Jun 8: Labor/Environment Roundtable

Join the Battle of Homestead Foundation for a roundtable discussion

Labor and Environmental Coalitions: A Must for Survival of Both

Keynote Speaker: Joe Uehlein – Labor Network for Sustainability: dedicated to Making a Living on a Living Planet!

Joe Uehlein is the President of the Labor Network for Sustainability. Joe previously served as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO’s Industrial Union Department, and as Director of the AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Campaigns. Joe also served on the United Nation’s first commission on global warming from its inception in 1988 until 2003. Joe started his trade union work at an aluminum extrusion mill in Mechanicsburg, PA as a member of the United Steel Workers (USW), and then worked heavy and highway construction as a member of the Laborers Union, LiUNA Local 158 in Central Pennsylvania.

Panel Response to Keynote address:

Chris Petrone, Legislative Director for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 66

Rosemary Bezy, Vice-President, USW Local 1557, US Steel Clairton Works

Eva Resnik-Day, Community Organizer with the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Campaign to bring the City to 100% renewable clean energy

Tina Doose, President of Braddock Borough Council

Patty DeMarco will direct breakout into small group sessions to discuss ideas and proposals drawing on the participants’ work experience, knowledge and ideas to begin filling in the blanks in the Green New Deal.  Patty is the  author of Pathways to Our Sustainable Future-  Global Perspective from Pittsburgh, and a member of the Forest Hills Borough Council, 2016-2020

1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Pump House, 880 East Waterfront Drive, Munhall PA 15120.  Free and open to the public.  Program Co-Sponsors: Izaak Walton League of America Allegheny County, United Electrical Workers Union (UE), Pittsburgh DSA Eco-Socialism Committee, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance.

Jun 1: Wild & Scenic Film Festival

The Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny CleanWays will host the 5th Annual Pittsburgh Wild & Scenic Film Festival presented by SYRCL (South Yuba River Citizens League). The screening will be held in Point Park University’s new PNC Theatre in the Pittsburgh Playhouse where the setting will match the beauty and inspiration of the films!

Join us starting at 6pm to interact with regional nonprofit organizations, learning about issues relating to litter, river health, air quality, and more. Sign up with these organizations as a volunteer to actively support their initiatives and keep Southwestern PA healthy, lively, and beautiful!

6-9 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Playhouse (350 Forbes Ave., 15222). $25, $10 for the afterparty. Register here.

Come enjoy great films, beer, wine, popcorn and help support the great work of the Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny CleanWays.

Jun 26th (was June 1): YVFP educator workshop

This workshop is being combined with the one on June 26th at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.

Please join us there!

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 educators of all backgrounds to learn how to empower the next generation of environmental stewards. Using these amazing films and the Civic Engagement and Democracy curriculum as resources, this inspiring workshop addresses climate change education through real-life youth success stories tackling local Pittsburgh environmental issues. We will show you how to bring our A.C.T.I.O.N Plan to life in your own classroom and community!
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Registration $15 (& $5 for Act 48 credits); please register online here.  For any questions, please contact Susie Moffett (Fern Hollow) at susie.fhnc@gmail.com or (412)445-3715, or Kimberly Gutzler (YVPF) at (202) 476-9141.   Facilitation, credits, and refreshments provided by Allegheny Land Trust.

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Teaching Kids to Protect Their Future & Save the Planet!

Young people are concerned about many issues and want to make a difference. Teachers are asking what they can do to help empower students.  

When young people DO speak out, their voices have power!  At the COP24 climate talks, the voice most covered by the media was that of Swedish 15-year-old Greta Thunberg addressing the UN: “Our political leaders have failed us… We are facing an existential threat and there is no time to continue on this road of madness.” 

This spring and summer, Pittsburgh area institutions, partnering with Young Voices for the Planet and NY Times best-selling children’s book author and filmmaker Lynne Cherry, are hosting a series of workshops to help teachers help students to be heard.  The workshops provide ACT 48 CREDITS while teaching educators how to:

1. help students overcome doom and gloom and be energized by hope 
2. help students create an ACTION PLAN to address local Pittsburgh issues.

The workshops center around the true stories in the Young Voices for the Planet short documentaries featuring youth taking the lead, creating solutions, changing laws, changing minds and changing society.  These stories reach hearts and inspire action.

Featured speakers include filmmaker Lynne Cherry, Jessica Kester (Allegheny Land Trust), Heather Harr (League of Women’s Voters), Michael Bagdes-Canning (Marcellus Outreach Butler), and local youth speaking out for their environment. 

Pittsburgh is the ideal place to launch this Civic Engagement and Democracy pilot workshop because the city’s sustainability goals serve as a guiding light for the rest of the country, and we are a nexus of  environmental issues warranting action.  The Allegheny Front, our own local environmental radio show, did a great segment on the first workshop.

The workshops are sponsored by The Heinz Endowments and the Garden Club of Allegheny County.

To learn more about workshops and registration, please click here. https://www.youngvoicesfortheplanet.com/workshops/

May 29: Paris to Pittsburgh screening

Join Lawrenceville Clean Air Now for a screening of Paris to Pittsburgh, a new National Geographic film produced by RadicalMedia in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.

LCAN is excited to share this film with our community, shedding light on the effects of climate change and encouraging each other to fight for our future.

After the film (1 hr 20 min), there will be discussion about ways we can take action together locally to address climate change.

6-8 p.m. at Carnegie Library - Lawrenceville (279 Fisk St., 15201)

May 28: Pgh Food Action Plan meeting

Community Meeting for the Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan

Just Harvest is a leading member of the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council. The Council is developing a Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan that will create regional strategies to prioritize healthy, affordable, and sustainable food for all.

Please join us for the first in our community conversations about ensuring food equity!  Come share your ideas, thoughts, and concerns about how food systems work in your community and ways to shape the future of our food system.

The six community sessions this summer are the best opportunity to provide input into the plan, so come make your voice heard!

5:30 – 8:00 p.m. at the Kingsley Center: 6435 Frankstown Ave in East Liberty 

 Register to attend May 28
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