Environment

URBAN TURBINES - WHY NOT RIDE THE WIND NOW?

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 10:00.

JOINT POST BY MILLER (TEXT) AND BUSTER (PHOTO) 
The photo above is a copy of a paper flyer from the RTA bus tour at August 07 Ingenuity Fest. Someone decided that photographing the new bus - which cost $860,000.00 each - in front of the Cleveland Science Center wind turbine would look dynamic. So, let's actually DO IT as Susan suggests below.

CIVIC SPACE IS EQUITY BASED

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 11:33.

I  have been attending and photographing events at each end of the NEO citizen spectrum.  What I mean is that I have attended Cuyahoga County Commissioner's meetings  - which I would propose is one of many events at the top of what I'll define as the "civic pyramid", and I’ve  gone to classes with individual citizens at the Shaker Lakes Regional Nature  Center (the raccoon rabies bait story is centered around the Nature Center woods) -which I propose to define as one of many citizen events at the base, the foundation, of the "civic pyramid".   Another example of an event at the top of the "civic pyramid" would be the Cuyahoga County Wind Energy Task Force meeting which was held at the Key Center September 13 and which I will post about shortly.  And another example of an event at the foundation of the pyramid is instructor Donald Isom’s (on left in "Rehab is for Quiters"  shirt) weekly Krump at the Heights Youth Club pictured above.

VOLUNTEER TO BUILD A COB BUILDING!

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Photo of contractor Susan Clellen in front of Stewardship Center

Location

The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
2600 South Park Blvd
Shaker Hts., OH
United States

CuyCounty WIND Energy Task Force meets Thurs, 9/13/07 at Noon

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 09/11/2007 - 15:18.
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The Cuyahoga County Energy Task Force is scheduled to conduct a public meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at the Offices of Thompson Hine LLP on the 39 Floor of the Key Building, Downtown Cleveland.   

Location

Key Tower, 39th floor
Cleveland Downtown
OH
United States

FALLOUT SHELTERS AND RACCOON RABIES BAIT

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 09:46.

A few days ago I saw the fallout shelter sign above still hanging on the outside of an old brick apartment building on Lee near Euclid in Cleveland Heights.  Fallout Shelters were a massive US goverment hoax - the signs and the buildings were just placebos for public nervousness.
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Merck/Sanofi-Adventis Recombinant DNA loose at a Cuyahoga County Park Near you!

BOBBY SEALE - PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORD

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 20:55.

Heard Bobby tonight at 3C - heard him in the 60's too.  We need leadership like his today in Cleveland. 

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Mr. Seale addressed a crowd of several hundred at Cuyahoga Community College Saturday evening.   I remember well the Black Panther Party from the 1960’s.  Mr. Seale remembers it well too.   Mr. Seale's visit was sponsored by the Sara J. Harper Leadership Institute.  Retired Hon. J. Harper was at the podium to introduce the evening’s program. 

Zoobilee Saturday September 15th

Submitted by lmcshane on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 18:44.
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The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo celebrates its 125th anniversary.  With two Cleveland Metrohealth Campuses, two libraries (free WI-FI), a rec center, Steelyard Commons and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park within walking or biking or train distance, you would think that hotels and great restaurants would follow Go figure?! (Hello Mitch Schneider--A residential inn at Steelyard Commons please! So my mom has a place to stay when she visits :)  

I do have to hand it to the Ohio tourism site--Discover Ohio--nice job! Mutiple language options. SMART!

ZOOBILEE, also, a great chance to see RED, an orchestra!

Location

HEADED DOWN

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 14:10.

The property next to me has been for sale for over 2 years.   And after a similar fruitless wait, the  owner of the house two doors up just last week pulled their house back off the market.  Nothing is selling in my neighborhood.  In Parma – where I took the “rent to own” and “cash at closing” photos the neighborhoods are littered with empty for-sale houses.  In Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights a few houses are even being auctioned – very unusual for those suburbs.  Then there’s Cleveland and East Cleveland. 

BREUER / POST MORTEM

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 10:51.

On Friday August 31, 2007, while Air Show jets stalled out conversations and blasted ear drums,  Susan Miller and I visited the “open house” at the Post designed Cleveland Trust Rotunda building which sits on the corner of Euclid and 9th next to the Marcel Breuer designed Cleveland Trust Tower in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.   Lee Trotter had announced this open house at the County Commissioners meeting the day before and the Dirty Dealer had carried the news a few days prior.   I wondered, why is the County doing this? 

CLEV/CUYAHOGA PORT AUTHORITY LETS PUBLIC POUND PLATITUDES PILLOW

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/01/2007 - 11:26.

 The Cleveland Port Authority wore no clothes on Thursday.   The King was completely naked – yet about half (including a rep of “first suburbs”) of the 19 adults who spoke to the 100 plus in attendance raved about the “BOLD PLAN”  

Greenpeace Gets It Right: More Wind Power In Erie A Good Idea

Submitted by Phillip Williams on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 21:30.

Lake Erie

As many of you know there has been a lot of talk about wind energy coming to Cleveland.  The shores of Lake Erie could someday hold a farm of renewable energy windmils.

Over at TreeHugger.com there is interest in the shallow waters of our nearest great lake... but maybe Cleveland is not in the plans?  Head on over to thier site for an interesting article on what Greenpeace is thinking.

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Cycling safety and Traffic Laws

Submitted by Kevin Cronin on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 14:04.

So what is the proper decision for police and prosecutors evaluating a collision between the operator of a bicycle and a motor vehicle? What, if any, is the criminal conduct? Well,of course, that depends on the circumstances of the accident, but if the cyclist is lawfully in the road, the answers could be many.

CLEVELAND, DOWN BUT NOT OUT – MAYBE THAT’S BAD…

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 13:36.

I consistently attempt to have a “positive” outlook about North East Ohio and Cleveland.  I consider the substance of my posts on Realneo and affirmatively select material which I believe is conducive to improving the region.  However, there can be a problem with this self steered Polly Anna  editorial policy .   Always looking at the bright side might be just perpetuating a lie – maybe always having a positive outlook is actually misleading people and leading others into the false belief that the region is doing ok, that the region is improving.  Maybe it would be more helpful if I used my blog to accelerate failure – get to the bottom of it, get it over with and start new…

HIGH TECH TRACKING IN CHINA / BIKE FREIGHTERS IN CLEVELAND?

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 19:32.

Asleep on the job....                  photo courtesy Tim Littler                            Xian,  China

(The First) Wind Farm Planned For Lake Erie

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 14:34.

Lake Erie is on average relatively shallow and has one of the most productive and popular
Great Lakes sport fisheries. When it comes to walleye (the best eating freshwater fish that ever existed) and yellow perch,
Erie is "hot". So hot, that this Lake Erie based wind farm proposal could make the Cape Wind project proposal look like a playground scuffle, unless the sponsors properly look after any fish and aquatic life issues early on. Because this is the first of many wind farms that will be proposed for
Erie, we can be sure.

 

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Roll out the (rain) barrels in S. Euclid

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 20:37.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

By Jeff Piorkowski

SOUTH EUCLID

Healing our Waters Conference

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Top Regional Leaders to Make Case in Chicago for Economic Benefits of Great Lakes Restoration

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CLEVELAND'S BREUER DESIGNED TOWER’S PENDING DEMO FEATURED IN GERMAN ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 15:02.

The following article has been forwarded to David Ellison (because of Ellison’s co sponsorship – with Sally Levine - of the Marcel Breuer re-design re-use exhibit at Ingenuity Fest which is linked here) by Berlin architectural journalist Ulf Meyer.   The article will appear in    NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG (according to Meyer one of Europe’s best papers). Google translator won’t work on the older windows system from which I am now posting.  A quick translation from someone would be great! 
Perhaps we can embarrass the ignorant and financially arrogant Cuyahoga County Commissioners into backing off of their dogmatic demolition plans…..

 

Daniel and His Electric Car

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 11:07.

Daniel turned five years old the other day. He was very happy about being five, because he was big now and no one could treat him like a baby. Daniel's daddy came in his room to wish him a happy birthday and said, "How would you like to come with me to look for a new car? Our family needs a new car, and since you are five years old now, I would like your help in deciding what to buy."

Daniel was very excited. He had never gone car shopping and he knew this would be a real adventure!

 

Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks back

Submitted by Charles Frost on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 18:11.

Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks back

 

By michael [dot] kanellos [at] cnet [dot] com, News.com
Published on ZDNet News: Aug 16, 2007 11:57:00 AM

 

Explore the Shore

Submitted by johnmcgovern on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 13:03.
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Good Day Everyone!

I'd like to invite each of you to explore Detroit Shoreway, or more specifically, the Edgewater Hill neighborhood, as the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization unveils our new home at 7405 Herman Avenue.  Please see the attached flyer for more info.

Location

John & Lisa's New House
7405 Herman Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States

Cyclist-Motorist Accident Injures Cyclist Representative Michael Skindell

Submitted by Kevin Cronin on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 12:44.

I share everybody's horror about the accident and injuries to State Rep. Michael Skindell and am very glad to hear he's in the hospital and receiving appropriate care. From the description, the motorist is clearly at fault for cutting off the cyclist to make a left turn. It's certainly fortunate that the cyclist's helmet helped, but it's far better to stay out of accidents in the first place. This also presents an opportunity for public education, reminding motorists about cyclists' right to the road.  Share the Road, It's the Law.

The Way of the Cross - Symbolizing Synergistic Strategic Alliances and Cooperative Cross Sectional Collaborations

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 11:54.

Let's try to elucidate the elusive and concretize the abstraction represented by my Cross System  - start by drawing a Cross.

Revisiting an old concept - adding a mushroom module to the Sustainable Living Machine

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 16:26.

Having discussed the modification of classic aquaculture systems to be truly integrative in production of terrific tilapia, vitrious veggies, and cultivated compost I feel like there is no time better to integrate our toxic toxin mediating and mitigating mushroom strategy.