REALNEO for all - Sustainable Development

Not So Secret Agents Of Change, Flobots Concert Rises Above Mean Spirit of Unreal NEO

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:30:03 -0400

Thanks to Sudhir, I had the opportunity to check out the Flobots at Peabody's, Sunday night. If I'd browsed the Cleveland Scene Magazine concert preview, beforehand, I probably wouldn't have bothered going. The 100s of fans who enjoyed the show agreed that would have been a mistake.

Michael Pollan in Oberlin

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:08 -0400

Start: 2008/10/28 - 8:00pm

End: 2008/10/28 - 10:00pm

Michael Pollan speaks at Oberlin this fall!

I GRO EC at Coit Road Farmers Market, for over 75 years

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:27:44 -0400

The Coit Road Farmers Market is one of the most endearing places in real NEO. Hidden away in a near-dead industrial graveyard of East Cleveland, with the curb-appeal of a brownfield, it is not a place one goes without intent. So it amazes me that just about every time I go there I see someone I know. I guess I know some pretty smart people.

New Silver/Health Line Bus Stop at E. 9th and Euclid

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:24:51 -0400

While "they" may be calling the rehab'd bus line down Euclid Avenue the "Health Line", the stations were clearly designed to the Silver Line theme, which I prefer.

Question of the Day: Do You Think MedCon is a Pro or Con?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:36:31 -0400

Catch the Wave! Eco-Fashion Show and Party

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:18:04 -0400

Start: 2008/10/17 - 6:00pm

End: 2008/10/17 - 8:00pm

Catch the Wave! Eco-Fashion Show and Party. Enjoy gourmet local organic eats, cash bar, and an Eco-Friendly fashion show featuring Cleveland’s green fashion entrepreneurs! $15 per person. (free for Bioneers conference attendees)

Bioneers Conference 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:45 -0400

Start: 2008/10/17 - 8:30am

End: 2008/10/19 - 6:00pm

Bioneers Conference 2008 Bioneers, now in its 19th year is an acclaimed leading-edge forum that features a solutions-based approach, connecting environment, social justice, health and spiritual networks. For the second year, Great Lakes Bioneers—Cleveland will bring to Northeast Ohio the excitement and energy of the inspiring social and scientific innovators speaking at the national conference and a wide-ranging line-up of regional and local speakers, workshops and tours to communicate and celebrate the trailblazing work taking place in our region. This year’s conference will emphasize water and the important and diverse role that it plays in the social, economic, and natural environment of the Great Lakes Region.

I GRO East Cleveland, Thanks to Free Shaker Heights Mulch

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:37:02 -0400

In greening our little patch of the Independent Green Republic of East Cleveland, we have learned more about "Green" gardening from friends on REALNEO than anywhere else in the world... from insight sharing on how to "Improve Your Soil This Fall", to "Smart Seed"... and we're practicing what has been preached, building up our yard by a good foot with free organic matter like mulch and straw we picked up at the Shaker Heights mulch pile, shown here... leaves to be added this fall. All this in preparation for toxin free farming next year and forever after.

Art of the Day: "Electric Chair"; Glenville Shootout Memorial, by Cleveland Public Power

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:50:47 -0400

40 years ago, a great tragedy occurred at Beulah and Lakeview roads - police officers and citizens of Cleveland died here in one of the longest, most deadly urban gunfights and riots in modern American history... the Glenville Shootout. The site is still scarred, and an Electric Substation was placed dead center to where one would memorialize or reflect upon this event, cutting off Beulah Road like a huge electic chair, being the intended fate of the prosecuted ringleader of the black side of the story, a "militant" named Evans. This Death Chair Memorial illustrates the racism, stupidity and insensitivity of the Cleveland establishment. This should be a park, with a reflecting pool. It shall soon truly stand out for being surrounded by farms (although not growing food within 75 feet of this EMP nightmare and web of high voltage lines electrocuting the neighborhood). This is at the center of the Star Neighborhood, one block from the Hough/Star Bakeries complex and Browns Market... Glenville Shootout Ground Zero... now in redevelopment as a City Fresh affiliated intergenerational living and learning neighborhood center, spanning many blocks. Peace and emotional harmony shall come to this electrified place at last, by and for the people.

What Is A Little EMF ("Line Losses?") Among Friends

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:06:12 -0400

Fluorescent Field Saturday, February 09, 2008

Lake Erie Shoreby Beach

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:14:07 -0400

I live about two miles from Lake Erie, and went in the water today, for this pan and header, but I do not consider it safe to swim in the water, which is pathetic. Healthy beaches and a healthy Lake Erie would improve the value of all of NEO by $ trillions... that would be worth far more than all the polluters combined. Imagine being able to take a dip here, safely, wherever and whever you like...

Question of the Day: Which NEO leader should replace Dimora?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:54:11 -0400

Northeast Ohio has some of the dirtiest water and beaches in the world, because we have some of the dirtiest leadership in the world, and that is very poor for Cleveland's image and economy. Fortunately, it seems the region is now positioned to clean up at least one of our messes.

Bloggers for Obama, Part 2

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:41:44 -0400

I had so much fun at the Barack Obama campaign headquarters in East Cleveland, leading up to the March primary, meeting people and feeling part of something important, that I was excited by news the Shaker Heights campaign office was opening, July 24, 2008... hope to see one in EC soon. Sudhir and I stopped by to enjoy the good vibe. Cool to see a group line dancing to the energy. As we left, Sudhir said he'd like to go to a McCain event, just to see how it compares... I suggested he go to church or a gun show in Central Ohio...

Welcome Back Barack

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:36:11 -0400

The Barack Obama for President Shaker Heights campaign office opened July 24, 2008, at Shaker Square, where a great turn-out of old friends, young and old, all races, came together for change we can believe in.

What’s Lurking in Your (Expensive Granite) Countertop?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:05:43 -0400

July 24, 2008

What’s Lurking in Your Countertop?

By KATE MURPHY

SHORTLY before Lynn Sugarman of Teaneck, N.J., bought her summer home in Lake George, N.Y., two years ago, a routine inspection revealed it had elevated levels of radon, a radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer. So she called a radon measurement and mitigation technician to find the source.