July: Miriam Parsons

GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE
CLIMATE FELLOW

Summary:
In July 2010 my main priority has been to organize a Campus Inventory & Climate Action Plan workshop for the Higher Education Climate Consortium followed by their quarterly meeting in which we developed recommendations for their chapter of the second Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan. The day was a success with over 20 attendees representing 11 schools in our region, including two newly recruited schools. My other top priorities have been facilitating PCI Funding Task Force meetings to develop a grant proposal for an EPA grant, continuing to research and develop recommendations for the climate action plan, begin a publicity plan for releasing Pittsburgh’s benchmark greenhouse gas emissions inventory report, and ongoing planning for our SCA service project in Hazelwood.