Creating a sustainable and compassionate community
Last year Columbus and Grove City residents voted in a landslide to transition their electricity supply to 100% renewable energy. Partly as a result of these victories, dozens of solar projects are being proposed in Ohio. One of them is the Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center, a 250-megawatt solar project […]
COLUMBUS GROCERIES – LOVE LOCAL, LIVE LOCALby Kyle Garvey in our series of locally owned stores.16 Markets covered, sample below. Read about themhttps://tinyurl.com/44nt6e45 For many years, Susann and John were two of Simply Living’s most dependable and capable volunteers, always helping at our large gatherings, including annual meetings and our […]
by Kyle Garvey *North Market is a 145-year-old covered market space, representing Ohio’s best independent merchants, farmers, and makers. Their Columbus location is 59 Spruce St. (43215) and their Dublin location is 6750 Longshore St. (43017). *Weiland’s Market has been independent and family-owned for 50 years! Their Clintonville location is 3600 Indianola […]
Note: The following op-ed piece by Simply Living Executive Director Cathy Cowan Becker appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on June 19, 2021. You can read it on the Dispatch site here. Voters in Columbus and Grove City approved electric aggregation for 100% renewable energy in November. As chair of Ready […]
SIMPLY LIVING’S 2021SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND GARDEN TOUR SATURDAY, JULY 24 FROM 10 AM – 3 PMREGISTER FOR THE TOURSEE OUR NEW BROCHURE BELOW! Ohio Broadleaf Tree Identification-Part 2 Wednesday June 23 7 – 8:30 pm Virtual Slide Presentation on 50 Ohio Trees with Q&A If you missed Part 1 last […]
City Council Member Emmanuel Remy Op-Ed in the Dispatch, June 15 Remy chairs the Environment Committee for Columbus City Council. His op-ed outlines the work that has been accomplished in partnership with Keep Columbus Beautiful and volunteers organized to clean up litter and debris from the streets of Columbus. Excerpts […]
Ohio Broadleaf Tree Identification-Parts 1 @ 2 Wednesdays June 16 and 23 7 – 8 pm Virtual Slide Presentations with Q&A If you wish you knew more about the unique characteristics of our Ohio trees, you will love this learning opportunity. This 2-part, slide presentation by Mort (Marty) Schmidt will […]
Simply Living is thrilled to announce that the Comfest grants committee awarded the People’s Solar Project funds this year! The People’s Solar Project is a project to create a demonstration community solar and microgrid project that will generate 5 MW of solar energy to power 80 homes, five churches and […]
Break Free From Plastic Pollution Teach-In & Actions June 30 @ 7 pm We know plastic pollution is a nightmare and hard to wrap our heads around… but did you know that the Sierra Club and others have introduced powerful Federal Legislation that can really make a difference? The Break Free […]
Celebrate the 49th World Environment Day on June 5th! It’s often said that we have three homes: our bodies, our families (physical home) and our planet, Mother Earth. This upcoming Saturday, June 5th, we celebrate our third home, Earth, on World Environment Day. The first World Environment Day was celebrated […]
Summer’s here and it’s about time for some home improvement. But owning every tool you need, while obviously impractical and far from cost-effective, just doesn’t fit into a sustainable and harmonious local economy. Every tool in every garage is a crazily wasteful state of affairs, in Columbus or anywhere. That’s […]
My birthday is coming up this week — Friday to be exact — and I have one wish: A new data management system for Simply Living. When I became executive director of Simply Living, I came into an organization of wonderful people, but which had gone for three years without […]
Have you visited Simply Living’s online Marketplace? It’s our way of offering a “sustainable shopping” option to purchase new and gently used items, from books and classes to jewelry, antiques, cool clothing and even a massage table. We’re expanding and need TWO Volunteers to help process new items and post […]
Note: We are passing along this action alert from our partners at Green Energy Ohio. SB 52 and HB 118 have gone from bad to worse Earlier this year, we alerted you to General Assembly consideration of Senate Bill 52 and House Bill 118. Despite significant opposition from citizens, the […]
WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE: We are constantly dazzled by our readers skills and resourcefulness. If you have any talents or areas of interest that you imagine might be useful for Simply Living, please let us know! For instance, say, fundraising, marketing, membership drive, grant writing, blog writer, engagement manager, membership record […]
The Ohio General Assembly is considering two bills that would allow the commercial sale of fracking wastewater, misleadingly labeled as “brine.” We need your help in opposing Ohio House Bill 282 and Senate Bill 171 (Establish conditions for the sale of brine as a commodity) or any such bill that […]
Cathy Cowan Becker to Present on Community Solar at Midwest Regional Sustainability SummitSimply Living’s Director is leading a panel on “Creative Solutions to Community Solar in Ohio.” The panel will take place today Friday, May 14, at 3 p.m. Haven’t registered? There is an Economic Inclusion option: pay what you can (min. […]
Cathy Cowan Becker to Present on Community Solar at Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit The Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit is one of the top sustainability conferences in the country, and this year Simply Living is proud to be a part. We have organized a panel on “Creative Solutions to Community Solar in Ohio” […]
The Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit is one of the top sustainability conferences in the country, and this year Simply Living is proud to be a part. We have organized a panel on “Creative Solutions to Community Solar in Ohio” — highlighting how, even though Ohio does not have enabling legislation […]
Simply Living’s Sustainable Living & Garden Tour Our Planning Team Needs Volunteers! Archetypal Astrology 101 with Chuck Lynd Curious about astrology? Wondering how in the world it could be relevant today? Get answers and have some fun as we deconstruct the ancient archetypes of the Zodiac, with a nod to […]