This campaign strategy meeting will be hosted by Marcellus Protest and led by Sam Bernhardt from the nonprofit group Food and Water Watch. All are invited.

1:00-3:00 pm, Saturday, June 1, 2013
Friends Meeting House
4836 Ellsworth Ave. Shadyside neighborhood
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

To protect our communities from the degradation of hydraulic fracturing, we need to organize and mobilize, but we must use our resources efficiently and strategically. How we can effectively select targets and design effective campaigns will be discussed, followed by a workshop to develop campaign skills..

For more information, contact Mel Packer at melpacker at aol dot com.

Sam Bernhardt is the Pennsylvania Organizer at Food & Water Watch, Based in Philadelphia, Sam coordinates Food & Water Watch campaigns on food and water issues around the state. His work in Pennsylvania centers around empowering communities to fight by training and organizing groups to hold their elected officials accountable.

Save the date for Center for Coalfield Justice’s 7th Annual DRYerson Festival on June 15 in Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County. This year’s theme is: It’s About Time. DAM IT! We are thrilled to celebrate that the lake is coming back but will still advocate that mineral extraction does not belong in a state park.

CCJ will have a volunteer night on Thursday, May 23, 2013 to mail postcards for DRYerson and there are many more volunteer opportunities to help in the planning of DRYerson and the day off. If you would like to volunteer please contact Veronica at 724-229-3550.

As part of a national ‘preview’ tour Gasland Part II will be shown free to the public on Thursday, June 20, at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland. Doors open at 6 pm with live music and the screening begins at 7 pm. Director Josh Fox will be present. Gasland Part II is an HBO Documentary Films release presented by Gasland Grassroots. It will premiere on HBO on July 8th.

Join our Public Lands Action Team in a two day camping, hiking, and river float outing to educate volunteers on issues, enjoy the onset of Summer, and to document and celebrate Photinus Carolinus and other firefly species in Kelletville and along the North Country National Scenic Trail. Organized by the Allegheny Defense Project. Meet at 3 pm, Friday June 21 at the Sierra Club office parking lot, N. Craig Street. For details contact Matt Peters at < mattnedludd at gmail dot com >.

Concept of a Passive House, a house that does not require furnace nor much energy to feel comfortable will be introduced at the Green Building Alliance Lunch and Learn Program on 6/26 11:30-1:00.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 26
33 Terminal Way,  Suite 331
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Lucy de Barbaro and Ayres Freitas, together with their design team, Dunn and Associates, and passive house expert John Semmelhack, will describe how they have adopted the Passive House concept for a new duplex project in Squirrel Hill, one side of which is to become their dream home.

Registration HERE.

For more information contact Lucyna de Barbaro at lucyna dot debarbaro at gmail dot com.