Marc Lefkowitz |
11/22/19 @ 10:00am | Posted in Reduce, Green buildings, Clean water, Connecting to nature
The search for the greenest places leads to the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. The reputation of Phipps was solidified when it built its Center for Sustainable Landscapes in 2012. It is one of only a handful of buildings nationwide to be recognized as a Living Building, the most stringent green building rating system in the world. The...
Marc Lefkowitz |
08/17/18 @ 10:00am | Posted in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Clean water, Water
Plastic is no longer something we throw away, Dr. Sherri Mason, co-principal investigator on a landmark study that found micro plastics, pieces small enough to not see with the naked eye, in significant quantities in Lake Erie, told a Cleveland City Club audience this week.
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/18/16 @ 12:00pm | Posted in Clean energy, Reduce, Driving, Transportation
Last week, we wrote about the communities in Northeast Ohio that have the best and worst carbon footprints. It did reveal some notable trends like how income, density and distance from the central city determine how the region stacks (and pollutes) up.
Today, we look at what can be done about it. What are we as individuals capable of doing to...
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/02/15 @ 10:00am | Posted in Food, Reduce, Zero waste
Composting, or turning food waste into nutrient soil, has become so accepted as a sustainable business practice in the last few years that many of Cleveland’s biggest institutions are doing it, despite the fact that it costs much more than dumping waste in a landfill.
Marc Lefkowitz |
11/18/13 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Reduce
Finding a second life for churches continues to vex historic preservationists. And so the latest news that two more Cleveland landmark churches will succumb to the wrecking ball is being met with a shrug instead of a plan to preserve what’s left.
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