Press Release
March 28, 2022
Heights residents honor Earth Month with a wide range of grassroots events
Earth Month in the Heights is a crowdsourced effort led by the Cleveland Heights Green Team for Heights’ residents to participate in a wide range of activities and events designed to inspire awareness and advocacy for a healthier and greener Heights. Over thirty events, organized by the community for the community will provide everyone in the Heights with access to transformational action.
The Calendar of Events include a Bike Rally for World Health Day hosted by Bike Cleveland, neighborhoods, green spaces, and community gardens clean ups, nature walks, sustainability forums, the first Heights Sustainability Fair, Cleveland Heights Earth Day 5k run, a book discussion at the Heights Library, and free trees for all University Heights and Cleveland Heights residents who wish to have one or more planted in their yards.
Earth Month in the Heights seeks to connect local groups and organizations, whose commitment to a more sustainable and healthier way of life in our communities is so valuable but, in some cases, not well recognized. It brings their work into the spotlight and offers residents the opportunity to learn more by participating in one or more of the events and inspire them to join as members or volunteers. Healthy communities welcome everyone to join in making a difference. Some of the local organizations and groups supporting the effort include Friends of Heights Parks, Heights Tree People, Noble Litter Busters, Doan Brook Watershed Partnership, ARTFUL, Future Heights, Boulevard Elementary Learning Garden, Bike Cleveland, Glendon Road Plus Neighbors, Heights Libraries, and the Nature Center at Shaker Heights.
In addition, the Cleveland Heights Green Team is supporting the Ukraine crisis relief efforts by partnering with MedWish International and conducting a discarded medical supplies collection drive as part of Earth Month. The drive emphasizes recycling, reusing, repurposing alternatives as a mechanism to divert waste from the landfill while also giving residents the opportunity to donate supplies to distribute to relief organizations operating in Eastern Europe. To make it easy for residents to drop off donations, the Green Team has organized two collection drives during two community events: the World Health Day Heights Bike Crawl on April 7, 4.00–6.00 p.m. at Boulevard Elementary School, and the Heights Sustainability Fair on April 23, 1–4 p.m. at Coventry PEACE Park.
Earth Month in the Heights is a groundbreaking community initiative intended to affirm that all have the responsibility and power to protect the environment, live healthier lives, and create an equitable, prosperous community for all.
Fri April. 1
Free Tree Planting
April 1 - May 31
Boulevard Garden Bed Workdays
Boulevard Elementary School, Cleveland Heights
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Garden Walk Event in July
April 1 - June 30
Window Display Book Sale
April 1 - May 31
Sat April. 2
Schoolhouse Park Clean Up
14391 Superior Rd, Cleveland Heights
09:00 AM - 11.00 AM
Boulevard Garden Bed Work Days
Boulevard Elementary School, Cleveland Heights
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Tue April. 5
How to prepare for climate change
Shaker Heights Middle School - Auditorium
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Wed April. 6
Deyampert Giles: Spring Garden Preparation
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM ZOOM
Thu April. 7
Neighborhood Bike Rally for World Health Day
Medical Supplies Drive for Ukraine Crisis Relief
Boulevard Elementary School, Cleveland Heights
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Sat April. 9
A Walk in the Park
Lower Shaker Lake, Shaker Heights
10:00 AM
Rockefeller Park Stream Sweep
750 E 88th St, Cleveland, OH
12:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Tue April. 12
Dine for a Cause - Support Boulevard Garden
Bottle House 2050 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Local Government and the Environment
League of Women Voters Forum Zoom
07:00 PM
Thu April.14
Steve Cagan: Will it be Beautiful?
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM ZOOM
Sat April.16
Cumberland Park Clean Up
1740 Cumberland Rd, Cleveland Heights
9:00 AM
Ambler Park Stream Sweep
Ambler Park
12:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Wed April. 20
Barbara Boyd Park Clean Up
869 Ravine Dr, Cleveland Heights
10:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Earth Day Run 5K
Forest Hill Park
6:45 PM
Thu April. 21
Book Discussion: A Terrible Thing to Waste
Heights Library Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
7.00 PM
Sat April. 23
Noble Elementary Campus Litter Pickup
1293 Ardoon St #1601, Cleveland Heights
10.00 AM
Rockefeller's Forest Hill Wooded Lot Clean-up
Corner of Burlington & Mayfield, Cleveland Heights
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Heights Sustainability Fair - Design our Green Future
Medical Supplies Drive for Ukraine Crisis Relief
Houseplant info & demo with Houseplant Warrior author Raffaele DiLallo
Coventry PEACE Park
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sat April. 23
Earth Spirit Mask Making
Art Acts Studio - Coventry Peace Campus
2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sun April. 24
Stormwater grates and street refuse cleanup: Lake Erie starts here
The Walt Park 2301 Fenwick Rd, University Heights
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Cain Park Clean Up Day
Cain Park 14591 Superior Rd, Cleveland Heights
2:00 PM
Wed April.27
Heights Sustainability Forum
Future Heights- Coventry Peace Campus
2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Thu April.28
Build the Park Presentation and Q&A
Cleveland Heights Community Center
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Fri April. 29
Ceremonial Tree Planting and Tree Give Away
Cleveland Heights Community Center
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Oxford Elementary School campus litter pickup with Student Council
939 Quilliams Rd, Cleveland Heights
12.30 PM
Sat April. 30
Grow Not Mow - Native Plants Planting
Corner of Courtland Blvd & South Park Blvd
Shaker Heights
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Family Exploration Day
Nature Center, Shaker Heights
10.00 AM
Earth Stewards - Fairmount Presbyterian Church tour
2757 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights