This past Saturday, July 17, members of youth-led climate organization Sunrise Movement and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 mobilized and rallied across Ohio for expanded, clean public transit.…
Simply Living Garden Tour Facebook Photo Contest! ACTION: Attend the Simply Living 2021 Sustainable Living Garden Tour on July 24. Register here: bit.ly/SLGardenTour Take a selfie or other photo at…
Register Now Raffle Prizes for $25 Ticket Owners at the Garden TourHave a $10 Ticket? Upgrade here to enter the raffle.Odds of Winning? Excellent! So MANY Donations! Awesome BASKET of…
Learn about 2 Declarations of Interdependence on the NewStories.org websiteVersion #1. The very first such Declaration, created in 1945 at the close of World War IIVersion #2 A recent Declaration…
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…
“Won’t it be wonderful when Black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” —Maya Angelou SIMPLY…
City Council Member Emmanuel Remy Op-Ed in the Dispatch, June 15 Council Member Emmanuel Remy, Chair of the City's Environment Committee Jenny Garin, an elementary school teacher, and her sons,…
See Simply Living's new blog post with ideas about celebrating World Environment Day. Thanks to Regina Loayza for this post. Break Free From Plastic Pollution Teach-In & Actions June 30…
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…
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…
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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…
George Floyd and Ma’Khia Bryant should be alive todayExcerpts from Simply Living's OpEd by Cathy Cowan Becker on Racial and Environmental Justice (right).See the full statement here. George Floyd should…
Saturday, April 10 from 10 am to 12 noonTOUR OF URBAN GARDEN AND PLANS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY SOLAR FIRST "SOLARHOOD" IN COLUMBUS4166 Maize Rd, Columbus OH 43224 MEET ART YOHO…
It's Spring. Let it flow... Conversation in the Woods: Guided Nature Walk with Cindy LaneseSunday, March 28 at 2 pmMeet in a wooded area in Riverlea (near the Olentangy River)…
Greta Thunberg and Jane Goodall Two on Tues March 2 2 pm and 7 pm Join our Town Hall TUESDAY MARCH 2 @ 2 PM GO BOLD. The Coalition for…
“It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.” ~ Van Jones What is Community Solar? How is…
by Kyle Garvey As part of Simply Living's ongoing series on the benefits of buying goods and services from locally owned businesses, I wanted to showcase a few of Columbus's…
See Cathy Cowan Becker's blog for ways to take action. Heads up! You can attend the City's Climate Action Plan community meeting (virtual) on Saturday, February 6, at 10 a.m. Flex…
You saw and heard Amanda Gorman at the inauguration. This is a poem she wrote in 2018 for the Climate Reality Project called Earthrise. Go ahead. Be inspired. Be grateful…