
Organization: Youth For Understanding USA (YFU)
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: You...
Regional Directors for CitiIMPACT
Organization: CitiIMPACT
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: n/a, multiple, NC 28117
Ca...
Building Hope by CitiIMPACT Ministries
Organization: CitiIMPACT
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: n/a, multiple, NC 28117
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Tutors for Adult Learners
Organization: Community College of Allegheny County
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location:...
Be a Volunteer Shopper!
Organization: Ursuline Support Services
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: 2717 Murray...
Cosmetologists Needed for Patient Hair Cuts
Organization: Heritage Hospice
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: 2400 Leechburg Rd & ...
Hospice Patient Visitor
Organization: Heartland Hospice
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: 3520 Route 130, Bui...
Mentor and Make a Difference
Organization: The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
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Intensive Care Unit Family Support
Organization: Allegheny General Hospital
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Allegheny ...
Patient Escort Volunteer
Organization: Allegheny General Hospital
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Allegheny ...
Balloon Volleyball
Organization: Sunrise of McCandless
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Sunrise of McCa...
crocheters, knitters and sewers
Organization: Project Linus - Pittsburgh Chapter
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: 60...
Tech Mentor for Teens – Carnegie Library - Brookline
Organization: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Dates: Nov 24, 2016 - May 25, 2017
Location: Carnegie ...
Tech Mentor for Teens – Carnegie Library - Beechview
Organization: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Carneg...
Mentor Children of Promise
Organization: Amachi Pittsburgh
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: 100 W Station Squar...
Reward Yourself with a Purpose Driven Life...Volunteer!
Organization: Family Hospice and Palliative Care
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Ne...
Host an Exchange Student!
Organization: EF Foundation for Foreign Study (effoundation.org)
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportu...
Be the HEART of hospice!! Friendly visitors needed in MCKEES ROCKS!
Organization: ViaQuest Hospice
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: McKees Rocks, McKees...
Sustainable Climate Environment Advocate Pittsburgh PA
Organization: Citizens' Climate Lobby
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Groups across...
Discussion Groups/Life Skills
Organization: Bethlehem Haven
Dates: this is an Ongoing opportunity
Location: Uptown, Pittsburgh, P...


Republicans For Environmental Protection

Environmental Defense Fund
Mica's career highlights the importance of business skills in the green and environmental industry. MBA programs in both the Ivy League and state schools are offering innovative programs that highlight green and environmental business training. The economic push from MBA students trained in sustainable business models is currently demonstrating the viability of green career fields such as engineering, green building, renewable energy finance, green marketing, and philanthropic foundations with an environmental focus.

City Of Pittsburgh Office Of Sustainability And Energy Efficiency

GTECH (Growth Through Energy And Community Health) Strategies
Khari says there was a lot of momentum behind the green economy in 2009, but political winds have since changed: "We've really had to learn how to be creative." GTECH has overcome that adversity to develop a series of innovative programs around energy efficiency, sustainable development, and green workforce training. One such project developed in cooperation with a local community development corporation recruits local youth, ages 18-21, and will provide them with job training to construct a nine mile trail that will provide employment for the same crew for 10 years. In the process, it will help these youth gain certification for future careers in the green economy.
For green professionals who already have job training, Khari points to Pittsburgh's aging housing stock as an upcoming job creator in the area. He says up to 40 percent of Pittsburgh housing will need to be retrofitted in the coming years. Including new home construction, that would lead to green building projects on up to 100, 000 homes.
Volunteering with GTECH could be a great opportunity for emerging green professionals looking to scope out job opportunities in Pittsburgh. "We've been lucky to be at the intersection of all that's happening," Khari says, "Our continued success is everyone's success."

Sustainable Business Network Of Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia stands among the leading cities working to develop green economies, and has a head start in some areas of energy that haven't caught on yet, nationally. One area of interest, stormwater, is reflected in the Emerging Industries Project. "Storm water is on the tail end of energy efficiency," Kate says. Like many older cities, Philadelphia has a sewer overflow problem that makes converting gray drainage to green drainage cost-effective. However, the fact that much of the available drainage in these cities is privately held, (over fifty percent in Philadelphia,) has discouraged conversion.
Philadelphia is developing regulations and incentives for green stormwater conversion, an area of energy efficiency where Kate sees potential for job growth nationally. "When it comes to stormwater, we have excellent management in Philadelphia," Kate says. As for stormwater conversion around the country, "The sooner, the better. Municipalities who put stormwater fees in place will have a head start on job creation."
The Sustainable Business Network partners with a diverse collaborative of labor and business sectors, including groups that historically don't work well together. "There's nothing that labor and business agree on more that growing jobs," Kate says. Other partners include many of the local academic institutions that contribute to green economic development, including local community colleges, Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University, and Swarthmore College.
Emerging professionals looking to network with green organizations would do well to consider volunteering with the Green Economy Task Force, attending Sustainable Business Network events, or applying for one of their internships. For further networking, Kate also recommends Young Involved Philadelphia or connecting with Penn Future to attend one of their Next Great City events.