Creating a sustainable and compassionate community
On Friday, January 31st, twenty members of the Simply Living community enjoyed a Workshop on Recycling in Central Ohio led by Matthew King at the Urban Farm Church in north Columbus. The workshop was lively, informative, and enlightening, even for those who have been recycling for years and who have had past opportunities to ask Matthrew questions.
Green Columbus is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization based in Central Ohio that focuses on sustainability, community engagement, and environmental resilience. Its core activities and initiatives include tree planting & care, tree canopy expansion, community forums, and environmental action. Every year, Green Columbus celebrates Earth Month by bringing volunteers together to make a difference in Central Ohio’s environment. It facilitates service sites across the region, each hosted and led by volunteers. After a month filled with tree plantings, litter cleanups, mulch distribution, and community gardening, we wrap up with the Earth Day Columbus Celebration. This free, family-friendly, zero-waste event offers fun activities and opportunities to learn more about and support a greener Central Ohio community. The event will be held this year at the Scioto Audubon MetroPark on Sunday, April 26.
CCL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots advocacy group for climate change action. We exist to create political will for climate change solutions by enabling individuals to exercise their personal and political power.
Kroger Community Rewards is a charitable giving program that allows Kroger customers to support local non-profit organizations through their everyday grocery shopping. Once a customer links their Kroger Shopper’s Card to a specific organization, Kroger donates a percentage of their spending to that charity at no additional cost to the customer.
COhatch Columbus offers coworking & office space. Members can access shared desks or rent private offices ranging from single-person units to larger team suites. It also provides meeting & event spaces, including professional conference rooms with tech setups and large event venues.
This sounds like an easy decision to make. Don’t just throw them out so they end up in the landfill, donate them so other people can wear them! There may be more to it than that. First, some statistics. According to the US EPA, Americans generate 17 million tons of […]
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is the long-time mantra of wise waste management. They are prioritized as Reduce (create less waste), then Reduce (find new uses for items), and finally Recycle (process materials into new products).
Guest Blog by Cathy Cowan Becker Ohio is blessed with 76 state parks and over 750,000 acres of wildlife land managed by the Department of Natural Resources. You’ve likely visited some of them – Ohioans absolutely love their state parks. In a highly industrialized state, our parks and wildlife areas […]
Volunteer with Simply Living as an event helper, writer, classroom or workshop instructor, or outreach ambassador. Or provide administrative & tech support. It’s a way to connect with like-minded people who care about sustainability & community; learn skills & deepen your knowledge of simple, ecological living; support local efforts to create a more just, regenerative, & resilient world; earn time credits through our partnership with the Care and Share Time Bank; and be part of something bigger right here in central Ohio.
Time Banks exchange services among members. The Care & Share Time Bank has over 560 members, so you’ve got over 560 people offering services to you, and over 560 people asking others to provide services to them. Potlucks are held monthly on the third Sunday of the month in Clintonville, Ohio.
This is a book review of Here Comes the Sun by Bill McKibben. It describes the rapid growth of renewable energy worldwide and how it could lead to more equitable world.
Simply Living held its Annual Meeting and issued its Annual Report, which included in herein. It lists partners, business members, provides a Financial Summary, and summarizes activities and events held during the year.
In the summer of 2020, Reverend Ryan Grace and his family traveled around southeast Ohio learning about small, sustainable farms. They tasted raw paw-paw pulp, milked a grass-fed dairy cow, and tried locally made cheese and yogurt. What they found is that local foods are better for the planet, better […]
How a daily practice of walking as a college student in Spain became a transformative experience that intersects with issues of city planning, health and longevity, environmental sustainability, community and purpose. By Frank Lesko I spent a semester in Segovia, Spain, in 1997 while attending Hiram College. Segovia is a […]
Creating a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community and cultural transformation.