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Sustainability update 10.8.08

Submitted by Marc Lefkowitz  |  Last edited October 8, 2008 - 1:36pm
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  • A green classroom at Beachwood High SchoolThey’re calling it a “National Model for a Green Classroom.” High school seniors from Beachwood, Mayfield and Richmond Heights raised more than $150,000 to build a classroom with ‘eco friendly’ products and designs, and raised awareness in their communities about living with a smaller ecological footprint as part of a marketing class last year. October 14 is the green classroom ribbon cutting at Beachwood High School.
  • Biodiversity Alliance, a Cleveland collaborative for conservation, and Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy producers, presented their second annual Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards on Oct. 3. Read about the winners here.
  • At LocalFoodCleveland.org, Peter McDermott ponders: What would it look like if 10 percent of the food that families in Cleveland ate was grown within the city limits?
  • What will Lake Erie wind turbines look like standing and staring at them from the shore? A New Jersey off-shore wind initiative, approved this week, includes a graphic of how turbines appear 2- 3- 4-miles on up to 15 miles from shore.
  • The Army announced plans to build the country’s largest solar energy farm—a 500 megawatt solar-thermal array at a Fort Irwin, California—in a bid to reduce a $3 billion annual energy bill.