Design a T-Shirt for Two Wheels Lots of Green Posted on June 16, 2014 by Grounded Strategies Use your design skills for good! Enter our Two Wheels Lots of Green T-shirt design competition. WHAT IS THE CONTEST Submit your awesome, orginal artwork that best represents any combination of bikes, Pittsburgh’s communities and public green space. Artwork must meet the following criteria: no more than 2-color artwork incorporate the theme(s) of biking, neighborhoods, Pittsburgh and/or green space, which is what the bike tour is all about! WHY ENTER You love bikes, Pittsburgh, green space or community development! Your…Read More
Save the Date! The Third Annual Two Wheels Lots of Green Bike Tour. Posted on June 6, 2014 by Grounded Strategies Explore Some Urban Green during the Pittsburgh Bike Fest. The 3rd annual bike tour, Two Wheels Lots of Green, will take place August 16, during the 2014 Pittsburgh Bike Fest organized by Bike Pgh. The bike tour take riders on a journey through Pittsburgh neighborhoods and highlights the residents who are repurposing former vacant, urban lots into positive, green places. Looking for questions about sponsorships, partnerships, volunteer opportunities or anything in between? Fill out the form below, and we will get in touch.…Read More
Social Technovation: Meet the Panelists Posted on May 20, 2014 by Grounded Strategies Social Technovation 412 is just two days away! (have you picked up your tickets yet?!?) We've hand selected the panelist based on their experience bridging the gap between technology, innovation and social cause. To give you a sneak peek, we asked our panelists to answer a few questions. Q: How do you use technology in your company? Josh Lucas, Crowdasaurus and The Hardware Store, Founded 2011 Crowdasaurus supports regional crowdfunding ecosystems by providing custom built crowdfunding web-platforms, offering consulting, and marketing support. We use…Read More
Social Technovation 412 Posted on April 28, 2014 by Grounded Strategies Sell Tickets through Eventbrite Event management for Social Technovation 412 powered by EventbriteRead More
Brews and Biofuels at this Month’s Green Drinks Pittsburgh Posted on February 17, 2014 by Grounded Strategies Brews + Biofuels = Green Drinks Pittsburgh Join us this Thursday at Gus's Cafe in Lawrenceville. The ReFuel team, along with Greenlight Biofuels will be talking about how turning used cooking oil into fuel can be a way to build community and create green jobs. Register for the FREE event below.Read More
Wethoptober Fest: a Success! Posted on November 1, 2013 by Grounded Strategies Beers, Bites and a Better 'Burgh. Thank you to everyone who came out to Wet Hoptober Fest this past October 3rd! Not only did we get to drink some great wet-hopped beers from East End Brewing and ate locally purveyed food from Marty's Market's Cafe, but also made new friends, learned about growing hops and interacted with this Garfield farms-based project. Together we raised over $500 for next year's urban hop farm. Also a shout out to Porter Loves Photography…Read More
Pittsburgh Environmental & Health Conference Posted on October 31, 2013 by Grounded Strategies Pittsburgh Environmental & Health Conference: Encouraging the Fight for Community Health in the 'Burgh Last Friday, October 25 - 300 Pittsburghers came to hear national and local environmental leaders lecture on topics ranging from reducing waste to building healthy communities. Naturally it felt like something GTECH should be involved in. Three of our staff members: Michelle McDonald, Travis Mecum and Zaheen Hussain got to take a day out of the office and experience the event. Who was your favorite speaker?…Read More
GASP 5K Posted on October 4, 2013 by Grounded Strategies Put Your Running Shoes on for Clean Air GTECH will be participating in Group Against Smog and Pollution’s Athletes United for Healthy Air campaign inaugural Clean Air Dash and Festival, brought to Pittsburgh with the support of the Breathe Project. We are looking for runners (or walkers) who are interested in supporting cleaner air and running with GTECH. If you are interested in being part of our team email Dan, d.certo@gtechstrategies.org. This 5K race event will be held October 19…Read More
Wet Hoptober Fest: Tonight! Posted on October 2, 2013 by Grounded Strategies Last spring we set out to grow hops on an unused portion of Garfield Community Farm to see if it could be a creative (and delicious) way to reuse some of the 4,500 acres of vacant land in the city. With the help of Noah of the Hop Project and the fine farmers of Garfield Farm, we set out to grow three varieties of hops for East End Brewery and - guess what - it worked! We are inviting you…Read More