Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) hosts this meeting focused on identifying the current issues of common cause that could be addressed through the Arts and Cultural roundtable going forward. As a tool in our discussion we will use the findings from CPAC's recent constituent survey, "Strengthening Arts & Culture: Familiarity, Use & Favorability of Sector-Enhancing Activities."

The event is free and open to all.

To RSVP please send your name, title (if applicable), organization (if applicable) and contact information to me, Valerie Schumacher, by email at vls@cpacbiz.org or by phone at 216.575.0331 x128.

Speakers include

• Keynote address by Brad Whitehead, president, Fund for Our Economic Future
• Andrew Watterson, director, Cleveland Office of Sustainability
• David Beach, director, GreenCityBlueLake Institute
• Michael Hynds, Metropolitan Architecture Studio in Cleveland
• David Orr, director, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College

Also, two workshops in the afternoon to brainstorm next steps for sustainability and economic development (one led by Andrew Watterson & Amy Malick of ICLEI, the other led by Daniel Gardner and Nathan Engstrom, sustainability director for the city of Oberlin).

Log on here for more information and registration.

Monthly meeting of the NOACA Governing Board.

Come to the West 11th Street pedestrian bridge for a one-night outdoor celebration, including:

circle remains:: David Jurca Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Where RU? Here or There? Patsy Kline Gallery U-Haul

drops of light:: Gauri Torgalkar Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

street sofa:: Alex Tapie & Wes Johansen

plus…

Miss Melvis and the Buford Pusser Experience

stargazing, cultural dances, music, storytellers and Capoeira

NOURISHMENT::

Food and drink from Gypsy Beans Cafe

Fresh produce from Hooper's Farm

The event is free and all are welcome. The West 11th Street bridge is two blocks south of Lincoln Park on West 11th Street (or) one block north of Clark Field on West 11th Street (parking at Clark Field)

For more information

A Pop Up City production, sponsored by the Kent State University Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative with the support of the Civic Innovation Lab, Tremont West Development Corporation, and Progressive Urban Real Estate.

"Creek Dance" to benefit the Friends of Euclid Creek.

Ticket information.

It's not just a race... it's an Experience! The towpath will host its annual marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k, and Family Adventure Hike and offers a massage tent, live music, free food for runners, beer garden, hot tubs, nutritional advice, childrens area, food vendors and more.

Go here for more infomation or call 215/ 520-182

It's not just a race... it's an Experience! The towpath will host its annual marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k, and Family Adventure Hike and offers a massage tent, live music, free food for runners, beer garden, hot tubs, nutritional advice, childrens area, food vendors and more.

Go here for more infomation or call 215/ 520-182

Tremont Farmers Market
Sundays - June 22nd through October 26th from 10:00am-2:00pm
Celebrate local food at the Tremont Farmers Market in our new location: Lincoln Park in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood.  Featuring locally-grown produce, local artists, chef demonstrations, educational activities and musical entertainment.  If you have questions or would like to get involved, please contact us at (216) 575-0920 or tremontmarket@yahoo.com.
www.tremontfarmersmarket.com

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.

Mark Winne, author of Slow Food for a Dying Planet, will have a book signing over local brew and local food.

Join the Cleveland friends of the Great Lakes Urban Exchange for a meeting and conference call at the offices of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. From 6:00 to 7:00, we'll enjoy pizza and have an informal discussion about strategy and local happenings. Following that, we'll join the GLUE network on a conference call with Kate Rube of Smart Growth America about federal transit reauthorization legislation. Please RSVP to Evelyn Burnett at eaburnett@gmail.com if you can attend.

Mark Winne, author of "Closing the Food Gap", will discuss food security projects and policies that Cleveland and Cuyahoga County can embrace to promote economic development and food security. Cleveland City Councilmember Joe Cimperman will highlight current citywide projects that have helped make Cleveland a national leader in the local food scene.

RSVP by October 7 to mer23@case.edu or 216.368.1918

The latest technologies, products, and services in facilities engineering, management, and operations.

Lectures topics include: green building, LEED, green roofs, energy savings in HVAC systems, energy conservation, lighting, solar power, ADA accessibility, facilities preparedness, emergency response planning, OSHA, roofing mistakes, wear particle and oil analysis, and improved motor efficiency. This is a free event, but pre-registration is suggested. For more information and to register.

Join Grant Thompson, Park Manager of the Avon Lake Reservation and member of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, to learn  about the Land Conservancy and how it helps landowners, farmers and others in Northeast Ohio to preserve land in perpetuity.

This is part of a series of Wednesday evening events focusing on environmental issues and actions hosted by Avon Lake Public Library and co-sponsored by the City Council Environmental Committee and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board of Avon Lake.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Questions: 440.933.8128.

The latest technologies, products, and services in facilities engineering, management, and operations.

Lectures topics include: green building, LEED, green roofs, energy savings in HVAC systems, energy conservation, lighting, solar power, ADA accessibility, facilities preparedness, emergency response planning, OSHA, roofing mistakes, wear particle and oil analysis, and improved motor efficiency. This is a free event, but pre-registration is suggested. For more information and to register.

Hear about all of the exciting eco-minded initiatives at the city of Cleveland from Andrew Watterson, director, Office of Sustainability.

Meeting of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission and Solid Waste Policy Committee. A preliminary meeting agenda is available.

For more information call:

330.657.2538

Are you interested in finding out what are the most cost-effective energy efficiency improvements you can make to your home? Do you want to reduce your home's environmental impacts? Would you like to green your future home improvements? Learn how at an upcoming Greening Your Home series.

Presented by Environmental Health Watch's Affordable Green Housing Center

Topics

• Landscaping and stormwater management
• Greening your basement
• Building envelope: insulation, air sealing, and windows
• Heating, ventilation, and hot water
• Renewable energy options
• Healthy interior finishes and maintenance

Dates: four Thursdays - October 16, 23, 30, November 6 Time: 7-9pm

Instructors: Matt Berges, BPI Certified Professional and Mandy Metcalf, LEED AP

Please call 216-961-4646 to register for the course by Oct.10. The cost for the series is $40, payable by check at the first session.

The University of Akron, Kent State University and Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens hosts a forum for the study and discussion of a diverse range of historical, architectural, and preservation issues.

For more information please visit www.stanhywet.org or contact Mark J. Heppner, Symposium Liaison, at mheppner@stanhywet.org.

2008 Bioneers conference, with world-class speakers on sustainability beamed by satellite from the home event in California.

Neighborhood Progress, Inc. and the city of Cleveland are breaking ground on new single family homes in six city neighborhoods to counter the foreclosure crisis. The program launched today in Slavic Village.

Flow: For the Love of Water
USA, 2008, Irena Salina

This new documentary chronicles the ever-escalating threats to the world’s supply of freshwater—primarily pollution and privatization. It also looks at the activists who are trying to change courses in midstream. A must-see for Ohioans living on Lake Erie!

35mm. 93 min.
flowthefilm.com

An Aug. 5, 2008 report by Forbes.com that named four Ohio cities — Canton, Cleveland, Dayton and Youngstown — to its list of top-10 fastest-dying cities has generated much discussion, especially in northeast Ohio’s three communities that made the unfavorable list.

Western Reserve PBS (a service of Western Reserve Public Media) will give local and regional community leaders an opportunity to respond to the Forbes rankings in a one-hour broadcast, The Living Cities, to air on Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.

The program will present field segments on each of northeast Ohio’s so-called “dying cities,” featuring interviews with city officials and business leaders; a review of the statistics used by Forbes to make its assessments; and a broader view of what is happening in the three cities. It also will discuss the cities’ economic development plans and neighborhood revitalization projects, plus the growing focus on regionalism.

These segments will be used as a springboard for a live, studio-based conversation during which viewers will be invited to participate through live call-in, e-mail, Twitter and other instant response technology.

Community leaders interviewed for the program, which is a joint production of Western Reserve Public Media in cooperation with Municipal Leader magazine, include the following:

• David Abbott, chairman, Fund for Our Economic Future

• Canton Mayor William Healy II
• Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson
• Warren Mayor Michael O’Brien
• Robert Torres, director, City of Canton Department of Development
• Chris Warren, chief of regional development, City of Cleveland
• Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams

The live panel discussion will be moderated by Eric Mansfield, host of Western Reserve PBS’s NewsNight Akron and Akron/Canton reporter for WKYC-TV3. Participating on the panel will be these civic leaders:

2008 Bioneers conference, with world-class speakers on sustainability beamed by satellite from the home event in California.

Climate Scientists Featured at Vertebrate Paleontology Meeting

Only the fossil record provides a window into the responses of species and ecosystems to climate change over extended periods of time. Detailed geological records of fossils and climatic data allow us to examine environmental change as it actually happened. A panel of scientists speaking in a special forum at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland, Ohio, will feature some of the most critical insights from the fossil record for global changes underway today, including warming of the earth’s surface, rise in sea level, and changes in seasonality.

The forum, “Global Climate Change: Past and Future,” occurs on Saturday, October 18, from 12:15-1:45 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel in downtown Cleveland. It is free and open to the public.

Three distinguished scientists will participate in the climate forum. All three scientists study modern and ancient ecosystems. Dr. Elizabeth Hadly, from Stanford University, studies the influence of climate change on the geographic distribution and population biology of small mammals. Dr. Thure Cerling, from the University of Utah, studies ancient climate as recorded in the chemistry of mammal teeth and soils from modern and fossil ecosystems. Dr. Jack Williams, from the University of Wisconsin, studies the response of forests to climate change during the last 20 thousand years as continental ice sheets melted in response to global warming. Each scientist will present insights from the fossil record that are relevant for understanding how species and ecosystems could respond to current global climate changes. The forum will be moderated by SVP President Dr. Catherine Badgley, from the University of Michigan, and Dr. Jonathan Bloch, from the University of Florida.

FREE Family Fun @ Euclid Beach State Park:  'Haunted' hayride, storytellers, games & craft, marshmallow roasting & hot chocolate, costume contest at 7pm.  For questions or more info call 216-881-8141 ext. 3001.

Flow: For the Love of Water
USA, 2008, Irena Salina

This new documentary chronicles the ever-escalating threats to the world’s supply of freshwater—primarily pollution and privatization. It also looks at the activists who are trying to change courses in midstream. A must-see for Ohioans living on Lake Erie!

35mm. 93 min.
flowthefilm.com

2008 Bioneers conference, with world-class speakers on sustainability beamed by satellite from the home event in California.

Tremont Farmers Market
Sundays - June 22nd through October 26th from 10:00am-2:00pm
Celebrate local food at the Tremont Farmers Market in our new location: Lincoln Park in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood.  Featuring locally-grown produce, local artists, chef demonstrations, educational activities and musical entertainment.  If you have questions or would like to get involved, please contact us at (216) 575-0920 or tremontmarket@yahoo.com.
www.tremontfarmersmarket.com

Great Lakes Institute for Energy innovation is hosting an energy workshop that looks at challenges for cost-effective scientific and technical innovation in advanced energy.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Shanahan Energy Adviser to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

The workshop will consist of three sessions:

• Session I: Panel discussion: Energy Storage: Status, Barriers to Progress, Need for Innovation
• Session II: Frontier Technologies: Innovation in Energy Storage
• Session III: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology: The Role of Innovation and Potential for High Impact Breakthroughs

Register online.

Please join us for at our next City Fresh Monday for an advanced screening and feedback session of Uproooted: Reconnecting People and Food. LESS Productions and the New Agrarian Center are excited to preview the first 30 minutes of Uprooted to potential funders, sustainability advocates, movie goers and people who are just interested in learning more about innovative ways food is being grown and distributed in Northeast Ohio.

We seek to portray how local food systems contribute to health and happiness on various levels: personal, community, economic, and environmental. The section will feature first-hand stories from people benefiting from this growing movement in our area.

A multi-faceted, interdisciplinary topic, sustainability seeks to identify effective ways in which society can transform itself for the future of humanity and the natural world in which we live– its environmental, political, social, cultural, ethical, technological, and economic dimensions. This two-day symposium provides an opportunity for B-W to further delve into the theme of sustainability and the specific challenges facing Northeast Ohio.

The keynote address on Oct. 20 will be by Stuart Hart. A leading authority on the implications of sustainable development and environmentalism for business strategy, Hart is the Samuel C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University. His book, Capitalism at the Crossroads, is in its second edition with a new foreword by Al Gore. Dr. Hart believes environmental meltdown and a widening gap between rich and poor pose challenges for global capitalism. He maintains that corporations' technology, resources, capacity and global research can accelerate transformation.

Events are free and open to the public. Agenda details here.

Great Lakes Institute for Energy innovation is hosting an energy workshop that looks at challenges for cost-effective scientific and technical innovation in advanced energy.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Shanahan Energy Adviser to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

The workshop will consist of three sessions:

• Session I: Panel discussion: Energy Storage: Status, Barriers to Progress, Need for Innovation
• Session II: Frontier Technologies: Innovation in Energy Storage
• Session III: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology: The Role of Innovation and Potential for High Impact Breakthroughs

Register online.

A multi-faceted, interdisciplinary topic, sustainability seeks to identify effective ways in which society can transform itself for the future of humanity and the natural world in which we live– its environmental, political, social, cultural, ethical, technological, and economic dimensions. This two-day symposium provides an opportunity for B-W to further delve into the theme of sustainability and the specific challenges facing Northeast Ohio.

The keynote address on Oct. 20 will be by Stuart Hart. A leading authority on the implications of sustainable development and environmentalism for business strategy, Hart is the Samuel C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University. His book, Capitalism at the Crossroads, is in its second edition with a new foreword by Al Gore. Dr. Hart believes environmental meltdown and a widening gap between rich and poor pose challenges for global capitalism. He maintains that corporations' technology, resources, capacity and global research can accelerate transformation.

Events are free and open to the public. Agenda details here.

This workshop is for backyard gardeners, market gardeners, urban farmers and anyone who would like to learn more about growing food by utilizing a high tunnel system.
Two experts will present. Brad Bergefurd is an Extension Educator with OSU Extension Center in Piketon, Ohio. He will discuss what and how to grow under high tunnels as well as tunnel-specific pest management. Joe Kovach is an Associate Professor with OSU and will present his research in the theory, design, and practice of a fruit and vegetable polyculture system that is economically viable (greater than $80,000/A) and environmentally sound.

REGISTER: Call Denise Ellsworth, OSU Extension, Summit Co., 330-928-4769 ext.21
FEE: $20 includes workshop and box meal.

Third Tuesday networking event of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, with this month's topic the future of green building. Join 150+ leaders from business, government, academia and nonprofit organizations as we explore the possibilities to bring triple bottom line benefits to your business or organization and the region. Discover how to reduce costs, generate new revenue opportunities, start new businesses or product lines while reducing environmental and climate impacts.

Register here.

Annual conference of Great Lakes research.

More information.

Find out how to protect the beauty and cleanliness of Lake Erie. Phoebe Van Zoest of Old Woman Creek Estuary will talk about and show slides of area wetlands, their importance and care.  She'll describe the research going on right now on the shores of our great Lake Erie.

This is part of a series of Wednesday evening events on environmental issues and actions hosted by Avon Lake Public Library and co-sponsored by the City Council Environmental Committee and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board of Avon Lake.

All are welcome.

Questions: 440.933.8128.

Annual conference of Great Lakes research.

More information.

Downtown Cleveland Alliance's 10th annual Ruth Ratner Miller award will be presented at this luncheon to Cleveland Councilman Joseph Cimperman.

To register. 

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is updating the Ohio Trails Plan to provide guidance for the development and expansion of recreational trails on a statewide basis. Local participation is critical to producing a complete and visionary planning tool to ensure a coordinated approach to statewide, regional and community trail systems.

To that end ODNR is conducting input meetings in 14 regions statewide. Each location will have two meetings to encourage maximum attendance. Participants only need to attend one.

Discussions from these meetings will structure the 2009 Ohio Trails Plan which will guide the Ohio Department of Natural Resources trail programs for the next several years. We want to know about your existing trails as well as any master plans or planning documents you may have that include planned trails and connections to trails in your community and neighboring communities. Please bring your maps and plans!

Email Sue.McAdams@dnr.state.oh.us to confirm your attendance. Please do not hesitate to contact ODNR if you have any questions regarding the meetings.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is updating the Ohio Trails Plan to provide guidance for the development and expansion of recreational trails on a statewide basis. Local participation is critical to producing a complete and visionary planning tool to ensure a coordinated approach to statewide, regional and community trail systems.

To that end ODNR is conducting input meetings in 14 regions statewide. Each location will have two meetings to encourage maximum attendance. Participants only need to attend one.

Discussions from these meetings will structure the 2009 Ohio Trails Plan which will guide the Ohio Department of Natural Resources trail programs for the next several years. We want to know about your existing trails as well as any master plans or planning documents you may have that include planned trails and connections to trails in your community and neighboring communities. Please bring your maps and plans!

Email Sue.McAdams@dnr.state.oh.us to confirm your attendance. Please do not hesitate to contact ODNR if you have any questions regarding the meetings.

All are invited to attend the Quarterly Public Meeting of the Rocky River Watershed Council on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Rocky River Nature Center. 

In addition to RRWC news and updates, Cleveland Metroparks Chief of Natural Resources John Mack will speak on Restoration Plans for the Upper Abram Creek/Lake-to-Lake Trail Ecosystem.  Click here for a complete description.

Contact Rocky River Watershed Coordinator Jared Bartley at 216-524-6580 x14 or jbartley@cuyahogaswcd.org for more information.

"The mission of the Rocky River Watershed Council is to protect, restore and perpetuate a healthy watershed through public education, watershed planning, communication,
and cooperation among stakeholders."

www.MyRockyRiver.org

Presented by the Environmental Health Watch Affordable Green Housing Center.

Topics

• Landscaping and stormwater management
• Greening your basement
• Building envelope: insulation, air sealing, and windows
• Heating, ventilation, and hot water
• Renewable energy options
• Healthy interior finishes and maintenance 

Dates: four Thursdays - October 16, 23, 30, November 6 Time: 7-9pm

Instructors: Matt Burges, BPI Certified Professional and Mandy Metcalf, LEED AP

Please call 216-961-4646 to register for the course by Oct.9

Case Western Reserve University Economics Honor Society will host a four-part lecture series on election issues during its annual Economic Faculty Spotlight. Our esteemed economics faculty will analyze the state of the economy and the positions of the candidates on the pivotal issues of our time. 

Wednesday, October 22nd
Dr. James Rebitzer on "Labor, Outsourcing, and Unemployment"
5:00pm-6:00pm in 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center (Next to Severance Hall)

Thursday, October 23rd
Dr. Robin Dubin on "The Housing and Credit Crisis"
5:00pm-6:00pm in 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center

Friday, October 24th
Dr. Susan Helper on "The Candidates and the Environment"
12:30pm-1:45pm in Clapp 108 (off of Adelbert Rd.)

Monday, October 27th
Dr. Mark Votruba on "Health Care and the Election"
5:00-6:00 in Spartan Room, Thwing Center

For more information you may contact Timothy Gasper at tng4@case.edu

Lecture on the decline of sugar maple trees in the northeastern U.S. and links to air pollution by Holden Arboretum's Mary Topa.

Acer saccharum (sugar maple) is a keystone species in many forests of Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and Eastern Canada. Although recent surveys have shown that Acer saccharum is generally healthy throughout its range, sporadic declines have occurred during the last four decades in Ontario and Quebec, Wisconsin, Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania, and fewer seedlings appear to be maturing to adulthood. Topa, Holden’s director of research, will discuss potential causes of decline in urban trees, sugar bushes and forests, and why some forests are more susceptible than others. There will be light refreshments and time to speak with. Topa after the lecture. Registration requested.

More information.

Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson joins the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, Cleveland Bikes and the Regional Transit Authority in inviting Clevelanders to cut the ribbon and open the Euclid Corridor bike lanes on Saturday, October 25th at 11:00 a.m. on Euclid Avenue at East 24th Street.

The Ohio City Bike Co-Op’s Saturday Oct. 25 social ride will make the grand opening its destination. If you would like to participate in the 2-mile bike ride to the ribbon cutting, it leaves the co-op at 10:30 a.m., and returns at noon.

The Co-op can lend you a bike and helmet if you need them, and even some hats and gloves. Call 216-830-2667 or email Jim Sheehan sheehan.jim@gmail.com

Heights Community Congress hosts its 9th annual international festival. This year's theme is Green, featuring:

• Diversity & sustainability workshops
• Segway rides
• hybrid car exhibit
• diversity tattoo parlour
• Asian tea bar by Phoenix Coffeehouse
• Dewey's popcorn
• A poetry slam
• Workmen's Circle Klezmer Band, and more!

Free admission (fees for food). For more information, call 216-321-6775.

Tremont Farmers Market - Final weekend for 2008!
Sundays - June 22nd through October 26th from 10:00am-2:00pm
Celebrate local food at the Tremont Farmers Market in our new location: Lincoln Park in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood.  Featuring locally-grown produce, local artists, chef demonstrations, educational activities and musical entertainment.  If you have questions or would like to get involved, please contact us at (216) 575-0920 or tremontmarket@yahoo.com.
www.tremontfarmersmarket.com

This year, nearly 46 tons of unwanted specification samples were collected from local architects, interior designers, and manufacturers and redistributed back into the communities of Boston, Cincinnati, and Cleveland to enrich the classrooms and studios of underfunded arts educators, students, and practicing artists. Volunteers made this work possible and we would like to express our gratitude.

Enjoy:

• Hot Cider and goodies
• The Rosby Farm and Grounds
• Raspberry Picking*
• Volunteer Recognition
• A Sneak Preview of ZeroLandfill 2.0

Participated in the 2008 Ohio Solar Tour and now want to find out how you can maximize federal and state incentives being offered in 2009 to invest in clean energy technologies?  Join GEO as NEO Program Manager, Athan Barkoukis, discusses the federal solar tax credit passed in Congress in October, and the new residential grant program offered by the Ohio Deptartment of Development's Energy Office.  For more information, contact Dave Ambrose at ambrose@infohio.org or 330-647-3666. 

For the past 20 years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. Pollan is the author of, most recently, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. His previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

No tickets or RSVP required. 

Come explore the Bridge Square Townhomes, one of the newest additions to the Cleveland EcoVillage, and hear Chris Kious from A Piece of Cleveland (APOC) discuss deconstruction and “upcycling.” Michele Anderson from Progressive Urban Real Estate will be on hand on to answer all your financing and tax abatement questions. See first hand, the many sustainable components of the two-bedroom townhome, including beautiful bamboo floors, a super high efficiency furnace, and durable granite countertops. If you’re not looking to buy, spread the word and take advantage of our $500 referral incentive. Refreshments will be provided and innovative designs by APOC will be on display.

Three local filmmakers travel through NE Ohio and discover how a river shapes a place. Paddle through Cleveland's industrial valley, explore its explosive past, hike a national park, consider the river’s complex watershed, and investigate developing rural farmlands.

This is a free, premier screening. The documentary will be aired on WVIZ-TV 25 on Thursday, Nov. 6th at 10 p.m.

Discover the opportunities of a zero waste goal. Join us for a roundtable discussion with hosts Beau Daane from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District and Nancy Hughes from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

• Connect with other leaders interested in setting a zero waste BHAG (big hairy audacious goal)
• Discover opportunities to reduce or eliminate waste or start a new business to support this BHAG
• Identify what we can do together to support our common goals and vision

This roundtable picks up on the conversation started at the E4S August Third Tuesday event. Click here for details about that event.

Click here to register online or call 216-451-7755.

Speaker: Steve Melfi, Managing Director, Amotec Inc.

Learn how to keep young, talented engineers in your company and in Northeast Ohio, and share your success stories. Earn 1 Continuing Professional Development hour.

Registration available online at www.cesnet.org or by phone at (216) 361-3100.

Members of the Cleveland Engineering Society and Cleveland Chapter of SHRM = $25 (CES members get voucher for free parking).

Nonmembers = $30 (parking is $2.00)

Join GEO this month as the Cleveland Indians graciously host our October network meeting at Progressive Field. Whether you are getting ready to buy your next home and want to consider green features like energy efficiency, green construction and home health, or are planning on selling a home with green improvements, it's important to know how to be an educated green home consumer. What questions should you ask your agent and the sellers agent? If you are considering building new, what options may be available from the builder (with some encouragement from the buyer)? Where do you find and how do you market your current home to the green buyer? Certified EcoBrokers and Realtors, Carolyn Bentley (Howard Hanna) and Trisha Brown (ReMax Crossroads), will discuss the most important points to consider when buying or selling your green home.  Also, if you are a Realtor interested in specializing in green construction and renovation, what are the advantages of becoming a certified EcoBroker and how do you go about doing that?

Please RSVP to Athan Barkoukis by email: athan@greenenergyohio.org.
Directions: Park in the Players Parking Lot at the corner of East 9th & Carnegie Ave.  A guard will direct you to the meeting room.

Presented by the Environmental Health Watch Affordable Green Housing Center.

Topics

• Landscaping and stormwater management
• Greening your basement
• Building envelope: insulation, air sealing, and windows
• Heating, ventilation, and hot water
• Renewable energy options
• Healthy interior finishes and maintenance 

Dates: four Thursdays - October 16, 23, 30, November 6 Time: 7-9pm

Instructors: Matt Burges, BPI Certified Professional and Mandy Metcalf, LEED AP

Please call 216-961-4646 to register for the course by Oct.9

Organize Ohio and Bromley & Associates are sponsoring the 17th annual fair lending conference, featuring national and regional experts on strategies about anti-predatory lending law.

Registration for the one-day conference is $30 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Call (216) 431-6070 or go here for details.

Fifth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions

At this groundbreaking conference participants will explore sound strategies for curtailing energy use in the areas of housing and food – including both theory and practice. We’ll examine the long energy decline of the 21st century, the psychological barriers to rapid change, and the challenge of persuading our communities to embrace local, low-energy living.

You’ll learn from lifestyle leaders about growing more of your own food, creating local food security in your community, retrofitting your home to stay warm without fossil fuels, dramatically cutting your household energy use, and educating your community to prepare for the hard times ahead.

Tentative Schedule of Presentations and Workshops:

• John Michael Greer, author of the forthcoming The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
• Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse: Soviet Example and American Prospects
• Richard Heinberg, author of The Party’s Over and Powerdown (via webcast)
• Robert Waldrop, founder of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative 
• Katrin Klingenberg, director of the Passive House Institute US
• Peter Bane, editor of Permaculture Activist
• Pat Murphy, author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change
• Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions; co-producer of The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

For more information, visit www.plancconference.info, call 248-693-1021 or email info@plancconference.info.

Planning Day celebrates the contributions of community and regional planning to the quality of life of human settlements and their environment. Planning Day promotes a broad-based awareness, support, and advocacy of community and regional planning among the general public and all levels of government through sustainable activities in recognition of community accomplishments.

In addition to the displays of Medina County Agencies and local business and agricultural products, attention will be drawn to planning projects, activities and organizations that are sustainable. Sustainability means behaving in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. As Medina County continues to grow, it is critical that we develop in a more sustainable manner in order to protect our precious resources for our future generations.

In the last year the Department of Planning Services has advocated sustainable development through green building recommendations, the presentation of a Green Building Virtual Bus Tour and by establishing Sustainable Medina County, an organization designed to share information on alternative energies, recycling and green ideas.

Call 330-722-9219 for more information.

Fifth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions

At this groundbreaking conference participants will explore sound strategies for curtailing energy use in the areas of housing and food – including both theory and practice. We’ll examine the long energy decline of the 21st century, the psychological barriers to rapid change, and the challenge of persuading our communities to embrace local, low-energy living.

You’ll learn from lifestyle leaders about growing more of your own food, creating local food security in your community, retrofitting your home to stay warm without fossil fuels, dramatically cutting your household energy use, and educating your community to prepare for the hard times ahead.

Tentative Schedule of Presentations and Workshops:

• John Michael Greer, author of the forthcoming The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
• Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse: Soviet Example and American Prospects
• Richard Heinberg, author of The Party’s Over and Powerdown (via webcast)
• Robert Waldrop, founder of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative 
• Katrin Klingenberg, director of the Passive House Institute US
• Peter Bane, editor of Permaculture Activist
• Pat Murphy, author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change
• Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions; co-producer of The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

For more information, visit www.plancconference.info, call 248-693-1021 or email info@plancconference.info.

Fifth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions

At this groundbreaking conference participants will explore sound strategies for curtailing energy use in the areas of housing and food – including both theory and practice. We’ll examine the long energy decline of the 21st century, the psychological barriers to rapid change, and the challenge of persuading our communities to embrace local, low-energy living.

You’ll learn from lifestyle leaders about growing more of your own food, creating local food security in your community, retrofitting your home to stay warm without fossil fuels, dramatically cutting your household energy use, and educating your community to prepare for the hard times ahead.

Tentative Schedule of Presentations and Workshops:

• John Michael Greer, author of the forthcoming The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
• Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse: Soviet Example and American Prospects
• Richard Heinberg, author of The Party’s Over and Powerdown (via webcast)
• Robert Waldrop, founder of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative 
• Katrin Klingenberg, director of the Passive House Institute US
• Peter Bane, editor of Permaculture Activist
• Pat Murphy, author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change
• Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions; co-producer of The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

For more information, visit www.plancconference.info, call 248-693-1021 or email info@plancconference.info.

Neal Kinsey, author, Hands-on Agronomy and a national leader in soil fertility management will keynote the North Union Farmer's Market "A Time to Grow" farmer's conference.

Whole-farm health is dependent on balanced and nutrient rich soils. Kinsey is the nation's leading soil expert. A certified agronomist, he studied the Albrecht Methods of soil testing and nutrient use under Dr. Albrecht's direction.

Other topics:

Talk to local Cleveland chef's about product needs

Hear from Dr. Matt Kleinhenz from OSU on "Extending the growing season."

RSVP to 216-751-7656. Fee. Light breakfast provided. Potluck lunch. 

Who does the water of the Great Lakes belong to and how can we insure it will be plentiful and clean for future generations? Kristy Meyer of the Environmental Council will tell us about the work to get this important piece of legislation through eight state legislatures and the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support.

This is part of a series of Wednesday evening events on environmental issues and actions hosted by Avon Lake Public Library and co-sponsored by the Environmental Committee of City Council and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board of Avon Lake.

All are welcome. Questions: 440.933.8128.

Lecture by Tim Matson, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

This lecture is sponsored by Biodiversity Alliance and is a "Leap into Action" event.

"Leap into Action" is a regional initiative - a group of more than a dozen conservation and science-related organizations and groups in Northeast Ohio working together in 2008 to highlight amphibians and their habitats through special events, activities, displays and programs throughout the year. Our goals are to support and highlight amphibian/wetland conservation efforts in northeastern Ohio, raise awareness about the plight of amphibians and promote real opportunities for the public to directly support and get involved in amphibian and wetland conservation efforts right here in Northeast Ohio.

For more information about "Leap into Action" visit: ForFrogs.org

Presented by the Environmental Health Watch Affordable Green Housing Center.

Topics

• Landscaping and stormwater management
• Greening your basement
• Building envelope: insulation, air sealing, and windows
• Heating, ventilation, and hot water
• Renewable energy options
• Healthy interior finishes and maintenance 

Dates: four Thursdays - October 16, 23, 30, November 6 Time: 7-9pm

Instructors: Matt Burges, BPI Certified Professional and Mandy Metcalf, LEED AP

Please call 216-961-4646 to register for the course by Oct.9

The League of Women Voters Cuyahoga Area is back with a new series of First Thursday Forums.

Mr. Chris Warren, Chief of Regional Development in Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's cabinet will address "Regional Cooperation: an Agenda to Share." The presentation will cover regional land use and infrastructure and as usual is followed by a question and answer session.

Regional Learning Network convened by Neighborhood Progress Inc. to explore innovative ways to redevelop cities. Free transportation provided from Cleveland to Youngstown for the event. RSVP to Bobbi Reichtell of NPI.

On the agenda:

The Tech Belt Initiative – Cleveland, Youngstown and Pittsburgh
Keynote Address by: Congressman Tim Ryan (confirmed), Youngstown, Ohio Congressman Jason Altmire (invited)
Panel Discussion with:
Baiju R. Shah, President & CEO, BioEnterprise Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
John W. Manzetti, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rich Lunak, President and CEO, Innovation Works, Pittsburgh, Pa.

How Vital Neighborhoods and Downtowns are Key to Economic Revitalization and Business Attraction

Telling Our Stories Effectively – Interactive workshop with Dick Brooks, Action Media, Minneapolis, Minn.

Multi-neighborhood community development: a new model for delivery of services
Jo DeBolt, LaPiana Associates
Representative from Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development (PPND)

Community organizing / inspiring people to act
Mark Seifert, Executive Director, Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), Cleveland, Ohio
Kirk Noden, the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative, Youngstown, Ohio
John Bixler, COO, Mon-Valley Initiative, Youngstown Ohio

Reports from Learning Exchange participants

Organized by a coalition of local sustainable food organizations, the congress will foster a culture of collaboration between urban and rural stakeholders concerning economic development and local food systems. Topic areas will include: 

• Community Food Assessment
• Land Use
• Health and Nutrition
• Institutional Buying
• Food and Nutrient Waste Recovery
• Rural and Urban Interface
• Local production for local demand
• Infrastructure and production economic clusters for local food systems
• Entrepreneurs for Local Food Equity 
• Local Food Systems Planning

Registration information.

Organized by a coalition of local sustainable food organizations, the congress will foster a culture of collaboration between urban and rural stakeholders concerning economic development and local food systems. Topic areas will include: 

• Community Food Assessment
• Land Use
• Health and Nutrition
• Institutional Buying
• Food and Nutrient Waste Recovery
• Rural and Urban Interface
• Local production for local demand
• Infrastructure and production economic clusters for local food systems
• Entrepreneurs for Local Food Equity 
• Local Food Systems Planning

Registration information.

Our speakers this month will be Thomas Bills, CMNH Outreach Coordinator & Lee Gambol, CMNH Science & Health Instructor. They will address, "Be Evolved: The Natural Science of Videoconferencing."

Speakers include Lorain County Commissioner Betty Blair. A tour of Elyria's historic New York Central Depot, now under renovation, will follow the meeting. A chicken or prime rib sandwich lunch will be served. Fee.