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Pitt Civic Action Week: Workshop for Undergraduate Students “Expanding the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility: Why So Many Companies Are Talking about Sustainability”
In the last few years, many major global companies have made grand strides in their commitments to reducing waste, tackling climate change, and defining their sense of “purpose” in the world. Many of these commitments go beyond the…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/pitt-civic-action-week-workshop-for-undergraduate-students-expanding-the-concept-of-corporate-social-responsibility-why-so-many-companies-are-talking-about-sustainability/Green Speakeasy Showcasing Climate Equity is Oct 15!
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons Learned
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/upcoming-green-speakeasy/Green Speakeasy: Adapting to Climate Change
According to a University of Alaska study, hundreds of Alaskan communities face a high risk of displacement from erosion, melting permafrost, and flooding. Next up in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation‘s 2020 Green Speakeasy series, Donald Antrobus and…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/green-speakeasy-adapting-to-climate-change/Climate Projects: Turning Ideas into Actions with the Support of the Acceleration Fund
On June 3, 2020, Second Nature announced the colleges and universities who were awarded grant funding through the Climate Solutions Acceleration Fund (Acceleration Fund) in support of their institutionally driven innovative cross-sector climate action activities. From the over…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/climate-projects-turning-ideas-into-actions-with-the-support-of-the-acceleration-fund/Bike to Campus Week
Keep an eye out for more information on Bike to Campus Week 2020
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/bike-to-campus-week/Civic Action Week
Civic Action Week is a campus wide event for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community to educate, engage, and encourage collective responses to pandemic and persistent societal challenges. Each day features a different all day event! Find…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/civic-action-week/Ad-Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels, Fall 2020 Process
Details about Fall 2020 engagement for Pitt’s Board Ad-Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels as it works towards a January 2021 report on whether, to what extent, and via what methods, the University should consider endowment divestment from fossil fuels.
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/bot-ad-hoc-fossil-fuels-2020-process/The State of Environmental Justice in Pennsylvania
Presented by Dickinson College Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Virtual program on YouTube live, 7 p.m. http://clarke.dickinson.edu/environmental-justice-in-pa/ Environmental justice aspires for all people- regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, or socioeconomic background – to have equal access to a…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/the-state-of-environmental-justice-in-pennsylvania/A Green & Equitable Recovery in the Ohio Valley
Join Climate Mayors and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business as they host a discussion with leaders of the Ohio Valley region to discuss how local climate initiatives can help stimulate local economies and create jobs,…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/a-green-equitable-recovery-in-the-ohio-valley/Graduate Seminar: “Process-Inventory Databases for Environmental Assessments”
Decision-makers worldwide are considering their options to reduce the impacts of modern human consumption on the environment. Policy-makers, companies and researchers all contribute towards the discussion and the search for the best ways forward. To make sound decisions…
https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/events/graduate-seminar-process-inventory-databases-for-environmental-assessments/