break from Zoom? Let's get together! Most summers over the past decade, we've had a <b>N</b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">o-Topic salon</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"> --</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">more of a social gathering than regular Sustainability Salons, so that I don't have to </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">interrupt the <b>conversations</b> for the <b>presentations</b>. </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: '\\22 times new roman\\22 ', '\\22 times\\22 ';" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">In a departure<strong> </strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;">from our usual format of talks and discussion focused on a single topic, we'd have more informal, free-flowing conversation. </span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">Then came the pandemic, and Zoom... and in 2020 we just marched right through the whole season with a three-month series on economics (</span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Energy Economics</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" style="color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Local Economies</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">, and </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" style="color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Social Investment</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">). Each of the last two years we had a couple of outdoor, in-person salons -- and now it's time for another! No particular topic, but I'm sure we'll have lots of great conversation and enjoy reconnecting.</span><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">At some point, we'll certainly share announcements and such, including an update on the proposed development in Frick Park (at the site of the old Irish Centre), and brief talks not needing slides might materialize</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">If the weather cooperates, we can have an <b>in-person, outdoor gathering </b>at our place. We'll spend our time outdoors, rather than congregating in the kitchen </span><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">(though folks can go into the house to use the bathroom or visit the roof garden).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnlVr6Nt7GTUCeME8a2wss8fQ2RWC2WB1O0Zjl6E2WaXRS9bAp2Tt8p1bY1lq2YCQ47iWGwvI469LnzZVI7AMG9g7uaq-YqS5qtxyV2BN2P0g1-fMWekdRHtRV14n06emfF8IhBcD3jIDhr4VXFAS4aeL0vRXfE3yvcv6P0vb12QgSrdaDhnZXceWZQ/s4032/Salon125_0171.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnlVr6Nt7GTUCeME8a2wss8fQ2RWC2WB1O0Zjl6E2WaXRS9bAp2Tt8p1bY1lq2YCQ47iWGwvI469LnzZVI7AMG9g7uaq-YqS5qtxyV2BN2P0g1-fMWekdRHtRV14n06emfF8IhBcD3jIDhr4VXFAS4aeL0vRXfE3yvcv6P0vb12QgSrdaDhnZXceWZQ/w212-h282/Salon125_0171.JPG" width="212" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">So, with apologies to the faraway folks who have been enjoying our virtual events, the <b>137th Sustainability Salon</b> will</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> be a <b>No-Topic Salon</b>. Outdoors, weather permitting (if it looks like rain, we'll work on some alternate plans later in the week -- Rain date? Zoom? Tent?). No need to be here the whole time; n</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">o PowerPoints, just lots of conversation. I think we can manage a potluck supper, like old times. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">The next salon will take place on July 30th, with journalist and author <b>Kristina Marusic</b> and her new book, <a href="https://islandpress.org/books/new-war-cancer" target="_blank"><i><b>A New War on Cancer</b></i></a> (aimed at prevention, rather than a cure). Stay tuned; we'll have discounted books available, and even a door prize or two! <br /></span><div><div><br /></div><div>In the meantime, some other items of interest:<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 23-June 8: Doug Oster is doing another series of online organic gardening classes, under the auspices of <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/" target="_blank">Farm To Table PA</a>. You can watch videos of past classes and register for upcoming sessions, <b><a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 8: Rally for clean air around the Shell petrochemical plant with the Shell Accountability Campaign Coalition and allies. More info and registration <b><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-for-action-stop-shells-pollution" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 13: Concerned about PFAS? Learn more in <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qde6orTksH9PmDuoYsagXC1kjluc4piQG#/registration" target="_blank">this webinar</a> from Move Past Plastic. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 14: In Ohio, or fancy a road trip? Several groups are coordinating to support the Unity Council to pressure Governor DeWine to declare a State of Emergency in the wake of the East Palestine train derailment. More info and registration <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclGjRqULWAmDGTJ5LXsEmYMDnzDh45Y_cItMqxPa1sZ5p_2w/viewform" target="_blank">here</a>; whether or not you can join in, please consider signing the <a href="https://only.one/act/east-palestine" target="_blank">petition</a> (or organizational <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIzFRpZ5EhVRf_AREt2el2YDfkZkDZ5ruWwRY9IZwwWYPwwA/viewform" target="_blank">sign-on letter</a>). </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">June 20: It's National Pollinator Week! Learn about Stingless Bee Curiosities from entomologist Kathrin Krausa of Tanzania, at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. More information and registration</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="https://pittsburghbotanicgarden.org/program-calendar/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: transparent;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 21: Summer Solstice Paddle and ceremony, with indigenous leader Degawëno:da's of Defend Ohi:yo'. More information and registration <a href="https://d3da1k6uo8tbjf.cloudfront.net/01d5c2c6-0c53-11ee-af62-36ef172d8ce0?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22SummerSolstice72023FINAL.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27SummerSolstice72023FINAL.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAS5PME4CT5QW2PJJU%2F20230619%2Fus-east-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20230619T172318Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=169c6861bd6dba79c36c95dd8c99f7bd6ce5cdea42d17af25369e81352141612&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9kM2RhMWs2dW84dGJqZi5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldC8wMWQ1YzJjNi0wYzUzLTExZWUtYWY2Mi0zNmVmMTcyZDhjZTA~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__&Signature=t5k9KhAe5rKNJVdYXRiwlGiJfs-BE~RZqBUHtnl3kNCYFTg3dCbB8qFkMY3GKPV3Y6TfVO~~mvfYoXMtSCKHiW-sWNmXUR1bvbPH4d7ajFicNNI~FQ~~jFs1epTDD8HVjqAJbwFFIXzBXnyxV810BaAnOl6-ok8mpp0Vsa2yUyGNaZioaksj54CSNJrn7ZsiybCx7KE3Bc1w0SH00Vn-IA~ipkAp8~7njlMIUO~pmB4YuwgPkOlJEZA0XRT1cH4TK1ykhbltKsg1mQUCTguts1PggYhmrR7M29BA4a6ZwTWLk28uMTHjjjvtHPZr-m~AZ7Ti3KK5NfQ7M~YZeNDz0w__&Key-Pair-Id=K2BMZZDBFKKL41" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 22: One-day <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eden-hall-day-in-partnership-with-osher-ll-at-cmu-tickets-626214302837" target="_blank">sustainability showcase</a> at Chatham University's Eden Hall campus. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 22: Black Appalachian Coalition and ORVI present a virtual lunch & learn on Health Harms from Petrochemicals, with Patricia DeMarco and Claire Cohen. More information on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10228393857925098&set=a.10203035056850920" target="_blank">event page</a>; register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuf-irrTwsG9Llfidcrwazg6wZcxL6kimR#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 22: Virtual brown bag briefing on Abandoned Wells with Laurie Barr and Dominic DiGiulio. More information on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/140841585626677" target="_blank">event page</a>; register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-yorDMoGNzU9bskzQ2pv44FsQqU44pM#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>June 29: Better Path Presents <a href="https://www.thirdactpa.org/" target="_blank">Third Act PA</a> with special guest Bill McKibben. More information on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/6484616934937245" target="_blank">event page</a>; register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-mhpz0oGtCGOB1OZLyzO9RuIV-1-2Q-#/registration" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 23: Save the date for Pittsburgh's annual Urban Farm Tour! Check <a href="https://pasafarming.org/event/2023-pittsburgh-urban-farm-tour/" target="_blank">this page</a> for the latest. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Last month we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank">petition/sign-on letter</a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!).</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh... </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;">This <b>low-key, informal gathering</b> will go from 3 p.m. to 8 or 9 -- a wide window so we're never too crowded. Please</i></span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> be sure to RSVP if you might come! And with the weather a bit uncertain, please keep an eye out on MarensList and/or email as the weekend approaches. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! To RSVP, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering-tickets-661813320457?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">respond via Eventbrite</a> or simply email me with "salon" in the Subject line. Along about Saturday night/Sunday morning, I'll send out Directions & Other Information to all who have registered (but please register even if you know your way here).</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" 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Rally for clean air in Beaver<p>Rally for clean air around the Shell petrochemical plant with the Shell Accountability Campaign Coalition and allies. More info and registration <b><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-for-action-stop-shells-pollution" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpsg9IZ62x_KHIrB74SHuR9pEwHzabilZW4WFfMPGIPODKyp4BPsEpD3RlcUculkvjnPocW5gbkihYIH-hEUhljveQQN5e_nGrckkEntN98R-OAZKdt1IuWn8-CePuHqJs-kf2Bd1l1Cf2HpyOEjEpaTQ7efuR52dtloEMmq2OzPiEwzkuDOLqH4_sg/s1065/230608ShellRally.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1065" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpsg9IZ62x_KHIrB74SHuR9pEwHzabilZW4WFfMPGIPODKyp4BPsEpD3RlcUculkvjnPocW5gbkihYIH-hEUhljveQQN5e_nGrckkEntN98R-OAZKdt1IuWn8-CePuHqJs-kf2Bd1l1Cf2HpyOEjEpaTQ7efuR52dtloEMmq2OzPiEwzkuDOLqH4_sg/w518-h292/230608ShellRally.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-36021506607907546952023-05-08T22:48:00.000-04:002023-06-01T17:10:15.817-04:00May 21: Sustainability Salon on Food (Part II)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GnFe5efJFatqv_e8TKthRZRs_qF2o_4hBdr6vQqVtQRGuG_So4sLxjAUa-JCkiUUoLdSq5EU6WsANtcnE0c78_TUPPWHitOVnCeDhWYQrux3yCBOBQT6eBUFBSbaBOzw29QvnzxPGoNHfaxgD2jE_QDLxghLPIwdqqtXTy0dhGt1FamhOXgRy1OHNw/s3977/Tomatoes2355wide.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="3977" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GnFe5efJFatqv_e8TKthRZRs_qF2o_4hBdr6vQqVtQRGuG_So4sLxjAUa-JCkiUUoLdSq5EU6WsANtcnE0c78_TUPPWHitOVnCeDhWYQrux3yCBOBQT6eBUFBSbaBOzw29QvnzxPGoNHfaxgD2jE_QDLxghLPIwdqqtXTy0dhGt1FamhOXgRy1OHNw/w489-h280/Tomatoes2355wide.jpeg" width="489" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Time to get tomato seedlings into the ground (so they can do this!)<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Spring is going strong! The 136th Sustainability Salon completes our annual two-month springtime focus on Food. We'll meet -- hopefully in-person (weather and health permitting) on Sunday, May 21st. <p></p><p>Speakers will include (check bac<span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">k for updates):</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">Master gardener and permaculturist </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">Tamara O'Brien</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"> is founder and director of </span><a href="https://plantitfurther.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plant it Further</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">, raising awareness of native pollinators; co-founder and president of the </span><a href="https://westernpa.wildones.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">local chapter</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"> of </span><a href="https://wildones.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wild Ones</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">, encouraging native landscaping to promote biodiversity; served as a mentor for Pitt's </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PittPlant2Plate" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plant2Plate student garden</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">; and sits on the </span><a href="https://pafarmtoschool.org/our-work/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Farm to School</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"> Policy Implementation Group and the national </span><a href="https://www.sgsonetwork.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">School Garden Support Organization Network</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">. Tamara will talk about native edible plants -- and we'll surely be sampling some from around our home! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Patrice Collins</b> is an urban farmer, artist, educator, mother, and entrepreneur. She co-founded Mystic Mamas to share resources around food sustainability, artistic expression, and creating intentional community, as well as a community garden. Patrice will </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">talk about the locavore movement and ways to simplify and widen food access -- often starting with educating our children, and ensuring they have access to gardens and farm animals. Many children are much more willing to try new and healthy food options when they participate in growing or producing the food.</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><b>Shelly Danko+Day</b> is the Urban Agriculture and Food Policy Planner for the Sustainability & Resilience Division of Pittsburgh's City Planning Department. She'll bring an update on City programs addressing food insecurity.</span></p><p>Just outside of the city, <a href="https://www.reimaginetcwac.org/food-systems" target="_blank">ReImagine Food Systems</a> is addressing food insecurity by transforming residents of environmental justice communities into home gardeners. Co-founder <b>Rhea Homa</b> will share our achievements thus far, and plans for the future. </p><p>Curious about biochar? <b>Russell Thorsen</b>, Farmer Outreach Specialist for the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (<a href="https://pasafarming.org/" target="_blank">PASA</a>), will talk about how it's made and what it can do for the soil. </p><p>In the meantime, some other items of interest:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 23-June 8: Doug Oster is doing another series of online organic gardening classes, under the auspices of <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/" target="_blank">Farm To Table PA</a>. You can watch videos of past classes and register for upcoming sessions, <b><a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 15, 16, 22, 23: Combine a forest stewardship activity with the creation of grapevine spheres, in honor of Earth Day. More info and registration <b><a href="https://www.andflowerspgh.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 19-22: <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-size-adjust: auto;">Grow Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District will host a <b>Free Soil Lead Screening</b> for county residents.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>More info and registration <b><a href="http://ACCDSoilScreenSpring23.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 21: Online panel on The Role of Trauma, Trust, & Community in Food Insecurity. 1 p.m. online. </span></span></span>More info and registration <b><a href="https://streamyard.com/watch/99QFZMejWfr2" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 21: Join a student-led coalition of Pittsburgh colleges for an <b>Earth Day Climate Party</b>, to d</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">emand that our elected officials take action on the climate crisis</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">: 2 p.m. at the City-County Building (414 Grant St. downtown).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 24: Are animals necessary for a healthy, resilient, and conscientious food system? Free virtual film screening -- with a discussion to follow at 5 p.m. on Monday. </span>More info and registration <b><a href="https://globedocspresentssacredcow.splashthat.com/docsnewsletter" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 27: Concerned about a <b>toxic train derailment</b> here in Pittsburgh? Join a resident-led Air Quality Town Hall about what that would mean. More info and registration <b><a href="https://bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcOuhrjIiE91UoWNWRo1mnHSLXt1rOy3t#/registration" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 29: A new grocery store for Homewood? Freedom Foods is holding a community meeting and membership drive (1-4 p.m. at the Carnegie Library of Homewood (7101 Hamilton Ave). </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 9: So many resources been spent trying to cure cancer. But as the old saying tells us, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Journalist Kristina Marusic has a new book out, <b>The New War On Cancer</b>. Launch event 7p.m. at the White Whale Bookstore. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 10: <a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/" target="_blank">GASP</a> hosts a webinar about climate anxiety. More info and registration <b><a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/registration-open-for-making-the-connection-mental-health-in-the-time-of-the-climate-crisis">here</a></b>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 11: Solarpunk Future: part job fair, part interactive art show. More information and registration <b><a href="https://reimaginejobs.org/home-copy/upcoming-events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 11: Is hydrogen a front for still more fracking? PennFuture and Conservation Voters of PA will explore that question in <a href="https://action.conservationpa.org/a/hydrogen-webinar" target="_blank">this webinar</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 24: Online lunch briefing with Dan Zegart on the Gassing of Satartia. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/645190220757300" target="_blank">FB event</a>, <a href=" bit.ly/BPBZegart" target="_blank">registration link</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 25: Better Path Presents Chantal Bilodeau on Climate Change Action Theatre. <a href=" https://www.facebook.com/events/1424988864943122" target="_blank">FB event</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/BPPBilodeau" target="_blank">registration link</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Sept 23: Save the date for Pittsburgh's annual Urban Farm Tour! More information to come. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Last month we learned a great deal about agriculture and the Farm Bill. You can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank">petition/sign-on letter</a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!).</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh... </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured in a 2020 salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Talks and discussion will run from 4 p.m. to 7 or so, here in our back yard (weather permitting -- else on Zoom)</b></i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. We'll share potluck food and drink, in addition to growlers of beer and pots of pesto from the gardens and perhaps other things that we'll provide). You're welcome to join us for informal conversation and noshing any time after 3 p.m., and w</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">e aim to start the main program sometime around 4. Talks typically finish by around 7, but informal discussion usually continues into the evening -- join us for whatever time works for you!</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> (official timespan is 3-10, but few are here for the whole time!) </i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons! Please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-21-sustainability-salon-gathering-food-part-ii-tickets-634292123817" target="_blank">RSVP on Eventbrite</a> (or else email me with "salon" in the subject line). I'll send out Directions & Other Information on Saturday night or Sunday morning to all the RSVP'd folks.</i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: move; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included<span> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: move; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-13962031150934413952023-04-04T17:09:00.025-04:002023-05-10T20:26:30.669-04:00Apr 23: Sustainability Salon on Food (Part I)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8QFE-1EUg2uhlqJ9GVH1HUyxNHhnhVKFATO4XwnnrVoAEL0jTZJSPoA5VNZ1D3wGuJRXRGpTgx5N5cHUQiGvothMkog6z8woghnRuvJXiMaVlbZ406HZKp1mtypIjLddwCfJSm5jynoxv3wlPjq-zJDoQ2i-sR2mu3TH0D_M7-QrA-1O6t_UVOAKSg/s4016/SpringOnionsMed1050.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="4016" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8QFE-1EUg2uhlqJ9GVH1HUyxNHhnhVKFATO4XwnnrVoAEL0jTZJSPoA5VNZ1D3wGuJRXRGpTgx5N5cHUQiGvothMkog6z8woghnRuvJXiMaVlbZ406HZKp1mtypIjLddwCfJSm5jynoxv3wlPjq-zJDoQ2i-sR2mu3TH0D_M7-QrA-1O6t_UVOAKSg/w483-h252/SpringOnionsMed1050.JPG" width="483" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Spring onions (Egyptian walking onions) are lush at this time of year... <b> let me know if you'd like some! I have lots to spare! <br /><br /></b></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Spring has sprung! The 135th Sustainability Salon will return to our annual two-month springtime focus on Food. We'll meet on Zoom from 4 p.m. to 7 or so on Sunday, April 23rd. <p></p><p>Topics will include (check back here, as more are added):</p><p><b>Helen Gerhardt</b> <span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will discuss how our current <b>Home Rule Charter</b> grants outsized powers to the Allegheny County Executive within the structures of local, regional, and even Commonwealth government - and how we might support checks and balances on those powers that so greatly impact </span><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">food sovereignty, as well as </span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e</span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nvironmental justice, health, </span><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">housing, transit,</span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> d</span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">evelopment, </span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">justice systems, incarceration, and many other critical human needs in our communities.</span></p><p>At the city level, Pittsburgh City Council member <b>Deborah Gross</b> will share her <span style="font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/city-farms" target="_blank">City Farms program</a>, including community agroforestry, the new <a href="https://justharvest.org/food-justice-fund-coalition-wins-historic-food-security-investment-in-2023-pittsburgh-budget/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh's new</a> <a href="https://www.pittsburghfoodpolicy.org/food-justice-fund" target="_blank">Food Justice Fund</a>, and composting pilot programs (like the new <a href="https://engage.pittsburghpa.gov/soilmillpgh" target="_blank">SoilMill PGH</a>) that are in the works. </span></span></p><p>Chef <b>Carlos A. Thomas</b> is founder of <a href="https://www.justsaychef.com/community" target="_blank">Feed The Hood</a>, which aims to expand the culinary workforce through training, mentorship, and real world experience -- and build community as well as a healthy food environment. He's also running for Allegheny County Council this year. </p><p>And the U.S. is closing in on another iteration of the quinquennial* <b>Farm Bill</b> -- it is is now being negotiated, and will be voted on in September. This multivolume package of federal legislation has the potential to be an important part of the solution to mitigate climate change, regenerate biodiversity loss, restore clean water, increase access to nutrient-dense food, improve human health, build local economies, and limit excessive corporate control. Or not. Join us to learn more from <b>Phyllis Rubin</b>, who farms in eastern PA (at <a href="http://www.twoganderfarm.com/" target="_blank">Two Gander Farm</a>) and co-founded the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance of Pennsylvania. By the way, you can use your voice to advocate for more-sustainable practices being supported <a href="https://sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/endorse-nsacs-2023-farm-bill-platform/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </p><p><i>*<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <b>quinquennial</b> means every five years. </span></i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span data-key="309" style="background-color: transparent;"><span data-offset-key="309:0"><span style="background-color: transparent;">On <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">May 21st</a>, we hope to gather in person!</span> A great roster of speakers is assembling</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">for the second Food salon</span><span data-key="309" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span data-offset-key="309:0"> -- <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">here's the link</a>! In the meantime, some other items of note</span></span><span data-key="253" data-slate-fragment="JTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIyZG9jdW1lbnQlMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJibG9jayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTJDJTIybGVhdmVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybGVhZiUyMiUyQyUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJMb29raW5nJTIwZm9yd2FyZCUyMHRvJTIwU3VuZGF5ISUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMEluJTIwdGhlJTIwbWVhbnRpbWUlMkMlMjBzb21lJTIwb3RoZXIlMjBpdGVtcyUyMG9mJTIwbm90ZSUzQSUyMCUyMFBsZWFzZSUyMGNoZWNrJTIwb3V0JTIwJTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJsZWFmJTIyJTJDJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiUyMCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmlubGluZSUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJsaW5rJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmNsYXNzTmFtZSUyMiUzQW51bGwlMkMlMjJocmVmJTIyJTNBJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXJlbnNsaXN0LmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbSUyRjIwMjMlMkYwMyUyRm1hcmNoLTI2LWxlZ2lzbGF0aW9uLW9uLXNpbmdsZS11c2UuaHRtbCUyMiU3RCUyQyUyMm5vZGVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIydGV4dCUyMiUyQyUyMmxlYXZlcyUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmxlYWYlMjIlMkMlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyTWFyZW5zTGlzdCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMnRleHQlMjIlMkMlMjJsZWF2ZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJsZWFmJTIyJTJDJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiUyMCUyMCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmxlYWYlMjIlMkMlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyZm9yJTIwbW9yZSUyMGluZm8lMkMlMjBpbmNsdWRpbmclMjBsb3RzJTIwb2YlMjBsaW5rcyUyMC0tJTIwYW5kJTIwaW4lMjB0aGUlMjBtZWFudGltZSUyQyUyMGhlcmUlMjBhcmUlMjBzb21lJTIwb3RoZXIlMjBpdGVtcyUyMG9mJTIwbm90ZSUyMChmb2xsb3dlZCUyMGJ5JTIwc2Fsb24lMjBsb2dpc3RpY3MpJTNBJTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0Q=" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span data-offset-key="253:1"> (followed by salon logistics). Many of these are food-related...</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 23-June 8: Doug Oster is doing another series of online organic gardening classes, under the auspices of <a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/" target="_blank">Farm To Table PA</a>. You can watch videos of past classes and register for upcoming sessions, <b><a href="https://farmtotablepa.com/events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> April 8: There is a lot to unpack on environmental justice in Allegheny County. Join 412 Justice and Grow Pittsburgh for an Allegheny County Executive Candidate Forum on Environmental Justice. More information and registration <b><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/412justice/event/556163/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. Also streaming on FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1026516464991762" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">April 12: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">Last month</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">we heard from PA State Rep Sara Innamorato about the bipartisan Whole Home Repair Act</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2022-07-14/pennsylvania-home-repair-program" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">passed last year</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">. Wouldn't it be great to have her energy and compassion in the Allegheny County Executive's office? Join other engaged citizens to hear from Sara at a</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/041223_ev_carolynemmett" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank"><b>fundraiser</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">to help get her there! Or get involved with the campaign <a href="https://www.saraforall.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 19-22: <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-size-adjust: auto;">Grow Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District will host a <b>Free Soil Lead Screening</b> for county residents.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>More info and registration <b><a href="http://ACCDSoilScreenSpring23.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 21: Online panel on The Role of Trauma, Trust, & Community in Food Insecurity. 1 p.m. online. </span></span></span>More info and registration <b><a href="https://streamyard.com/watch/99QFZMejWfr2" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 21: Join a student-led coalition of Pittsburgh colleges for an <b>Earth Day Climate Party</b>, to d</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">emand that our elected officials take action on the climate crisis</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">: 2 p.m. at the City-County Building (414 Grant St. downtown).</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 15, 16, 22, 23: Combine a forest stewardship activity with the creation of grapevine spheres, in honor of Earth Day. More info and registration <b><a href="https://www.andflowerspgh.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 24: Are animals necessary for a healthy, resilient, and conscientious food system? Free virtual film screening -- with a discussion to follow at 5 p.m. on Monday. </span>More info and registration <b><a href="https://globedocspresentssacredcow.splashthat.com/docsnewsletter" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 27: Concerned about a <b>toxic train derailment</b> here in Pittsburgh? Join a resident-led Air Quality Town Hall about what that would mean. More info and registration <b><a href="https://bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcOuhrjIiE91UoWNWRo1mnHSLXt1rOy3t#/registration" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 29: A new grocery store for Homewood? Freedom Foods is holding a community meeting and membership drive (1-4 p.m. at the Carnegie Library of Homewood (7101 Hamilton Ave). </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 9: So many resources been spent trying to cure cancer. But as the old saying tells us, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Journalist Kristina Marusic has a new book out, <b>The New War On Cancer</b>. Launch event 7p.m. at the White Whale Bookstore. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 11: Solarpunk Future: part job fair, part interactive art show. More information and registration <b><a href="https://reimaginejobs.org/home-copy/upcoming-events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> We know that only a tiny fraction of plastic has ever been recycled. And yet, </span>NPR has been airing sponsorship messages for the American Recycling Council, which is continuing to perpetrate the "recycling" hoax. Does that make your blood boil? The national group Beyond Plastics has a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGGpaSBwYr9CTr7yL6-7vyyscgoA0AyEXRIpalzLTT82AYiw/viewform" target="_blank">petition/sign-on letter</a> to get them to stop -- please sign, for yourself or for an organization you represent!</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!).</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh... </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured at November's salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Talks and discussion will run from 4 p.m. to 7 or so on Zoom</b> (sadly, no potluck supper these days)</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. You're welcome to join the call for informal conversation after 3 p.m., and w</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">e aim to start the main program right around 4. Talks and corresponding Q&A will finish by 7 or 7:30, but informal discussion often continues after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-23-sustainability-salon-on-food-part-i-tickets-617183772277" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons!</i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-26-legislation-on-single-use.html" target="_blank">single-use plastic legislation</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-30723074271912032932023-03-04T15:36:00.036-05:002023-03-26T11:30:25.835-04:00March 26: Legislation on Single-use Plastics <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrvXnLW004FkafBKaMOHJCo8oKAPpxvXvuhhQTNzSItn2USHBOTzOkOxdbyCFKNk7mDF5yu5FkIJ1HkiCOoKFGjxLXfnfc-Ds9181IUkiloMj03dVEikp62KvkXc_Ql_pP8BEQiTxVnzkpD_QiuP3Js2h6zwlw6S3YQHse6jlVk2AQDjxULHxB7lDOw/s3254/PlasticBags4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="3254" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrvXnLW004FkafBKaMOHJCo8oKAPpxvXvuhhQTNzSItn2USHBOTzOkOxdbyCFKNk7mDF5yu5FkIJ1HkiCOoKFGjxLXfnfc-Ds9181IUkiloMj03dVEikp62KvkXc_Ql_pP8BEQiTxVnzkpD_QiuP3Js2h6zwlw6S3YQHse6jlVk2AQDjxULHxB7lDOw/w455-h193/PlasticBags4.jpeg" width="455" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This canvas bag (center) has been used hundreds of times (plastic bags sourced from a local "recycling" bin).</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 134th Sustainability Salon will conclude our short series inspired by new legislation that will enable major environmental improvements, on a human scale. On Sunday, March 26th (4 p.m. to 7 or so, via Zoom), we'll look at <b>Single-use</b> <b>Plastics.</b></p><p>Plastics are a scourge on our air, land, and water. Plastic production generally requires the extraction of fossil carbon from deep underground, and is one of the most <a href="https://www.beyondplastics.org/plastics-and-climate" target="_blank">greenhouse-gas intensive industries</a>. Other types of pollution make plastic production areas (like Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" and now also Beaver County, PA) unhealthy places to live. Contrary to industry propaganda, very little plastic is actually recycled; some is downcycled, but most goes to landfill, litter, or incineration. And while plastic doesn't break down very fast chemically, so plastic pollution persists (80% of the junk in the world's oceans is plastic), it does break up into smaller and smaller bits, called microplastics, Humans, on average, inadvertently ingest an amount of plastic equivalent to a credit card every week -- and wildlife that mistakes floating plastic for food just keeps eating it until they're full, and then die of starvation. And wildlife often gets tangled or trapped in plastic trash. How can we stem the tide? Legislation needs to play a part.</p><p>Here in Pittsburgh, we will soon join the list of municipalities banning retailers from giving out single-use plastic bags at checkout or delivery. We'll hear from <b>Pittsburgh City Council member Erika Strassburger</b>, who proposed this legislation and brought it to a unanimous Council vote last April. She'll share the details of the new law, and <a href="https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/why-has-pittsburgh-postponed-its-ban-on-single-use-plastic-bags/" target="_blank">what it'll take</a> to make this big change. </p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Of course, it would be great to take similar action at the county level. <b>Allegheny County Council member</b> <b>Anita Prizio</b>, who chairs the Committee on Sustainability and Green Initiatives, will be with us to talk about what's percolating there, the constraints they face, and possible paths forward. </span></p><p>What's happening elsewhere? <b>Faran Savitz,</b> <a href="https://environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania/" target="_blank">PennEnvironment</a>'s Zero Waste Advocate, will join us to share his research on what's happening where (and how!), and the <a href="https://environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania/resources/single-use-plastic-laws-in-pennsylvania/" target="_blank">resources</a> that PennEnvironment can provide to local governments to help advance such bans, from up-to-date background information to model ordinances.</p><p>(Update: unfortunately, Helen Gerhardt's presentation must be postponed -- but fortunately, there are food implications to her topic. She <span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will discuss (probably in April) how our current Home Rule Charter grants outsized powers to the Allegheny County Executive within the structures of local, regional, and even Commonwealth government - and how we might support checks and balances on those powers that so greatly impact e</span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nvironmental justice, health, d</span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">evelopment, housing, transit, food sovereignty, </span><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">justice systems, incarceration, and many other critical human needs in our communities.)</span></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span data-key="309" style="background-color: transparent;"><span data-offset-key="309:0">Looking forward to Sunday! In the meantime, some other items of note</span></span><span data-key="253" data-slate-fragment="JTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIyZG9jdW1lbnQlMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJibG9jayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTJDJTIybGVhdmVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybGVhZiUyMiUyQyUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJMb29raW5nJTIwZm9yd2FyZCUyMHRvJTIwU3VuZGF5ISUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMEluJTIwdGhlJTIwbWVhbnRpbWUlMkMlMjBzb21lJTIwb3RoZXIlMjBpdGVtcyUyMG9mJTIwbm90ZSUzQSUyMCUyMFBsZWFzZSUyMGNoZWNrJTIwb3V0JTIwJTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJsZWFmJTIyJTJDJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiUyMCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmlubGluZSUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJsaW5rJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmNsYXNzTmFtZSUyMiUzQW51bGwlMkMlMjJocmVmJTIyJTNBJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXJlbnNsaXN0LmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbSUyRjIwMjMlMkYwMyUyRm1hcmNoLTI2LWxlZ2lzbGF0aW9uLW9uLXNpbmdsZS11c2UuaHRtbCUyMiU3RCUyQyUyMm5vZGVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIydGV4dCUyMiUyQyUyMmxlYXZlcyUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmxlYWYlMjIlMkMlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyTWFyZW5zTGlzdCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMnRleHQlMjIlMkMlMjJsZWF2ZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJsZWFmJTIyJTJDJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiUyMCUyMCUyMiUyQyUyMm1hcmtzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybWFyayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJib2xkJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0YSUyMiUzQSU3QiU3RCU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMm9iamVjdCUyMiUzQSUyMmxlYWYlMjIlMkMlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyZm9yJTIwbW9yZSUyMGluZm8lMkMlMjBpbmNsdWRpbmclMjBsb3RzJTIwb2YlMjBsaW5rcyUyMC0tJTIwYW5kJTIwaW4lMjB0aGUlMjBtZWFudGltZSUyQyUyMGhlcmUlMjBhcmUlMjBzb21lJTIwb3RoZXIlMjBpdGVtcyUyMG9mJTIwbm90ZSUyMChmb2xsb3dlZCUyMGJ5JTIwc2Fsb24lMjBsb2dpc3RpY3MpJTNBJTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0Q=" style="background-color: transparent;"><span data-offset-key="253:1"> (followed by salon logistics):</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 23: Energy efficiency for community buildings -- last month we talked about home energy efficiency; this webinar will look at how nonprofits and faith groups are improving their buildings. </span>More information and registration <b><a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/zOaqf2hlC0iO5S6lujOgUA2" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 28: Online legislative briefing with <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/20/opinion/carbon-capture-wont-fix-our-climate-problem" target="_blank">June Sekera on carbon removal</a>. Register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-qorDgpHdU1Wc1EsyuGzbcQ2E9lBQBA" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">March</span> 29: Learn more about environmental and health issues facing Pennsylvanians with PSR PA at a series of Town Hall events (in person and virtual) -- starting with <a href="https://www.psrpa.org/event-details/southeastern-pennsylvania-town-hall" target="_blank">Southeastern Pennsylvania</a> but roving around the state, including Beaver (Apr 26) and Washington (date TBA) counties. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>March 30-31: Nonviolent direct action workshop with George Lakey and Veronica Coptis (at Slippery Rock University). Connect with other organizations and help generate campaigns! More information and registration <b><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/pennsylvaniacampfiregathering" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 1: Communitopia's Youth Climate Summit. More information and registration <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqLXWicTCr625KerG_DJbobIRFMKiqCcHYx-kVeKLlUXwm0w/viewform" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 12: <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">Last month</a> we heard from PA State Rep Sara Innamorato about the bipartisan Whole Home Repair Act <a href="https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2022-07-14/pennsylvania-home-repair-program" target="_blank">passed last year</a>. Wouldn't it be great to have her energy and compassion in the Allegheny County Executive's office? Join other engaged citizens to hear from Sara at a <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/041223_ev_carolynemmett" target="_blank"><b>fundraiser</b></a> to help get her there!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 15, 16, 22, 23: Combine a forest stewardship activity with the creation of grapevine spheres, in honor of Earth Day. More info and registration <b><a href="https://www.andflowerspgh.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>April 19-22: <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-size-adjust: auto;">Grow Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District will host a <b>Free Soil Lead Screening</b> for county residents.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>More info and registration <b><a href="http://ACCDSoilScreenSpring23.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">here</a></b>..</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>May 11: Solarpunk Future: part job fair, part interactive art show. More information and registration <b><a href="https://reimaginejobs.org/home-copy/upcoming-events/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio border in East Palestine. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to help fund needed resources for residents of easternmost Ohio and westernmost Pennsylvania. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>Closer to home, you can support striking Post-Gazette workers <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/donate/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> (and consider signing up for the alternative online publication, the <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pittsburgh Union Progress</b></a> -- and maybe even cancel your P-G subscription until they start treating workers fairly!).</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span>And speaking of solidarity, the Cop City controversy is still raging in Atlanta. More information and a support fund are <b><a href="https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. There's also talk of a similar facility in the works for Pittsburgh... </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="background-color: white; color: #a32899; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured at November's salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup (or you can still <a href="https://www.armbrustusa.com/products/breathe99-elastomeric-mask" target="_blank">order online</a>).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Talks and discussion will run from 4 p.m. to 7 or so on Zoom</b> (sadly, no potluck supper these days)</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. You're welcome to join the call for informal conversation after 3 p.m., and w</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">e aim to start the main program right around 4. Talks finish by around 7, but informal discussion often continues after that -- join us for whatever time works for you!</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-26-sustainability-salon-on-single-use-plastic-legislation-tickets-594195493717" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons!</i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues (and often health, and justice, and politics); it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we have featured speakers on various aspects of a particular topic, interspersed with stimulating conversation, lively debate, and (when in person) delectable potluck food and drink and music-making through the evening. Originally a potluck mini-conference, the event has been mostly on Zoom since March 2020, except for some outdoor summer salons. </span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-your.html" target="_blank">home energy efficiency (and legislation to help fund improvements)</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dr. Maren Leyla Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572015442720884531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566052974330758496.post-89184829181965551442023-02-11T14:39:00.033-05:002023-02-24T17:23:25.894-05:00Feb 26: Sustainability Salon on Efficiency, Electrification, and the IRA<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cjKV1MP3aT9wAoPbbykW4gc21kbbykEbA7cmxEWxnWLYRE18CgXqTOHmgjwEWqS0moqCttTPujw8QciuV23BG9lOoybgazk6KFkkHX3CjjAcqMMsUSokX5G2LHEo--yHjw_iT9OpCd-_xTn4MaxV57ZVLTb7FfH36FZvqNBB2BhxNxrwiaUkVCv0TA/s2200/pexels-pixabay-rowhouses.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Photo of colorful rowhouses" border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="2200" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cjKV1MP3aT9wAoPbbykW4gc21kbbykEbA7cmxEWxnWLYRE18CgXqTOHmgjwEWqS0moqCttTPujw8QciuV23BG9lOoybgazk6KFkkHX3CjjAcqMMsUSokX5G2LHEo--yHjw_iT9OpCd-_xTn4MaxV57ZVLTb7FfH36FZvqNBB2BhxNxrwiaUkVCv0TA/w515-h237/pexels-pixabay-rowhouses.jpeg" title="Photo from Pixabay via Pexels.com" width="515" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo from Pixabay via Pexels.com</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To open our 12th year of salons, we'll start a short series inspired by some new legislation that will enable major environmental improvements, on a human scale. The 133rd Sustainability Salon on Sunday, February 26th (4 p.m. to 7 or so), will look at <b>Energy</b> (on March 26th, we'll be talking about <b>Plastics</b>). </p><p>As we know, in order to reduce the effects of climate change in the years (and centuries) ahead, humanity needs to escape our dependence on fossil fuels. We need to reduce our energy use (through conservation and energy efficiency), <b>and</b> we need to shift away from fossil carbon for the energy that we do use (electrification, combined with a move to renewables on the grid and in distributed installations). Since most air pollution comes from fossil fuel combustion, that'll mean better air quality, indoors and out! And although a great deal needs to happen in industry and public infrastructure, there are plenty of things that individuals can do to make this energy transition, and last year's passage of the federal <b>Inflation Reduction Act</b> and the state <b>Whole-Home Repair </b>legislation can help make the up-front costs more affordable.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOkY3rBbM9NruLLSR0W0l-5krk8AM49NBGsUTKAniMCmhZEQgc4oHFTTj3WuKB4ydYjQPjuNCOt6F5GNTtXOW5pNJ4LPC1dS-IEu4e4VUOvn_9SxpU1RkEU7oqP3DrQztbSIh7weh1pZA3Giy1qLyrro4BT7umCABW9o4PFRcZuXxVQr2EU8uDDVZgA/s1100/AuditIRcrop.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="698" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOkY3rBbM9NruLLSR0W0l-5krk8AM49NBGsUTKAniMCmhZEQgc4oHFTTj3WuKB4ydYjQPjuNCOt6F5GNTtXOW5pNJ4LPC1dS-IEu4e4VUOvn_9SxpU1RkEU7oqP3DrQztbSIh7weh1pZA3Giy1qLyrro4BT7umCABW9o4PFRcZuXxVQr2EU8uDDVZgA/w140-h222/AuditIRcrop.jpg" width="140" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">IR image from a home energy audit; <br />photo courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.energydoc.info/" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Rhett Major</a></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table>The cheapest energy is always the energy one can avoid using, so we'll start with <b>home energy efficiency</b>. In order to figure out what measures to take first, there's nothing like a detailed energy audit. <b>Jonathan Nadle</b> conducted hundreds of building energy audits through a nonprofit called Conservation Consultants, Inc. (CCI, no longer operating), evaluated weatherization programs, and taught principles and techniques of home performance to contractors and homeowners. While at CCI, he also authored<b> <a href="https://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2023/02/energy-efficiency-checklist-things-you.html" target="_blank">this helpful checklist of home energy efficiency measures</a></b>. He's the president of the Group Against Smog & Pollution (<a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/" target="_blank">GASP</a>), and serves on the Penn State Greater Allegheny Energy Engineering Advisory Board. Jonathan will explain the hows and whys of <b>home energy audits</b>, and also how this all relates to <b>indoor air quality</b>. <p></p><p>It also relates to the budgets of everyday people. Energy prices have risen sharply over the past year, hitting many households hard -- so it's even more important for low-income folks (both owners and renters) to have efficient homes to reduce their "energy burden" (known internationally as "fuel poverty"). Drafty doors, single-pane windows, and walls and attics lacking insulation all contribute to big bills and difficult living conditions -- but not everybody can afford the necessary renovations. <b>State Representative Sara Innamorato</b>, who proposed and pushed through the <b><a href="https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2022-07-14/pennsylvania-home-repair-program" target="_blank">Whole-Home Repair program</a></b> to address these concerns, will join us to talk about this statewide legislation -- which will enable low- and moderate-income homeowners and small landlords to make repairs and updates to homes across Pennsylvania, and create jobs in the process. </p><p>We'll also talk about <a href="https://actionhousing.org/" target="_blank"><b>Action Housing</b></a>'s program providing free home <a href="https://actionhousing.org/our-services/weatherization/" target="_blank">weatherization</a> services to low-income Pittsburghers. </p><p>Even the most efficient homes use some energy; the key to shifting away from fossil energy sources is <b>electrification</b>. Over 40% of our energy-related emissions stem from decisions that Americans make around our kitchen tables -- what kind of transportation we use, how we heat the air and water in our homes, how we cook our food and dry our clothes. The only way to eliminate these emissions is to have our households run on machines with plugs, not pipes -- devices like heat pumps in place of furnaces or boilers, and induction stoves in place of gas. Some of our neighbors have managed to complete that process, detaching their homes completely from gas lines! We'll have a brief panel with some of the local folks who have done this (Kirsi Jansa, Lou Reynolds, Mark Dixon, and Christine Benner Dixon), sharing their experience and fielding your questions. </p><p>So how to pay for all these modifications? It just became a little easier, especially for lower-income residents and those in environmental justice areas. The federal <b><a href="https://www.rewiringamerica.org/policy/inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank">Inflation Reduction Act</a>,</b> passed just last summer, will release $369 billion for "Energy Security and Climate Change" -- rolling out rebates, tax incentives, and other programs to help households conserve energy and to electrify. What is in these programs, and how can you take advantage of them? <b> Dr.</b> <b>Lucyna de Barbaro</b>, another former CCI staffer (who resides in a super-efficient <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068060472586" target="_blank">Passive House</a>) will outline the actions households can take (some now, some later in the year when more regulations are finalized) to reduce our contribution to global warming and our long-term energy costs. The IRA has been called the single largest investment in American history -- you can be a part of this change! </p><p>Please check back here for updates and additions -- in the meantime, some other items of note:</p><p>Clean Air Council has set up a directed donation fund to help residents affected by the train derailment just over the Ohio boarder. You can contribute <a href="https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/eastpalestine" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 15: Allegheny County Council sustainability committee hearing on plastic pollution (live and on Teams). </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 16: Learn about the powers of the Allegheny County Executive in this webinar hosted by the Pittsburgh Green New Deal discussion group. 6:30-8; <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNOPODLrShB_Y28z7JzD5gmvl45934yCMLvhCrRPf7tk13WQ/viewform" target="_blank">register here</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 18: Allegheny County Democratic candidate forum. 1. p.m. in CMU's McConomy Auditorium (in the University Center). </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 19: Zoom panel on moving from environmental racism to environmental justice (7 p.m.). More information and registration <a href="https://paipl.us/event/how-can-pittsburgh-move-from-environmental-racism-to-environmental-justice/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> 19-26: </span>A series of events in support of Cop City resistance efforts in Atlanta. Details <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-19-26-stop-cop-city-pgh-week-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 21: <a href="https://westernpa.wildones.org/" target="_blank">Wild Ones Western PA</a> hosts a virtual workshop on Winter Sowing, a practice using old milk/cider jugs as tiny greenhouses for easy seed-starting (7:30-8:30 on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/707313924123007" target="_blank">Facebook Live</a>).</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 23: Green Drinks with <a href="https://www.gasp-pgh.org/" style="font-family: Times;" target="_blank">GASP</a> (6-8 p.m. at Mary's Vine in Rankin; FB event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/6134268003301599" target="_blank">here</a>.)</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Feb 23: Book Launch for <a href="https://patriciademarco.com/" target="_blank">Patricia DeMarco</a>'s In the Footsteps of Rachel Carson (6-8 p.m. at Chatham; details and RSVP info are provided in this <a href="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/an-environmental-leaders-new-memoir-is-inspired-by-the-life-and-work-of-rachel-carson/" target="_blank">Allegheny Front interview</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Mar 26: Sustainability Salon on plastics legislation</p><div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: justify;"><p style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">• Forests are threatened nationwide. Wildfires, fossil energy and petrochemical projects, and other development projects. Three more petitions:</p></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• <a href="https://appvoices.org/no-pipelines/mvp-forest-service-seis/" target="_blank">Tell the Forest Service</a> to do its job and protect our forests from further fragmentation by gas pipelines. This will likely lead you to another petition, <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-army-corps-dont-grant-mvps-permit" target="_blank">encouraging the Army Corps of Engineers to deny permits</a> for the same pipeline, the Mountain Valley, to cross waterways. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• <a href="https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity/" target="_blank">Tell Atlanta to keep their promise</a> to keep their biggest urban forest the centerpiece of their resilience plan, instead of a giant police and fire training facility (in the middle of a majority-Black community already dealing with environmental contamination as well as a long and troubled history with policing). More information at <a href="https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/" target="_blank">that site</a>, and also in <a href="https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/the-birds-stopped-singing-inside-the-battle-for-atlantas-south-river-forest/" target="_blank">this article</a> which looks at many different perspectives. Three Pittsburghers were arrested in the January 18th raid that also killed one other. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• Students at Shaler Area High School have partnered with the <a href="https://alleghenylandtrust.org" target="_blank">Allegheny Land Trust</a> to protect open space in their community and enhance butterfly habitat with native plants. They've put together a <a href="https://alleghenylandtrust.networkforgood.com/projects/167329-buy-seeds-to-protect-local-land" target="_blank">fundraiser</a> to help acquire a <a href="https://alleghenylandtrust.org/reserveshalerproject/" target="_blank">parcel of former farmland</a>. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">•. During the Climate Convergence in June, we placed a countdown Climate Clock in the Pennsylvania Capitol. We petitioned to make this installation permanent, and were largely <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/15/2136464/-There-s-a-better-home-a-waitin-if-we-try-Lord-if-we-try?_=2022-11-15T19%3A48%3A05.000-08%3A00&fbclid=IwAR0LxH81wI-rOSBL8_meiO2IOjaSMymozlnd4EQDC3gPvWPdL2-Jpraf3FU&mc_cid=b53b88018e&mc_eid=a2a9ea33f2" target="_blank">successful</a>!</p><div><span>•. The petition we spoke about a few months ago is also still relevant: https://www.fixharrisburg.com/</span><p></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• </span><a href="https://prc.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PRC</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> continues to hold </span><a href="https://prc.org/programs/conservation-workshops/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online workshops</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> about composting, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">• The <a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" target="_blank">Rachel Carson EcoVillage</a> is still looking for a few more members, so they can start construction! Curious? Check out this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoeoFnH8ak" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;" target="_blank">introductory video</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> -- or even better,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up for an introduction session</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sign up as an “inquirer”</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to have more information sent to you.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• Did you see the film <a href="https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Story of Plastic</a>, or the PBS doc <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Wars</a>? (and/or join us for <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a> at a winter film salon six years ago?) ...What if you could bring up imagery of the toxic impacts of plastic production, and commentary by the people and communities living with them, over the world? You can do all that with the interactive <b><a href="https://www.toxictours.org/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Toxic Tours</a> tool</b>. Check it out! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span>• <b>Mask update</b>: <a href="https://breathe99.com/" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Breathe99 masks</a> (featured at November's salon on <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pandemics and Air</a> <i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/gsf3la1JqXI" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video</a>), </i>and<i> </i>one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 2020)<i> </i>are now being distributed by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Children Our Earth</a>, a local purveyor of alternatives to disposables (as well as classy wooden toys). Contact Dianne via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurChildrenOurEarth" style="color: #a32899; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OCOE's Facebook page</a>, or call (412) 772-1638 to coordinate a curbside pickup. </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Talks and discussion will run from 4 p.m. to 7 or so on Zoom</b> (sadly, no potluck supper these days)</i></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. You're welcome to join the call for informal conversation after 3 p.m., and w</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">e aim to start the main program right around 4.</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> If you're new to Zoom, you may find my<a href="http://marenslistresources.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-reference-guide-for-new-zoomers.html" target="_blank"> Zoom Reference Guide</a> helpful</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">. If you <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feb-26-sustainability-salon-on-efficiency-electrification-and-the-ira-tickets-555441148427" target="_blank">RSVP via Eventbrite</a></b>,</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"> you'll receive the Zoom registration link right away. If you're not already on my Eventbrite list, please</i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> email me </b>(</i><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">maren dot cooke at gmail dot com)<b style="font-style: italic;"> with <u>salon</u> in the Subject line</b></span><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></i><i style="font-family: times; line-height: 18.2px;">to be added -- and let me know how you heard about salons!</i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h1kumTY_bUBa7Mc0oGjp2BNiVKvpk-pxwFidc-y412UXj7xQoQ12r8kgHRvcBA4G8TbFeNyIKix-aKe3wD8xmLrgFL_x5XV6Rum_WeZsv_KVnIBCg-Gx_d89ukMZ76O0-R3lRbWUQxEJ/s200/IMG_8859.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;">For the uninitiated, a</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> Sustainability Salon is an educational forum; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>it's a mini-conference; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">it's a venue for discussion and debate about important environmental issues; it's a house party (if there weren't a pandemic) with an environmental theme. Each month we 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.</span></span></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 16px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past topics have included <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2023/01/jan-22-sustainability-salon-on-cop27.html" target="_blank">the UN's COP process for climate negotiations</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/dec-18-sunday-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">alternatives to single-use packaging</a>, our region's air (<a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-15-between-salons-gathering.html" target="_blank">part I</a> and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/11/nov-13-sustainability-salon-on-our.html" target="_blank">part II</a>), <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/09/sept-17-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">activist art and America's Energy Gamble</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/08/aug-27-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">advocacy opportunities</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-30-sustainability-salon-in-person.html" target="_blank">social justice games</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/june-25-sustainability-salon-gathering.html" target="_blank">fixing Pennsylvania state government</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-stoking.html" target="_blank">climate action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/01/feb-5-sustainability-salon-on-forest.html" target="_blank">forest restoration</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/11/dec-11-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the history of American consumerism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/10/nov-6-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">regional air quality</a>, </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/09/sept-25-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">preserving Pittsburgh's forests</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/07/aug-21-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" target="_blank">climate modeling</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/jun-19-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">approaches to pipelines</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-22-sustainability-salon-on-shells.html" target="_blank">pipeline hazards</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/02/feb-27-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/01/jan-30-sustainability-salon-on-justice.html" target="_blank">the judiciary and fair elections</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/11/nov-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">pandemics and air</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/10/oct-10-sustainability-salon-on-election.html" target="_blank">election law and activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/09/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality and environmental justice</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-social.html">social investment</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/07/jul-25-sustainability-salon-on-social.html" target="_blank">local economies</a>, the <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/06/jun-20-econ-101-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">economics of energy</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/04/may-16-sustainability-salon-on-mutual.html" target="_blank">mutual aid networks</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">ocean health</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/12/jan-11-96th-sustainability-salon.html" target="_blank">the rise of the radical right</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">the back end of consumption</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/11/nov-23-sustainability-salon-on-fracking.html" target="_blank">approaches to activism on fracking & climate</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/10/oct-26-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality, technology, and citizen science</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-21-sustainability-salon-on-single.html" target="_blank">single-use plastics</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/jul-13-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/jun-29-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">election law</a>, whether to preserve <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/mar-23-sustainability-salon-on-existing.html" target="_blank">existing nuclear power plants</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/02/feb-23-nuclear-surprises-i-advanced.html" target="_blank">advanced nuclear technologies</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/12/jan-19-sustainability-salon-on-trains.html" target="_blank">passenger and freight trains</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/11/dec-1-sustainability-salon-on.html" target="_blank">consumption, plastics, and pollution</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" target="_blank">air quality</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-6-sustainability-salon-on-solar.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">solar power</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/09/sep-22-sustainability-salon-on-youth.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">youth activism</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-21-78th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greening business</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-23-sustainability-salon-on_15.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">greenwashing</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-12-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">petrochemical buildout</a> in our region, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/feb-24-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">climate/nature/people</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-13-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fracking, health, & action</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-9-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">globalization</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/11/nov-18-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ecological ethics</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/10/oct-21-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">community inclusion</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sep-9-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air quality monitoring</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/07/aug-12-67th-sustainability-salon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">informal gatherings that turn out to have lots of speakers</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jul-15-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">getting STEM into Congress</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/06/jun-17-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">keeping Pittsburgh's water public</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Shell's planned petrochemical plant</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/08/dec-3-sustainability-salon-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">visualizing air quality</a>, the <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">City of Pittsburgh's </a><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.ch/2016/06/july-16-sustainability-salon-on_30.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">sustainability initiatives</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/05/jun-11-sustainability-salon-on-fossil.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">fossil energy infrastructure</a>, g<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-14-sustainability-salon-on-getting.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">etting money out of politics</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/07/sep-15-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community solar power</a> and the <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/10/oct-24-sustainability-salon-spreading.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Solarize Allegheny</a> program, the Paris climate negotiations (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/08/sep-26-sustainability-salon-on-paris.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">before</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">during</a>, and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/02/mar-12-cop21-reflections-by-dixon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">after</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/07/aug-22-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a> (again, with news on the autism connection), reuse (of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/may-2-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">things</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/04/jun-20-sustainability-salon-on-turning.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">substances</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">neighborhood-scale food systems</a>, other forms of <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/nov-22-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green community revitalization</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/09/oct-18-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/08/sep-6-sustainability-salon-on-climate.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/07/aug-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental art</a>, environmental education (<a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-4-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part I</a> & <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-7-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Part II</a>), <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/11/dec-14-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">community mapping projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/10/nov-16-sustainability-salon-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">environmental journalism</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/09/oct-12-sustainability-salon-with-sierra.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">grassroots action</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/06/jul-6-sustainability-salon-on-marcellus.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Marcellus shale development and community rights</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/may-4-sustainability-salon-with-three.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">green building</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/10/nov-10-sustainability-salon-on-air.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">air quality</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/11/dec-1-health-care-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">health care</a>, more <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-11-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-20-sustainability-salon-trees.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">trees and park stewardship</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/06/jul-21-sustainability-salon-sing.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">alternative energy and climate policy</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/09/sep-30-sustainability-salon-sing-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;">regional watershed issues</a>, fantastic film screenings and discussions (often led by filmmakers) over the winter with films on <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Food Systems</a></span><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/01/feb-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/12/jan-14-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Plastic Paradise</a><span style="font-family: times;">, Rachel Carson and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-28-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">the Power Of One Voice</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/01/feb-27-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Triple Divide</a><span style="font-family: times;"> on fracking, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">You've Been Trumped</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/12/jan-23-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Dangerous Game</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/11/dec-5-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">A Fierce Green Fire</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/01/jan-31-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Sustainability Pioneers</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/11/dec-13-sustainability-salon-film-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">films on consumption</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/feb-1-sustainability-salon-sing-with.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Living Downstream</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-11-sustainability-salon-winter-film.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Bidder 70</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/jan-12-sustainability-salon-sing-yert.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">YERT</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/01/feb-2-sustainability-salon.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Gas Rush Stories</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/03/april-9-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2022/02/mar-5-sustainability-salon-on-food-part.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/04/apr-17-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2021/03/mar-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2020/02/mar-14-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-25-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="https://marenslist.blogspot.com/2019/04/apr-27-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/apr-21-sustainability-salon-annual.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-focus-on.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-6-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/apr-8-sustainability-salon-springtime.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, <a href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2017/02/mar-4-sustainability-salon-screening.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a>, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/04/may-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2016/03/apr-16-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/03/apr-11-sustainability-salon-on-building.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2015/02/mar-21-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;"></span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/03/apr-5-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2014/01/mar-15-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/03/apr-6-sustainability-salon-sing-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2013/02/mar-3-sustainability-salon-on-food.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">food</a><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: times;">, </span><span style="font-family: times;">and </span><a data-mce-href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" href="http://marenslist.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-17-sustainability-salon-series.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">more food</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a recurrent theme; with </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" href="http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-california-has-one-year-water-left-313647" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">California running out of water</a><span style="font-family: times;">, we'd better gear up to produce a lot more of our own!).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R4pr3KOAPRgoVpOdFerq3SvWCT31cVzuUft6BTcJPmXaLmPhYhLTfgey3l81UmQnEuOFNcL6aE2VgCTXtXY_vx1iB4T1zNFXp9vO9PWE81fv9qg2C3DXqn_7qjcLJathTGg14-kVg_N/s1600/RoofCurve1306.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; 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