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Get Your “Pitt Green” Designation

Learn how to make your sphere of influence more sustainable by pursuing Pitt Green Resident, Office, Home Office, Laboratory, Residence Floor, or Student Organization designation -- or hold a Green Event!

Textile Recycling

Clothing and textiles make up ~6.3% of the U.S. waste stream, so please help us divert items that may not have usable life back into the circular economy!

Academic Course Sustainability Attribute Codes

Curious which courses address sustainability? Two new attribute codes in the course catalog will help!

Campus Leaders

Dr. Danielle Andrews-Brown

Dr. Danielle Andrews-Brown has been a forceful advocate for a more sustainable University of Pittsburgh. Her extraordinary leadership has ma...

Ellie Cadden

Ellie Cadden is the Sustainability Engagement Assistant for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI). In addition to oversight o...

Dave Sanchez

Dr. David Sanchez serves as assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Dave most recently...

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PITT’S NEWS

Pitt Fleet Expands Efficient, Hybrid, & Electric Options via Enterprise Partnership

Expanded Pitt partnership with Enterprise Fleet includes 268 electric and hybrid vehicles, including 32 in the works for Facilities, faculty, and staff.

2020-21 MCSI Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows

Three Pitt professors across disciplines selected as the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation's 2020-21 Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows

Green Lab Resources

Learn how to embed sustainability into your lab's workflow by examining your purchasing practices, energy consumption/equipment maintenance, water usage, recycling practices, safety, and lab culture!

AASHE Virtual Conference 2020

Attend AASHE's Global Sustainability Conference for FREE October 20-22, 2020!

Welcoming Pitt’s 2020 Millennium Fellowship Cohort

Congrats to the University of Pittsburgh’s second cohort of Millennium Fellows, focused on the Sustainable Development Goals!

Pitt on Top 30 Green Powered Universities List (July 2020)

For the second year running, the University of Pittsburgh made the U.S. EPA's Top 30 Colleges & Universities list for green power users!

UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS

AASHE STARS Silver

Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges

Sierra Magazine Cool Schools

Bee Campus 2020

Bronze Bicycle Friendly University

U.S. EPA Green Power Partner

Sustainable PIttsburgh Challenge, University Division Winner

Pitt Sustainability Awards

Recognizing Pitt faculty, staff, and students who are making an extraordinary impact on campus sustainability.

2020 Award Winners | Past winners

Faculty

Dr. Danielle
Andrews-Brown,
Geology & Environmental Science

Dr. Shanti
Gamper-Rabindran,
Graduate School of
Public and International Affairs

Students

Ellie Cadden,
Environmental Studies, ’20

Sarah Hart,
Undergraduate, Environmental Studies

Staff

Liza Allison,
Industrial Engineering

Tiara Arnold,
Housing, Housekeeping

Groups

Pitt Business Staff Leadership Collaboration
Led by Chris Driscoll (IT); Greg Guzewicz (Facilities); Karri Rogers (Dean’s Office)

Zero Waste Period Initiative
Led by Pitt Planned Parenthood and Student Office of Sustainability

Student Sustainable Solutions Competition

Competition offered student teams an avenue to create and develop their campus sustainability ideas in a supportive atmosphere.

2017 Award Winners

Pitt Bicycle Collective
The Pitt Bicycle Collective proposed project was starting a bike co-op on the University of Pittsburgh’s Campus. Opened in Summer 2017, the Pitt Bike Cave is a space where community members gather to fix their bikes, get mechanic help, attend workshops/events, and receive safety materials.