Beginning July 17-31 rethink your commute. Take the Commuter Challenge and try a more sustainable form of transportation for at least one day. Bike, walk or carpool. Try public transit. Alternative transportation can have an important effect on Northeast Ohio's air quality and your health and your wallet.

“For every 20-mile round trip you eliminate, you save a gallon of gas and keep about 25 pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe,” explains Amy Wainright, an environmental planner at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA).

NOACA’s Air Quality Programs are excited to announce this year’s prizes! By participating in Commuter Challenge, and completing the survey at the end, you will be registered for a drawing that includes the following prizes:

• Cleveland Indians Baseball Tickets
• Mr. Hero Sandwich Gift Certificates
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Admission Tickets
• Bodies Exhibition Tickets

In addition, NOACA has a limited number of Laketran bus passes for use during Commuter Challenge. These are available first come, first served, by emailing your name and address to aschmitt@mpo.noaca.org.

Participating organizations:

Join Green Energy Ohio this month as we explore Earth’s Greatest Resource and how it can be harnessed to produce electricity.   The meeting and tour will be held at Warren Roofing & Insulating Company where a solar-ready, green roof and 18.3 kW solar electric system were installed in the Spring of 2010.  Attendees will hear from staff at Warren Roofing, as well as representatives from Mariner Energy Systems, Lewin & Associates, Mason Steel and Lake Erie Electric that were all involved in the project.   The project has been recognized in the June Issue of Property Magazine and Builders Exchange Magazine, and underpins how ripe the time is for businesses to invest in solar...READ MORE and REGISTER