Apr 1: Public hearing on Ohio River protection

ORSANCO Hearing to review pollution standardsThe Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission is accepting public comments, and technical and scientific studies and data supporting those comments, from March 1 through April 15, 2019, to assist in a public review of the proposed 2019 Revision to its Pollution Control Standards for Discharges to the Ohio River. The public review...

Mar 25: Plastic Paradise screening

What plastics are doing to our oceans and sea creatures and our own bodies, other reasons why plastic production is problematic, and what we can do to lessen the damage.7-9 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer (5700 Forbes Ave. 15217, in Squirrel Hil...

Mar 23: Sustainability Salon on Existing Nuclear

The 86th Sustainability Salon will complete our two-month pairing on "Nuclear Surprises."  Surprising, because many environmentalists would not have considered ever supporting nuclear, but might just do so after our discussions!  In February, we learned about...

Mar 23: Water activist training/lobby day

March 22nd is World Water Day - a day when water activists from all over the world come together to work towards water justice. To celebrate, the Our Water Campaign and the Clean Rivers Campaign are joining forces to host a Water Activist Training and Water Lobby Days!Our local elected officials have critical decisions to make about Pittsburgh’s water future: • Should a corporation...

Mar 23: Water monitoring workshop

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring, the Mountain Watershed Association, and the Breathe Project are excited to announce this stream and pipeline monitoring workshop. Participants will be provided with equipment and trained on stream monitoring techniques in order to document...

Mar 23: Free water filter distribution

In celebration of World Water Day, join Women for a Healthy Environment for this event! Protect your health and reduce your and your family's lead exposure! WHE will be distributing FREE water-filtering pitchers certified to remove lead from tap water. They can also answer questions...

Mar 23: How Not to Save the Planet

With the ‘dire predictions’ of the IPCC report last October, the introduction of the Green New Deal in the new Congress, and the recent suggestion by author David Wallace-Wells that we have reached the 'Time to Panic', you are invited to a talk by Pitt political scientist Michael Goodhart as part of the 2019 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival:  How Not to Save the Planet, A...

Mar 17: German climate justice

Scaling Up the Resistance Tour:  Strategies and stories from the German climate justice movement.Social change happens when people lead.  Not corporations, not politicians… actual people.But, as climate justice activists and organizers, how do we mobilize the numbers needed to truly stop the fossil fuel industry, topple the systems that let it run amuck, and create truly...

Mar 15: Youth Climate Strike

Join students and activists participating in the global youth strike for climate action!Noon at the City-County Building, 414 Grant St., downtown.https://www.facebook.com/events/22064894696691...

Mar 13: Air quality in Lawrenceville

A Community Meeting about Air Quality in LawrencevilleBothered by industrial odors? Wondering how Lawrenceville's poor air quality may be affecting public health?Join members of Lawrenceville Clean Air Now - LCAN -- people who live and work in our neighborhood -- and Lawrenceville...

Mar 9: Young Voices for the Planet educator workshop

Young Voices for the Planet is a series of short films about activist kids, making a difference in their communities and in the world.  Topics range from solar panels to sea level rise, plastic straws to planting trees, oil spills to environmental racism.  YVFP welcomes...

Mar 4: Rachel Carson reflection/conversation

Revisiting Rachel Carson's Message - An Ethic for the 21st CenturyIn these challenging times when environmental protections are under attack, and the cumulative effects of our fossil- fuel dependence are causing global consequences, it is important to reflect on the message of hope...