Environmentally-conscious Pittsburghers were thrilled to find that our city had been chosen to host this year's World Environment Day. Crowds turned out for the various WED events, but there were likely many others who weren't able to break away from work or family obligations to attend the day-long
Water Matters! conference on June 3.
On the evening of June 15, the
New Pittsburgh Collaborative is offering another chance: Their event, "
Liquid Knowledge: The NPC Debrief on How Water Matters! and What You Can Do," will present the highlights of last week's conference and continue the conversation about where we go from here.
The event, happening Downtown at Bricolage (937 Liberty Ave.), will include the premiere screening of the Water Matters! conference video and short recaps of the conference's three panels (water and health, water and energy, and water as an economic driver) given by young professionals who attended them.
Also on the agenda: discussions about what can be done to help address water-related challenges affecting the Pittsburgh region, plus plenty of networking opportunities.
The NPC is a collective of young professional and civic-minded organizations that encourages regional progress through increased communication and partnership among its members.
"One of the key reasons that the NPC exists is to be a collective channel through which the young professional community can unite and engage in issues of widespread regional importance and impact. We thought carefully about how best to support World Environment Day, and decided that leveraging our network of some 25 organizations to expand the impact and reach of the Water Matters! Conference was
exactly the right way to do it," says NPC Co-Chair Abby Sadowsky.
"Liquid Knowledge" is co-presented by NPC partners Global Solutions Pittsburgh, the Green Building Alliance and the Pittsburgh WED Partnership. Register at
www.NewPittsburghCollaborative.org (tix $5 in advance, $8 at the door).
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Writer: Melissa Rayworth
Source: Abby Sadowsky, NPC
Image courtesy of NPC