RBR will be tabling at the Kamms Corners Farmers Market this weekend… come join us !

More info here

Come join us at the Rust Belt Warehouse, as we celebrate the organization’s ten year anniversary ! We’ll have educational offerings, interactive engagement, vendors, food, drink, music and more…

Please register for your free ticket here !

This is your chance to get a peek at our day-to-day operations while celebrating 10 years of Rust Belt Riders composting in Cleveland!

4-5 pm: Composting workshop and family event

5 pm: Food and drinks and a community mixer. Check out the vendors and get to know our partners and our team! You'll have the chance to check out the warehouse and see how our daily operations work.

6:30 pm: Keynote speech by the founders, followed by a video retrospective of our 10-year history!

7:30 pm: Live music begins - Plastic Wildflowers, followed by S.C.O.B.Y.

9:30 pm: Hit the dance floor with us at our DJ'd afterparty!

Rust Belt Riders will be tabling this event, come join us and celebrate !

A fun filled, educational event celebrating Ohio’s spring ephemeral plants. Take classes, learn to identify wild plants, shop local vendors, camp and more ! Come learn about our beautiful state and the plants that call it home.

RBR’s Joe King will be doing a talk in the afternoon, on -

“Growing for the Future: Ecological Design and Management in the face of Climate Change

This lecture will talk about the many strategies to make your growing space more ecologically functional and environmentally sustainable. This talk is intended for anyone who values resource conservation, Native wildlife habitation and full cycle interactions as an integral part of their land management efforts.  The goal of this class is to discuss regenerative agriculture solutions. Whether you want to : Retain Water in your yard, add more functional and unique  native species, or find alternative ways to regenerate the living ecosystem around us, with materials you already have. Many solutions, stories and examples will be shared to give you the most concrete visual for all to begin this work in their own way. “

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In this uplifting new advocacy documentary, individuals on the front lines of the food movement make the case that “regenerative” agriculture can save the soil, benefit the climate, improve our health, and help stabilize America’s economy. With Rosario Dawson, Laura Dern, Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, et al.

A panel discussion moderated by Laura Avery, former Santa Monica Farmers Market Manager, and featuring Michael Robinson, Co-Founder of Rustbelt Riders, and Jamel Rahkeera, owner of Village Family Farm, will follow the screening. Cleveland premiere. DCP. 105 min.

More information at the Cinematheque’s website here

This workshop presented by Steven of Rust Belt Riders will cover the basics of home composting, methods of composting. building the perfect detritivore ecosystem and common mistakes. Preregistration required.

Find more information at the link here !

On Friday, March 22, 2024, 4th – 8th grade youth and educators are invited to join Drink Local Drink Tap together at the Great Lakes Science Center in celebration of World Water Day. World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22nd. The United Nations started WWD in 1993, to celebrate water and raise awareness about the 2 billion people living without access to safe water. This day encourages people to learn about the global water crisis and find new ways to help. Each year focuses on a different theme, and this year is Leveraging Water for Peace.

Rust Belt Riders’ own Joe King and Steven Springer will be there with educational material and more - come by and sink yr hands in the soil !

More information found here

Join us at the annual Head of the Cuyahoga Regatta ! Rust Belt Riders will be both providing composting services for the event and tabling, some come by to say hello and talk about soil, “waste”, water and whatever else may be in the the heart on a Saturday afternoon.

Join us as we take part in the Waterloo Arts Fest this year ! We’ll be tabling throughout the event, and teaching a compost workshop at 4 pm, with a live demo. Come join us, talk the big beautiful web of life, death, rebirth unending (or, compost).

Join the Rust Belt Riders crew as we spend time out in the summer woods, at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center. First, at noon, Steven will be leading an hour long session on how to compost at home, followed by an hour and a half plant walk with Joe starting at 1:15. This is a beautiful opportunity to get a sense of the breadth of interests that thread the Rust Belt Riders collective together, and with the community at large.

Signup for the event is required ! Check it at the link below -

(Earlier in the morning, there will also be another plant walk with RBR partner John Wright of Red Beet Row !)

Coming back to our roots as a bicycle-based composting crew, join the Rust Belt Riders at the 2023 Bike Cleveland Fundo at Edgewater Park ! Compost your banana peels and more with us along the shores of Lake Erie. We’ll also have Tilth Soil on hand for sale - find more info at the link below

Dance with us through the night ! RBR is hosting a fundraiser party for one of our composters as he navigates the horrors of financial burdens placed upon a cancer diagnosis. We believe in the deep interwoven threads of connection to come together and celebrate him and community resilience through solidarity and joy in the throes of uncertainty.

Join us for a celebration with music, beverages, food, art, tarot & more, here at 2701 Saint Claire Avenue, the Rust Belt HQ. We’ll begin at 6:30 pm and party through the evening - see you there <3

If you can't make it to groove with us, you can also help support Peter's medical care directly over here on GoFundMe

Come find us speaking as part of the Woodhill Community Co-Op Conference !

Join together with each other to learn about all things co-ops and cooperation. What is a co-op and how does it differ from other types of organizations? What does it take to start a cooperative? How can co-ops play a part in our liberation and creation of a better world?

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Join us at the Kamm’s Corners Farmers Market sustainability tent to learn how to build your very own compost pile. We’ll be at the market all day to answer your questions, with the live demo beginning at 11:30.

Join Rust Belt Riders co-founder Dan Brown as he speaks to improving climate resiliency in a constantly shifting landscape.

Takes place at Market Garden in Ohio City - free admission, register at the link below