Environment
In Green Shadows
The Green Building Alliance Transforms Pittsburgh Architecture
The Heinz School Review recently sat down with Eamon Geary, a project specialist with the Pittsburgh Green Building Alliance (GBA), at the GBA offices on 14th Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side. The interview begins informally discussing Rebecca Flora’s role in the Pittsburgh Green Building Alliance. Rebecca is the Executive Director of GBA and was recently elected Chair of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
Published In: Volume 4, Issue 3: — November 12, 2007
Like Drinking From a Fire Hose
GTECH Treads New Paths on Risky Ground
The Heinz School Review recently sat down with Heinz School alumni and founders of GTECH: Growth Through Energy & Community Health, Matthew Ciccone, Andrew Butcher, and Chris Koch, to discuss their experience founding a non-profit social enterprise following the completion of their Heinz School degree. The interview illuminates the details of reclaiming polluted urban land, creating opportunities to train a ‘green collar’ workforce, and producing crops for clean burning biofuels.
Published In: Volume 4, Issue 2: Environment — October 26, 2007
Memorandum on Pittsburgh’s Vacant Land Problem
The neglect of vacant land is a pressing issue. The City of Pittsburgh must develop a comprehensive strategy in order to combat the social, economic, and environmental drain caused by the presence of vacant land. This strategy should include streamlining the process for obtaining this land, mobilizing existing resources by creating a citywide taskforce, and designing and implementing green solutions to this problem.
Published In: Volume 4, Issue 2: Environment — October 26, 2007
E-Waste and Human Rights
The United States currently sends the majority of its used electronic computer waste (e-waste) to China for recycling (Tong, 205). The recycling of this hazardous waste is the cause of both environmental degradation and human rights injustices. China uses this recycling as a means of economic growth but the long-term costs associated with e-waste recycling far outweigh the short-term monetary benefits. The United States must begin to take responsibility for its consumptive habits and reevaluate the “recycling” policies that leave “the poorer peoples of the world with an untenable choice between poverty and poison” (BAN, 4).
Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006
First Development, Then Environment
Environmental and Water Scarcity Issues in China
The international spotlight has highlighted China’s rise in economic power for years. China’s rapid growth has affected everything from world energy supplies to grain prices and is now threatening the health of its citizens. The environmental degradation that continues to coexist with economic growth has caused unsustainable rates of deforestation, high levels of air pollution, and low levels of water quality and quantity. This paper addresses the current environmental situation and focuses on the struggle for clean water.
Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006
Against Clean Air Rollbacks
Published In: Volume 1, Issue 1: — March 15, 2004
Policy Viewpoint: For Clean Skies
Published In: Volume 1, Issue 1: — March 15, 2004