All About Monarchs with Marci and Amy

All About Monarchs with Marci and Amy

Author: Diane Bickett and Greg Rotuno September 20, 2022 Duration: 45:13
Send us Fan Mail Marci Lininger calls monarch butterflies the guardian angels of the pollinator world. By doing good things for monarchs, we also help a myriad of other species that also need our help. This past summer, the monarch was officially designated as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Curious to know more about what that means and what can be done to help, we speak with Marci Lininger, with the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative, and a returning guest,...

There's a quiet but powerful movement happening across Northeast Ohio, where innovative minds are reimagining how we live and work in balance with our environment. ECO SPEAKS CLE sits down with these local sustainability leaders-the entrepreneurs, scientists, community organizers, and business owners-who are putting these ideas into practice right here. Hosted by Diane Bickett, this podcast goes beyond theory to explore the tangible projects and personal stories shaping a more resilient region. You'll hear conversations that feel like a discovery, uncovering the work of people and organizations dedicated to making our cities greener, our economies more circular, and our connection to Lake Erie and the surrounding landscape more thoughtful. It’s not about distant concepts, but the actionable steps and sometimes messy, real-world challenges of building a sustainable future locally. Produced by Greg Rotuno, each episode is an invitation to learn from your neighbors and to see the familiar places you live and work through a new, hopeful lens. Tune in to this podcast for genuine dialogue that connects the dots between society, culture, and nature, offering a sense of place and purpose for anyone curious about their role in our shared ecosystem.
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Come Along for a Ride with Slow Roll Cleveland [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:10
Send us Fan Mail If you need a reason to love Mondays, Slow Roll Cleveland is it. In this episode, Greg and I join Slow Roll Cleveland and several hundred other cyclists for a leisurely-paced bike parade through our urba…
Choosing a Renewable Energy Supplier with Jenn McMillin of SOPEC [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:27
Send us Fan Mail Are you curious about making smarter, greener choices for your electricity supply? In this episode, we speak with Jennifer McMillin with the Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC). Jenn is SOPEC'…
Bonus Clip: A Chair-ity Success Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:05
Send us Fan Mail In this bonus to our conversation with Maria Paparella, Maria shares a personal story of one of the young adults she deeply connected with through her organization Chair-ity. This young adult faced sever…
Maci Nelson is The Land+Scape Nerd [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:00
Send us Fan Mail Meet our fellow Cleveland podcaster, Maci Nelson. Maci is a landscape architect, the creator of The Land+Scape Nerd podcast, and a project manager for LAND Studio, a non-profit that connects communities…
When Life Gives You Styrofoam™... Recycle with Edgewater Surf [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:13
Send us Fan Mail Jeff McNaught owns Edgewater Surf, a surf shop in Rocky River, where he sells a variety of new and used paddleboards, surfboards, and windsurfing gear. The shop also serves as an informal community hub f…
Hiking Together since 1919 - The Cleveland Hiking Club [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:17
Send us Fan Mail For this episode, I hit the trails with The Cleveland Hiking Club to discover what drives this all-volunteer-run organization with over 1,200 members. The answer? Cool people who are passionate about enc…
Seeding our Forested Future: The Holden Seed Bank [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:30
Send us Fan Mail Holden Forest & Gardens is seeding Ohio's forested future through the Holden Seed Bank at the Holden Arboretum, which will soon celebrate its first anniversary. In this episode, we speak with Seed Bank M…
Greenspace: Supporting Health and Resilience in NEO [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:18
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we share the recording from our recent May networking event at Great Lakes Brewing Company. This event featured a discussion about greenspace with three local leaders working on expandin…
Cleveland Vegan Society Presents VegFest 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:29
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sunny Simon, President of The Cleveland Vegan Society, joins us to talk about veganism and VegFest 2024, coming to Cleveland's Huntington Convention Center on Saturday, June 22. It's the…