Conservation Committee
The purpose of the Conservation Committee is to keep the GCC membership well informed on current conservation issues; to promote respect for natural resources and responsibility for environmental stewardship; to encourage members to identify and carry out conservation work locally; to provide environmental education programs for youth and the general public; and with GCC leadership's approval, to work with other conservation agencies and organizations whose programs complement those of The Garden Club of Cleveland.
Some past speakers in the area of conservation have been:
David Beach, Green City, Blue Lake - Thinking Bioregionally in Northeast Ohio
Sandra Alborough, Holden Forests & Gardens - Vacant to Vibrant, Urban Vacant Lots as Neighborhood Assets
Rich Cochran, Western Reserve Land Conservancy - Hydraulic Fracturing and our Water Supply, Policy, Politics and Possibilities
Linda Sternheimer, Cleveland Port Authority - History and Evolution: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, Port Authority and Davey Resource Group
Judy Semroc, Cleveland Museum of Natural History - The Importance of Conservation to Birds, Bees and a Better Life
Jacqueline Kowalski, MA, The Ohio State University - Asian Carp Invasion in the Great Lakes
Kathleen Biggins, Mary Brophy, C-CHANGE Conversations - Discussion and engagement about Climate Change
Carin Miller, Education Specialist, from Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District, Recycling Best Practices
David Beach, Green City, Blue Lake - Thinking Bioregionally in Northeast Ohio
Sandra Alborough, Holden Forests & Gardens - Vacant to Vibrant, Urban Vacant Lots as Neighborhood Assets
Rich Cochran, Western Reserve Land Conservancy - Hydraulic Fracturing and our Water Supply, Policy, Politics and Possibilities
Linda Sternheimer, Cleveland Port Authority - History and Evolution: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, Port Authority and Davey Resource Group
Judy Semroc, Cleveland Museum of Natural History - The Importance of Conservation to Birds, Bees and a Better Life
Jacqueline Kowalski, MA, The Ohio State University - Asian Carp Invasion in the Great Lakes
Kathleen Biggins, Mary Brophy, C-CHANGE Conversations - Discussion and engagement about Climate Change
Carin Miller, Education Specialist, from Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District, Recycling Best Practices
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The Garden Club of Cleveland is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and a member of the Garden Club of America.
The Garden Club of Cleveland is dedicated to charitable and educational purposes including stimulating the knowledge and love of gardening, sharing the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence, and publications, and restoring, improving, and protecting the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvements.