In this episode,  Dan Brown and Zoe Apisdorf with Rust Belt Riders speak about how they are feeding people and not landfills by collecting food waste from residential and commercial customers and turning it back into resource-rich compost and soil products to support our local food system.  Listen and hear about the importance of composting for our planet, ways to participate, and the opportunities for increasing composting access and infrastructure in the region. Guests:Dan Brown , Founder and Co-Owner Rust Belt RidersZoe Apisdorf, Director of Residential Experience, Rust Belt Riders Photo credit - Gary YasakiResources: Rust Belt Riders  Tilth Soil Cuyahoga County Composting Seminars and Bins  

In our first interview of 2022, we spoke with Patrick Kearns and Michael Bartunek about The Ohio City Farm, one of the largest urban farms in the United States. This six-acre gem cultivates fresh organic produce, along with opportunities for refugees that have resettled here in Cleveland.  Our cover photo shows the farm on a winter day while winter vegetables grow in the hoop houses and planning for the 2022 growing season is underway. In this episode, we talk about the history of the farm, its unique mission, and ways we can support the farm and the refugee community through produce purchases and volunteering. Guests: Patrick Kearns, Executive Director,  The Refugee ResponseMichael Bartunek, Senior Farm Manager, The Ohio City FarmResources:The Refugee Response The Ohio City Farm  and CSA sales More about our guests Grow at Home   

In this episode, we "talk trash" and hear how the City of Brooklyn implemented a city-wide Cart Tagging project to reduce contamination in its curbside recycling. In this feet-on-the-street approach to recycling education, teams of students were sent through the city to inspect recycling carts. Households that were not recycling correctly got an OOPS Tag attached to their cart that identified what they did wrong and how to recycle properly.  Cart tagging can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive way to educate residents about recycling, but the direct feedback it provides can measurably reduce contamination and save communities money. Brooklyn was the first community in Cuyahoga County to put cart tagging to the test. In our interview, we find out if this very personal way of educating residents worked, how they reacted, and the recycling "oops" being made.Guests:Kathleen Pucci, Councilwoman, City of BrooklynNina Savastano, Cart Tagger and John Carroll University StudentCarin Miller, Education Specialist, Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District Resources:Cuyahoga County Recycling Information Recycling Ambassador Program The Recycling Partnership

The Conway brothers are two of the most trailblazing, generous, and fun people you could ever meet. Together, they brought us craft beer, the first Christmas ale, a revitalized Ohio City, and a model company that incorporates a Triple Bottom Line approach in all they do.  Since 1988, Great Lakes Brewing Company founders and co-owners, Pat and Dan Conway have been brewing award-winning beer while also brewing good for the environment, the community, and their workers.  In this podcast, I was able to reconnect with Dan and Pat whom I first met in 2000 when they first began hosting meetings of a local networking group called E4S - Entrepreneurs for Sustainability. An instrumental beginning to Cleveland's environmental renaissance.  In this episode, Pat and Dan talk about how this renaissance got its start and the pioneering things they did as a business to lead the way.  Guests:Patrick ConwayDaniel ConwayLinks:Great Lakes Brewing CompanyGreat Lakes Brewing SustainabilityLocal Farming  

In this bonus episode to Brewing for Good, we continue our conversation with Pat and Dan Conway of Great Lakes Brewing Company to hear how they got their start in the craft beer industry and opened the first micro-brewery in Ohio in 1988.  Sustainability takes on new meaning in this story because the story of Great Lakes Brewing is also the story of the rebirth of a neighborhood. Tune in for some interesting insights about these two entrepreneurs and their Ohio City neighborhood. Guests:Patrick ConwayDaniel ConwayLinks:Great Lakes Brewing CompanyGreat Lakes Brewing Company History  

Diane and Greg introduce themselves and talk about why they started  ECO SPEAKS CLE and what they want to share with their listeners.