Current Projects Overview

  • Culture CLE — Creating spaces and building community that allow for open conversation and opportunity to comfortably experience other cultures through food in the city of Cleveland.

  • Youth Climate Action Fund — Empowering the next generation of Northeast Ohio’s climate leaders by providing financial resources and mentorship to youth (ages 15 - 21) to catalyze impactful climate projects around circular systems. Funds are still available! Last updated: March 2023.

  • Shaping the Future — Starting in 2021, we hosted virtual conversations with local political and civic leaders, thought leaders, youth, and activists to discuss how we can collectively transform the future of our region and reimagine our local government institutions to be more responsive to the challenges of our generation and the future.

  • Shaping the Future 2022: Environmental Justice - In partnership with Black Environmental Leaders and FreshWater Cleveland, we hosted webinars on Shaping the Future of Transportation, Water Health & Equity, Land Use, Waste, Air Quality, and Energy. Building off our Shaping the Future series in 2021, we discuss how to collectively transform the future of our region, but with a more focused environment and justice lens. FreshWater Cleveland publishes summary articles of the webinars on their online platform. Stay tuned on our last webinar of the series: Housing! Last updated: March 2023.

  • Climate Reality Project Spring 2023 Incubator Program - We have been selected to participate in a 6-week incubator program through The Climate Reality Project, to explore our project idea of piloting reusable takeout containers in Cleveland area restaurants, reducing plastic waste, consumption, and emissions impact.

  • Midwest Meetup 2023 - We are hosting a regional retreat called Midwest Meetup, open to all current Global Shapers. Preference is given to those Hubs in the Midwest, in states bordering Ohio, and Canadian Hubs near the Great Lakes. We are looking forward to showing off our city, exploring our collective, regional identity, and diving deep into three focus tracks for project ideation, cross Hub collaboration, and capacity building with Cleveland area experts and organizations. The three tracks are: Sustainability & Environmental Justice, Civic Engagement, and The Future of Work.

  • Public Health - Stay tuned for the launch and press release of our public health project kicking off in spring 2023!

  • Ohio Climate Justice Fund Listen Lead Share Grantee — Leading and facilitating conversation in Northeast Ohio about the best and most effective ways to address climate and environmental justice. We have one more event coming up! Stay tuned on our Eventbrite. Last updated: March 2023.

  • Columbus Hub — Supporting the launch of a new Global Shapers Hub in Columbus, Ohio to provide an pathway for young people to help shape the direction of the city. Follow our friends that recently started the Cincinnati Hub!