Marc Lefkowitz |
08/19/19 @ 11:00am | Posted in Plants & animals
The joke around the Biomimicry for Healthcare conference held by University Hospitals Ventures was, “We’re about 3.8 billion years behind.” Nature has that much knowledge stored in its DNA, and companies are slowly realizing that the 21st century path to resource efficiency is to unlock it. Resources include Great Lakes Biomimicry whose Director Trisha Brown explained that animals solve for...
Marc Lefkowitz |
04/04/19 @ 10:00am | Posted in Plants & animals, Natural Cleveland
When Timothy Beatley launched Green Urbanism in his eponymous 2000 book and 2010 Biophilic Cities program, he deftly tied together examples of cities where nature appears to be linked to health and happiness.
Green Urbanism holds that “as a species we have an innate connection to nature. That we are happier, healthier and able to lead more meaningful lives when nature...
Marc Lefkowitz |
02/15/19 @ 3:00pm | Posted in Climate, Land, Water, Plants & animals, Shaping the land
They have been gathering for years to advocate for nature in Northeast Ohio. They are park rangers, wetlands biologists, wildlife specialists, and conservationists getting their hands dirty on a daily basis in natural areas. Increasingly, they have become the voice for nature in a region that has lost many acres of forests and wetlands to unplanned development.
Marc Lefkowitz |
05/29/18 @ 11:00am | Posted in Climate, Plants & animals
Stephen Palumbi considers himself an optimist, despite the scary data on ocean health that keeps washing up on his shore.
Marc Lefkowitz |
05/08/18 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Climate, Plants & animals
Embracing more of an urban ecology mindset would help struggling, post-industrial cities like Cleveland cope with climate change. Urbanization can be a force for good, but currently, the “pattern” in cities is not sustainable. Cities are net producers of carbon emissions, for example, and it is resulting in hotter, drier and more unpredictable weather events like floods and heat waves...
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