A Successful Sustainability Summit

How do we start a conversation about climate change, without scaring people away? What sparks your passion to continue to work on climate change issues? How can we learn innovation from nature, engineers, architects, and other sources to better our world?

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, our Sustainability Summit for Youth addressed these questions and more while encouraging over 100 local high school students and teachers to think critically about sustainability and to discover ways in which they can become involved in combating climate change.

Thank you to David Finegold, President of Chatham University, our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Joylette Portlock, ED of Sustainable Pittsburgh, and our panelists, Dr. Iris Grossmann, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Technology at Chatham University’s Falk School of Sustainability, and Sarah Yeager, Resilience Analyst from the City of Pittsburgh for the education and inspiration.

And a huge thank you to our sponsor TEN (The Efficiency Network) for supporting, as the students said “an amazing educational opportunity!”