Aleksandra Brankov is all about supporting local business, and she loves her Northeast Ohio coffee shops and cafes. So, she developed her subscription-based coffee company, Cafilia, so customers can bring in their reusable travel mugs and get their locally-brewed cups of joe with no cash involved. 

In February, Holden Forests & Gardens launched the People for Trees campaign with the goal of planting 15,000 trees by 2025 to save Northeast Ohio’s dwindling tree canopy. As planting season comes to a close, Holden is on the fast track to reaching that goal.

Only about 70 of the 273 known Moses Cleaveland trees recorded in the city remain—including tulips, sycamores, beeches, several kinds of oaks, a hickory, and a silver maple. Tree advocates working to restore our tree canopy are using the remaining Moses Cleaveland trees to inspire residents to plant their own tree legacies.  

This coming Friday, Sep. 24 is World Gorilla Day, so MCPc and the Metroparks Zoo are teaming up to encourage people to come to the zoo and drop off their unused electronics to save the gorillas.

Fresh Fest Cleveland returns to Rid-All Farm and Otter Park this month, with a free multicultural festival that includes a farmers market, art installations, hands-on activities and workshops, food and drinks, art vendors, health and wellness activities, and a kids zone filled with fun for the whole family. 

Brittney Hooper shares her thoughts on Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River, and the history of environmental efforts to preserve our assets.  

Expanding on Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Outside initiative, local nonprofit Organic Connects partners with the Cleveland Metroparks to help urban youth connect to nature.

After a year-and-a-half hiatus, curbside recycling is coming back to  Cleveland and residents have until October to opt in to the program.
 

Euclid's HELP Harvest Greenhouse will teach life and employment skills by providing both paid employment and on-the-job training in growing hydroponic crops and fresh produce.

Canalway Partners is celebrating the progress of the Cuyahoga River and the recreational lifestyle that clean water provides with the Cuyahoga River Rally this weekend. 

NOACA will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss the draft of its eNEO2050 plan—which aligns future transportation and environmental planning initiatives with a focus on equitable access in land use, housing, jobs, health, and economics.
 

Cuyahoga County will invest $950,000 into the region’s tree canopy by funding 25 tree projects funding its Healthy Tree Canopy Grant Program.

The Cleveland Bar Association recently hosted a panel discussion examining the historic and continued environmental justice concerns that have fueled ongoing health and wealth impacts in city neighborhoods.
 

Holden Forests & Gardens urges everyone to pledge to plant a tree in its People for Trees initiative—with the goal of planting 15,000 new trees in the Forest City by 2025.

The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission will hold an online public meeting later this month to get input on the Lakefront Public Access Plan. 

The Putzfrau, a boat designed by Northeast Ohio native Frank Samsel and used in the early 1970s to clean up the Cuyahoga River, was spotted yesterday—restored and back in service.

In early November, after three weeks on the Atlantic, 3,000 cubic meters of Austrian timber arrived at the Port of Cleveland for the INTRO project in Ohio City. Let the building of the country's tallest wood building begin!

Canalway Partners organizers encourage people to clean up their own neighborhoods in honor of this year's RiverSweep.