The Office of Energy & Sustainability offers a number of lectures and panel discussions through the academic year during the lunch hour, our Green Bag Lunch Series. We supply drinks (coffee, tea, water) and a dessert and ask that those attending pack or bring their own lunch. The events typically run about an hour long and time is provided for questions and discussion.
We'd love to hear from you if you have an idea for a future lunch topic.
Below is a list of our past Green Bag Lunch topics. Many of the presenters have let us post their slides for download. The most recent event is listed first.
Past Green Bag Lunch Events
June 2020 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Composting Opportunities at Home
Virtual Event
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Carin Miller, Education Specialist at the Cuyahoga Solid Waste District
- Zoe Hazel, Residential Services Manager at Rust Belt Riders
- Laura Klingler, Assistant Director of CWRU University Events
Slide deck & Cuyahoga Solid Waste District Composting Guide | pdf | 4.8 - 5.5 MB
February 2020 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Green Buildings, Climate, and Health
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Aparna Bole, Medical Director Community Integration, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 66 MB | Green Buildings, Climate & Health Presentation
January 2020 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Changing Ecosystems at the CWRU University Farm
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 6.1 MB | Mike Benard GBL intro slides Jan 2020
- Dr. Mike Benard, Associate Professor of Biology, CWRU Biology Department
Powerpoint presentation unavailable due to unpublished research
November 2019 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Sustainability and History at the Cleveland Metroparks
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Nancy Desmond, Special Projects Administrator, with the Cleveland Metroparks
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 9.9 MB | Metroparks Sustainability & History presentation
September 2019 | Green Bag Lunch Series: The Circular Economy Beneath Your Feet
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Wendell Hadden, Vice President of Education at Interface
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 1.3 MB | Inferface Sept 19 GBL
July 2019 | Special Green Bag Lunch: Urban Biking 101
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Annie Pease, Transportation Manager at University Circle Inc.
- Deltrece Daniels, Outreach and Membership Manager at Bike Cleveland
Combined powerpoint presentation | pdf | 4.3 MB | Urban Cycling 101
April 2019 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Climate Action Plan Update
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
February 2019 | Green Bag Lunch Series: The Global Goals and You
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Katherine P. Gullett, Senior Director at Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and Megan Schulstad Buchter, Operations Manager of AIM2Flourish at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 26.9 MB | The Global Goals and You presentation
January 2019 | Green Bag Lunch Series: How everyday chemicals affect our health & behavior
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
- Dr. Kurt Rhoads, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at CWRU
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | Jan GBL 19
October 2018| Green Bag Lunch Series: A Second Life for your Excess Office Furniture
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | Oct 18 GBL Intro
- Rebecca Lowry, CWRU Interior Designer
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 28.7 MB Buying Furniture Presentation
- Mark Capuria, Vice President of The City Desk (no powerpoint)
- Terri Geiger, CWRU Coordinator of Business Services at Thwing Center Engagement & Operations (no powerpoint)
September 2018 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Conserving Energy at Home
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A
- Erin Kollar, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Assistant Director
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 9.2MB Sept 18 GBL Intro
-
Liz McQuaide Program Manager, Franklin Energy
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 90KB FirstEnergy Ohio Home Audit Program
- Gene Matthews, Retired CWRU Facilities Director
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 3.1 MB Green Energy Tips
March 2018 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Local Farmer Panel
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability and Energy Director
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 13.2MB March GLB Intro
- Sustainability Ambassadors, Naveen Rehman, and Jason Guo, discussed CWRU's Real Food Calculator
- John Hartzler of Hartzler Dairy
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 749KB Hartzler Presentation
- Aaron Miller of Miller Livestock
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.7MB Miller Presentation
- John McMicken of Green City Growers
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.8MB McMicken Presentation
February 2018 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Cleveland Climate Action Plan & Climate Ambassadors Working Together
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Erika Meschkat, Sustainability Manager at the Mayor's Office for Sustainability at the City of Cleveland
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 14.3MB | Erika Meschkat presentation - Bianca Butts, Climate Resilience and Sustainability Manager at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 4.3MB | Bianca Butts presentation - Veronica Walton, a Climate Ambassador with Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Executive Director of NEO Restoration Alliance
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.6MB | Veronica Walton Ambassador presentation
January 2018 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Advocating for your Park with the Trust for Public Land
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Shanelle Smith, current MBA student at CWRU and State Director at the Trust for Public Land
Matt Schmidt, Program Director at the Trust for Public Land
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 11.1MB | TFPL Climate Smart Cities
October 2017 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Sustainability at Local Zoos
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Nancy Hughes, Sustainability Manager, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 22.8MB | Nancy Hughes Zoo GBL presentation - Chris Norman, Director of Capitol Projects and Sustainability, Akron Zoological Park
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.3MB | Chris Norman Zoo GBL presentation
September 2017 | Green Bag Lunch Series: All About Trees
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Sandra Albro of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and Cleveland Tree Coalition Co-chair
Powerpoint presentation | 409KB | Albro GBL tree presentation - Diana Sette, Arborist Educator, from Holden Arboretum
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 11.6MB | Diana Tree GBL Presentation - Claire Holliday and Kayla Buckelew, Student Sustainability Ambassadors
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 1.5MB | SA Tree GBL Presentation
June 2017 | Green Bag Lunch Series: New Sustainable Transportation Options for Circle Employees
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Annie Pease, Transportation Manager at University Circle Inc.
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 1.6MB | UCI Commuting GBL Presentation - Beverly Burtzlaff, Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency (NOACA)
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 3.2MB | Gohio Commuting GBL Presentation - Rhiannon Jones, Sales Account Executive at Enterprise Vanpool
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 140KB | Enterprise Commuting GBL Presentation
April 2017 | Green Bag Lunch Series: Lake Erie's Past, Present & Future with Dr. Reutter
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Stephanie Corbett, Director of Sustainability at CWRU Office of Energy & Sustainability
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 817KB | Lake Erie GBL Intro - Dr. Jeffrey Reutter, former director of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program and Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory, currently Special Advisor to the Ohio Sea Grant College Program
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 3.3MB | Reutter GBL Lake Erie Presentation
March 2017 | The State of Composting at CWRU and North East Ohio
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A
- Erin Kollar, Assistant Director of Sustainability, CWRU
Power point presentation | pdf | 27.8MB | State of Composting at CWRU Intro and Info - Kathleen Rocco, Education Specialist, Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District
Power point presentation | pdf 2.1MB | Composting at Home - Ana Locci, PhD, University Farm Director, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology, CWRU
February 2017 | Rain Barrels & Rain Gardens
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Amy Roskilly, Conservation Education Specialist at the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 10.2MB | Roskilly Rain Barrels & Rain Garden presentation
February 2017 | Climate Action in Labs @ CWRU | Green Labs and the -80 Freezer Rebate Program
Biomedical Research Building, Room 105
- Stephanie Corbett, Director of Sustainability at CWRU Office of Energy & Sustainability
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 4.4MB | Corbett Green Labs intro - Erika Weliczko, Energy Manager at CWRU Facilities Management
Website | Ultralow Temperature Freezer Upgrade Program - Kevin Dunleavy, Stirling Ultracold Account Manager
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 1.7MB | Stirling presentation
January 2017 | Natural Capital with The Nature Conservancy's Bill Ginn
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Bill Ginn, Executive Vice President for the Global Conservation Initiatives Team with The Nature Conservancy
November 2016| Greening the Holiday Season with Upcycled Gifts
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Nicole McGee, Artistic Director at Upcycle Parts Shop
Large screen presentation | pdf | 566KB | Green Gifts
October 2016 | Green Design for Your Home
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom C
- Chuck Miller of Doty & Miller Architects
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.6MB | Miller presentation - Richard Bole, a local developer and owner of a new green home built on a Shaker Heights infill lot
Shaker Life magazine article about the Bole's green home (pages 38-42)
September 2016 | Alternative Fuel Vehicle Panel and Ride-n-Drive
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom C, Lot 84 on Bellflower Road (former CIA parking lot)
- Andrew Chiarelli of Motorcars Honda
Video | http://mcconstructio.wpengine.com/ - Jimmy Smith of Ohio EV Solutions
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 1MB | Jimmy Smith Intro power point - Christina Yoka of the Earth Day Coalition Clean Transportation program
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 346KB | Yoka intro - Anand Natarajan of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability and CWRU alum
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.3MB | Natarajan intro
June 2016 | Your Eco-Friendly Lawn
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Alec McClennan, founder and owner of Good Nature Organic Lawn Care
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 18.8MB | Organic Lawn Care 101
April 2016 | Biking to Work - A Conversation on How to Actually Do It Panel Discussion
- Ryan Pierce, CWRU Office of Government Relations project coordinator, Coach and Staff Adviser to CWRU Cycling (CWRU's cycling club and race team), Promoter for the Battery Park Criterium Race (part of the NEOCycle Cycling Festival), board member at the Cleveland Velodrome and daily bike to work commuter
Powerpoint introduction | pdf | 151MB | Ryan Pierce Intro - Sarah O'Keeffe, Weatherhead Alum, Sustainability Manager at University Hospitals, Heights Bicycle Coalition board member and bikes to work three days a week, three seasons of the year and otherwise takes mass transit
Powerpoint introduction | pdf | 391KB | Sarah OKeeffe Intro - Rob Thompson, Communications and Membership Manager at Bike Cleveland and on average a three days a week bike to work commuter
Powerpoint introduction | pdf | 402KB | Rob Thompson Intro
March 2016 | Recycle Like a Master
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom C
No Powerpoint presentations
- Diane Bickett, Executive Director of the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District
- Pat Holland, RET3 (CWRU's e-waste recycling vendor) Founder and former Executive Director of the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District
- David November, Sustainability Manager at Cuyahoga Community College and Zero Waste NEO member
January 2016 | Putting Solar Power on Your Roof
Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom
- Ali Ahmed, Senior Manager of Workplace Resources, Global Energy Management and Sustainability at Cisco Systems, recently installed a solar array on his home
Powerpoint introduction | pdf | 139KB | Ali Ahmed Intro - Phil Taylor of Perkins Professor of Physics at CWRU, installed the first residential solar installation in Ohio
Paper about his experience | pdf | 2.0MB | Solar Odyssey by Phil Taylor - Matt Gray, Director of Sustainability for the City of Cleveland, who is working to make it easier to get solar in the city
Powerpoint introduction | pdf | 2.2MB | Matt Gray Intro
November 2015 | Green Gift Giving
Tinkham Veale University Center Student Organization Space
- Nicole McGee, Artistic Director at Upcycle Parts Shop
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.7MB | Upcycle Parts Shop Green Gifting presentation - Pam Turos of The Good Gift Holiday Shop at the Campus International School and Founder, Collaborator and Writer at Good Cause Creative
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 2.7MB | Good Gift Shop presentation
September 2015 | Tinkham Veale University Center’s Green Building Features
Tinkham Veale University Center Student Organization Space
- Stephanie Corbett, Director of Sustainability at CWRU Office of Energy & Sustainability
Powerpoint presentation | pdf | 710KB | Tink Green Building presentation - Ana Locci, University Farm Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology