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Rocky River Watershed cleanup to be held June 6

By The Land ● Communities ● May 21, 2026

Help keep our natural environment clean during this cleanup.

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Looking back at 100 years of Maple Festivals

By Lucy McNees ● Arts & Culture ● May 18, 2026

Last month’s Maple Festival maked a century of celebrations. This year’s event even had the audacity to break out the sunshine.

Creating the perfect pollinator garden this spring in Lakewood

By Sharyn Arai ● Sustainability ● May 7, 2026

Here’s how you can help butterflies, bees and other pollinators this spring and summer.

Adoptee to run ultramarathon to raise funds for adoption community

By Lauren Cohen ● Communities ● April 29, 2026

Northeast Ohioan Dan Smith is raising money for Adoption Network Cleveland.

Thinking about spring planting? Keep Lakewood Beautiful hosting Humus and Perennial Flower sale May 16

By Sharyn Arai ● Communities ● April 28, 2026

Offerings include hardy native plants, herbs, grasses and several varieties of flowers that feed and serve as host plants for pollinators like butterflies and bees, such as milkweed, goldenrod, coneflower and more.

World-famous birder urges inclusivity, conservation during Cleveland talk

By Zachary Lewis ● Sustainability ● April 17, 2026

The noted author and birding enthusiast – famous for his racially charged encounter with a woman in New York’s Central Park – may have been preaching largely to the choir, but his message of inclusivity was welcome and deeply inspiring nonetheless.

Greater Cleveland Partnership brings sustainability professionals together at Sustainability Summit

By Maureen Wise ● Communities ● March 26, 2026

Collaboration and partnerships became the theme of the day. Although at the federal level, climate change and sustainability are being brushed aside, they are not in Cleveland, according to nearly all of the speakers.

Stream work continues at Shaker Lakes amid dam controversies

By Grant Segall ● Sustainability ● March 25, 2026

Sixty years ago, residents created the pioneering Nature Center at Shaker Lakes in response to a threat to the lakes. Now the lakes’ fate is being hotly debated again, and the center is quietly restoring its section of streams connecting them.

Cleveland, Lakewood city leaders denounce FirstEnergy request to lower reliability standards

By John Chacona ● Government ● March 13, 2026

Lakewood filed a formal complaint, while a Cleveland City Councilperson released a blistering statement.

Spreading native seeds throughout Northeast Ohio

By Maureen Wise ● Sustainability ● March 2, 2026

Two nonprofits are distributing 12,000 packets of native wildflower seeds at nine locations in Cuyahoga and Lake counties.