Environmental Health Watch

World Environment Day 2026: Inspired by Nature, for Climate, for Our Future.

Since 1980, Environmental Health Watch has been doing this work in Cleveland neighborhoods. Healthier homes. Healthier families.

We don't get to climate work through global slogans. We get to it through the homes and neighborhood blocks already here.

That's the climate work we know.

EHW does more than just lead.

Healthy Homes is our core program area. Assessment and mitigation that keeps Cleveland kids out of harm. It is the work that sits closest to the ground, and it built our model. But the work has never stopped there.

Since 1980, Environmental Health Watch has been working in the same Cleveland neighborhoods across every part of community health. Food justice through the Central Kinsman Wellness Collective. Resident leadership through Policy and Power. Community wellness across Healthy People and Healthy Communities. Cultural and economic gathering through Fresh Fest. Each lane reinforces the others, because that is how the work goes deeper.

One organization cannot do all of that alone. We never have. The strength of EHW has always been the strength of the people, partners, and neighbors who do the work alongside us.

Forty-five + years in. Same communities. Still building.

“Community is not just where we live. It is how we show up for one another, especially in moments when people feel unseen, unheard, or left behind. Real change happens when impacted people are respected, included, and empowered to lead the solutions shaping their own neighborhoods. We cannot continue to talk about communities without talking to the people who live there every day, who understand the challenges, and who carry the wisdom to create lasting change.

When we build relationships rooted in trust, consistency, and shared responsibility, we create more than programs or policies. We create opportunity, healing, and hope. Strong communities are built when residents, young people, leaders, and organizations come together with a common purpose and a commitment to action. Together, we can create healthier environments, safer homes, and futures where every child and every family has the chance to thrive.” — Kim Foreman

Did you know?

EHW has trained more than 700 people - opening doors to new opportunities while improving homes across the region.

That's the kind of impact your support makes possible. Join us today.

Donate today at ehw.org/donatenow