We should all be conservatives when it comes to the environment.
Even Republican President Richard Nixon was savvy enough to pass the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act, with the full support of both parties and the nation. Today, it’s doubtful a conservative politician anywhere could get elected professing support for conserving our environment. Which just means you and I have to work twice as hard.
For example, for 71 years, the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District has been working hard on education, stewardship and urban agriculture; catch CoolCleveland’s exclusive video. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Public Library offer resources on biodiversity, the environment and conservation. The Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Adopt-A-Beach efforts persist, just a bit decentralized. Plastic Free July draws attention to what individuals can do globally. Environment Ohio acts as a one-stop shop for relevant info. We should also be conserving black lives: Mansfield has a four-part answer for inner-city gun violence.
Being conservative about our environment shouldn’t be hard.
For 71 years, the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District has focused on conservation education, watershed stewardship, stormwater services, natural resources and urban agriculture.
CoolCleveland spoke with Jan Rybka about their online offerings and cool programs like master gardener training, native plant kits, and building a rain garden. Read More
Back in the spring, NE Ohio’s small music clubs hunkered down for what seemed like it might be a few months’ shutdown. Unfortunately, it’s dragged on longer, and could be much longer still. So our local clubs have joined a national effort to urge Congress to send some help. Find out how you can help. Read More
A new COVID-19 Facebook page lets NE Ohio shoppers report on their experiences at local businesses, sharing the health and safety precautions they’re following (or not). Read More
The high school-age Contemporary Youth Orchestra has collaborated with Styx singer Tommy Shaw to re-record the bands hit “Fooling Yourself,” playing their parts from their NE Ohio homes. Read More
After moving the Cleveland induction festivities from May to November, the Rock Hall has announced that this year’s nominees will be honored virtually with an HBO special. Read More
The Cleveland Public Library offers books, ebooks, videos and more on renewable energy, water conservation, reducing waste and fighting global warming — and it’s walking the walk, with solar panels recently installed at a branch library near Shaker Square. Read More
DANCECleveland will host a participatory dance as part of its virtual Community Dance Day July 25. You can watch its instructional video to learn the steps now. Read More
Millennial Theatre Project holds auditions, Cleveland Jewish Film Festival presents Jess Eisenberg, Shaw festival cancels August shows and more. Read More
SUN 7/19 Art and Noise Prama Gallery in Parma holds a closing reception for its Visual Hallucinations show with a performance by local experimental noise ensemble NIHIL OMNIA.
WED 7.22 Adopt a Beach! The Alliance for the Great Lakes sponsors beach clean-ups all over the Midwest. Maybe you haven’t heard about any group clean-ups this year, but you can organize your own.
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The Answer for Inner-City Gun Violence, Part OneThere actually is a solution to the problem of inner-city gun violence. The problem is America has not been willing to devote the requisite resources to bring about a cession to the havoc and chaos since solutions take time, dedication…. Read More
A juvenile court judge once told me that by the time a youthful offender pulls the trigger and shoots someone they have already had seven encounters with police. So we know who these youth are before they engage in violence. … Read More
The simple truth is America has become the richest nation the world has ever known due primarily to the centuries of free labor provided by those it had enslaved. I’m talking about trillions and trillions of dollars worth of forced, free labor…. Read More
Know this: The problems & challenges of America’s inner cities have been decades — nay, centuries — in the making and they’re going to require longer than four years fixing. How much longer I don’t know, but what we have to do is create the will to stay the course…. Read More
