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7.28.08

Submitted by GCBL staff on July 28, 2008 - 12:08pm.
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  • Google Maps is launching a new feature to promote walking in urban areas:
    Starting today, you can tell Google Maps that you want walking directions, and we'll try to find you a route that's direct, flat, and uses pedestrian pathways when we know about them. Just get directions as you normally would. If you're going 10 km or less (some call this 6.2 miles), we'll show you a link that you can click to get "Walking" directions.

  • The Cleveland Clinic is launching a farmer’s market this week. They explain:
    The Fairfax/Hough neighborhoods surrounding the Clinic are "food deserts," meaning healthy, fresh food options are hard to find. This market will help alleviate the draught and bring us closer to our neighbors. We've also formed a relationship with Cleveland Foodbank to support their efforts to end hunger and bring healthy foods to families in need thanks to the market. And AVI Food Systems, a Cleveland Clinic food service provider, has committed to purchase any perishable items that remain unsold at the end of the market (to) use in the Clinic’s cafeteria.

  • Green building reaches its full potential when we reuse an existing building. On August 7, the Cleveland Green Building Coalition hosts a LEED-EB technical workshop: The ‘EB’ stands for Existing Building. Learn how to evaluate already inhabited buildings for energy efficiency and to achieve LEED-certification.
  • Food & Water Watch have sent an activist alert opposing a new rule in Ohio that restricts "rBGH-Free" (a type of bovine growth hormone) labels from appearing on milk containers. Two groups, The International Dairy Foods Association and the Organic Trade Association, have filed suit against the state on the artificial hormones labelling rule.