Sep 22: CCL picnic

Please join Citizens Climate Lobby for a fundraiser/potluck/end of summer party! CCL will provide food and drinks, and attendees will contribute sides, desserts, and fruit. Food provided will be vegetarian (including a chance to sample the Beyond meatless burger).  Play some fun games like Corn Hole, as you take in the beautiful urban farm setting. Kids are welcome! In...

Sep 22: Deadline for sign-on to protect the DEP

There's a plan afoot to gut the regulatory powers of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. HB 1106 and HB 1107 would essentially gut the protective permitting process in our state for not only oil and gas projects, but ALL industrial activities affecting air and water quality.  The Environmental Integrity Project has been working to prevent this,...

Sep 21: Sustainability Salon on Single-Use Plastics

Single-use plastics are wreaking havoc at both ends of their lifespan, all for the sake of a little convenience in between -- and a lot of profit for a few big corporations.  The 92nd Sustainability Salon will feature the new organization Pittsburghers Against Single-Use...

Sep 20: Global Climate Strike

Climate change has reached a crisis point;  there is no time left to spare.  On September 20th, students worldwide will strike for climate action.  This global protest will show those in power that they can no longer ignore the damage they have done to our Earth.  Pittsburgh...

Sep 19-20: Global Town Hall at Pitt

Pittsburgh Global Town Hall on Climate, Gender, and Sustainabil...

Sep 15: Take Action on Plastic Waste

Are you concerned about the negative effects of single-use plastics -- to birds, to ocean life, to our own health?  If so, please join us for a Take Action on Plastic Waste event convened by PASUP (Pittsburghers Against Single-Use Plastic).  We'll have a short...

Sep 11: Paris to Pittsburgh screening

Please join Interfaith Power & Light to watch Paris to Pittsburgh, a new film from National Geographic. This film is being offered to draw faith communities together to inspire local community action to heal the climate for the benefit of all.  From coastal cities to America’s heartland, Americans are demanding and developing real solutions in the face...

Sep 8: Renewable Energy Fair

Do you want to find out how to switch to all renewable electricity? Are you trying to decidewhether solar panels would work on your house? Do you know how to measure your carbonfootprint? To find answers to these questions and other energy use matters, come to theRENEWABLE ENERGY FAIR hosted by the Environmental Team of the Justice Committee after the sanctuary service on...

Sep 7: Green Economics lecture/panel

Public lecture and panel on Green New Economics:  Theory into Action!The event will begin with an introduction to Understanding Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).  During the Theory into Action half of the presentation, the focus will be on health care, infrastructure, education,...

Sep 1: Action for Amazonia march and rally

Photo by Dado Galdier for The Guardian/APAmazonia is burning!  The Amazon rainforest has seen an 80% increase in fires since 2018. And 99% percent of the fires result from human actions "either on purpose or by accident," said Alberto Setzer, a senior scientist at INPE. The...