EcoFest

• Education from speakers including Richard Louv, Audubon Medal-winning author of Last Child in the Woods, who will join us virtually for his talk Planet Hope: Staying hopeful while taking action for the planet. Listen to the voices of high school student activists and learn more about Laurel School's Environmental Justice Semester and how you can be a steward of the environment!
• Entertainment includes activities by Recess Cleveland, UpCycle Parts Shop, guided hikes, music, nature play area, kids' crafts & games, a student art exhibition, food trucks, and more! Vendors include Metro 45  • Squash the Beef • Smooth Rider  • Perfectly Imperfectly Produce •
• Exhibits from local organizations working for a more sustainable and ethical world: ACLU • Action for the Climate Emergency • Alliance for the Great Lakes • Black Environmental Leaders • Cleveland Museum of Natural History • Concerned Citizens Organized Against Lead • Drink Local Drink Tap • Global Shapers Cleveland • Holden Arboretum • Loiter •  MedWish •  Nature Center at Shaker Lakes • Ohio Environmental Council • Organic Connects • RedHouse • Swetland Center for Environmental Health • United Way of Greater Cleveland • Western Reserve Land Conservancy  Check back often, more organizations are to be announced.

Richard Louv is a journalist and author of ten books, including Our Wild Calling: How Connecting With Animals Can Transform Our Lives - And Save Theirs, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age, and Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life: 500 Ways to Enrich Your Family’s Health & Happiness. His books have been translated and published in 24 countries, and helped launch an international movement to connect children, families and communities to nature. He is co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Children & Nature Network, an organization helping build the movement.

He appears frequently on national radio and television programs, including the Today Show, CBS Evening News, and NPR’s Fresh Air. As a journalist and commentator, Louv has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Times of London, Orion, Outside and other newspapers and magazines. He was a columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and Parents magazine. Learn more about Mr. Louv on his website.