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QUITTING TIME AT BREUER TOWER, CLEVELAND, OHIO

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 13:12.

Every afternoon at 3:30 the workers removing the asbestos and doing the interior demolition in the Marcel Breuer designed Ameritrust Tower pile briskly out into the little alleyway between the Tower and the Tower's  parking garage.  

are you wearing cotton?

Submitted by Susan Miller on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 07:27.

Shortly after the screening of Black Gold last year at Cleveland Cinematheque, I turned to purchasing only fairly traded coffee from Phoenix Coffee in my neighborhood. There are increasing choices there perhaps driven by the awareness raised by the film.

I also found this video called White Gold: the true cost of cotton. Though much of what I wear is found in secondhand stores and I can't remember the last time I purchased something "new", I found it informative and apparently asked to be kept in the loop.

So this morning, here's what the loop sent to me:

West African organic cotton farmer to visit fashion schools

PAN will visit next month several schools of fashion and textile design across Europe, and inform students about the benefits of organic cotton, and how they can adopt sustainable practices when sourcing raw materials. Barnabas Paul, an organic cotton farmer from Benin, West Africa, will join our panel of experts in the UK and France and explain, in his own words, to the designers of tomorrow how organic cotton has transformed the lives of his family and community. Check out all the dates here.

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MORE GLIB LIES FROM PORT AUTHORITY - SO VOTE NO ON ISSUE 14

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 14:51.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority continues to obfuscate and intentionally misrepresent the facts in its attempt to finance itself from our county taxes.

 

Dahlias in the Fall rain on Berkshire banner

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 13:47.

Dahlias uploaded for realneo banner -

These were mixed in Photoshop panorama maker.

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GEORGE FOLEY PLAYS CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOLIOS

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 14:46.


George Foley closed his entertaining afternoon on Saturday October 27 with   Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag - a eager request of the lady in the feather boa.    

Hope Memorial Bridge, Cleveland, Ohio banner

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 13:28.


Hope Memorial Bridge photo from NorthEast looking SouthWest at dusk banner for realneo

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Greening the modern preservation movement: Bauhaus at the brink

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 07:44.

Greening the modern preservation movement: Bauhaus at the brink

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Envisioning and Executing a Holistic East Cleveland Transformation

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 15:26.

Years have past since our REALNEO team first presented a vision for a holistic and sustainable East Cleveland transformation at a town hall meeting held by former Mayor Saratha Goggins.  Since then, our team has pushed forward with a diverse group of advocates for positive change and today we are poised to introduce many of the concepts we originally envisioned as part of the Star development project.  

Putnam Collection Welcomes Keith Haring Acrobats to NEO

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 11:18.

The John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection is especially visible in this community, right now, as one day following the reception celebrating the addition of work #45 to University Circle - the stunning "Inner Circle", by David Deming - the collection welcomed to NEO the landmark sculpture "Acrobats", by important regional artist Keith Haring (born in 1958 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, qualifying him for the collection).

Municipal Geothermal for Independent Green Republic of East Cleveland

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 09:45.

While looking on Green City Blue Lake for a posting on the Breuer, I came across an interesting article by Marc Lefkowitz called "Warm up to district geothermal in Cleveland", which writes "Representatives from Case, UCI, Cleveland Clinic, city of Cleveland, Flats East Bank and Neighborhood Progress, Inc.— which is considering geothermal district power at its St. Luke’s development—met yesterday (October 22, 2007) at the Cleveland Foundation" to discuss "The economics of district-wide geothermal". It seems these groups are exploring large scale geothermal projects to help meet large energy needs, like for University Hospitals.

Many Worlds Collide for David Deming, Inner Circle and Putnam Collection

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 23:38.

The Friends of Art, CWRU staff and the John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection team of Harvey Buchanan and Evelyn Kiefer picked the perfect time and day to hold a reception celebrating the addition of work #45 to the world-class Putnam Sculpture Collection, at University Circle, as David Deming's "Inner Circle" is a work of art that changes dramatically with light in the environment, and sunset is an especially beautiful time to view this work.

Thought For Today - Belonging (to our communities)

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 07:27.

Belonging

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 8:16pm

Pumpkin banner for Realneo

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 21:53.


this is a post to upload the pumpkin banner to obtain a url for the image.

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WE NEED MORE OHIO DAILY BLOGS

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 20:44.

George at BFD

brought this to my attention... Neo needs 1,000sands more frank reports like this.

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'Unexpected growth' in CO2 found

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 18:49.

 CSIRO)
Inefficient use of fossil fuels has been singled out

Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000, says a study.

International scientists found that inefficiency in the use of fossil fuels increased levels of CO2 by 17%.
The other 18% came from a decline in the natural ability of land and oceans to soak up CO2 from the atmosphere.
About half of emissions from human activity are absorbed by natural "sinks" but the efficiency of these sinks has fallen, the study suggests.

The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was carried out by the Global Carbon Project, the University of East Anglia, UK, and the British Antarctic Survey.

It found that improvements in the carbon intensity of the global economy have stalled since 2000, leading to an unexpected jump in atmospheric CO2.
"In addition to the growth of global population and wealth, we now know that significant contributions to the growth of atmospheric CO2 arise from the slow-down of natural sinks and the halt to improvements in the carbon intensity of wealth production," said the study's lead author, Dr Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project.
Global sink
The weakening of the Earth's ability to cope with greenhouse gases is thought to be a result of changing wind patterns over seas and droughts on land.
"The decline in global sink efficiency suggests that stabilisation of atmospheric CO2 is even more difficult to achieve than previously thought," said report co-author Dr Corinne Le Quere of the British Antarctic Survey.
"We found that nearly half of the decline in the efficiency of the ocean CO2 sink is due to the intensification of the winds in the Southern Ocean."
The declining power of the seas to soak up industrial pollution is not only being recorded in the southern hemisphere, however.
According to a separate 10-year study published recently, the effect is also being seen in the North Atlantic.

'Bird-friendly' call for gardens

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 18:45.

UK householders can halt the decline of many birds by making their gardens more wildlife-friendly, a charity says.

Inner Circle has Multiple Meanings, Around University Circle

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 12:15.

University Circle is a community of overlapping circles of interdependent institutions, boards, patrons and public interests that in some way touch every life in the NEO universe, worldwide (well illustrated by the current Cleveland Orchestra tour of Europe). So thoughts of "Inner Circles" within this star-power constellation bring illusions of grand people and designs. So true, as the latest "Inner Circle" added to University Circle is a very sharp and strong sculpture by Cleveland Institute of Art President David Deming, commissioned by the Putnam Sculpture Collection, of Case Western Reserve University... a great collision of worlds.

IMPROVE YOUR SOIL THIS FALL

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 11:05.

 

This Fall, rather than raking and blowing those autumn leaves off your lawn and garden  why don’t you just mow them into your lawn and leave them in your garden.

 

HALLOWEEN'S FOR ALL AGES

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 12:33.

Being able to become someone else for a moment can help us become more of ourselves...

Colleen Fraser mosaic

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 19:59.

This is a post to upload the image of Colleen Fraser's very exquisite mosaic on the west side of cleveland

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TAX ABATEMENT /PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN NEW HOUSING WHILE DEMOLISHING TAXPAYER’S HOMES

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 11:37.

“Battery Park” is a multi square block development on West 72 south of  the CSX tracks just on the bluff above Edgewater park and the Shoreway.

 

Right next to Battery Park is the old Detroit neighborhood where there are numerous vacant houses.

 

Daylight Savings Time

Submitted by lmcshane on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 10:38.

Sunshine helps to save energy and fight crime, some say.

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PEACE IS THE ANSWER BANNER

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 15:36.

post to upload image to obtain url for banner posting - peace is the answer from west side of cleveland.  This is painted on asphalt on the west side of cleveland at the approach to the pedestrian tunnel under the RR tracks to the Shoreway. 

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PEACE IS THE ANSWER BANNER

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 15:36.

post to upload image to obtain url for banner posting - peace is the answer from west side of cleveland

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