Meeting to discuss the reauthorization of the Clean Ohio Fund.

For questions, please contact Bill DeMora of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters at 614-481-0512 or bdemora@ohiolcv.org.

Save money, water, & energy with green building guru, Jim LaRue. This 7-week series will teach you practical ways to adapt your home to be more healthy for you and the environment. Program is FREE. Registration is required. Series runs from Jan. 10 - Feb. 21, 7 to 9 p.m.

This week's topic is, "Electrical service and water usage."

This series is Sold Out! Please follow the series online here.

Explorer Series lecture at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, with Case astonomy professor George Collins on the science of climate change. This will be a very good introduction to the topic -- summarizing the science and debunking the myths.

Ticket information.

29th annual conference of the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association, the state's largest conference on sustainable food and organic farming.

Registration information.

29th annual conference of the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association, the state's largest conference on sustainable food and organic farming.

Registration information.

In 2006, vacant and abandoned properties in just eight cities cost Ohio more than $60 million in municipal services and lost tax revenues. But our state and local governments can do more to spur productive use of these blighted properties.

Please join us for a media/policy forum on the release of a groundbreaking new report, "$60 Million and Counting: The Cost of Vacant and Abandoned Properties to Eight Ohio Cities."

Speakers will include experts from ReBuild Ohio and Community Research Partners, state officials, and some of the local leaders from the eight communities in the study:

• Cleveland (Detroit Shoreway, Mount Pleasant and Slavic Village neighborhoods)
• Columbus (Franklinton, Livingston-Driving Park and North Linden neighborhoods)
• Dayton
• Ironton
• Lima
• Springfield
• Toledo
• Zanesville

RSVP to John Williams at Greater Ohio at jwilliams@greaterohio.org or 614-258-6200.

Monthly sustainable business networking night of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability. This month's topic: Emerging urban farming opportunities.

The 2008 Annual Meeting of Cleveland Peace Action and the Cleveland Peace Action Education Fund, including a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Peace Action.

Potluck dinner at 6 p.m. and the annual meeting convenes at 7 p.m.

Keynote speaker is Joan Southgate.

Cleveland Peace Action/Education Fund members will be electing board members for both organizations. They will also be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Peace Action (nee SANE and Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign), including the recognition of many dedicated Cleveland peace activists.

Rally to encourage Cleveland City Council to reconsider the
AMP-OH Contract concerning the proposed 960-megawatt
conventional pulverized coal-fired power plant that would
be built in Meigs County near the Ohio River.

Come meet Elisa Young, founder of Meigs CAN (Citizen Action
Now) and resident of Meigs County and hear the community
perspective regarding this proposed coal plant.

For more information on this event contact Stefanie Spear at 216-387-1609 or spear@earthwatchohio.org. Visit www.earthwatchohio.org to click on a link to our
petition site or visit the Ohio Citizen Action website at www.ohiocitizen.org for additional information on the AMP-OH contract issue.

For updated and ongoing information concerning Meigs County, contact Elisa Young at 740-416-2694 or elisa1@yahoo.co

Save money, water, & energy with green building guru, Jim LaRue. This 7-week series will teach you practical ways to adapt your home to be more healthy for you and the environment. Program is FREE. Registration is required. Series runs from Jan. 10 - Feb. 21, 7 to 9 p.m.

This week's topic is, "Residential maintenance."

This series is Sold Out! Please follow the series online here.

• Why does Cleveland Heights need an increase in the City Income Tax (from 2.0% to 2.4%) which it's placing on the March 4, 2008 ballot?
• Why is the library asking for a new levy?

Come get answers and share your thoughts with members of Cleveland Heights City Council and the Library officials.

Bring your questions. Bring your neighbors and friends.

Co-sponsored by the Heights League Of Women Voters and FutureHeights.

Do you have a question you would like to pose to the City about the levy? What information do you need to cast an informed vote on this issue? Submit your questions (Elected officials are providing answers to the need to raise the income tax here.)

Cleveland City Council will hear testimony about Cleveland Public Power's agreement with AMP-OH to buy power from a proposed coal-fired power plant in southwestern Ohio. It is estimated the plant will emit 7.3 million tons of carbon annually.

Kenneth Reardon, Ph.D., Associate Professor in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University discusses a successful model for participatory planning and rebuilding in New Orleans' 9th Ward that resulted in the allocation of $145 million in available federal funds.

Free and open to the public, bring your own lunch!

To register, call 216-523-7330 or online at Rebuilding New Orleans.

Weekend Permaculture Design Course
in Columbus, Ohio

“Help green the city and prepare for climate change. Build networks of support and empower yourself with the skills of ecological design as we search for the roots of permanent culture”

Dates: February 22-24, Feb. 29-March 2, March 14-16, 28-30, April 11-13, 2008

Location: Columbus, OH

Description: Over five weekends on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, we will present the permaculture design curriculum with special emphasis on urban applications, strategies for changing climate and building local networks of support. The class will implement at least one of the design projects by rehabilitating an old orchard as a forest garden on the 40-acre campus of the United Methodist Children’s Home in Worthington; helping to move this historic institution back to its agricultural roots and forward to a second century of sustainability. The course is co-sponsored by Simply Living Columbus, and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, and UMCH. Some work-trade scholarships will be available.

Instructors: Peter Bane, Rhonda Baird and guests.

Cost: $895 including weekend lunches and course materials, $150 deposit required.

Contact: Peter Bane
812-335-0383
Association for Regenerative Culture
P O Box 5516
Bloomington, IN 47407
pcactivist@mindspring.com

What is Permaculture?
Consciously designed landscapes, which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fiber, and energy for provision of local needs. People, their buildings, and the way in which they organize themselves are central to permaculture. Thus the permaculture vision of permanent or sustainable agriculture has evolved to one of permanent culture.

For more information on permaculture: www.permacultureactivist.net

The green party of the year!

"eMerge: A celebration" will remember 15 years of EcoCity Cleveland's efforts to make Cleveland a green city on a blue lake, celebrate the merger of EcoCity Cleveland with The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and help launch the new Center for Regional Sustainability at the Museum.  Everyone in the sustainability community will be there!

The party will include heavy hors d’oeuvres made with organic and locally sourced ingredients, cash bar featuring organic wine selections, a Great Lakes Brewing Company beer-tasting and live entertainment by Abby Normal, a very cool local band. You will also be able to learn more about the Museum's exciting vision for telling the story of life on earth and how humanity can respond to the challenges of the 21st century.

Tickets: $35 for Museum/EcoCity members, $45 nonmembers. Party plus private reception at 7 p.m. with EcoCity's David Beach and the Museum's Executive Director Dr. Bruce Latimer: $100.

See the invitation here. To reserve tickets online go here, or call 216-231-1177.

All proceeds benefit the Museum's Center for Regional Sustainability, which will carry on the work of EcoCity Cleveland.

Event sponsored by Ohio's Tomorrow

If your organization relies heavily on foundation grants, and you want to diversify your income by increasing individual gifts, this workshop is for you! Through engaging activities, small group work, role-playing, and action planning, participants will gain skills and tools to implement new individual giving strategies into their fundraising efforts.

Facilitator: Andy Robinson, a member of the Institute for Conservation Leadership's Consultant Network, has been raising money for social change since 1980. He brings to his trainings contagious enthusiasm, fundraising expertise, and practical suggestions for participants.

Cost: $120 for the first person; $70 for each additional person from the same organization. This fee includes the one-day workshop, all materials, and lunch. This workshop is made possible by generous support from the George Gund Foundation, which allows it to be offered at a rate significantly below the estimated value of $250 per person.

For more information: Visit ICL's website at www.icl.org or contact Quentin Samuels at quentin@icl.org or 240-638-3599.

This year's theme is, "Impact of Ohio's new electricity plan on your electric rates." Geared to energy managers and engineers.

For more information or to register, go here.

Watershed Management Plan Meeting 1
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Big Creek Watershed Management Plan introductory meeting. Representatives from the Big Creek watershed communities of Cleveland, Brooklyn, Linndale, Parma, Parma Heights, Brook Park, and North Royalton will participate. The public is welcome to observe. For more information contact the Charles Hambly, project coordinator, at the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan at 216-241-2414 x253.

This year's theme is, "Impact of Ohio's new electricity plan on your electric rates." Geared to energy managers and engineers.

For more information or to register, go here.

Over 100 conservationists will descend on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of restoring and protecting the Great Lakes by attending the Healing Our Waters®-Great Lakes Coalition’s Great Lakes Day 2008. We invite you to join us, to meet with your elected officials and to share with them how vital a role the Great Lakes plays in your community and in your own life.

Go here for more information or to register. 

As part of Pop Up City, the Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio will conduct a workshop on temporary use projects, such as adaptively reusing pieces of the industrial landscape, as a way of drawing new energy to urban areas. Morning workshops with Berlin artist/designers Klaus Overmeyer, Tore Dobberstein and Andreas Haase, who will present some of their projects including temporary sports facilities or "sportification" for urban sites. Also, Natalie Pauken from the School of Visual Communication Design at Kent will discuss environmental graphics as a temporary use strategy.

In the afternoon, participants will tour several neighborhoods and talk about ideas for temporary use projects for specific sites. The UDC will select and implement at least one temporary use project for a Cleveland neighborhood. The cost to participate is $10. Contact Terry Schwarz at the UDC 216/357-3426.

Northeast Ohio Sierra Club gathering with a speaker on socially responsible investing.

Earth Day Coalition's Clean Transportation Program in partnership
with the Clean Air Task Force, the Ohio Environmental Council, the
Cleveland Clean Air Century Campaign, and NOACA are proud to present a
3/4 day conference on clean diesel retrofits.

This event will feature comprehensive information on the range of
products available for reducing tailpipe emissions from heavy duty
diesel engines.

Conference components include:

-a live (outdoor) demonstration of a diesel particualte filter (DPF)
utilizing equipment which provides a realtime visual display of
emissions reduction.

-a technical explanation, targeted at fleet managers, of the science
behind the functioning of various retrofits, including, DOCs, DPFs, CCV's, APUs, and more.

-a question and answer panel featuring representatives from major retrofit manufacturers

-a question and answer panel on sources of funding for diesel retrofits, including specifics on Ohio's recently announced DERG program.

We hope you will be able to join us!
$30 cost includes continental breakfast and lunch

The Knoch Corporation will be hosting a Green/LEED seminar to discuss cost benefits of green building for employers.

Paul Shahriari, Partner of Greenlight Strategies and Founder of Greenmind Technologies, is the guest speaker and will cover eco-friendly building practices that have been proven to help our environment and reduce operational cost. Shahriari speaks throughout the United States discussing how the changes can make a big impact.

Registration details.

Join Green Energy Ohio for our first network meeting in Cleveland in 2008. Featured speaker is Bill Eger, Energy Manager in the City of Cleveland’s Sustainability Program. Established in May of 2005, the program’s goals are to save the City of Cleveland money and reduce its environmental footprint, use sustainability as a tool for economic development and introduce sustainability principles to city employees.

Bill will discuss energy policies and initiatives focused on driving sustainability in Cleveland in 2008 and beyond.

For more information, contact Athan Barkoukis at Athan@GreenEnergyOhio.org or call (216) 526-5545.

The destiny for the Towpath Trail is one that embraces a network of connecting trails that follow streams, creeks, and small rivers and provide a system that can one day place every Cleveland resident within a 10 minute bike ride. Once you find one of these trails, you can find your way to one of many authentic places that make Cleveland unique.

One such trail connector will follow the former Walworth Run now buried beneath Train Avenue. Plans for this new greenway will begin with a public meeting to be held on February 28 at Zion United Church of Christ in Tremont.

Get a jump on Leap Year at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Leap Frog Day on Friday, February 29 with activities in The RainForest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The entire day is dedicated to our slimy frog friends with fun games, crafts, Get Close Frog Encounters, Meet the Keeper sessions and an opportunity to meet the Zoo's new mascot, the wood frog, Vern.

More information.

Keynote Speaker: Russell Pry, Summit County Executive.

For reservations: Call (440) 526-1822 or email cvrcog@yahoo.com

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will host a "Health Fair for Humans" with information about exercise, nutrition, physical wellness and mental well-being. More than 20 other health-related organizations will participate.

More information.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

A presentation towards a greener lifestyle  sponsored by www.NewOrganicLifestyle.com

Learn ways to improve your life with:

• Recycling
• Energy Efficiency and Usage
• Local Food Sources and Diet
• Landscaping
• Vermicomposting ( Worm Composting )
• Green Products for the Home and Body
• Transportation

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

The Nature Center staff will present why sustainable landscaping is rewarding to us and rejuvenating to our environment. Part of the environmental town hall brown bag lunch series.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

American Woodcocks, owls and woodpeckers are birds with early “safe dates” (the period when most migrants will have left and those birds that remain are likely nesters). At this month’s Planet Chat, we'll share bird-atlasing stories and strategies with Philip Chaon as we plan for a summer of birding. Bring your field notes and we will demonstrate how to enter bird sightings into the OBBAII Web site.

Planet Chat is a Cleveland Museum of Natural History Store program held the first Wednesday of each month to discuss topics concerning conservation, citizen science and the world around us. Stop by between 5 and 7:30 pm. Free with Museum admission.

For more information, please contact Terri Martincic at (216) 231-4600, ext. 3291, or tmartinc@cmnh.org.

Friends of Euclid Creek meeting with David Beach, director of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, speaking on "Thinking Deeper about Sustainability and Watersheds."

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping.

To register. 

Coming up this week...

Creative Capital for a 21st Century Digital Media Marketplace @ Insivia

Learn how Creative Capital transforms regions. Get started now by listening to this conversation with guests Geof Pelaia, Virginia Marti College; Eric Purcell & Laura Wright, Insivia; and Experience Artist, Melissa Daubert.

Together, we'll explore new business opportunities at the intersections of technology, digital media, and the fine arts.

Join us. Build your networks and connect to innovation happening in Northeast Ohio and in Indiana. Meet our online partners at SmallerIndiana.com, a dynamic Web 2.0 community focused on ideas and creative people.

“Solar Energy: Repowering Ohio’s Economy,” is the topic of this First Thursday Forum on the Environment, presented for the public by the League of Women Voters. Guest speakers are Athan Barkoukis, Northeast Ohio Program Manager of Green Energy Ohio and Alan R. Frasz, Vice President of Dovetail Solar and Wind.

Both presenters will discuss solar energy, its potential applications in Ohio as a clean energy and an emerging green energy economy.

Registration and dessert are $5. Send check to LWVCuyahoga Area Education Fund, 50 Public Square, #938, Cleveland OH 44113, by March 3. For more information, please call the LWVCuyArea office at 216 781-0555 or visit www.lwvCuyahogaArea.org.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping.

To register. 

Participatory gathering to develop ideas for making a new Cleveland convention more useful to the region -- more than just a plain convention center.

Registration information.

Sponsored by CatalystStrategies.

The Planet, a special showing at the Cleveland Film Festival, cosponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

The next 20 to 50 years are crucial for life on Earth. The Planet tells the story of the Earth’s rapid changes and the patterns of human existence. What is the reality of the changes to our environment today? How can we all become motivated to make a difference right now?

The film will be followed by a panel discussion.

More information about festival films and tickets.

Gus and Janet Kious cordially invite you to their new straw bale home to celebrate and support the work of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability (E4S). Local food prepared by Fire executive chef Doug Katz.

Sponsored by Doty & Miller Architects. For tickets call (216) 451-7755 or email Victoria@e4s.org.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping.

To register. 

The first-ever Sustainable Energy Festival, held at The Wilderness Center in Stark County on Saturday March 3rd, was a huge success with over 1,000 people attending throughout the day. Organizers, Green Energy Ohio and The Wilderness Center, were amazed by the response, especially since the event was designed for only a few hundred people. 

This year GEO and TWC have teamed up again to offer the 2nd Annual Sustainable Energy Festival at Fairless Middle School in Navarre (Stark County).   Discover the benefits, challenges and costs of clean energy living through seven free presentations running throughout the day.  Learn more about these technologies by taking one of five 3-hr workshops ($40 for GEO/TWC members, $50 non-members). Interact with dozens of exhibitors, see hands-on demonstrations and get answers to your questions. For more information, visit www.GreenEnergyOhio.org.

Mary Garvin, Associate Professor of Biology,
Oberlin College

Click here to view our announcement on our website

Traces the development of Cleveland from its exalted position in the early part of the 20th century as the “Silicon Valley of the industrial era” to the fateful day of June 22, 1969 when debris on the river actually caught fire. Serving as a symbol of decay of American cities in general, the event ignited grassroots ecological action across America.

The film emphasizes Mayor Carl Stokes’s importance in putting political pressure on Washington, which led to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Now a trailblazer in restoring fisheries, the Ohio EPA (with the help of concerned citizens) is seeing a real difference in the life of the river.

Standing Rock Cultural Arts, The Hoppin Frog Brewery, Totally Cooked Catering, and Abruzzo's Wine and Homebrew Supply invite you to The "Go with the Flow" Earth Day Fundraiser to promote watershed awareness and raise funds for the upcoming "Who's Your Mama?" Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival.

Local food, organic pies, local music with the River Bottom Bushwhackers, short environmental films, and ten tastes of local brew.

For reservations, call 330-673-4970 or email info@standingrock.net. $20 and up suggested donation.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

You’ll help gather sap in Geauga Park District's sugarbush by checking tapped trees and pouring the sap into a sled, then watch (and smell) the sap being boiled in the sugarhouse and have a sample taste before heading back outside to enjoy historical interactions with costumed interpreters. Then warm up again by stopping in the lodge for live entertainment and more maple treats.

For more information, call (440) 286-9516.

Traces the development of Cleveland from its exalted position in the early part of the 20th century as the “Silicon Valley of the industrial era” to the fateful day of June 22, 1969 when debris on the river actually caught fire. Serving as a symbol of decay of American cities in general, the event ignited grassroots ecological action across America.

The film emphasizes Mayor Carl Stokes’s importance in putting political pressure on Washington, which led to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Now a trailblazer in restoring fisheries, the Ohio EPA (with the help of concerned citizens) is seeing a real difference in the life of the river.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

An especially poignant lesson on current coal mining—and its impact—in West Virginia and southern Appalachia. The film follows the personal stories of residents as they fight for clean water and a school that is not overshadowed by a coal mining facility and its toxic sludge impoundment pond.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s (NESEA) annual conference and trade show for renewable energy and green building professionals.

More information.

An especially poignant lesson on current coal mining—and its impact—in West Virginia and southern Appalachia. The film follows the personal stories of residents as they fight for clean water and a school that is not overshadowed by a coal mining facility and its toxic sludge impoundment pond.

Chris Jordan’s photography is a stunning meditation on American consumerism. He fills the frame with the overflow and detritus of our discarded cars, cell phones, cigarette butts, pop cans as they stack up in our landfills. Jordan’s latest show runs through June 1.

The Canadian film explores the question, Who doesn’t love trees? This film is compromised of a series of monologues by likely and unlikely tree lovers. What these interlocking stories tell us is that there are multiple sides to the environmentalist issue.

CIFF is offering a discount for GCBL readers – use the code “Green” when purchasing tickets online www.clevelandfilm.org or by phone 866.865.FILM.

Sara Hobbs, Associate Director at the Cleveland Restoration Society, looks at sustainability and historic preservation in “The Greenest Building is Already Built,” presented on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. in Oberlin College’s Hallock Auditorium (located in the Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at 122 Elm Street, Oberlin).

In recent years, newly developed “green” technologies have made headlines in response to society’s efforts to reduce human impact on the environment. Discussions of “green” often focus on new construction, while the green potential found in the restoration of existing buildings is overlooked. Hobbs illustrates that the continued use and rehabilitation of existing buildings is the sustainable and responsible use of resources. Hobbs’ presentation covers the negative environmental impact of demolition and discusses possible public policy incentives that could further support and encourage the rehabilitation of older buildings. She will give tips on how homeowners can participate in environmentally friendly practices while preserving the historic integrity of their homes. She’ll also address how historic preservation and green building movements can work together to conserve buildings and promote sustainability.

This free, public program is sponsored by the Oberlin Heritage Center, the Lorain County Preservation Network, and the Cleveland Restoration Society, with local support from the City of Oberlin, the City of Oberlin Historic Preservation Commission, the City of Oberlin Housing Renewal Commission, and Oberlin College’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Studies Department.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

2008 Ohio Wildlife Diversity Conference sponsored by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.

 Registration information.

Technical workshop topics include: Storm Water/Phase II, conservation development, comprehensive planning, compact development, Riparian setbacks and more. Led by Kirby Date, AICP, The Countryside Program at CSU.

Part of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission’s Balanced Growth Program.

RSVP required at least one week prior to session: 419-245-2514 or lakeeriecommission@ameritech.net

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

"Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference" sponsored by a diverse group of environmental, labor, industry, and philanthropic organizations.

More information and registration.

This Canadian film explores the question, Who doesn’t love trees? This film is compromised of a series of monologues by likely and unlikely tree lovers. What these interlocking stories tell us is that there are multiple sides to the environmentalist issue.

CIFF is offering a discount for GCBL readers – use the code “Green” when purchasing tickets online www.clevelandfilm.org or by phone 866.865.FILM

FirstEnergy proposed a $340 million annual revenue increase in June 2007. This would be paid for by customers including a $109 million increase for Cleveland Electric Illuminating customers.

The PUCO will make the decision about whether FirstEnergy can raise customers’ rates after hearing from customers about their concerns.

A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank.

FOOD
Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening.

FUN
Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night.

Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night.

SPECTACLE
Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event.

Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s).

SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event.

LOGISTICS
Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.

"Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference" sponsored by a diverse group of environmental, labor, industry, and philanthropic organizations.

More information and registration.

Speakers will be David Gustashaw, vice president of engineering, director of Interface Carpeting, Atlanta, Georgia and Jack Gustashaw, senior vice president, Middough Engineering. David will be presenting sustainability from an owner perspective and Jack from a consultant perspective.

RSVP to m.herlevi@csuohio.edu or by phone at 216-523-7278.

Explorer Lecture Series with Harriet Washington:  The history of medical research with African Americans remained largely unexplored until journalist Harriet Washington published the book Medical Apartheid, the product of yea