Marc Lefkowitz |
04/17/18 @ 4:00pm | Posted in Climate, Land, Water
Sunday's rains flooded out parts of Cleveland—cars were seen literally floating along Euclid Avenue, that is, if they could reach University Circle at all with multiple road closures causing a Monday morning ruckus. By Tuesday, the area dodged another episode as rain turned to snow. Before the next spring torrent arrives, let’s talk about what extreme weather events like this...
Marc Lefkowitz |
10/31/17 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Climate, Land, Water
Amid disturbing reports this week that climate change has already started to erode public health after a disaster-filled autumn and studies that major branches of the animal kingdom are stressed and finding it difficult to reproduce — a mounting effort to soften the blow is starting to take shape in cities across the U.S.
Extreme hurricanes and wildfires have made 2017...
Marc Lefkowitz |
10/24/17 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Climate, Land, Plants & animals
The next time you’re in the grocery store and pick up your favorite snack food, turn the box over and look for “palm oil” in the ingredients list. A growing market for palm oil — and animal protein — is responsible for one of the largest contributors to climate change.
Marc Lefkowitz |
04/25/17 @ 11:00am | Posted in Land
Generally, the narrative around sprawl is one of disinvestment in one area (usually the core of the metropolitan area) versus investment fueled by highways favoring formerly unincorporated areas. Sprawl has shown that inequities can be allowed to persist in government policy.
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/31/17 @ 12:00pm | Posted in Home landscaping, Connecting to nature, Land
2017 was the year Cleveland turned its attention to “vibrant green space.” Since 2009, when the city launched a ten-year plan called Sustainable Cleveland 2019 (SC2019), the city’s Office of Sustainability has organized events and activities around a major sustainability theme.
Cleveland can lay claim to one of the more longstanding commitments to sustainability. SC2019‘s big event is the annual sustainability...
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