VIDEO: Kennedy, Jr. in Cleveland to Launch EcoWatch.org
Exclusive Cool Cleveland interview
EcoWatch.org, the national website supporting the grassroots environmental movement, is officially live. And Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is in town to help kick off this exciting partnership with his group, Waterkeeper Alliance. Watch the exclusive Cool Cleveland video interview here.
The site will focus on 5 areas: biodiversity, energy, water, air and food, offering constant updates from multiple national news feeds, as well as original content from Cleveland’s own EcoWatch, headed by Stefanie Penn Spear.
Cool Cleveland caught up with Kennedy as he arrived at Rivergate Park, the new home of the Cleveland Rowing Foundation, right on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, which 42 years ago was so polluted it caught fire. “The Cuyahoga River fire was the milestone event… that kicked off the modern environmental movement,” says Kennedy in this video.
Listen as Kennedy talks about the Cuyahoga River, natural gas fracking in the Midwest, and how citizens can reclaim their rivers, water and American democracy.
You can hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. deliver the keynote address at the special kickoff event tonight, Thu 10/27 at 6PM at Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, which also includes a VIP reception, dinner and cocktails. Tix and details at http://www.EcoWatch.org.