April 20, 2008
Earth Day 2008
Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, and Central Ohio is all decked out this week to celebrate. While you can check the Green Buckeye calendar for everything from film showings, galas, benefits, and cleanup events, Earth Day Central is really at Now Get Busy, where you can sign up to volunteer at many different environmental worksites across the region.Plant trees in Dublin or Plain Township, clean up near Alum Creek or the Olentangy Bike Path, help out at the Kwanzaa Playground, or perform a litter audit in the University area. Whatever you choose to do, you'll be making the planet just a little better!
Labels: events, volunteering
January 10, 2008
MORPC Youth Advisory Council
You can nominate a young person for MORPC's new Youth Advisory Council. High school juniors and seniors with an interest in environmental sustainability are eligible for nomination.According to the annoucement:
"The council will provide students with an opportunity to share their views on energy conservation, global warming, and water and air quality issues. Students will also engage in the ‘Café Experience’. This innovative activity will include the creation of a mural depicting the council’s vision for a sustainable central Ohio. The ‘Café Experience’ is designed to spur conversation and encourageNomination forms for the Youth Advisory Council are available at the MORPC website. For more information contact MORPC Senior Education Coordinator Leslie Strader at 614-233-4124 or email mailto:Lstrader@morpc.org.
creative solutions to shared goals."
Labels: kids, leadership, volunteering
September 4, 2007
What's In a Name? KFCB Becomes COSA
Late last spring, Executive Director Neil Drobny announced that Keep Franklin County Beautiful was pursuing a new strategic direction and changing its name to the Central Ohio Sustainability Alliance (COSA).As a result, COSA will expand and enhance its focus on sustainability, which is great news! You can help them out by volunteering, or perhaps by getting your business or school involved in the Waste Not Center.
Labels: resources, sustainability, volunteering
September 3, 2007
USGBC Chapter Forming in Central Ohio
For those with a keen interest in LEED, Meera Parthasarathy of the Columbus Green Building Forum invites you to attend an organizational meeting to establish a chapter of the US Green Building Council in Central Ohio. Meera writes:"This formation effort involves members from the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Ohio School Facilities Commission, central Ohio's educational systems, Ohio State University, C-Tec (Licking County vocational school), City of Columbus and the Columbus Green Building Forum.Please RSVP to Meera by 11 am, September 4th.
The goal is to develop a robust chapter locally by having active members in the community, on the leadership team, who have a keen interest in promoting green building practices and adopting LEED into their projects.
Come hear about the progress to date, next steps and ways to become involved in this important effort for our region and communities! Please join us on September 4th at AIA Columbus from 4:30-6:00 pm (21 West Broad Street, Suite 200). "
Labels: green building, leadership, volunteering
June 4, 2007
Cool Cities Training
Sometimes the Universe answers your questions loud and clear.I posted about Cool Cities this weekend, and today I received an email from the Sierra Club inviting me to attend Cool Cities training in Westerville June 24! You're invited, too - check the Green Buckeye calendar for more details.
Labels: climate change, events, learning, volunteering
April 7, 2007
More Earth Day Fun!
It's an embarrassment of riches! We learned this week about another Earth Day celebration - this one sponsored by the folks who run the non-profit Niches Retreat.Not to worry, Maureen of Niches tells me that their group is working with the folks coordinating the A Year in a Day events on the morning cleanup activities.
The Earthtouch & Niches Retreat event provides an alternative in the afternoon. You can join in the festivities at Studio 35, which include bands and a late-afternoon showing of An Inconvenient Truth
.The featured bands are: The Mac, Knot Fibb'n, and Halfway Home. Tickets, $10 in advance and $15 at the door, are available from Studio 35 and Clintonville Community Market.
As always, I've posted what I know about this event on the Green Buckeye calendar.
Labels: events, fun, volunteering
April 1, 2007
Make Time for Earth Day!
There's still time to volunteer for Earth Day: A Year in a Day activities on Saturday morning, April 21.The afternoon schedule is shaping up nicely, too. You can now find a list of the bands who'll be playing at Goodale Park on the Earth Day web site.
Labels: events, volunteering
January 26, 2007
Help Wanted: Green Geek
Green Drinks Columbus and Simply Living are working on a region-wide April event to complement and celebrate Earth Day 2007. What is needed immediately is some technical assistance with backend web development. They want to be able to accept registrations for various volunteer events, among other things.If you have the time, talent, and inclination to help out, please contact me at: info / at / greenbuckeye / dot / com. I'll pass your name along to Tad at Columbus Green Drinks.
Labels: events, geek, volunteering
