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Summit Agenda Thursday, September 22, 2011 Day One Energy Efficiency 7:30-8:00 Breakfast and Registration 8:00 am-12:15pm WELCOME Mayor Frank G. Jackson A Call to the Community: Support our Emerging Sustainable Economy Ronald Berkman, President, Cleveland State University INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE CLEVELAND 2019 Andrew Watterson, Chief of SustainabilitySummit and SC2019 Objectives KEYNOTE ADDRESS Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality DISCOVERY Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Ron Fry Interviews and Table Conversations -BREAKSponsored by McMahon DeGulis, llp CLEVELAND GREEN VENUES ANNOUNCEMENT WORKING GROUP SPOTLIGHT Video of Working Group Stories Speed Networking with Working GroupsChoose 3 working groups youd like to learn more about.
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12:15-1:30 Lunch 1:305:00 KEYNOTE Gil Sperling, United States Department of Energy LOCAL PANEL ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY John DAngelo, Cleveland Clinic David Beach, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, PNC Smarthome Randy Korach, RPM Deepa Vedevayas, Buckeye Area CDC Kellie Rotunno, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District -BreakKEY QUESTIONS Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Ron Fry How do we take our successes to scale? REPORT-OUTS Summit Participants REFLECTIONS SC2019 Stewardship Council
HAPPY HOUR 5-8pm The Sustainable Business Incubator working group and Gardens Under Glass invite you to a happy hour at the Galleria to celebrate the grand opening of Bio Dynamicz and browse the boutiques of the growning Eco Village. Located at 1301 East 9th Street, just east of Public Auditorium. Refreshments provided by Caf Sausalito.
Summit Agenda
Friday, September 23, 2011 Day 2, Local Foods 7:30-8:00 Breakfast and Registration 8:00-12:00 WELCOME
FRAMING OPPORTUNITIES & PAINTING THE LOCAL PICTURE Morgan Taggart, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition and OSU ExtensionOverview of Food Policy and Recent Successes in Local Food
LOCAL FOODS PANEL-Celebrating the success we have as a region Carlton Jackson, Tunnel Vision HoopsSeason Extension Entrepreneur Sholande Anderson, Green Corps, Botanical GardenThe Youth Perspective Mansfield Frazier, Chateau HoughVacant Land, Employment, and Urban Ag Alex Beauchamp, Food and Water WatchThe 2012 Farm Bill Karen Small, Flying FigLocal Food from a Chefs Perspective Jodi Berg, CEO of Vitamix Vitamixs action around whole and local foods
-BreakPAIRED INTERVIEWS Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Ron Fry Creating a Local Food Economy OPEN SPACE SET UP Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Ron Fry
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Lunch: 12:00 1:00 1:00-5:00 KEYNOTE Woody Tasch, Slow Money "Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Matter."
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Seeing Climate, Seeing Change Heidi Cullen, Ph.D., Climate Central Friday, September 23 7:30 p.m. Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, Ohio A discounted ticket price of $5.00 is offered to Summit participants. Show your name badge at the Museum admission desk to receive your discount. -ORGOODTIME CRUISE Continue the celebration aboard Clevelands own GOODTIME III, departing from the East 9th Street Pier at 6:00 pm, returning to dock at 8:00 pm. Tickets: $10.00. Please be prompt as the ship sets sail at 6:00 pm sharp!
Our Objectives:
Build and Amplify Momentum and further inspire progress of all involved citizens, government, businesses, work groups, households, institutions and nonprofits. Celebrate Success and Accelerate Progress of SC2019 working groups. Take Action to scale-up energy efficiency in the Cleveland Region. Co-Create a vision and plan for local food in the Cleveland Region. This will be done by:
connecting people and ideas, aligning the productivity, celebrating achievement, being inclusive of new ways, assets and values, sparking hope that furthers investment, honoring hard work and accomplishments, assuring reach and depth of connection and experience, recharging and renewing, re-imagining and transforming, having appreciative, positive interactions and co-creating a community aspiration and action.
Gil Sperling Senior Policy Advisor U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Gil Sperling currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that, he served as the Program Manager for the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program (OWIP) at DOE, with a budget in excess of $11.6 Billion. At DOE, Gil has been charged with transforming legacy programs into current, market responsive efforts that support large scale energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Through his national public outreach, Gil facilitates the grantees successful implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act initiatives. Specifically, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has been tasked by President Obama to administer $16.8 Billion in funding including $5 Billion for Weatherization Programs, $3.1 B for State Energy Programs, and $3.2 B for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Programs. Mr. Sperling served in private practice for more than twenty years before joining DOE, providing regulatory, corporate, and finance related services for companies developing power and related energy projects in the U.S. and overseas. While in private practice, he served for eighteen years as General Counsel to the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition and as Senior Energy Policy Advisor for INFORM, Inc. In the mid 1980s, Gil served as Senior Counsel to the House Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power, chaired by Congressman Edward J. Markey, and to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, chaired by Congressman Tom Luken, both were Subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
David Beach, Director of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute,, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
David Beach is the director of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute, the sustainability center of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Institute was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Museum and EcoCity Cleveland, a nationally recognized center of thought and practice about urban sustainability. The Institute promotes the design of ecological cities that are good for people and nature. Its staff has expertise in the fields of green building, city and regional planning, transportation, watershed planning, energy, carbon footprint analysis and planning to mitigate climate change. Among many other projects, the Institute originated the Cleveland EcoVillage development, helped to develop the City of Clevelands Office of Sustainability, and was a key participant in the development of Ohios Lake Erie Balanced Growth Program, an innovative planning framework linking regional land-use planning and water quality. In 2008, the Institute received the states Ohio Lake Erie Award. The Institute also maintains the popular GreenCityBlueLake.org website, the interactive online home of the sustainability community in Northeast Ohio. The site is helping to spread the word that Cleveland is truly becoming a green city on a blue lake. David Beach has been writing and speaking about the environment, neighborhood development, and regional planning issues for more than 25 years. He is a graduate of Harvard University.
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Jodi Berg, CEO Vitamix As the president of Vita-Mix Corporation since 2009, fourth-generation family member Jodi L. Berg is tasked with taking the world leader in high-performance blending equipment, for home and commercial use, to a whole new level. Berg has directed both the Household and Commercial Divisions after joining the company in 1997 to establish their International Division. The company that once only dabbled in international sales is now a recognized leader in global business strategy and leadership, recipient of the 2010 Presidents Export Award and enjoying distribution in more than 80 countries.
Prior to Vita-Mix, Berg held management positions within the world-renowned hospitality companies of The RitzCarlton Hotel Company and Marriott Corporation. As a certified quality auditor and director of quality and training for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Berg traveled the globe to train companies and government officials on the leadership practices from this leading hotel chain and of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Vita-Mix maintains its leadership position by delivering innovative blending solutions, while holding strong to the passion, integrity and family values on which the company was founded. Bergs experience in sales, marketing, quality and customer service, coupled with a passion for blending and a commitment to a family legacy, have been a great combination for upholding and enhancing Vita-Mixs industry-leading position. She is a member of the YPO (Young Presidents Organization), Nafem (North American Association of Equipment Manufacturers), WFF (Womens Foodservice Forum), and Nodec (North Ohio District Export Council); and she was listed as one of the 150 Names to Know in Northeast Ohio by Crains Cleveland Business in 2010. Her favorite ways to give back is to help develop emerging leaders through motivational presentations and coaching. She received her bachelors degree from Bowling Green University and her masters degree from Washington State University
Mansfield Frazier, Writer, Editor, Publisher and Chateau Hough Mansfield Frazier is a writer, editor and publisher whose home is in the Cleveland neighborhood of Hough, which he shares with his wife Brenda and their two dogs, Gypsy and Ginger. In 2010, the non-profit they operate, Neighborhood Solutions, Inc., built The Vineyards of Chteau of Hough, on a three-quarter acre site in their community with a grant from the Re-Imagining Cleveland Project. His writings appear weekly on CoolClevleand.com, and the Cleveland Leader, and by-weekly in the Cleveland Free Press and Neighborhood Voices. Additionally, he is a regular contributor to the national online publication The Daily Beast.
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Carlton W. Jackson, Co-Founder, Tunnel Vision Hoops Carlton W. Jackson is a co-founder of Tunnel Vision Hoops, LLC, designers, fabricators and installers of high tunnel hoop houses for urban garden farmers. In addition, Jackson, a native of Northeast Ohio, is a co-founder of GROWHIO, a product of Local Food Task Force Sustainable Cleveland 2019, which markets and promotes local food consumption. Jackson continues to enjoy collaborating with organizations such as Bioneers Cleveland, Saving Cities, NEO Food Web, and EcoTuesday, using his years of corporate marketing and sales management experience to help further their community-oriented goals. Jackson can be reached via email at carlton@tunnelvisionhoops.com.
Karen Small, Chef at the Flying Fig Karen Small opened the Flying Fig in 1999. She and the restaurant have received numerous accolades and have been featured in many local as well as national publications such as the New York Times, Esquire Magazine and Continental Airlines magazine. In November 2007, The Fig was featured in Gourmet Magazine as one of the top 100 farm to table restaurants in the country. The same month, the restaurant was featured in Food and Wine Magazines column about Cleveland. In April of 2008, Food & Wine again featured the restaurant on its Last Bite page A staunch supporter of sustainable agriculture & small family farms the restaurants menu revolves around local food stuffs and continues to passionately produce the best dining experience possible.
Sholande Anderson, Cleveland Botanical Gardens Green Corps Participant Sholande Anderson is homeschooled in Cleveland, and is a second-year Green Corps employee working at the Slavic Village Learning Farm. She thinkgs Green Corps is a beautiful experience and it has taught her to look differently at things, like foods and the way she judges them, sewer pollution, littering and the importance of keeping the environment clean.
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Growhio
Mission
To strengthen and support all aspects of Northeast Ohio's local food economy through branding, marketing and collaboration.
Decrease money spent on distribution Reduce our reliance on fossil fuels Increase support for local growers Increase support for our local economy Result in more fresh, tasty and healthy food for our families And much more! Read more about the issues at sustainabletable.org/issues
Future steps
Create a business plan Formalize an advisory board of 5-8 members and establish funding mentorship Solicit operational and program support funding Execute a Northeast Ohio buy/eat local campaign Execute a pilot restaurant award/cross-support program Execute a follow up ODA grant collaboration
Purpose
The Water Sustainability Council promotes clean water, responsible public stewardship of our waterways, and sustainable lakefront development.
What is at Stake?
Northeast Ohio was built on the water resources residents readily take for granted today: Lake Erie, and the Cuyahoga River. After decades of neglect, we reached a tipping point in 1972 when pollution choked our river and a fire sparked an environmental revolution. Citizens, local organizations, and officials took steps to protect and rejuvenate our waterways, and they are better for it. But as we look to the future, Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River must be more than passengers on the journey; they must be drivers if our destination is sustainability and prosperity. As members of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, the Water Sustainability Council is dedicated to bringing attention to our waterways, the opportunities they hold, and the stewardship they require.
Future Steps
Now, we look to the future, and we hope youll join us. To better focus our vision moving toward the Year of Water in 2015, the Water Sustainability Council will reconvene shortly after this year's summit. We will meet TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 from 5 to 7. We want your ideas to help us set our goals and bring our message of clean water and sustainability to Northeast Ohio. Check for our flyer and RSVP at neorsd.org/watercouncil or cleveland2019.org
Contact
Kellie Rotunno Director of Engineering & Construction Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (216) 881-6600
rotunno@neorsd.org
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What is at stake?
The current lack of skill and knowledge in food production and preparation in our culture is more profound than any previous generation in human history since the invention of agriculture; the result is a population that relies almost completely on other people, often in distant places, to grow, process, and deliver food to their neighborhoods. Increasing our capacity to produce food year round, and near to where we live, isn't just a helpful way to utilize vacant property and underutilized farm land, it is vital to building food secure communities. It also makes economic sense. 97 cents out of every food dollar leaves the State of Ohio, and 16 to 20% of that leaves the country. Producing food locally creates jobs in food production and processing. Growing food throughout the winter gives local farmers the opportunity to generate income every season of the year. This hopefully allows farmers to improve their well being, re-circulate money in the local economy, and lead happier less stressful lives.
Future Steps
We have developed our backyard greenhouse and will be promoting it in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History throughout the next 15 months. We will continue offering hoop house installation services for farmers, gardeners, and home owners Within a few months we will begin publicly offering all of our hoop houses in DIY kits We will launch a new website that offers our products and services to a wider audience
Key Contact
Todd Alexander - todd@tunnelvisionhoops.com
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Purpose The Cleveland Early College High School E Club aims to eventually grow healthy, organically grown produce to replace the processed foods in the school cafeteria by the year 2019. Successes The high school students broke ground and planted their school garden this year with the help of OSU Extension and the Summer Sprout program. The students planted greens, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage and much more. Future Steps The students would like to continue to expand their garden and to start introducing their harvests into the school cafeteria. How to Get Involved The E Club would like to engage partners from University Circle to help them expand their garden and to reach their 2019 goals. For more information, contact the Early College High School.
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Mission/Vision
Collective Upcycle is a roaming boutique that pops up in empty retail spaces in Cleveland (specifically in Cleveland neighborhoods) for a limited amount of time. Our purpose is to: Build economy and community among local artists who specifically reuse/reclaim/repurpose materials in their artwork. Elevate the act of reusing (the kid brother of recycling can get hidden in recyclings shadow) and especially creative reuse; the act of transforming leftover/waste materials into something original that adds value to the leftover material (also known as upcycling).
Key Contact
hello@collectiveupcycle.com
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Vision
We are focusing on the best that Cleveland has to offer in order to develop a Center of Excellence for Clean Energy Production and Research to fill a local and global need: Ohio may have more solar potential than Germany Ohio is 2nd nationally in solar energy industry manufacturing Ohio is recognized internationally as the "Fuel Cell Corridor" NEO is a center for fuel cell research Energy consortiums such as PVIC, OFCC, UCEAO, energy institutes, and NASA Ohio is home to 21,250 manufacturing operations, with Cleveland ranked #10 Ohio leads the nation in general-purpose machinery production, and is #2 in metalworking machinery production 160,000 organizations, with hundreds of them renewable power-related
Member Successes
Bold Alternatives has installed more than 300kW of Solar systems here in NE Ohio Dovetail Solar & Wind installed over 1MW of Solar systems in Ohio, along with a couple of 2.4kW Wind systems, including at Tri-C East. Parker Hannifin had developed a prototype Vehicle Energy Recovery System, using hybrid hydraulic technology to improve fuel efficiency, with results of up to 70% improvement in MPG on delivery vehicles and refuse trucks. Parkers Energy Recovery System has now moved into extensive field testing, and it is doing very well. It is also in commercial application in another form in Texas. The Northeast Ohio Advanced Energy District has shown the regionalism approach to assisting in financing energy projects in Greater Cleveland. In the first true collaborative effort between the City of Cleveland and First Suburb communities, the Northeast Ohio Advanced Energy District (AED) was established in 2010. The AED is a type of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program that will finance the purchase and installation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies on commercial and industrial properties in Northeast Ohio. AEG Members: Over 150 regional renewable power-related companies, academic energy institutes (including Case), sustainable business leaders, NASA, LEEDCo, City, County, utilities, CSN, Nortech, and nonprofits.
Future Steps
The AEG will focus on the following projects: Hydrogen fuel/power from Lake Erie water (target: hydro-
gen station); Policies that promote renewable; and additional projects such as Architecture 2030 projects, City of Cleveland Advanced Energy Special Improvement Districts support and Community power: Spring Road Landfill solar, Bratenahl, other. Co-Leads: Linda Sekura, LSekura@aol.com & Stefanie Spear, spear@expediterenewableenergy.com
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Mission/Vision
Leveraging leaders at all levels in a city-wide well-being initiative helping Clevelanders learn how to think differently (flexibly, positively, expansively) using positive psychology, the science of success and happiness.
Future Steps
To continue developing a (r)evolutionary business model which bakes SOMO into existing organizations and projects around town as an essential ingredient: taking what's good and making it better by adding some scientifically-proven tools and techniques towards flourishing.
Contact
Louis Alloro (louis@louisalloro.com) & Adele DiMarco-Kious (adele@currere.net)
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Vital Neighborhoods
Mission
The mission of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Vital Neighborhoods working group is to cultivate sustainable neighborhoods of choice where residents are engaged, empowered, enlightened, resilient and self-reliant.
Whats at Stake?
In order for sustainability to be successful, people have to join together and everyone has to make a contribution. Sustainability has to be inclusive and this working group strives to reach as many people as possible in all Clevelands neighborhoods at all socio-economic levels.
Accomplishments and Successes In 2011, Vital Neighborhoods is piloting a residential sustainability challenge. As part of 2011, the Year of Energy Efficiency, the working group will offer a residential energy efficiency challenge to encourage individual action at the household level as well as to create an opportunity for neighbors to work together on the block club level to make their community more efficient. In October, the Green Your Block Energy Efficiency Challenge will begin by recruiting participants in block clubs citywide. The desired outcomes are that residents learn the importance of energy efficiency and will take action to reduce household energy consumption by changing incandescent bulbs to CFLs, installing a programmable thermostat and by installing a low flow showerhead. Future
During each Celebration Year leading up to 2019, the Vital Neighborhoods Working group intends to issue a call to action to residents and neighborhoods to take actions to be more sustainable that are aligned with that years focus. If you are a concerned resident, or work with the community, consider getting involved!
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Mission/Vision
To engage the entire population of Cleveland and its surrounding communities in the SC2019 effort.
Future Steps
We would like to bring in more engaged thinkers to contribute insight and expertise to the toolkit and to consult with groups who need help implementing it. If you are interested, please contact us! We seek to partner with other SC2019 workgroups to bring our eye for engagement to their work.
Contact
Toni Thayer tthayer@preterm.org Nancy King Smith nancykingsmith@me.com
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Green Dots
Key Contact
Kevin Kay kevinkay45@gmail.com (216) 367-2234
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Successes
In summer of 2011, Ohio City Incorporated received the final feasibility study for the Ohio City Community Food Incubator (OCKFI) and will continue to focus on a specific site for this project. Ideally, the facility could open in a permanent home in 12-24 months and a temporary home within 6-12 months. Securing a building and funding will be the groups critical next steps. Pre-development funding has been secured to move forward on evaluating the potential to renovate and existing building in Ohio City.
Future
By 2019, the Community Food Incubator will be in its 5th year of operation and be financial stable.
How can other people get involved? What will accelerate your success?
Others can assist by engaging potential tenants and collecting necessary data to ensure prospective tenant would be able to occupy OCCFI. Outreach and participant in a discussion to determine management team and structure. Community support and funding will allow this project to continue on a path to open within 12 24 months.
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Mission/Vision
The Green Building Working Group represents over 20 civic, non-profit and private organizations. Mission: create new opportunities for green living wage jobs, provide real savings and healthy environments in homes and businesses and provide a tangible positive environmental effect in furthering a Green City on a Blue Lake Goal: retrofit 25% of the regions building stock and achieve 20% reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by expanding green building resources and expertise and advocating for green building and energy efficiency commitments.
What is at stake?
Our environment: Buildings account for nearly half of the countrys energy consumption and CO2 emissions annually Our economic future: Green construction is expected to support 8m jobs between 2009 and 2013 Our health: Indoor air quality can have 2 to 5 times more pollutants than outdoor air yet we spend 90% of our time indoors Social equity: Low-income households pay 4 times as much of their monthly income on utilities as does an average U.S. household Our community: Our region has underutilized building stock that can be retrofitted to revitalize our region and reduce our carbon footprint
Future Steps
Invite over 30 organizations to help launch the BP Link with their energy, water, waste data and stories Further our outreach to the first suburbs and advocacy statewide Move forward on implementation of Energy $aver program and create residential market rate retrofit demonstration in one of the inner ring suburbs Emerald Cities Cleveland is working to gain support from Cleveland's anchor institutions for President Barack Obamas Better Building Initiative (BBI), and is encouraging municipalities within the county to join the effort as well. BBI seeks to make commercial buildings in the U.S. 20 percent more energy efficient during the next ten years and includes a $100 million Race to Green competition for state and local governments.
What is at Stake?
Urban Agriculture/Local Food is an economically viable, socially just, job creating engine that has the potential to improve nutrition and reduce many health care expenditures created by an unhealthy industrialized food system. Urban Agriculture/Local Food can help Northeastern Ohio eliminate food deserts and malnutrition, as well as, improve the quality of life throughout our cities and beyond.
Future Projects
There are numerous projects happening in Cleveland to extend the growing season that incorporate hoop houses, greenhouses, indoor hydroponics and aquaponics among other exciting initiatives.
Key contact
Tim Smith: tim@communitygreenhousepartners.org
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What is at Stake? Improving the visibility of the regions advanced energy research labs and targeted networking activities can increase the volume and productivity of advanced energy commercialization.
Future Steps Build and launch the website, develop ongoing website content, and host networkdevelopment activities to promote Advanced Energy commercialization
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SECUR
Mission
To develop SECUR (Social Entrepreneurship Creating Urban Revitalization), an online platform connecting citizens interested in investing in Cleveland to opportunities to invest in socially and environmentally responsible Cleveland businesses.
Future Steps
Finalize organizational structure and recruit committee members. Create a Micro-finance enterprise in an online . Take the plan from paper to reality with the help of investors in order to grow green enterprises in Cleveland.
Contact
Sudhir Raghupathy, sudhir@idgroupusa.com Stephanie Howse, notableinteractions@gmail.com.
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Mission/Purpose
To help businesses and organizations discover the economic, environmental and social benefits of waste reduction practices
Zero waste - there is no garbage. There are no landfills. There is no "away". All materials remain part of a closed loop system. In nature, nothing is wasted. Material from one organism becomes food for other organisms, maintaining the closed loop system. By mimicking the natural world, we identify new opportunities for triple bottom line success. Waste is a cost - costs to handle, dispose of, and mitigate future risks. Not to mention the fact that you bought something that you are throwing away. However, looking at waste as an unsold by-product, as a potential raw material for another business inspires innovation. Designing for the life-cycle of products (cradle to cradle) instead of cradle to grave linear design creates new business opportunities for those with an eye to see the possibilities. Waste is a business opportunity.
Progress
32 local businesses and institutions have pledged to move toward zero waste in their operations, and additional organizations are participating in our workshops and learning programs to develop realistic goals toward significant waste reduction.
Future Steps
Moving forward, we are encouraging more businesses and organizations to declare a zero waste intent supported by a sound strategy that will reduce their waste stream. In 2019, we envision at least 1,000 Northeast Ohio organizations committed to zero waste or significant waste reduction in their operations.
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What is at Stake?
The reutilization of vacant land in the City of Cleveland and the region provides numerous opportunities for revitalization: urban agriculture, energy generation, economic development, stormwater control, neighborhood stabilization, and greenspace creation. The reuse of vacant land is both an economic development driver and vehicle for creating neighborhoods that retain and attract diverse residents.
Progress
The most significant sign of progress is the growing consortium of non-profits, public agencies, City of Cleveland municipal departments and grassroots community leaders that have joined together to offer funding, programs and technical support to the City-wide vacant land reuse agenda. Over the past several years the vacant land reuse agenda has celebrated much success.
Many of our members have participated in the ReImagining Cleveland Coordinating Committee, the NEORSD Green Infrastructure Community Advisory Committee and have served in the Citys 8 Vacant Land Working Groups. National press coverage of ReImagining Cleveland in print, radio and television 52 new grassroots gardens and parks have been created throughout Cleveland as part of the Reimagining Cleveland Vacant Land Reuse Pilot Grant Program Outreach and design underway for large scale vacant land reuse projects Nationally recognized policy changes from the City of Cleveland making it easier for people to access vacant land and water for community greenspace and agriculture projects 2011 kick-off of Reimagining Cleveland Round 2 which is focusing on stabilizing our neighborhoods by using vacant land for yard expansions and to create strategic greenspaces The 2011 first annual Cleveland Garden Walk featured 45 ReImagining Cleveland gardens throughout the City
Future Steps
The Reimagining Cleveland Coordinating Committee will work to grow the vacant land reuse movement by supporting grassroots community groups and individuals as they reclaim vacant land in their neighborhoods planting gardens, building parks and restoring our watershed. The consortium will continue to advocate for policy change that makes reusing vacant land easy and accessible for all. They will continue to offer workshops and technical assistance for Clevelanders ready to create change in their neighborhoods.
More Information
To find out whats happening in your neighborhood, read and hear local success stories, and find out how you can get involved visit ReImaginingcleveland.org
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Successes
Drink Local. Drink Tap. hosts the World Water Day Celebrations ANNUALLY in Cleveland (since 2010) DLDT is 501c3 through The IAP (appliedphenom.org) DLDT has annual Platinum sponsors: Affinity Consultants DLDT is on their 2nd film production with a third film in the works DLDT went to Africa for 30 days in 2011 DLDT has GLOBAL and LOCAL partners
DLDT is looking for committed volunteers, corporate sponsors, and strong partners to continue our work locally and globally.
FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED: VISIT www.DrinkLocalDrinkTap.org
(Pictured: Director of DLDT, Erin Huber in Mulajji Village, Uganda-Africa July 2011; Kibera Slum, Nairobi July 2011; Stokes Central School World Water Day work with DLDT Spring 2011) Photos by: Elbee Studio and Erin Huber
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Our Sustainable Cleveland 2019 group, Sustainable Business and Business Incubators, has made significant strides since ramping up efforts at last year's SC2019 summit. Under the dedicated leadership of Vicki Poole (gardensunderglass@yahoo.com) a committed core group of volunteers have worked hard to develop, define, and manifest our core mission: Advancing an inclusive place that generates opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, where individuals and organizations are empowered through meaningful engagement, collaboration and education for sustainable living and enterprise. Key progress items since last year's summit have included clearly defining our mission, vision and values, laying out key organizational roles and tasks, growing our volunteer base, attracting five new businesses (Biodynamicz, ,Fra Angelica, Encore, Mixed Greens, and The Manufacturing Mart ) to the Galleria at Erieview, home to Gardens Under Glass Resource Educational Center. EcoTuesday, a networking forum for sustainable business leaders, has found its home in the Resource Center every Fourth Tuesday. We have engaged many diverse community stakeholders to raise awareness and add new value to our work. We have been featured in many media sources globally and locally - most recently CBC Magazine. Future steps include development of new programming and curriculum, scaling up our indoor food production to supply more vendors and continue to drive revenue, developing a green food court, and helping new entrepreneurs implement sustainable practices. This is all very important for the attraction and support of sustainable businesses and Cleveland's economic development through an inclusive and collaborative approach. One of our most important needs at present is finding committed and passionate volunteers that share the good values and intentions of our existing core team. We offer a unique opportunity for these special folks to learn invaluable skills while serving in important roles of responsibility to help drive our mission to stimulate a sustainable Cleveland economy by providing optimal support for grassroots entrepreneurial ventures. Come join us!
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Mission
Create sustainable districts in the Cleveland region where all new buildings and major renovations shall be designed to meet an energy consumption performance standard of 80% below the regional average for that building type in 2019, with the ultimate goal of achieving carbon neutral and net zero energy buildings by the year 2030.
What it at stake?
Energy consumption is measured in Quads (quadrillion BTUs). One Quad equals the delivered energy of 40 1000megawatt power plants (i.e. 40 large nuclear power plants), or approximately 75 500-megawatt conventional coal plants. The U.S. currently uses approximately 100 Quads of energy annually. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, over the next 25 years, U.S. energy consumption will increase by 34 Quads (34%). The world (including the U.S.) uses approximately 400 Quads of energy annually. EIA projects that, over the next 25 years, world energy consumption will increase by 276 Quads (62%). In an environment where global fossil fuel reserves are dwindling and the remaining large reserves are concentrated in just a handful of countries, it is a national imperative that we apply our intellectual and financial capital toward hyper-efficient building practices and alternative energy generation strategies in the interest of political and economic security. We have the knowledge and the tools (and as a consumer of approximately 1/4 of the worlds energy, the responsibility) to meet this challenge and rapidly transform the way we create buildings. The only thing on which we currently fall short is the will to make it happen. We believe the people of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio have a unique opportunity to rebuild the regional economy while becoming leaders in the growing national movement toward sustainable building practices.
Progress
Our major accomplishment to date is a partnership with Architecture 2030 a national movement to accelerate energy conservation and reduction in carbon emissions in the building sector. We have identified four distinct areas within Greater Cleveland where we hope to create sustainable building districts:
Advisors
Key Contacts
Scott Colosimo, Cleveland CycleWerks Kathleen Dorsey, Haley & Aldrich (Vice Chair)
Margaret Hewitt, Hewitt Consulting Patrick Manfroni, Panzica Construction Jon Reidy, studioTECHNE|architects (Secretary) Don Rerko, ka Architecture (Chair) John Selby, NASA David Simons, LEED Professional/Activist Bill Splete, Tech Built Structural Insulated Panels Laura Steinbrink, Humanitys Loom
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Metrics
Mode Share/Shift Access Emissions reductions (CO2, NOX, etc.) Community health Amount of dollars spent/share of dollars spent Transportation spending as a percentage of household (CNT)
The purpose of the Sustainable Transportation Action Team (STAT) 2019 is to create a city-wide transportation system where non-motorized modes are on equal footing with car-based travel in terms of cost, efficiency, trip-time, and energy consumption. Ideally, we will strive to create an integrated system where any citizen, regardless of age, income, or ability, can seamlessly choose mode combinations (bike, walk, bus, rail, car/bike share) for any trip, whether for business or pleasure.
Successes
Significantly improved receptivity to bike and ped accommodations by ODOT Abbey Rd. & Lorain Carnegie enhancements Completed Downtown Bike Station (Bike Rack) Complete & Green Streets Ordinance
Get Involved
STAT2019 meetings are generally held bi-monthly, at a downtown location. Visit http://www.gcbl.org/2019/transportation-work-group for more information.
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Louis Alloro Jeffrey Anderle Trisha Brown Mark Chupp Gary Conkol Herb Crowther Rachel Downey Ifeoma Ezepue Gwen Forte Dorcus Johnson Adele DiMarco Kious A. De'Angelo Knuckles Rick Krivanka George Lenzer
Susan Nelson Matthew Pietro Sudhir Raghupathy Jon J. Reidy Rockette Richardson Teju Sanusi David Simons Kalita Smith Andrew Smyser Robert Stockham Morgan Taggart Deidra Walton James B Wilson
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