Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory
Council Annual Symposium:
SORRY,
REGISTRATION CLOSED - MAXIMUM REACHED
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Friday, June 12, 2009
Keynote Speaker - Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director, Coalition
to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Baltimore, MD.
Local Residential Green Building Initiatives
Come learn about small scale residential projects being built in our region.
from content experts Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells of City Architecture, Jim Ptacek of Larsen Architecture and Marge Misak of Cuyahoga Community Land Trust.
The Green Cottages will be highlighted.
Date: Thursday, May 28th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Parker Hannifin Hall (aka the restored Howe Mansion) 2258 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland
NEO USGBC Members $12.50, Non-members $20.00
To register, go to www.neogreenbuilding.org
First Green Cottage Complete
On April 24 a ribbon cutting ceremony marked the completion of the first Green Cottage. Learn about the Green Cottages
Deep Energy Retrofits in the News
Housing rehabilitation experts have developed superinsulation strategies for deep energy reduction of 70 to 90 percent in existing homes, dramatically lowering their carbon dioxide contribution.
- New York Times 4/12/09 letter from EHW on The Greening of American Homes and Crain's Cleveland Business 4/13/09 Editor's blog
- David Beach's Green City Blue Lake 4/17/09 blog on Homes Without Furnaces
- Affordable Comfort Deep Energy and Thousand Home Challenge Initiatives Cuyahoga County Neighborhood Stabilization Program Deep Energy Information: for Developers
Deep Energy Resources and Slides:
The technology is available today to retrofit existing homes to achieve up to 90% reductions in energy use.
Habitat For Humanity Tool Drive
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity is conducting a month-long tool drive through June 28th to collect new and used tools. Tools can be dropped off at Do it Best hardware stores and Phoenix Coffee shops throughout Greater Cleveland. All tools will be sold at the organization's Re-Store to support Habitat's home building efforts. Click here for information on organizing a tool collection.
25th
Anniversary
Bhopal Survivors Tour
Twenty-five years after a horrific industrial
accident killed thousands and injured tens of thousands,
the people of Bhopal, India, are still suffering. A U.S. tour
which stopped in Cleveland seeks support for justice from Dow Chemical. Local
sponsors are Asha for Education, Cleveland and Environmental
Health Watch.
Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
A new report looks at emerging evidence for environmental, as well as other, factors that may cause Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. The report features Cleveland's Intergenerational School (pg. 144). From Greater Boston Physician for Social Responsibility and Science and Environmental Health Network.
Chemical Security 101
What You Don't Have Can't Leak, or Be Blown Up by Terrorists
Read this new report on the safety and security of chemical manufacturing facilities and hazmat transport by the Center For American Progress here.
Factsheet on Compact Florescent Light Bulbs
Fact sheet on CFLs including proper disposal and what to do if they break.
Environmental
Health Watch Launches Affordable Green Housing Center
EHW introduces a major new program promoting healthy,
affordable green housing. Click here
to learn
about this initiative.
Be Part of the Climate Change Solution
From the GreenCityBlueLake Institute, here are 10 things you can do to reduce your impact, actually save money in the long run, and improve your quality of life.
New Level of Childhood Lead Poisoning Awareness
Health Departments in Cuyahoga County recommend a new "level of awareness" for elevated blood lead in children.
The new threshold recognizes that more than 3,500 children in Cleveland (about 26% of those tested) and almost another 1,000 children in the rest of Cuyahoga County may be hurt by lead (2006 testing data).
Generating Energy, Generating Jobs: Ohio could gain more than 22,000 jobs from renewable energy investments. Policy Matters Ohio is the local partner for the Apollo Alliance, a bold national campaign to make our country energy - independent within a decade.
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