CINCINNATI, Ohio— After nearly 8 years of coordinated efforts, Community Matters, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, and residents of the Lower Price Hill neighborhood will celebrate the completion of the highly-anticipated Lower Price Hill Thrives affordable housing project. The Lower Price Hill Thrives project was created to address the lack of quality, affordable housing in the community, and with its completion, the …
Why historic preservation is vital to building ‘green’
From WVXU Published November 8, 2022 at 4:00 AM EST Terrace Plaza in 2021.png, Phil Armstrong, Courtesy, City Of Cincinnati This May, Cincinnati City Council voted 7-1 to deny local historic landmark status for the Terrace Plaza Hotel, saying such a designation would have limited what developers could do to the structure. Terrace Plaza opened in 1948 and was the first hotel …
The Awakening
2016 was the second celebration of the Awakening, the communication with the Elements and Universe allowed by Fungi. The first one for me in 2010 was not as successful as in 2016 because the communication conduits were harder to amass the required connections. This year I achieved all my goals. Next, I’ll teach others. The first life on Earth was …
LEED Home Owners Immigrate to Over-The-Rhine Neighborhood of Cincinnati
by Chuck Lohre My ancestors immigrated to Cincinnati 72 years ago and settled on Republic Street. Today, a new type of immigrant is transforming the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. A canal used to link the Ohio River and Lake Erie, on its final journey to the river, it passed right through the heart of Cincinnati’s large floodplain. The area to the north …
2022 Greater Cincinnati Earth Day Festival at Summit Park, Blue Ash, OH
Photos by Kerri Hines, and drone photography by the Blue Ash Police Department
How to build a Swamp Cooler for Burning Man
A swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler that cools the air by blowing it through a moist filter material. You’ll need a plastic trash can that you cut 3 inch holes all around. In the lid you’ll cut a hole for a 10 inch car radiator fan. You line the trash can with evaporative cooler plastic filter. Drill several small …
Loop Industries Announces Selection of Port-Jérôme, in Normandy, France, as Site for First European Infinite Loop Manufacturing Facility
FACILITY TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES OF EUROPEAN CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS COMPANIES BREAKING GROUND OF NEW FACILITY TARGETED FOR 2023 WITH FACILITY STARTUP AND COMMISSIONING APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS LATER INFINITE LOOP™ MANUFACTURING MODEL DESIGNED TO PRODUCE 70,000 TONNES OF VIRGIN-QUALITY PET RESIN MADE FROM 100% RECYCLED CONTENT ANNUALLY PROJECTED 255,000 TONNES OF CO2 SAVINGS ANNUALLY[1] COMPARED TO VIRGIN PET RESIN MADE …
An Open Letter to the Global Media by Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate
l, Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist and co-founder of the Fridays for Future movement. r, Nakate is a Ugandan climate-justice activist and founder of the Rise Up Movement. OCTOBER 29, 2021 2:14 PM EDT Time Magazine Dear media editors around the world, Melting glaciers, wildfires, droughts, deadly heatwaves, floods, hurricanes, loss of biodiversity. These are all symptoms of a destabilizing …
Implementing Zero Carbon at Scale – Greenbuild 2021
Implementing Zero Carbon at Scale – Public and Private Sector Success Stories Susan Freed, Project Manager – Energy & Sustainability Division County of San Diego Susan Freed is the Project Manager for the Energy and Sustainability Division at County of San Diego since 2013. Her work at the County includes finding opportunities to increase the energy and water efficiency and …
Carbon Neutral Grain Elevator & Processing Operations
At the recent GEAPS (Grain Elevator & Processing Society) conference and expo, I attended as a member of the press. I promised to write an article about how to make grain silo operations carbon neutral. Sugar cane plants run on the agricultural waste generated from cutting down the sugar cane. After the stalks are crushed to remove their sugar juice …