EcoWatch Journal October/November 2010 : Page 2

stefanie penn spea I still remember the day when I shelved my goal of inspir-ing hundreds of thousands of people to be conscious of their impact on the earth. Eight months pregnant and a 22-month-old daughter in tow, I knew something had to give. So I hung up my hat in 1999 as editor of Affinity which I published for nine years in Ohio. Little did I know, as I waved to my son on the school bus for his first day of first grade and rolled up my sleeves to launch EcoWatch, that sustainability would soon become an international buzz word and going green would be touted by individuals, businesses and policy makers. It was no longer jobs vs. the environment, but a need for a cleaner environ-ment creating jobs. My heyday had finally come. It’s hard to believe that EcoWatch, now in its fifth year, is printing 80,000 copies of its journal and distributing them statewide with our newest distribution point in Cincinnati. Thanks to the support from foundations including the Cleve-land and George Gund Foundation, members, advertisers and Green Gala sponsors, EcoWatch has become the number one resource for sustainability news in Ohio. With this fifth anniversary edition, as you have probably noticed, EcoWatch Journal has a new look. Thanks to the help of the Wise Group, we have tweaked our logo and undergone a complete redesign of the newspaper. We have added new columns and departments to offer more to our readership. Of course we will always continue to publish on 100 percent recycled newsprint as it’s the most economically and environ-mentally friendly way to print. In our everlasting pursuit to be as green as we can be, we have switched to new fonts that use less ink. Our website provides a new reader enhanced pdf TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY 01 Five Years Green FEATURED ARTICLES 05 Sewer District Reduces Sewage Overflow During Storms 06 Stop Asian Carp from Entering Lake Erie 07 Impacts of Coal Ash on Ohio 13 20 Years of Success at Indian Lake 15 Gardens Under Glass / Phoenix Coffee Switches to Compostable Cups 17 Attention Drivers—Turn Off Your Engines 20 Chardon High School Places at Envirothon / Bike-Sharing Program at KSU DEPARTMENTS 03 Letters to the Editor / Green Tips 16 Green City 19 Green Goods 2 • ECOWATCH JOURNAL COLUMNS 02 Letter from the Editor by Stefanie Penn Spear 08 EarthWISE by Megan Quinn Bachman 14 Policy Corner by Jack Shanner 18 Green Investing by Jeffrey Feldman and Andrew Hyman Stefanie Penn Spear, founder and executive director of EcoWatch, has worked on environmental issues for more than two decades. She is committed to educating Ohioans about solution-based sustainability projects in the state. She can be reached at spear@ecowatch.org. to make the experience of reading the newspaper online more enjoyable. We hope you like the upgrade and continue to enjoy reading our rag. October and November marks our membership drive. Get your chance to win the new iPod touch—visit our website or fill out the form on page 3—by becoming a new or renewing member. Your support is greatly appreciated. Congratulations to Timea Turoczi from Moreland Hills for taking the EcoWatch survey and winning a $100 gift card to her local health food store in our drawing. Special thanks to the advertisers in this issue for support-ing EcoWatch. We are very excited about our new partner-ship with the Wise Group to manage our advertising sales. If you are interesting in advertising in EcoWatch Journal or on our website, you can download our new media kit at www.ecowatch.org or contact Donna Theberge at 440-824-0319 or donna@wisegroup.com. The inspiration for this issue’s cover story came from the realization that a lot has happened in the sustainability move-ment over the last five years. Actually, many of the initiatives, including the creation of the sustainability offices in Ohio’s biggest cities, started about five years ago. From the local foods movement, which has become a national model, to all the other sustainability initiatives percolating in our state, the last five years have had a huge impact on the amount of people becoming conscious of their impact on the earth. So here’s to the last five years and to the next five years to come. Let’s continue on this path toward adopting sustainable practices and policies that will protect the planet, revitalize the economy and provide for future generations. VOLUME V • ISSUE I PUBLISHER EcoWatch EDITOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stefanie Penn Spear • spear@ecowatch.org SENIOR EDITOR Thomas J.Quinn • quinn@ecowatch.org ADVERTISING MANAGER Donna Theberge • donna@wisegroup.com 440-824-0319 CREATIVE DIRECTORS Stacy Vickroy • Crystal Madrilejos Wise Group • www.wisegroup.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Megan Quinn Bachman • Rachael Belz • Vicky Boots Robert Carillio • Lizzy Caston • Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells Jeffrey Feldman • Jason Hawk • Andrew Hyman Christopher Johnston • Kristy Meyer • Katie Nainiger Jack Shaner • Chris Trepal OFFICE MANAGER Bridget Schmitz • schmitz@ecowatch.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matt Castelli • Monica Deadwiler • Piyush Dubey James Leikin • Oakland Lewis • David Lindner Sam S. Mathew • Steven Newman • Ann-Marie Potemski Thomas J.Quinn • Michelle Sheehan • Jeff Smith Donna VanRooy • Eileen Victoriano PROOFREADERS Jen Burke • Michele McBride • Rita Nagusky ECOWATCH 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION for Your Support Cleveland Foundation George Gund Foundation Wholesome Acres Markets Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Verna Riffe Biemel Anthony Bina Candice Brothers Russell Brown Bob Cooper Mary Ann Hippsley Shelia & Jules Katz Gwen Marshall Missy Toms Matthew Warren Marie Wong Thank You OUR MISSION EcoWatch encourages individuals, businesses and governments to adopt sustainable lifestyles, business practices and policies. EcoWatch Journal is distributed for free throughout Ohio. We print 80,000 copies per issue. EcoWatch Journal is a venue for the sustainability community to get their news out to a broad audience. The articles in the newspaper are written by people working toward a sustainable world and focus on solution-based sustainability projects happening throughout our state. ARTICLE SUBMISSION EcoWatch Journal relies on the sustainability movement to provide the content for this newspaper. Visit www. ecowatch.org and click on ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS for details. Submitting an article does not guarantee it getting published. EcoWatch reserves the right to edit all material for clarity, length and content. E-mail submissions to: spear@ ecowatch.orgDEADLINE FOR THE DEC./JAN. ISSUE: NOV. 1 EcoWatch, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. EcoWatch Journal is published six times a year and distributed free throughout Ohio. Copyright ©2010, EcoWatch, Inc. All rights reserved. For reprinting in other publications or electronically, permission must be granted by EcoWatch and proper credit given. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher or editors. 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Letter From The Editor

Stefanie Penn Spear

I still remember the day when I shelved my goal of inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to be conscious of their impact on the earth. Eight months pregnant and a 22-monthold daughter in tow, I knew something had to give. So I hung up my hat in 1999 as editor of Affinity which I published for nine years in Ohio. Little did I know, as I waved to my son on the school bus for his first day of first grade and rolled up my sleeves to launch EcoWatch, that sustainability would soon become an international buzz word and going green would be touted by individuals, businesses and policy makers. It was no longer jobs vs. the environment, but a need for a cleaner environment creating jobs. My heyday had finally come. It’s hard to believe that EcoWatch, now in its fifth year, is printing 80,000 copies of its journal and distributing them statewide with our newest distribution point in Cincinnati. Thanks to the support from foundations including the Cleveland and George Gund Foundation, members, advertisers and Green Gala sponsors, EcoWatch has become the number one resource for sustainability news in Ohio. With this fifth anniversary edition, as you have probably noticed, EcoWatch Journal has a new look. Thanks to the help of the Wise Group, we have tweaked our logo and undergone a complete redesign of the newspaper. We have added new columns and departments to offer more to our readership. Of course we will always continue to publish on 100 percent recycled newsprint as it’s the most economically and environmentally friendly way to print. In our everlasting pursuit to be as green as we can be, we have switched to new fonts that use less ink. Our website provides a new reader enhanced pdf to make the experience of reading the newspaper online more enjoyable. We hope you like the upgrade and continue to enjoy reading our rag. October and November marks our membership drive. Get your chance to win the new iPod touch—visit our website or fill out the form on page 3—by becoming a new or renewing member. Your support is greatly appreciated. Congratulations to Timea Turoczi from Moreland Hills for taking the EcoWatch survey and winning a $100 gift card to her local health food store in our drawing. Special thanks to the advertisers in this issue for supporting EcoWatch. We are very excited about our new partnership with the Wise Group to manage our advertising sales. If you are interesting in advertising in EcoWatch Journal or on our website, you can download our new media kit at www.ecowatch.org or contact Donna Theberge at 440-824- 0319 or donna@wisegroup.com. The inspiration for this issue’s cover story came from the realization that a lot has happened in the sustainability movement over the last five years. Actually, many of the initiatives, including the creation of the sustainability offices in Ohio’s biggest cities, started about five years ago. From the local foods movement, which has become a national model, to all the other sustainability initiatives percolating in our state, the last five years have had a huge impact on the amount of people becoming conscious of their impact on the earth. So here’s to the last five years and to the next five years to come. Let’s continue on this path toward adopting sustainable practices and policies that will protect the planet, revitalize the economy and provide for future generations.

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