3-06-2020 Community Update
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…
2-21-2020 Community Update
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…
1-24-2020 Update of Community Events, News, Workshops, Arts & Culture, Local Foods, Quotes, and More!
CLICK HERE for the JANUARY 24, 2020 Edition of the Weekly Community Update If you would like to receive this weekly Update in your inbox every Friday morning, open the Simply…
Climate Video Goes Viral (credit: Common Dreams)
Is it time to use fear and scare tactics to wake people up about the climate emergency?
Breaking the Trance: Can Simply Living Become the New Normal?
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…
Embrace your inner change agent.. can one person fight climate change?
The 2-page version of the sidebar included in the Summer 2019 Simply News lead article.
Share Your Favorite Quotes Please!
“It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.” ~ Van Jones Van Jones
IS THE TIME RIGHT FOR CO-HOUSING IN CENTRAL OHIO? GUEST POST BY SIMPLY LIVING MEMBER TIM COOKE
New co-housing initiative in central Ohio.
Is Co-Housing Right for You?
Want to live in a small, tight-knit neighborhood with a group of socially and ecologically conscious folks? Where, with the help of trained professionals, the group designs, plans and manages…
SL Winter Theme: Reconnecting with Nature
I read an article posted on Medium.com recently titled "Why I'm a Climate Change Denier." What? I wondered out loud - Medium would never promote such nonsense. I opened it…
Testimony at PUCO Hearing on AEP Proposal to Develop Solar Energy in Southern Ohio
Simply Living Board Member Chuck Lynd was asked by the Sierra Club to testify at a hearing of the PUCO (Public Utilities Commission of Ohio) on behalf of AEP Ohio's…
Buy Nothing Day Meets #GivingTuesday
On this Giving Tuesday donate for good in central Ohio, help establish our new Expand Community Outreach Fund.
Should Ohio Allow APV Trails in State Forests?
I recently received this email from simple liver Louis Troll: Ohio DNR proposes to build over 100 miles of APV trails in Zaleski, Union Furnace, and Shawnee forests. I own…
Simply Living Now on Instagram!
Simply Living is committed to reaching out via social media, and thanks to volunteer Nicholas Banks, we now have a brand new Instagram account. You may have noticed the addition…
The Straw that Broke the Environment’s Back – Article by Joel Knepp
As pretty much everyone knows, we have a huge plastic problem. Simply Living has been proactive in promoting awareness of the plastic problem since we started passing out our No…
Can Living Sustainably Actually Be Done?
Guest blog post by Kalie Fallon, an Intern for Defend Our Future Ohio. Katie is a student at OSU in the School of Environment and Natural Resources | Class of…
Why We Need National Parks: In Light of The Recent News About Escalante, Utah
Guest blog post by Kalie Fallon, an Intern for Defend Our Future Ohio. Katie is a student at OSU in the School of Environment and Natural Resources | Class of…
Community Education for Sustainable Living
by Amy Ceccoli, Simply Living Board Member At our current rate of consumption it would require two planet Earths to sustain human life and if everyone lived the way Americans…
The Next Economy: We’re Making It Happen! by Chuck Lynd
When listening to Thom Hartmann recently on the Green Renaissance community radio station (94.1 FM), he used the term “mother culture” to describe the comfort that we feel just by…
Simply Living Community Update 12-02-2016
Events featured include the Transition Hub class on Energy Democracy, Simply Living's Holiday Open House, the upcoming screening of SEED: The Untold Story, Randall Loop's online intro (free) to his…