Biodiversity Alliance
The Biodiversity Alliance was dissolved on December 31, 2009.
Cleveland Botanical Garden | Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo/Cleveland Zoological Society | The Holden Arboretum
One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is finding an appropriate balance between the conservation of biodiversity and meeting the needs of a growing human population.
Biodiversity Alliance recognizes that ex situ conservation centers – botanical gardens, natural history museums, zoological parks, and arboreta – are uniquely positioned to conduct research necessary to conserve biodiversity and to educate a large audience about their role in the environment. By bringing together the resources of four Cleveland organizations with overlapping conservation, research, and educational goals, Biodiversity Alliance will provide a coordinated approach to research and education.
Biodiversity Alliance Mission
To conserve biodiversity and natural environments as part of the local and global conservation communities.
Biodiversity Alliance Vision
To become a national center of excellence for research and conservation that models how to leverage local institutional resources, inform professionals, students, and the general public and has significant environmental impact locally and globally.
To learn more about Biodiversity Alliance partners also visit:
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Zoological Society
The Holden Arboretum
For more information about Biodiversity Alliance, please contact:
Cathi Lehn, Ph.D., Conservation Program Coordinator, clehn@cbgarden.org
Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards
We are very honored this year to have Dr. Marcus Eriksen as our guest speaker for the 2009 Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards Ceremony. Marcus is the Director of Research and Education at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. You may have heard about Marcus' adventure last summer as he sailed across the Pacific Ocean on a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles. Marcus' talk entitled "Plastic Debris: Lakes to Sea" will focus on the impact of plastic on our environment and actions we can all take to minimize this impact.
The Awards ceremony will be held on Fri, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. in The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Murch Auditorium. The cost for the evening is $8 for adult members of the Museum. Tickets may be purchased at the door, online in the Museum Store, or by calling the Museum box office at (216) 231-1177. Pre-registration is encouraged.
The Awards are sponsored by Dominion Foundation and Biodiversity Alliance.
The Great Lake Erie Boat Float
In 2003, Marcus Eriksen sailed down the Mississippi River on a plastic raft called Bottle Rocket. In 2008, he sailed across the Pacific Ocean on a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles called JUNK. In 2009, he will sail Lake Erie on a raft made of bottles called The Cola-hoga!
Build and float your own plastic boat in The Great Lake Erie Boat Float! The Boat Float will be held on Saturday, October 3 at the Lower Edgewater State Park Beach. The boat launch is scheduled for 9 a.m.
Don't want to sail in the Lake? Then create your own tabletop boat for the Mini-Boat Float-illa. Registration is also required for the Float-illa.
Registration information can be found at lakeerieboatfloat.org.
Questions? Contact Cathi Lehn, Conservation Program Coordinator for Biodiversity Alliance: phone: (216) 707-2826 or email: clehn@cbgarden.org