Archive for the ‘Renovating the Rust Belt’ Category
What is better than a “Top Ten” or a “Year in Review” list? The Notable Nine, of course. A whiz-bang combination of both, and yet unique in number, the Notable Nine have managed to multiple-handedly change the game in Northeast Ohio. Without further ado, I present…(go to article)
It’s been too long, I know. Since the last post, I’ve moved to Columbus, Ohio, and delved into a graduate program for City and Regional Planning (imagine that!). To make it up to you, here’s some mind candy, and don’t worry, there’s more to come…(go to article)
Here’s a list of federal funding opportunities that could be especially helpful for post-industrial communities that are willing to collaborate on a regional level to reinvent themselves… (go to article)
This summer, I’m working with GreenCityBlueLake to develop the Northeast Ohio Green Map. This is an open-sourced asset map (read: inventory of our communities’ strengths) of all the sustainability organizations, initiatives and infrastructure in Northeast Ohio, and we need your knowledge and participation in order to make this map the rich community tool that it has the potential [...]
Eleven months ago, over seven hundred people from diverse sectors and industries came together for three days to talk about making Cleveland a more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable city over the course of the next ten years. Those three days were named the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit. During the summit, participants divided into over [...]
On March 30, Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx, came to Cleveland to talk about her work to “green the ghetto” in South Bronx. Watch the video below to learn about how she and her community have tackled social and environmental injustices, while simultaneously creating economic development opportunities for their neighborhood… (go to article)
Let’s start at the beginning. The first sphere on the left is quite obviously our planet. The sphere in the middle represents all the water on our planet. And the sphere on the right is the amount of fresh water on the planet. Of that small dot of fresh water—which constitutes about 2% of the [...]
This Tuesday and Wednesday I went to a conference for Smart Growth in Pittsburgh. At the conference, a local documentary filmmaker – Chris Ivey – presented a few clips of his documentary series: East of Liberty. East of Liberty covers some raw topics that developers interested in urban renewal don’t like to talk about much: gentrification and low-income [...]
Here’s a preview of a new pair of films that have just come out about “The New Metropolis”: The two movies – titled “A Crack in the Pavement” and “The New Neighbors” – document the fate of America’s first suburbs and offer solutions for their revitalization. Throughout the last half-century, many middle and upper-middle class Americans moved from suburb [...]
Today and tomorrow Baldwin-Wallace College is hosting their annual Sustainability Symposium on Climate & Carbon. If you missed the speaker this morning (Senator Sherrod Brown), you can still make it to the Keynote tonight at 8pm from Dr. Susan Solomon, a senior scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory. Solomon was [...]
This movie by Heifer International demonstrates how they are working towards bringing urban agriculture and sustainable food system education to cities around the US. Here in Cleveland, the movie Polycultures describes our local food system that is doing similar things to jump start urban agriculture. Here’s one of them… (go to article)
If you ever come to downtown Cleveland, you know that Public Square is a bit dodgy. One of my close friends is literally afraid to walk across Public Square at night because of the characters that line up along its four quadrants, waiting for buses (or not) while cars whiz by. Even during the day, [...]
The following video by Graham Veysey summarizes the proceedings of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit hosted by Mayor Jackson. I have heard multiple Clevelanders state their frustration about the lack of visible results that have come out of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit so far. But what I say to them each time is that this is a 10 year [...]
Cleveland is currently the second most active city in the nation on SustainLane’s Local Action Challenge. With a whopping 284 points, we are beat only by Colorado Springs (which currently has 686 points). SustainLane is hosting the Hopenhagen Local Action Challenge to empower people to be more environmentally responsible on the local level. Cities set up their own [...]
GreenLight Zine is hosting the release party for their 6th issue – The Environmental Justice Issue – tonight at Bela Dubby in Lakewood! GreenLight Zine is an online and printed magazine that aims to educate and empower young people around important environmental issues… (go to article)
Share your ideas for a better Cleveland this Wednesday, Nov. 18th, from 5:30-8:30pm at the Speakeasy below Bier Markt (1948 W. 25th St. in Ohio City). The event is hosted by the Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) and will include special presentations from: Matt Zone, Ward 17 Councilman Randell McShepard, Policy Bridge Board Chairman Lillian [...]
Check out SustainLane’s Local Action Challenge – Hopenhagen to make your city a more sustainable place for everyone. I just signed up and will be looking to win points for Cleveland through lightbulb changing, composting, bike riding, and much more. Here’s what SustainLane had to say about the Challenge… (go to article)
Bioneers Cleveland will hold its third annual Bioneers Conference next weekend onNovember 5-7 at the Cleveland Convention Center on Thursday, and at CSU’s Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs on Friday & Saturday. Bioneers Cleveland is a ‘beaming site’ (meaning it shows the national plenary speakers on screen) for National Bioneers, which is a 20-year-old nonprofit headquartered [...]
Most people who live around Cleveland are tired of hearing about corrupt public officials doing shady deals, having closed-door meetings and dressing in drag. While it’s fantastic that Mayor Jackson has supported the movement to make Cleveland a model of sustainability, other public officials all around Ohio have yet to get it. Whether publicly elected officials understand [...]
Last night I went to the official opening of the Evergreen Cooperatives, which are businesses working together with Greater University Circle communities (Hough, Glenville, Fairfax, Buckeye-Shaker, Little Italy and East Cleveland) and some of Cleveland’s anchor institutions to create green jobs for local residents. Each year, these major institutions–including CWRU, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, [...]
Architecture and the Urban Landscape- Regional sustainability consortium to hold a Vibrant Northeast Ohio dialogue in Cleveland Wednesday at Brother's Lounge
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