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Sustainable DevelopmentMOTHERS' BLEEDING HEARTSSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 15:20.
Mothers’ Day in the USA began when Julia Ward Howe instigated a post-civil war movement for peace. It wasn’t about thanking mothers for bearing and rearing children and keeping house. Mothers’ day originated as a political movement with the very sane and rationale objective of keeping every mother’s child – mainly sons - alive by keeping them from the battlefield .
Don’t miss the World Fair Trade Day celebrations in Cleveland this Saturday, May 12!!Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 10:32.
05/12/2007 - 11:00 05/12/2007 - 15:00 Etc/GMT-4 Rhythm Culture Shakes Up Fair Trade at the World Fair Location
Tri-C Metro Campus, Campus Center 10 (off courtyard)
2900 Community College Ave (between Woodland and Central Ave)
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps Cool Cleveland offers another proposal for the Breuer that is better than current planSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 18:40.
One of the writers at CoolCleveland contacted me about using some of my photos of the Breuer for an article they just posted here - another interesting proposal for the property, broadening awareness of the issues with the current plan and alternatives... read more
"TOO FAR NORTH FOR FLAT SOLAR" - Jeff BusterSubmitted by Charles Frost on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 09:05.
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FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting UbuntuSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 05/06/2007 - 14:56.
Martin Varsavsky, founder of FON, and author of his "Blog of an Entrepreneur", posted there an interesting letter he sent to all his employees: "FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting Ubuntu". I had seen, on some of his earlier blog entries, that Martin had a major Windows crash and lost his whole hard drive (been there) and so after 20 years with Microsoft he switched to Ubuntu (done that) and also Apple - after a month he settled on Ubuntu. It has been fascinating reading Martin's celebration of discovering FOSS - I remember having the same awakening. It is very exciting to now see Martin move his company FOSS, and to highlight how he is doing this and why - read his personal account here... and think about how this could be happening all over NEO...
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Blue Pike Farm Open HouseSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 09:45.
05/05/2007 - 10:00 05/05/2007 - 14:00 Etc/GMT-4 Greetings from Blue Pike Farm. There is much to do in the St. Clair / Superior neighborhood on Saturday First, there is the Blue Pike Farm Open House. We are holding our Spring Location
Blue Pike Farm
E. 72nd
Cleveland, OH United States
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The Great Silent Grandmother GatheringSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 09:58.
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Challenging NEO to become world center for $ multi-billion micro wind industrySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 04/30/2007 - 20:06.
I recently posted on realneo about a report I saw on CNN profiling Lucien Gambarota, an inventor in Hong Kong who has developed and begun manufacturing micro wind turbines - see http://realneo.org/Micro-Wind-Turbines. He is also working on technologies to capture energy from waves, and hybrids of wind and wave.
TAXPAYERS PROTEST COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ SPENDING $32 MILLION TO CREATE EMPTY LOTSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Mon, 04/30/2007 - 16:04.
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University Circle Blog on Joe Stanley and "Design for people, not institutions"Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/26/2007 - 17:46.
It is very nice to see my favorite real urban planner Joe Stanley featured on Lee Batdorff's very informative University Circle Blog - and thanks to Joe for mentioning us here at realneo! We set up and host his http://neomainstreet.com site, which is one of the best uses of Drupal in this region, and presents excellent work by a talented planner and designer. Joe is working on all the community development projects I'm involved with, including overall East Cleveland planning and the Star Intergenerational Neighborhood planning and The Intergenerational School, along with other work Joe does independently. ( categories:
A Rubinesque View of ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/26/2007 - 15:56.
Interesting perspectives on economic and community development from Coral's Peter Rubin, from the Villager Newspaper Online. I think Rubin makes some good points, and the reality is that we are overbuilding the Cleveland housing market, and other amenities, and that will make Cleveland a more powerful residential draw. As more of Cleveland becomes more "livable", more people will chose to live here. Add good schools and free city wide wifi and watch out. Clevelaqnd first will draw people from other parts of the region - empty nesters from the xburbs, students and young professionals from the inner heights - it will be cool and good to live in Cleveland again. That will attract people from other regions and parts of the world, and they will grow the economy - you need a critical mass of urban housing and culture to be a player and we aren't even near that yet - time to keep building and innovating in Cleveland housing! Now for the chair half there, with Rubin:
ECOSSystem - Extending Community Open Source SystemSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 17:20.
While not currently a powerhouse in Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Northeast Ohio is positioned to begin excelling with FOSS in some very strategic ways that may add great value to the regional economy. Because of FOSS, we may now bridge the digital divide more quickly and completely here than has any other large urban center in America, we may soon have the highest percentage of workforce properly educated for the new economy, and we may lead the world in some fields of application development and technology innovation with global, open standards, all if the region now embraces FOSS.. ( categories:
Hong Kong Inventors Unveil New Micro-Wind Turbines Suitable for City DwellersSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 23:13.
Buzzing Hong Kong is better known for keeping lights on all night and the air conditioner running full blast, not saving energy. But engineers in the city have introduced an innovative wind energy technology than can help both rural and city residents protect the environment and cut down on energy costs - without having to spend a fortune on an expensive device. Claudia Blume reports.
Shrinking Cities explorations at SPACES, Cleveland Urban Design Center, AJ Roccos and all around our 77 square mile townSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 23:39.
04/20/2007 - 16:30 04/20/2007 - 20:00 Etc/GMT-4 "I think Cleveland is a good place. Inner city is rough, but the outskirts is real beautiful, and great schools there. Plus my family, my mom and my sisters, they're all in Cleveland, so it's easier for me to be there than anywhere else." This quote, from an excellent Free Times interview with Charles "Wish Bone" Scruggs, of Cleveland-roots, Grammy award winning, multi-platinum rap trailblazers Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, sings the woes of a place branded as a "Shrinking City", where even the urban hard-core Thugs chose the 'burbs over the 'hood. The result of such out-migration, and downright defection, as is the case with all the other members of Bone, is the subject of a series of art exhibitions and related events taking place over the next month, all over town... which event sponsor Kent Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) introduces by pointing out: "In 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Cleveland had lost nearly 20,000 residents in just five years. The city’s population of 458,684 was the lowest in nearly one hundred years." Starting Friday, April 20, 2007, at 4:30 PM, with a lecture at CUDC, explore what it means when a city loses its Bones... Location
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
820 Prospect Avenue Related events at Spaces Gallery and A.J. Rocco's
Cleveland, OH United States
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Feed the Bloggers: Gypsy Spirit Niki Gillota Knows Beans, Baking and EntrepreneurshipSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 01:48.
2007 CIA Spring Design ShowSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 11:01.
04/27/2007 - 17:30 04/27/2007 - 20:30 Etc/GMT-4
Here's more info from the official invitation... Location
Cleveland Institute of Art
11141 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps Anthropocentrism - It's "just" a word...Submitted by Charles Frost on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 08:03.
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Exploring connections between lead poisoning and Alzheimer's disease and related dementiasSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 00:19.
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YOUR TAX MONEY THROWN TO THE WIND BY CUYAHOGA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS?Submitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 15:13.
Cuyahoga County has issued RFQ 8382 for a so called “Feasability Study concerning Lake Eire Wind Energy Center”. See County site here. Responses are due April 23. 2007 The "Center" is not a center as in a building, but an offshore installation of turbines.
Nationally Celebrated Arts and Education Speakers Coming to ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 12:55.
04/27/2007 - 08:30 04/27/2007 - 14:00 Etc/GMT-4 Learn how the arts can change everything...from an individual to a nation! Young Audiences invites you to hear two dynamic and engaging speakers on Friday, April 27th: Location
Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade
420 Superior Avenue Followed by performance and lunch at Jacob's Field Terrace Club
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps Cycling and Climate Change DebateSubmitted by Kevin Cronin on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 12:12.
I went to a very good talk about climate change and the "Inconvenient Truth" at the Natural History Museum last week. The dialogue was led by local businessman/ environmentalist Jeff Friedman. It occurs to me that cycling can be a stronger part of climate change discussion.
FUTURE VIEW FROM CLEVELAND'S DIKE 14 - WITH FOOT NOTESSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 16:09.
Actually, this is a view from the Peace Bridge which crosses the Niagara River at Buffalo. The view is through my Greyhound window and shows the (8 – count the blades) Clipper turbines on the huge slag piles of the old Bethlehem Steel mill in Lackawanna. Look how high the slag is over the ice on Lake Erie. The turbine towers are over 300 feet tall, so the slag pile is at least 100 feet high - that's the way we used to do it - just dump our debris in the Great Lakes. Cleveland did that too - Burke Lakefront Airport is on the old City dump.
water vs petrol/ corn here vs corn thereSubmitted by Susan Miller on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 13:52.
I stopped into the very end of David Morgenthaler's talk at CSU a few weeks ago. When I arrived I heard Phil Lane step to the mic to ask Morgenthaler if he was investing his venture capital in second tier carbon trading markets. Lane went onto describe sustainable businesses and innovations like his own innovation which he said is being built somewhere (not Cleveland) currently -- a car that gets 100 mpg. While Morgenthaler indicated that he did not have an interest in investing in carbon trading, he did say that he was interested in knowing more about Lane's auto invention.
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What a difference voters make: State of Ohio Files Suit Against Paint Makers over Public Nuisance of Lead PoisoningSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 13:35.
YES - this is a huge story... the State of Ohio is suing Sherwin Williams and other paint manufacturers over the public nuisance caused by lead paint they sold here over decades... the state is joining five Ohio cities in this battle for our citizens - this case could very well take over the battle for the cities - very exciting times for our down-trodden state. It is exciting to see the new Ohio leadership in action, after so many years of poor performance by past administrations.
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Introducing the VelomobileSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 10:56.
The bi/tricycle of the future, an enclosed recumbent known as a velomobile, has arrived in the USA in form of a space-age looking pod with trunk space as well as hybrid-electric technology that provides electric assist for steep hills and charges from your pedaling motion. The velomobile pictured is the GO-One . Velomobiles enables year round cycling, though it would seem smooth surfaces are preferred. While there are certainly advantages to a traditional upright bicycle, there are also numerous disadvantages. However, lets bask in this revolutionary transportation technology and we can discuss the downsides later....
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