Sustainability + Environment
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shelterforce touts evergreen's green roots
Shelterforce, the nation's oldest continually published housing and community development magazine, recently devoted considerable attention to Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperatives. Written by Miriam Axel-Lute, an associate director at the National Housing Institute, the article tells how cities and governments are taking notice of the paradigm. Titled "Green Jobs with Roots," the piece begins with powerful lede: In a couple years, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods i... Read more >
Remember when your youthful imagination turned a large cardboard box into a race car or a castle? Mike Welsh does, and now he has started a company that gives kids the stuff they need to create the playhouses of their dreams.
Build a Dream Playhouses is a newly launched producer of corrugated cardboard boxes that can be painted, colored and decorated to make one-of-a-kind playhouses. Welsh, a father and an established entrepreneur, thought of the idea and recruited two re... Read more >
Build a Dream Playhouses is a newly launched producer of corrugated cardboard boxes that can be painted, colored and decorated to make one-of-a-kind playhouses. Welsh, a father and an established entrepreneur, thought of the idea and recruited two re... Read more >
There are far windier places in the US than Ohio, but there may be few better in which to site a commercial-scale wind farm. Thanks to a combination of factors -- not the least of which is recently enacted legislation -- Ohio finally has reached the wind-power tipping point. Even the faintest breeze promises to send Ohio tumbling to the top of the renewable energy heap.
Essentially a buy-local campaign on steroids, Evergreen Cooperatives is launching multiple for-profit businesses that leverage the enormous procurement power of Cleveland's largest medical, educational and cultural institutions. And what's now being called "the Cleveland Model" is attracting attention nationwide.
PBS special makes a stop in cleveland
In a one-hour PBS special that airs tonight (November 18th), NOW host David Brancaccio visits communities across America that are using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity in our new economy.
The special, which is called "Fixing the Future," includes a visit to Cleveland, where Brancaccio highlights the successes of Evergreen Cooperatives. During the segment, he speaks to Mendrick Addison, a worker-owner of Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, and Ted Howa... Read more >
The special, which is called "Fixing the Future," includes a visit to Cleveland, where Brancaccio highlights the successes of Evergreen Cooperatives. During the segment, he speaks to Mendrick Addison, a worker-owner of Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, and Ted Howa... Read more >
cle-based garick grows company by focusing on triple-bottom line
Cleveland's Garick, LLC distributes, processes and recycles natural resource products for the United States and Canada. The sustainability-focused company follows the triple-bottom line philosophy, which concentrates on the economic, environmental and social value it brings to the marketplace and the community.
Garick's Earth-friendly products include Nature's Helper(R) Soil Conditioner, the Paygro line of mulches and top soils, and Rooflite(R) material for "green roof" a... Read more >
Garick's Earth-friendly products include Nature's Helper(R) Soil Conditioner, the Paygro line of mulches and top soils, and Rooflite(R) material for "green roof" a... Read more >
Hundreds of Northeast Ohioans bike to work downtown. Many more surelywould, but for the challenges that present themselves upon arrival --like parking and, well, sweating. But next year the city will have ananswer to those deterrents: The Bike Rack, set to open next spring inthe ground level of the parking garage at East 4th and High streets,between Harry Buffalo restaurant and Quicken Loans Arena. Ground wasbroken there in late October.
Modeled on bike stations in Europe... Read more >
Modeled on bike stations in Europe... Read more >
What can we do with what we already have? That simple question drives two movements that are rapidly gaining momentum and reshaping Cleveland: urban farming and deconstruction -- because, for better or worse, land and condemned buildings are plentiful. In the same glass-half-full spirit, some local artists are turning to items that would otherwise have ended up in landfills to change perceptions about "trash," and perhaps spawn a new industry.
As the playful name hints, P... Read more >
As the playful name hints, P... Read more >
It's taken several months, but Vicky Poole says she's finally getting ahandle on what will grow well in a mall. Herbs, for one thing.
Poole is co-owner of Gardens Under Glass, the innovative urban hydroponic farm, market and experiment under the magnificent glass ceilings of Galleria at Erieviewon East 9th Street. The growing began last winter. Poole recently addedthe Re-Source Center, selling related products from local vendors, someof whom, like A Piece of Cleveland,spe... Read more >
Poole is co-owner of Gardens Under Glass, the innovative urban hydroponic farm, market and experiment under the magnificent glass ceilings of Galleria at Erieviewon East 9th Street. The growing began last winter. Poole recently addedthe Re-Source Center, selling related products from local vendors, someof whom, like A Piece of Cleveland,spe... Read more >
The recession would seem to provide businesses with a ready and compelling excuse not to consider investing in something like solar power. But Cleveland-based Kalman & Pabst Photo Group looked at it another way: There are substantial federal and state tax incentives available for investing in the green technology, and they probably won't last forever.
K&P, a commercial photo studio whose clients include Progressive and Arhaus, recently hired Bold Alternatives, of ... Read more >
K&P, a commercial photo studio whose clients include Progressive and Arhaus, recently hired Bold Alternatives, of ... Read more >
In a spirit reminiscent of progressive outposts like Seattle, Cleveland is becoming a national leader in deconstruction, a movement that treats vacant homes across the region not as an eyesore but a post-natural resource.
slashfood says our urban farms take root
Slashfood, a popular online magazine devoted to food and drink, recently touted Cleveland's efforts to combat health, economic and foreclosure problems by launching multiple urban farming projects.
Citing the just-announced $1.1 million pilot program to fund the Cleveland Urban Agriculture Incubator Project, the writer notes that "Cleveland is planting seeds to counter the serious problems of obesity, food deserts and urban blight."
Supported by the USDA, the Cit... Read more >
Citing the just-announced $1.1 million pilot program to fund the Cleveland Urban Agriculture Incubator Project, the writer notes that "Cleveland is planting seeds to counter the serious problems of obesity, food deserts and urban blight."
Supported by the USDA, the Cit... Read more >
It's not a sports championship, but in some ways it's just as big. Lastweek a consortium of some of the wealthiest banks and foundations inthe world announced that Cleveland would receive major support forinnovative developments that will create hundreds of new jobs wherethey're needed most.
The Integration Initiative, by the New York-based Living Citiesphilanthropic collaborative, will pump almost $15 million in grants,loans and targeted investments into Cleveland. One o... Read more >
The Integration Initiative, by the New York-based Living Citiesphilanthropic collaborative, will pump almost $15 million in grants,loans and targeted investments into Cleveland. One o... Read more >
When it comes to real estate, Howard Grandon believes in second chances. That's why he's transforming a former illicit nightclub in Detroit Shoreway into market-rate apartments and storefronts, which he hopes will continue to breathe new life into an old neighborhood.
How is it possible that hip Tremont has gone all this time without avintage shop? Whatever the explanation, the oversight has been remediedwith the opening of Deering Vintage at 2678 W. 14th St. (formerly Kelly Randall Gallery).
"It just seems like an exciting place to be right now," says ownerCynthia Deering, who owned Suite Lorain, at West 69th and Lorain, for20 years before selling in March. Development in Detroit Shoreway tothe north had resulted in Lorain becoming a ... Read more >
"It just seems like an exciting place to be right now," says ownerCynthia Deering, who owned Suite Lorain, at West 69th and Lorain, for20 years before selling in March. Development in Detroit Shoreway tothe north had resulted in Lorain becoming a ... Read more >
Some things do get better with age. GrafTech International has been a part of Cleveland's manufacturing scene for 130 years. The producer of advanced carbon and graphite materials has stayed current with the times and technology to stay viable and profitable.
GrafTech, which among other things produces a micro-thin, flexible graphite used to dissipate heat on everything from laptops to flat-screen TVs, saw its nets sales increase 55 percent year-over-year in the third qua... Read more >
GrafTech, which among other things produces a micro-thin, flexible graphite used to dissipate heat on everything from laptops to flat-screen TVs, saw its nets sales increase 55 percent year-over-year in the third qua... Read more >
Bike-riding in the Cleveland area is up 50 percent since 2006, according to a recent survey by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA).Cleveland Heights is hoping to push the figure even higher in nextyear's survey with the addition of "sharrows" on city roads.
"Sharrow" is short for "share-the-road arrows," which are painted ontoroad surfaces. "You use them when you don't have enough room for a bikelane," explains Richard Wong, the city's director of plan... Read more >
"Sharrow" is short for "share-the-road arrows," which are painted ontoroad surfaces. "You use them when you don't have enough room for a bikelane," explains Richard Wong, the city's director of plan... Read more >
Thomas Paine would be proud. At a time when it seems like every new idea is first floated online, Plain Dealer architecture critic Steven Litt has chosen good old-fashioned paper as the primary vehicle for his impassioned paean to beautiful surroundings, Designing a Better Cleveland.
"To the extent that Cleveland fails to make the most of public andprivate investments in buildings, highways, bridges, streets, parks andwaterfronts, it will waste opportunities, fail to com... Read more >
"To the extent that Cleveland fails to make the most of public andprivate investments in buildings, highways, bridges, streets, parks andwaterfronts, it will waste opportunities, fail to com... Read more >
Studying "the ways businesses incorporate sustainable practices into product design and manufacturing, supply-chain relationships, marketing, customer relationships and operational efficiencies" is how Baldwin-Wallace professor David Krueger defines the new MBA in Sustainability program at Baldwin-Wallace (B-W).
The two-year sustainability program is the first of its kind in Ohio. B-W was also the first higher-education institution in the state to offer an undergraduate ... Read more >
The two-year sustainability program is the first of its kind in Ohio. B-W was also the first higher-education institution in the state to offer an undergraduate ... Read more >
trio of cleveland eateries win sante awards
Santé, the Magazine for Restaurant Professionals recently announced its winners of the 2010 Santé Restaurant Awards. Currently in their 13th year, the Santé Awards were created to recognize excellence in restaurant food, wine, spirits, and service hospitality.
Claiming three of the 88 awards were Cleveland restaurants Parallax and Table 45, which won in the "Innovative" category, and Moxie, which took honors in the "Sustainable" category.
"At Table 45, we take... Read more >
Claiming three of the 88 awards were Cleveland restaurants Parallax and Table 45, which won in the "Innovative" category, and Moxie, which took honors in the "Sustainable" category.
"At Table 45, we take... Read more >