Earth to Sky - Team Northeast Ohio Climate Heroes

Regional Leaders
		Ebony Hood Director Syatt
		Emma Johnson Field Operations Supervisor Cuyahoga Valley National Park
		January Miller Vice President of Education Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
		Krista Mershimer Education Director Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

		Sara Continenza Founder and Executive Director Food Strong
		Victoria Putnam Community Engagement Manager Summit Metro Parks

Team Northeast Ohio Climate Heroes serves place-based formal and informal educators and interpreters in Northeast Ohio.

This team attended the Earth to Sky Academy in November 2024. Earth to Sky regional teams go through a competitive selection process and are invited to travel to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for a week of training in NASA climate science, communication techniques, and Earth to Sky methodology. After completing the Academy, each team offers one or more climate communication courses in their region, while serving as a resource and focal point for their community of place based educators on an ongoing basis.

Upcoming courses:

August 2026 - Flowing Forward: Climate, Health and Community in the Cuyahoga River Watershed - announcement page. Applications are open until July 15

The team would like to share these resources from their region:

Powering Tomorrow Sustainably, a monthly series by Summit Metroparks, with events on July 19 and August 16, 2026
Compare NASA Landsat data for the Cleveland area: swipe between natural color on the left and surface temperature on the right. The surface temperature data shows hotter areas in deep red, and cooler areas such as the lake, rivers, and forests in pale orange.