2019 Blog

Sustainable Water 2019, a work group of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative, is working with local partners to kick off a grassroots campaign entitled “Drink Local. Drink Tap.” that encourages our region to recognize the abundance of clean drinking water that Lake Erie provides. The Work Group has reached out to the Waterband and the organizers of Earthfest 2010 to help promote tap water as the best choice of drinking water.

On March 22 they will celebrate local water in concert with World Water Day, a global water awareness campaign led by the United Nations, with a performance by Waterband from 7-9 p.m. at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland.

The 'Drink Local. Drink Tap.' Campaign will continue after World Water Day at three venues:

1. On April 18, the 40th annual Earth Fest event at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Earthday Coalition will highlight the local water campaign by replacing bottled water with watering stations at this, the area's largest environmental gathering.
2. NASA Glenn Research Center’s Earth Day Committee is making “Drink Local. Drink Tap.” a part of their Earth Month activities, and an ongoing outreach initiative this year.
3. Sustainable Water 2019 is promoting the Cleveland International Film Festival’s showing of “Colony” on March 25th and 28th. Film-goers are asked to bring their own reusable containers and to “Drink Local. Drink Tap.” in an effort to celebrate World Water Day – everyday.

For more information, about the Sustainable Water 2019 group, go here.

The 'G5'—a collaboration of SC2019 work groups with a similar mission—is organizing a big public day for Sustainable Cleveland 2019 at EarthFest 2010 at the Cleveland Zoo, on Sunday, April 18.

"Our bannered SC2019 exhibit will provide multiple fun and interactive ways for people to tell us their sustainability story with the theme, 'Sustainability in Cleveland: Tell us your story and we'll tell you ours,'" writes group member, Elise Leitzel. "We are currently recruiting ambassadors to sign up to work 2-hour shifts, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at our SC2019 Earth Fest booth. Individual outcome group members will have the opportunity to engage the 'choir' of approximately 20,000 people who attend EarthFest, Ohio's largest environmental education event, about their particular SC2019 work.

Contact Leitzel here by Monday, March 22, to confirm up to 3 people from your work group to be SC2019 Ambassadors at EarthFest 2010. Please reply with each person(s) name, e-mail address, cell phone number, and 2-hour time frame between 10-5 they would like to work on April 18.

A G5 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, from 5:30 to 7:30PM at ABC Tavern, 1872 West 25th St. Ambassadors are invited to join us on this date for final preparations and instructions for EarthFest.

Click here to learn more about the G5 group.