Like it or not, Pittsburgh has been vaulted onto the world stage. Next up, World Environment Day (WED) will be hosted in Pittsburgh. Previous hosts of this day include Wellington, New Zealand and Mexico City, Mexico. The last time (and only time) the day was held in the United States was in San Fransisco in 2005. That's some stiff international competition.
"During an announcement this morning at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side, Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, deputy director of UNEP, said several factors contributed to Pittsburgh's selection including its significance as the birthplace of environmentalist Rachel Carson and because the city recently hosted the G-20 summit."
In other news, the Allegheny County Jail is taking steps to green itself.
"The Allegheny County Jail announced today it has implemented a series of facility enhancements like the use of environmentally friendly cleaning products, installation of lockers made from recycled materials and an expanded recycling program."
They claim these changes will save them $175,000 per year. I suppose I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and ask why we're implementing these changes at the jail before implementing them in schools across the county? Maybe they realize any future protesters at major Pittsburgh-based world events will more likely see our jails than our schools? First impressions do count.
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