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GCC is a public benefits corporation based in Pennsylvania. Its business model articulates opportunities for environmentally sustainable job and business creation, identified by gathering stories relevant to people’s lived experiences in their communities. The approach contrasts with traditional strategies that emphasize outside organizations’ attempt to convince disenfranchised populations of the need to create a sustainable environment. This project’s transformational idea is that the potential for economic uplift towards a sustainable future rest within the communities themselves – an idea long recognized but rarely implemented successfully. When fully developed, the Platform’s creative vision will lead to a social entrepreneurial corporation that matches communities needs and assets with the educational resources necessary to effect such positive social change. https://www.pghplatform.org/services-3 daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1622426704074-EPO6S5HB0OH5IYBC4CCV/unsplash-image-o7f4K13f2eE.jpg KCK Pathway Out of Poverty The KCK (Kansas City Kansas) Pathway out of Poverty partnership with the Pittsburgh Platform is inspired by the life long journey of one man, Richard Mabion. Richard’s own path towards social and racial justice started early in his childhood, as his mother was centrally involved in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. This passion merged with an environmental consciousness-raising resulting from the Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The combination of addressing urgent societal priorities in order to achieve environmental health equity is embodied in Richard’s work. At the same time, Richard has the uncommon understanding of the immense challenges involved with bringing an environmental consciousness to marginalized, disenfranchised communities such as those that exist within Kansas City and every other metropolitan area, including Pittsburgh. The singularity of Richard’s vision stems from his insights into the dynamics of inner-city culture as well as from his vast environmental network of partners. Including governmental agencies, private corporations, non-profits, institutes, academicians, and well-respected environmental change agents both nationally and internationally. Using Kansas City as a model, we intend to promote an approach whereby environmental consciousness comes through economic uplift within the communities through a pathway of environmentally sustainable job creation and business opportunities. https://www.pghplatform.org/about-3 daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://www.pghplatform.org/menu-3 daily 0.75 2021-11-01 https://www.pghplatform.org/about-2-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/d19a76dd-786e-4678-98ef-66406cb7874f/sdg1.png SDG's End poverty in all its forms everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/f3f41c59-adba-403e-b810-48369b944b77/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_09.png SDG's End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847903067-57HDPDJ6TWU40QPAQLS4/image-asset.jpeg Steps to Net-Zero - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pghplatform.org/how-to-get-involved daily 0.75 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1623346108591-7RPSC4J6S3XT974SJ876/unsplash-image-Lurw1nCIkLc.jpg How To Get Involved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1623346262644-TYP3UADKPC4OVPC1EN1J/unsplash-image-yfXhqAW5X0c.jpg How To Get Involved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1623346356517-3CT0DZV1HIMA9VG729P2/unsplash-image-rxpThOwuVgE.jpg How To Get Involved https://www.pghplatform.org/usonia daily 0.75 2021-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1622813715780-793WSYDWOV96RL64KOK4/Urban-Green-Infrastructure.png Usonia Click On Picture…Net-Zero Usonia Design https://www.pghplatform.org/dialogues daily 0.75 2024-03-07 https://www.pghplatform.org/member-areas-4-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1623102065070-UVTVW10G0PB3YUNS7HH7/unsplash-image-QZSolQmVlZ4.jpg Makers Portal - Housing Solutions and Health Safety The impact of housing on health is now being widely considered by policy makers. Housing is one of the best-researched social determinants of health, and selected housing interventions for low-income people have been found to improve health outcomes and decrease health care costs. As a result, many health care systems, payers, and government entities are seeking to better understand the totality of the health and housing literature to determine where they might intervene effectively. Pittsburgh Platform outlines the literature with action and provides high-level direction for future research and policy agendas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1621868988535-HNFAJ6USADKL4O6UQ2X1/unsplash-image-rmINEJpPMss.jpg Makers Portal - Oil Fire Safety Prevention Pittsburgh Platform focuses in on your SITE. Every situation and/or condition is different. It is far less expensive to prevent an oil spill than it is to clean one up. No spill is acceptable — once oil is released into the environment, harmful consequences have already occurred. All oil spills are toxic and pose a significant risk to the World’s environment, economy, public health, and historical and cultural resources. We work with regulated communities and others to minimize the environmental threat of oil spills from vessels, railroads, pipelines, and oil handling facilities by focusing on human procedural and organizational factors. 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sustainable and modern energy for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/0319d8f1-74dd-48f6-8490-b11cf1b67595/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_15.png SDG's Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1e88a341-92ce-4734-b495-6a9272d1e8cd/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_16.png SDG's Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/c0cda4f9-0dc1-40a4-9522-9c42c2a9d3d7/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_17.png SDG's Reduce inequality within and among countries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1f1137ac-c718-44ad-8db0-afe581520d4c/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_18.png SDG's Make 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sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/3a8b09b2-10e9-4734-9dc8-da260bb8016a/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_23.png SDG's Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/6cb9bf78-da19-4b4a-aaf2-09b52347166c/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020_Page_24.png SDG's Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development https://www.pghplatform.org/guiding-principles-members daily 0.75 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/402cf428-832a-415d-b715-473146df5b03/Principle01.jpg Guiding Principles The Pittsburgh Platform was created on the premise that while considerable societal attention is devoted to advancing environmental quality, health outcomes, and social/racial equity, substantial improvements can be realized through the intersections of these three areas. Environmental health equity is analogous to a musical composition that focuses on the chords of harmony rather than on the individual notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/314e31c9-851d-4ada-a592-0a7f0ae0c928/Principle02.jpg Guiding Principles Further, there is an abundant literature that demonstrates the central role of the built environment in determining health outcomes and that there are significant social and racial disparities in the qualities of these environments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/b5d996b8-adff-42fc-8bc2-7730a5d393fb/Principle03+%281%29.jpg Guiding Principles Re-imagining community and regional design of the built environment can advance social and racial equity. Sustainable economic development that supports a built environment re-envisioned and shaped by the people who live in it can lead to substantial improvements in the overall quality of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/62a17ed1-c6da-439e-8806-af8946de7703/Principle04.jpg Guiding Principles Pittsburgh can serve as the hub for such intersectional thinking in three ways: by conveying its advances in achieving environmental health equity to other communities; by learning from the successes of other communities, and by sharing accomplishments toward this common goal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1621884216026-IR41GAWEDSP8SBXHIN7J/Principle05.jpg Guiding Principles Consequently, by providing a web-based service, the Pittsburgh Platform functions as convening space for dialogue and project incubation for efforts intended to promote a common environmental health equity agenda in the U.S. and globally. https://www.pghplatform.org/reclaiming daily 0.75 2021-11-01 https://www.pghplatform.org/whoweare daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/eec9621e-e986-40a5-a257-234429d4da7b/logo.png https://www.pghplatform.org/program daily 0.75 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/40028f48-7646-4a43-a205-8be4ae8a4cc2/sthlmnyc_pghplt_01.jpeg https://www.pghplatform.org/articles daily 0.75 2023-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/61433265-03e6-42e0-9ce2-a6f2cf40ade9/forskare.jpg Articles - Researchers appeal to Swedish politicians: Put climate crisis at the top of your agenda On 11 September, Swedish citizens will go to the polls to vote in the national election. Recently, an urgent call for action by 1,944 researchers and employees from 45 Swedish universities and research institutes was published in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet with a clear message: what does it take for Swedish politicians to take the science of climate crisis seriously? read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/57debb5c-2b29-4b3d-8c30-20b92dac43f7/visningsbild_socmed_aveckan_9e0a015b-f04e-421e-a96e-4d7a5f6a9cfc.jpg Articles - Almedalsveckan - “a democratic meeting place for everyone” From July 3rd to 7th 2022, Almedalsveckan, the Almedalen Week, took place. Almedalsveckan is “a democratic meeting place for everyone” and the world’s largest week-long political gathering. Having started in 1968, the event takes place every year in the small-town Visby on the island Gotland in Sweden. It is a political event of dialogue, exchange, and unexpected meetings with the aim to develop our society. Here you can easily “bump” into Sweden’s prime minister, other leading politicians, game-changing entrepreneurs, and others. .… read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1656354355261-X3GDDLJ2FD6VXWVZPBVG/1635414731103.jpg Articles - Data-driven architecture towards net zero “Looking at other industries, it is quite striking the building sector continuous to build one off projects. With so much data available, and new technologies at hand, we can make the big step that is needed in a very short timeframe.” – Sander Schuur, co-founder and CPO at Homr.…read more https://www.pghplatform.org/datadriven daily 0.75 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1656354355261-X3GDDLJ2FD6VXWVZPBVG/1635414731103.jpg data-driven architecture towards net zero “Looking at other industries, it is quite striking the building sector continuous to build one off projects. With so much data available, and new technologies at hand, we can make the big step that is needed in a very short timeframe.” – Sander Schuur, co-founder and CPO at Homr In a few days, COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, will kick off in Glasgow. At the conference, world leaders will discuss how to secure global net zero by midcentury. Buildings generate nearly 40% of the annual global CO2 emissions, with building operations being responsible for close to 30%, while building materials and construction clock in just over 10%. Considering the expected doubling of the global building floor area by 2060, you get the idea of the potential the sector has in securing global net zero. This is no news. With HOMR, we believe the key to reach the goal of a 50% emission reduction by 2030 followed by another 50% in the next decade and once more 50% before 2050, is a data-driven and incremental approach within real estate development and the housing sector. We start with what is accessible right here right now, the first step of data-driven approach is to ensure for the design to be more accurate and closer to the final product. Secondly, with a data-driven approach, the construction time can be reduced by up to 20%. Thirdly, material can be used more efficiently by about 10% to 20%, reducing construction waste that now equals three times the amount of all household waste in Sweden. Based on data, rather than experience, design will be more informed incrementally while being performance proven. In future phases, analyses and feedback from built projects can inform the next iteration to continuously improve housing products. Only a data-driven approach, the opposite of starting from scratch in every project, will enable us to continuously develop the housing sector to reach the goals that will be set at COP26. Sander Schuur https://www.pghplatform.org/almedalsveckan daily 0.75 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/57debb5c-2b29-4b3d-8c30-20b92dac43f7/visningsbild_socmed_aveckan_9e0a015b-f04e-421e-a96e-4d7a5f6a9cfc.jpg Almedalsveckan From July 3rd to 7th Almedalsveckan, the Almedalen Week, took place. Almedalsveckan is “a democratic meeting place for everyone” and the world’s largest week-long political gathering. Having started in 1968, the event takes place every year in the small-town Visby on the island Gotland in Sweden. It is a political event of dialogue, exchange, and unexpected meetings with the aim to develop our society. Here you can easily “bump” into Sweden’s prime minister, other leading politicians, game-changing entrepreneurs, and others. Almedalsveckan, with approximately 45.000 unique visitors, is mainly a political event where each of the eight Swedish parliamentary parties present their agenda. However, since 1996, the festival is open to organizations and businesses and has now over 2.000 official events and an equal number of events outside the official program. Besides politics, the festival includes among others real estate development, architecture, urban planning and design, prop-tech, climate organizations, universities, and media. After being cancelled in 2020 due to covid and a fully digital program in 2021, there was a sense of relief and celebration during the 2022 Almedalsveckan. The large number of presentations, panel discussions, and social gatherings offered the opportunity to (re-) connect with leading people in various fields of expertise offering a unique blend of professional (networking and knowledge exchange) and social interaction. Unfortunately, Almedalsveckan was shocked by the murder of Ing-Marie Wieselgren, the National Coordinator for Psychiatry in Sweden. A knife straight into the heart of what is Almedalsveckan and what it stands for: openness, accessibility, and mutual respect. Climate change and social challenges have always been high on the agenda at Almedalsveckan, but the urgency has become more apparent, new collaborations being built, and more innovative solutions presented. Although in the year of a national election, there was a noticeable shift from politics towards a higher presence of prop-tech start-ups and with that: more solutions than discussions, or more deeds – less talk. At Techarenan the finalists of their annual entrepreneurship competition that is open to all Swedish and Nordic entrepreneurship-led companies in the startup and growth phase were presented. Especially worth mentioning here, as their work related specifically to the focus of the Pittsburgh Platform, are: Myrspoven: providing performance optimization of existing buildings, Ihopa: bringing new solutions for sharing, and Wordish: a software solution to overcome language barriers. It is promising to see the sheer number of initiatives that embrace new technology and innovation to create better cities while significantly reducing climate impact. Another company that caught my attention is Vakansa, a startup providing sharing services to make use of empty spaces within our cities. Their founder Robin Rushdi Al-Sálehi stated that “If the real estate industry is to be sustainable, the entire construction sector and today's tenants must understand the basic problem that exist and help change it. Change it from rewarding emptiness, where offices are used as little as 10 percent of the time, to actually being used.” Almedalsveckan for me marks the end of a year of hard work right before the summer break with lots of new contacts, even more inspiration, and a renewed positive view on how innovation secures the future of our cities. Trevlig sommar! Sander Schuur https://www.pghplatform.org/collaborations daily 0.75 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a459614fd36665ebbe474c/1693379557600-F21G7FWDTHHK994OUM8D/image-asset.jpeg Collaborations - Collaboration The Pittsburgh Platform has initiated and established various International Collaborations. We believe that collaboration will enable us to share knowledge to learn and improve practice better and faster, to foster a more holistic approach, establish new partnerships and drive creativity and innovation. 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