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Well folks, we’ve hit 6 (and PittEnvironmental has blogged about 4 of them). This morning, we’ll hear from the founding dean of Chatham’s School of Sustainability, and a Pitt panel on green initiatives around the university. Throughout this article, the term ‘susty’ is used in place of ‘sustainability’. 9:15 In opening remarks, Ward highlighted the [...]
One key course missing from the recent Fall 2013 sustainability course list was ENGR 1060, Engineering for Humanity, which was developed by Dr. Bhavna Sharma and piloted in the Fall of 2012. This course, I am pleased to announce, will be continuing this Fall and taught by [Dr.-to-be] Alexander Dale. The course will retain its [...]
The joint Pitt and CMU Engineering Sustainability conference will be here in just two weeks – and has some phenomenal speakers and material lined up. To highlight two in particular: the conference keynote is Worldchanging.org founder Alex Steffan, and the closing panel will be focusing on “The Case for a Regional Energy Strategy and Plan”. [...]
It’s that time of the semester again – time for course registration (and for the first time, I don’t have to do so!). Here are some suggested courses with some serious sustainability chops: New this fall! Any of CS 1950, CEE 1996, ENVSTD 1499, or IL 2098. If you are in a science, technology, engineering, [...]
There will be no discussion group tonight because I (Alex) will be attending a seed starting event (gotta grow things!). In that vein, however, you should read Tomorrow’s Table, particularly the ‘tools’ chapters and the ‘who owns the’ chapters. For next week (Feb. 28th) come expecting to discuss some of the following questions: 1. What [...]
After a miss last week (I was at a conference), we’re back on this week (Thursday, 6pm, Benedum 341). What are we discussing? How we measure success as a country or city. Why is this important? Because it forms part of the central narrative of our civilization – we want to know that things are [...]