North America's premier educational conference for high performance homes? With 13 tracks and 104 workshops presented by some of the most dedicated professionals in the building science and energy efficiency communities. For more information and to register, go here.

Breakfast to introduce recent grantees of the Civic Innovation Lab.

Free, but you must register by sending an email with "Register for Breakfast" in the subject line to info@civicinnovationlab.org and include your name and company.

The theme of this year's National Public Health Week, April 7-13, is "Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance." The Cleveland Health Department has coordinated a series of events. On April 8 the topic is "Water and your world: Presentations and demonstrations on water quality, greening” your backyard, and how to make a rain barrel."

Participating organizations include the City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability, Cleveland Division of Water, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District.

We are kicking off the first series of Akron Green Drinks. This is a networking opportunity for grassroots, government and commerce to get-together in a relaxed atmosphere.

For more info:

www.greenearthextreme.com/greendrinks

Northeast Ohio Watershed Council dinner and meeting.

 RSVP by April 4 to Kristy Meyer at Kristy@theOEC.org or 614-487-7506.

Starting a Community Garden Workshop

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 8th from 7 – 9 PM at The Bingham (1278 West 9th Street) in the first floor Community Room.

The program is organized by Steps to a Healthier Cleveland and The Ohio State University Extension, and Historic Warehouse District is assisting in spreading the word.

Bring your friends and neighbors! Or, plan to meet new friends and neighbors!

Personal computers including CPUs, monitors, and printers can be dropped off at participating city service departments throughout Cuyahoga County.

 For local collection information, call your city service department or contact the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District at 216-443-3749 or www.cuyahogaswd.org

 All computers will be recycled by RET3 job corp., a local non-profit organization

Throughout Earth Day Week, April 22-26, 2008 in San Francisco, CA, the Ecocity World Summit (7th International Ecocity Conference) will be convening an international community of inspired change-makers; courageous individuals who are addressing problems of the world's environment with thoughtful long-range solutions that are truly sustainable, ecologically healthy and socially just. The International Ecocity Conference Series brings together the key innovators, decision makers, technologists, businesses and organizations shaping the conversation around ecological and sustainable city, town and village design, planning and development.

Registration information.

Ohio Environmental Council's 2008 Environmental Lobby Day. Lobby your state elected officials for cleaner and safer communities, cleaner air and water, and a new commitment to cleaner, renewable energy.

For more information and to register, go here.

Andrew Winston, corporate environmental strategist and author of Green to Gold delivers the keynote address at the 2008 Material Handling show. Winston will provide a compelling blueprint for how forward thinking companies can address critical environmental supply chain issues, from climate change to energy to water, and improve their performance, gain competitive advantage, and increase profits.

For more information, click here.

Ohio State University will host Wooster’s first annual Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair from 1-7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 — Earth Day.

Organized by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (Ohio State ATI), the event aims to celebrate, educate and demonstrate that it’s “easy being green.”

Showcasing eco-oriented exhibits, demonstrations, companies, artisans, speakers, entertainers and food vendors all in one place.

Featured, among other things, will be the benefits of bicycling, biodiesel and how it works, planting a rain garden, building a rain barrel, recycling yard waste, organic fertilizer and pest control, enviroscaping, the benefits of trees, how to turn trash into attractive handicrafts, estimating one’s carbon footprint, a green-campus design competition (grades 9-12), an environmental stewardship essay competition (grades 11-12), an ecological yardscape competition (open to all), a “Kilowatt Ours” energy challenge, and Earth Day poster, display, skit, poem and video competitions (grades 1-12).

For more information, contact Allen Zimmerman, (330) 287-1263 or zimmerman.7@osu.edu, or go to http://www.wcsen.org/wcsggf.

Rally for Green Manufacturing Jobs presented by 10,000 Little Ideas to Believe in Cleveland.

Did you know? Wind power provides the most cost-effective, non-polluting, renewable energy source. Ohio is ranked 2nd (behind California) in wind manufacturing capacity. Northeast Ohio could gain 12,000 new wind turbine jobs. Investment in wind turbine manufacturing will help secure over 80,000 Ohio jobs currently in the wind industry.

Show your support to create green manufacturing jobs in Northeast Ohio on April 22 at the Wind Turbine at the Great Lakes Science Center. Petitions will be distributed for signatures and sent to Columbus to push renewal energy legislation in Ohio. T-shirts will be available at the event or online for a donation.

Can't attend? Sign the petition online at www.10000littleideas.com.

Award-winning designer, curator, and founding director of slowLab Carolyn Strauss has emerged as an innovator in the concept of slow design as a fertile, holistic framework to understand and advance sustainable design.

Fee. Part of MOCA's Talalay Lecture Series.

Broadcast of the new documentary film, "The Return of the Cuyahoga" on WVIZ/PBS ideastream.

More on the film.