Cleveland State University Office of Sustainability

01/10/2024

Free for students.
The Value of Our Water Resources in NE Ohio
We'll discuss our responsibility to protect our invaluable water resources in NE Ohio. We will include water quality, issues around algal blooms, stormwater management and how the lake and the river are significant contributors to our economy.

We'll discuss our responsibility to protect our invaluable water resources in NE Ohio.  There is a great deal of important rese...

01/08/2024

Squirrel friends spotted in front of the Science Research building 🐿️

09/19/2023

Would you like a guided tour of the CSU campus to learn about the trees you see every day? Meet in front of the Student Center and learn fascinating facts about the plants found on our urban campus.

Sept 20: 12:00-1:00 pm | West side of campus

Sept 27: 12:00-1:00 pm | East side of campus

09/08/2023

Chatting with CSU President, Dr. Laura Bloomberg, about sustainability and her decision to ditch plastic water bottles in her office!

09/08/2023

The Student Environmental Movement is hosting their first meeting of the year Tuesday 9/12 at 11:15 AM in SR G59. All students welcome!

09/01/2023

Join the CSU Sustainability Book Club to meet new people and have uplifiting discussions about building community around solutions to the climate crisis!

All We Can Save is an anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. Through essays, poetry and art, the book fosters deep and fulfilling conversations about climate change and inspires us...

07/13/2023

We hope you can join us for our next Building Education Series session on 7/20 at 8-10 AM ET: WHAT PROMOTING ELECTRIFICATION WILL MEAN FOR THE GRID. We have a great line up of speakers to talk about electrification in the built environment as well as the transportation sector. Speakers include Electrification Coalition Sustainable Cleveland General Services Administration Energy and Environmental Economics. We'll answer all your questions about electrification, decarbonization and grid capacity.
register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-promoting-electrification-will-mean-for-the-grid-tickets-466317988657

06/07/2023

Ohio lawmakers introduced a Community Solar Pilot program in the Ohio State House! If passed, House Bill 197 will create Ohio’s first Community Solar Pilot Program. This link makes it super easy to send a message to your state representative and let them know you support this bill!

Thousands of Ohioans would like to go solar now. Installing solar on Ohio homes helps save families money and take control of where their electricity comes from. But many Ohioans cannot go solar because they have property that isn't right for rooftop solar installation. This might be because of tree...

06/01/2023

The wide-ranging bill includes a provision that designates climate policy as a “controversial belief or policy” and says faculty must “encourage students to reach their own conclusions about all controversial beliefs or policies and shall not seek to inculcate any social, political, or religious point of view.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Keely Fisher chose to pursue her Ph.D. at Ohio State University because she wanted to learn about climate change from a world-class faculty. Now one year into her program, she wonders if she belongs here. The problem has nothing to do with Ohio State and everything to do with the Oh...

05/25/2023

Want to know more about the trees and plants on the Cleveland State University campus? Join the CSU Grounds Department and the Office of Sustainability on May 31 from 12–1 p.m. for a lunchtime walk around campus. Meet in the Student Center Plaza, where a horticultural expert will share insights about the variety of plant species on our urban campus. Step outside, enjoy the spring weather and get to know your campus backyard! No RSVP necessary.
Hospitality Services and Sustainability

05/11/2023

SDSN USA hosted a meetup of Greater Cleveland Universities, in partnership with Cleveland State University (CSU), Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), and the Cleveland Foundation. Faculty, students, and sustainability officers with interest in or focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and decarbonization gathered at CSU to discuss their capacity and interest to support the City in the pursuit of a sustainable future.

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, the City of Cleveland, SDSN, and the Cleveland Foundation held the city’s first Decarbonization Summit to discuss pathways for reducing the city’s carbon emission levels.

05/11/2023

Some good news!
Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday.

Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday. Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation in 2022 after first doing so last year.