Creating a sustainable and compassionate community
Welcome to the weekly Community Update featuring local news and VIRTUAL events of interest. The Local Skinny Business as Usual: Interrupted! While so many events have been cancelled (Comfest just announced ;( and our routines are all out of whack, we are naturally disoriented; and for our health care workers and for parents […]
Welcome to the weekly Community Update featuring local news and VIRTUAL events of interest. The Local Skinny The latest cancellation just in: The 2020 Simply Living Sustainable Living and Garden Tour is being POSTPONED until 2021. This was a difficult decision for the Committee but there were too many unknowns […]
The Local Skinny SAD, but no more Simply Living movies or meetups or exhibits through April! Ah, but be grateful, all those who are able to pause deeply and live simply! Reflect with compassion for the many in our community who are suffering loss of income and the myriad challenges of […]
#simplyliving #theworldwewant #yes!magazine We all know plastic bags must go. Eight states have enacted bans on single use plastic bags: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont. 350+ cities in the USA have banned them (Forbes). Kudos for Bexley – and Cuyahoga County! Cincinnati may ban by […]
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The Local Skinny Save the Date: Simply Living’s 2020 Sustainable Living and Garden Tour Saturday, July 18 from 10am – 3 pm 7 Columbus Tour Sites + Bonus site on Sunday afternoon, July 19 in Galloway Kevin Eigel, owner of Ecohouse Solar, is opening his home and farm for the tour! […]
See the latest updates in this Week’s Community Update! Simply Living is hosting GREEN LIFE 101, an event presented by students at OSU’s Global Leadership Initiative on Sunday, March 1st from 3:30 – 5:30 pm at the COhatch in Upper Arlington. Come learn about common recycling misconceptions and the importance of […]
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Is it time to use fear and scare tactics to wake people up about the climate emergency?
Discussion of CO2 embedded in the production and delivery of products in the consumer culture, and recommendations for transitioning to an ecological culture.
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Breaking the Trance: Can Living Simply Become the New Normal? by Chuck Lynd If you are reading Simply News, chances are you have begun to change your lifestyle. You are mindful of the food you eat and where it came from. You recycle as best you can. You replaced your light […]
The 2-page version of the sidebar included in the Summer 2019 Simply News lead article.
New course starting July 25th looks at issues facing aging adults through the lens of cohousing. First Unitarian Universalist Church in Clintonville, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd, 43214. Course description below. For more on cohousing, see https://www.cohousing.org/ This course will make vivid the opportunities, challenges and difficulties of aging and the […]
Since Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (aka AOC) and Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal (GND) resolution in Congress late last year, the buzz made AOC an instant star, spawned the youth-based Sunrise movement, and gave a shot of adrenalin to environmentalists who “get it” that global warming is real and […]
Humans are a force of nature. At the same time that human activities alter the basic elements of life – earth, air, water, and fire – those elements change human life in turn. This riveting and visually rich drama blends art and science as we follow renowned environmental photographer James […]