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NEWS | 4th – 8th Grade Students Are Invited to Celebrate World Water Day 2022 with Drink Local Drink Tap
CLEVELAND, January 24, 2022 — Drink Local Drink Tap, the Ohio City nonprofit, is proud to be partnering with the United Nations in celebrating World Water Day for the thirteenth year in a row! World Water Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on March 22nd. Starting in 1993, WWD celebratesd water and raises awareness of … Continued
Read moreA Ban on Bans? – The Uncertain Fate of Cuyahoga County’s Plastic Bag Ban
Written by: Ben Wilson May 28th, 2019: Cuyahoga County representatives voted 8-3 in favor of legislation banning the use of plastic bags The passed legislation prohibits the use of bags that are not “100 percent recyclable or made from at least 40 percent of recycled material” (source). Democrat Sunny Simon, a Cuyahoga County Council representative, … Continued
Read moreCleveland Scene Best of Cleveland – Best Activist Erin Huber
Cleveland Scene Magazine just released its Best of Cleveland 2017 Rankings! Drink Local. Drink Tap. is humbled, and proud to be home to the newly voted Best Activist, Erin Huber. Check out Erin Huber’s recognition on Clevescene.com: The founder of Drink Local Drink Tap has achieved the wonderful goal of changing people’s lives: not … Continued
Read moreBack From Africa Party Details
Join us on February 23rd at Jukebox to welcome and celebrate Erin Huber’s return from their latest trip to Uganda. Our Drink Local. Drink Tap. team definitely made a splash on their biggest trip to date; they implemented 6 large projects and more! View photos from this year’s trip on our Facebook Page! Event Details: … Continued
Current Events: Great Lakes wetlands, California almonds & global water insecurity
Last week, people around the world commemorated Earth Day, which environmental activists established in 1970 as a response to continued degradation in the United States and beyond. Each year, the calls to make Earth Day an everyday event seem to gain a bit more steam, and now some people suggest that we celebrate Earth Week … Continued
Current Events: One fish, two fish, red paint, blue green algae
Last week, people all over the planet joined together to celebrate World Water Day 2015, which focused on the vital role that water plays in sustainable development. Here at Drink Local. Drink Tap., Inc., World Water Day is central to what we do. Our annual World Water Day activities began six years ago with a … Continued
Current Events: Great Lakes ice, pig poop & artificial glaciers
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it definitely doesn’t feel that way to those of us living in the eastern half of the United States. This month has brought record cold temperatures to much of this part of the country; last Friday, the thermometer dipped to -17ºF at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, … Continued
Current Events: Lake Erie’s algae, Yellowstone’s oil spill and Malawi’s floods
2014 was an incredibly eventful year for water. From the Freedom Industries chemical spill in West Virginia’s Elk River to the Duke Energy coal ash spill in North Carolina’s James River; from California’s historic drought to Kashmir’s biblical floods; from the ongoing saga of Detroit’s water shutoffs to the Lake Erie algae bloom that closed … Continued
Current Events: News from the world of water
Welcome to the December edition of “Current Events,” our new feature that gives you an update on what’s going on in the world of water, from Lake Erie to Lake Victoria, and everywhere in between. There has been a lot of important water headlines in the news the past few weeks, so let’s get started: … Continued