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  • Jenita

     

    On April 18th members of the Office of Sustainability visited the Famicos Foundation for their Sustainability Awareness Day.  Students from Glenville High School displayed their exhibits demonstrating the ways people can incorporate environmental strategies into their daily lives. The students definitely taught the experts a thing-or-two about sustainable solutions focused on local food and urban agriculture. 

    Highlights from the day included DJ...

  • Jenita

    We have opened up the physical home of SC2019, the Sustainable Cleveland Center to the Cleveland International Film Fest. The Center will host discussions with filmakers focused on sustainable topics. Join us at The Sustainable Cleveland Center, 3rd Floor Tower City, for talk-back sessions with Film Directors as part of the Cleveland International Film Fest

Sustainable Cleveland 2019

Cleveland will become a model of sustainability and become a leader in the emerging green economy over the next 10 years through the efforts of Sustainable Cleveland 2019.

— From the City of Cleveland

This section of the website will chronicle and document the inspiring story of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, the process that seeks to mobilize the Greater Cleveland community to transform the city and the region — creating a green and sustainable economy by the year 2019, the 50th anniversary of the famous Cuyahoga River fire.

On this page you will find the 2019 Blog, which provides the latest updates on Sustainable Cleveland activities. The menu below (or on the upper left of the page) will take you to the main 2019 topics:

  • Summit 2009 — A record of the August 2009 appreciative inquiry summit, which kicked off the process.
  • Council — Coverage of the activities of the Sustainable Cleveland Council, the group appointed to guide the process and help set priorities.
  • Steering committee — Coverage of the group that is planning a follow-up summit in 2010.
  • Strategic plan — Information about the sustainable economic development plan that the city will be commissioning soon.
  • Work groups — Updates on the activities of the 20 summit work groups, with information about how to get involved.

To contribute information, please contact Marc Lefkowitz.