Join us for a discussion about the work of Lake Erie Advocates, whose ongoing mission is to safeguard the health of our lake from the environmental threat caused by factory farms and other sources.

Mike Ferner is the founder of Lake Erie Advocates, a grass roots local environmental group that has been meeting since 2016 in response to the Toledo water crisis. Mike's environmental activism began in Toledo in the mid 1970's after reading articles about nuclear power, prompting him to organize the Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy. As an independent member of Toledo City Council, Mike sponsored a million-dollar investment in energy efficiency for city buildings, the largest such program undertaken in Ohio at that time.