Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Lakewood Wind test

Great conference about the nuts and bolts of creating a wind business.

Ran SSN test. Have a camera crew lined up to cover Wednesday evening shifts. Meeting with them Friday evening to plan coverage next week.

Minor equipment and branding issues. Most worked out.

--Cecil.

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Wind Turbines on our Horizon? SSN in Lakewood

sees Northeast Ohio as a major North American Center for development of wind industry.

Steve Doer  employment opportunities growing enormously.

500 wind industry  company is Ohio.  Number 2 in the state

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

SNN Live -- Feeding Cleveland -- Levin College Urban Forum

By Lisa-Jean Sylvia of City Fresh
Between 40 -50 people have gathered to listen to Clare Hinrichs discuss the redesign of our food system. Following a tour of several urban farms, Ms. Hinrichs connects the local work with a broader discussion about local food systems.

"You have a vibrant and resourceful city," she says.

Hinrichs suggest moving from a strictly local focus to forming regional connections that will allow "equitably grown food" to enter the mainstream food system.

In working to reform the food system, Hinrichs focuses on the importance of reflection. She urges Cleveland to use art and its strong history of urban food initiatives to reflect on civic agriculture and our work on the food system.

As a part of their year long series on building Cleveland's future beyond foreclosure, CSU's Levin College of Urban Affairs is sponsoring the "Feeding Cleveland" Photography Contest. Deadline for submissions in September 21, 2009. Also part of the Levin College Forum series is an exhibit exploring the role urban agriculture has played in feeding Cleveland. The Feeding Cleveland Exhibit is currently on display at the Campbell Gallery and has been extended to run through the month of September.

SNN -- Feeding Cleveland -- Levin College Urban Forum

Feeding Cleveland:  Creating a Sustainable Local Food System
By Cecil Hickman  Sustainability News Network (SNN)
--This is a grassroots story ... knowledgeable sources are encouraged to contribute--
C. Clare  Hinrichs, the noted expert on food systems, will tour Cleveland Wednesday.  She will then  speak
to  a Cleveland State University forum  at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at four o'clock this afternoon.
  

Hinrichs is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at Penn State University and Co- Editor of the book “Remaking the North American Food System:  Strategies for Sustainability."    Reviewer Mark Lapping says the series of essays are a good place to start in the study of the country's food system. 

"In essence, these approaches hold the potential to genuinely revolutionize one of the most basic things we do on a daily basis." He writes.

 Organizers hope she will discuss not only about what is good about the food system in Northeast Ohio but also suggest solutions for any weak points that she may notice. 
Molly Schnoke, is project coordinator for the Center for Civic Education who helped organize the project for the Levin College Forum.     
She hopes, “ Clare Hinrichs will figure out the gaps  in the Northeast Ohio food system and tell conferees how they can fill those gaps.”
A panel of local experts will also give their views of the food system in Northeast Ohio. 
They include  Megan Chaney, Planner, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission.
Darwin Kelsey, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy,
Brad Masi, Founder, New Agrarian Center,
Sharon Glaspie, Director, Garden Boyz, 
The panel will be moderated by Barbara Strauss, Assistant Director for Technical Services, Cleveland State University Library. 
 The event kicks off at  4 p.m. Wednesday and runs until 6 p.m. at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at 1717 Euclid Avenue
Schnoke adds that the challenge for event planners was to sort through a lot of sustainability issues to find one to focus on. 
Sustainability Network News will attempt to provide live coverage of the event through their blogsite at  http:// sustainabilitynetworknews.blogspot.com
Publisher:  Michael Gesing, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Citizens League. 
SNN Editor in Chief:  Cecil Hickman edtrmc@sbcglobal.net