Environment News from Your Community Foundation
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Apply for the Ohio Climate Justice Fund’s spring/summer cohort
The Ohio Climate Justice Fund has announced it is accepting applications for its spring/summer 2022 cohort, inviting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)-led organizations to apply for one-time grants between $15,000-$30,000 to host community listening sessions focused on climate and clean energy. The deadline to apply is April 8, 2022.
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Join Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) to discuss a regional climate action plan on March 15
In partnership with the Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation, NOACA will host a virtual Climate Action Summit on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 9 a.m. The summit is a half-day event that will include remarks from keynote speaker Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America, and panel discussions on subject matters related to the development of a regional climate action plan for Northeast Ohio.
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Citizen scientists work toward a smarter Lake Erie
Now at the end of its second year, Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA)’s Smart Citizen Science Initiative is aiming to unite community groups working to improve water quality across Lake Erie and its watersheds. Groups of volunteers have been collecting data on the lake’s health for years, but these community scientists use different methods to gather and distribute their findings. CWA’s initiative aims to create a network to standardize monitoring methods and make room for more innovation.
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Restoring Cleveland's urban tree canopy
To restore Cleveland’s tree canopy, community leaders are working to raise $100 million during the next 10 years to plant trees in parks, school yards, residential yards, along sidewalks, and near cooperating businesses. The result will be a greener, cleaner, cooler city in which residents can live, work and play.
The Cleveland Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to the Cleveland Tree Coalition to fund the hiring of a full-time director responsible for raising awareness, support and funding.
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Discuss the state of Lake Erie, March 16-17
Join the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) for the State of Lake Erie Conference, March 16-17 at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown. Virtual options will also be available. The event is the fifth in a series of annual State of the Lake conferences hosted by the IAGLR promoting collaborations between the science and policy communities.
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Recent Environment grants
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Cuyahoga County ($100,000) – An analysis from the insurance and underwriting sector indicates that climate change could inflict $69 trillion in damage on the global economy by 2100, likely the result of increased business operating and insurance costs due to climate disruptions/natural disasters in the event that warming hits two-degrees Celsius. This funding will help Cuyahoga County develop a “Climate Risk to Business" tool as a framework to demonstrate the lower costs of doing business in the Great Lakes region and Greater Cleveland due to the increase in climate- and environment-related impacts in other parts of the country (e.g. hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, drought and/or extreme temperatures). The tool would be intended to help businesses better understand and incorporate environmental impacts into their decision-making for long-term planning and potential relocation to the region.
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Institute for Conservation Leadership ($125,000) – The shifting landscape impacting the environmental sector includes upcoming local elections; emerging local and state policy issues; environmental justice matters and the significant task of navigating the emergence from COVID-19’s impacts on strategic priorities, organizational operations and strategic goals. This two-year grant will allow the organization to continue to prioritize environmental policy and advocacy efforts across our region, focusing on strengthening collaborations, leadership skills and strategic campaigns that create change at a local, regional and state level.
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Ohio Environmental Council ($300,000) – While local environmental partners continue to advance our region’s environmental movement around a shared agenda linking environmental, climate and racial justice; health; and economic prosperity, additional partnerships are critical to connect, elevate and advocate for shared priorities to compel government, corporate and institutional leaders to act. The funding will allow the organization to strengthen its advocacy role by hiring a Cleveland metro director, expanding community engagement, strengthening partnerships with new and historically excluded groups, and educating local leaders and elected officials.
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