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Friday, March 30, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
The Madhouse Effect: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump
Scientists worldwide are in large agreement that global warming is occurring - and that human activity is the cause. Seventy percent of Americans agree, according to a 2016 poll from Yale University. Over the past several decades, efforts at the...
Monday, October 16, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Global climate change is not just an emerging threat to the environment and public health, it is a current threat to both. Climate change stresses natural ecosystems, undermines our health and wellbeing by contaminating the air we breathe, the water...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 4:30 p.m.
Ride and Learn: The Future of Riverfront Development
In June, the Cleveland Metroparks opened the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail, a half-mile multi-modal trail and natural stormwater management system that winds along a railroad right of-way from River Road to the Superior Viaduct. The eventual plan is...
Friday, July 28, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Paving the Way: What Cleveland Can Learn from the Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Across the country, innovative park concepts like New York’s High Line and Chicago’s Millennium Park have attracted attention as cities strive to improve urban place-making and create vibrant green spaces. One such project that produced radical results - and can...
Friday, June 09, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
The original version of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax included the line "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.” This was in reference to the 1960s declaration that Lake Erie was “dead.” The lake was not, in...
Friday, April 28, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Breaking the Ice: The Future of Offshore Wind in Northeast Ohio
According to a report recently released by the American Wind Energy Association, wind is now the largest renewable energy source in the United States. The Department of Energy estimates that 20 percent of energy consumed in the U.S. could come...
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Youth Forum: Energy Innovation - From the Fire to the Future
Northeast Ohio has a long history with industry and sustainability. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River burned, making Cleveland's industry the center of national headlines and simultaneously sparking the catalyst for the passage of the Clean Water Act. Around the country,...
Sunday, April 02, 2017, 2:40 p.m.
The reputation surrounding GMO foods paints a picture of chemically enhanced produce, pumped with steroids and other poisons, being conned into our children’s mouths. But what if we have it all wrong? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates this documentary, which...
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