Do you have a deep understanding of environmental justice and a commitment to community-led change? New Sun Rising and RiverWise invite you to apply to join a newly established team …
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New Sun Rising is happy to announce that Zainab Jamal will serve as the Sustainability VISTA for the organization through October 2024. In this role, Zainab has a focus on …
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New Sun Rising is happy to announce that Kayla Misera has been hired as the Community Experience Catalyst for the Millvale Food + Energy Hub. In this role, Kayla oversees …
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In August, a local nonprofit released a study detailing the rise of corporations and investors buying homes in the city of Pittsburgh, finding that these sales rose 10% over the …
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Pittsburgh, PA — The U.S. Department of Energy has announced Energy Efficiency Empowerment (E3), a fiscally sponsored project of New Sun Rising (NSR), and Hazelwood Initiative as one of 45 …
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Above: Looking at the rooftops of these homes, it is easy to see the houses without proper insulation. Courtesy of Lucy de Barbaro. Energy Efficiency Empowerment is a new organization …
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Pittsburgh, PA — Hilltop Community Holdings LLC has received $302,000 from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to purchase 744 E. Warrington Ave. in Allentown. The space will be used for …
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Above: (Left to right) Zak Thomas, partner at STIKO BRUNO, LLC, Jmar Bey, co-founder of South Hilltop Men’s Group and Hilltop Rising, and Scott Wolovich, executive director at New Sun …
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Above: The SURJE Summit (Southern Unity for Racial Justice and Equity) in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo by Scott Wolovich. Two trillion dollars is an impossible amount of money to wrap your …
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Information and technology are important tools that can help organizations and communities define and reach their goals, but sometimes aggregating the data can be overwhelming. To assist nonprofits, social enterprises, …
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The Wells Fargo Foundation has granted New Sun Rising (NSR) $22,000 for the Clean Energy Workforce Program. The Clean Energy Workforce Program was established in 2021-2022 in part through seed …
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Above: Participants at the Millvale Food + Energy Hub in March 2022 for the Triboro Ecodistrict Workshop. Are you a community oriented individual with facility management experience? New Sun Rising …
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