Oct 27: Harvest Homecoming with Project LOVE

Join the Project Love Coalition and it's Green S.E.N.S.E. inaugural event, Harvest Homecoming Dinner, supporting affordable housing and services for seniors, veterans, families and individuals in need across the Pittsburgh, Allegheny County region. We will come together for lively discussions, to celebrate and reflect on our work over the past year, as well as raise funds to support...

Oct 27: GASP's costume bike ride

Air pollution is scary!  Put on your favorite costume and join Group Against Smog and Pollution on this easy-paced bike ride along several of Pittsburgh’s riverfront trails.  We’ll discuss ways athletes can protect themselves from air pollution, learn about the air you breathe and discover some unexpected sources of pollution.  We also will award a prize for best...

Oct 25: GASP Making The Connection on Manganese and IQ

Manganese is an essential additive in the steel making process, with as much as 90% of manganese consumption worldwide being used by the steel industry alone.During this presentation, Drs. Erin Haynes and Vincent Schmithorst will discuss the links between manganese in air pollution...

Oct 25: Sandra Steingraber talk and screening

This special evening opens with a lecture by Sandra Steingraber followed by a screening of the film UNFRACTURED -- a film that chronicles biologist and mother Sandra Steingraber's journey into activism. Filmmaker Chanda Chevannes will introduce the film and Dr. Steingraber will...

Oct 24: Defend Our Water: Day of Action

You may have heard about a major shale gas industry conference here in Pittsburgh.  Outside the conference, activists will be bringing attention to the hazards and injustice being fomented inside.  Lots more information and registration he...

Oct 19: Project Drawdown livestream

Friday Evening Live Stream Satellite Event of the Omega Institue Drawdown Learn event:In 2017 Project Drawdown mapped, measured, and modeled the 100 most substantive solutions to reversing global warming (learn more at drawdown.org).  Now comes a critical next...

Oct 14: Energy Efficiency Fair

Did you know that the average home emits 15 tons of CO2 every year? At one of the greenest places around, you can learn from experts and become a climate hero! Minimize your home's impact with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Conservation Consultants, Inc. at this free Energy...

Oct 10 & 23, Nov 5 & 29, Dec 12: Food Systems 101

Want to know more about the practices, policies, and paths that help food get to your plate? Interested in creating a community with other curious people? Join us for a series of five potluck dinners to examine and better understand these issues.6-8 p.m. each evening at Repair The...

Oct 6: Sustainability Salon on Solar Energy

Solar in October!  Once again we'll follow up the Pittsburgh Solar Tour with deeper discussion in a Sustainability Salon on solar power.  Visit a few other solar homes during the afternoon, or jump on the bus or an e-bike for a guided tour, and wind up at our house in Squirrel...

Oct 6: Pittsburgh Solar Tour

Interested in going solar, meeting some fellow Pittsburghers who have, or just learning more about the possibilities?  Register for the annual Pittsburgh Solar Tour on Saturday, October 6th to meet some Pittsburgh residents who have gone solar -- see their installations, and...

Oct 5: Women farmers potluck

Women farmers, gardeners, food activists -- Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA-WAgN) and Maren are hosting a Walk a Mile potluck!This is your chance to meet, learn, share, and build your real, person-to-person network!  Whether you're an urban grower, rural farmer, suburban food activist - come and share your stories, your ideas, your passion for our food system....

Oct 4-5: Urban Soils Symposium

Soils are an essential component of urban systems: they hold, filter and allow infiltration of stormwater, support plant growth for habitat and agriculture, accumulate contaminants such as lead, sequester carbon, and are a point of contact for numerous citizens on a daily basis.  Understanding how they function and how they can be improved to better suit the needs of communities...