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The Greening of Columbus
April 22nd, 2008 categories: Columbus News
Happy Earth day, or in the case of our fair city, Happy Earth Week. It seems like forever ago that no one really talked about earth friendly choices and going green outside of a possible discussion about recycling or Columbus’ trash burning power plant that never got going.
These days, you can’t get away from it. Green is everywhere. If not for the mortgage crisis being in the news every day for the last 12 months, 2007 would have been the year of Green. Green is the new Gold.
In Columbus, just over the last 12 months or so you have the area’s first energy efficient and environmentally friendly Green neighborhood, GreenView Estates which won a National Award, the Mayor’s Get Green Columbus Campaign, the Columbus Green Building Forum, the Central Ohio Green Pact, the City’s attempt to comply with the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, an actual Green Team, the Downtown Lazarus Building’s award winning Green Renovation, Jeffrey Place’s sustainable developments, and don’t forget to attend Green Columbus’ monthly Green Drinks.
Also, you may want to Check out MORPC’s Green Map and the Columbus Dispatch’s report card on Columbus’ progress toward 20 different environmentally friendly initiatives and OSU’s new geothermal use in the 4–H center being built.
Don’t forget the city-wide Earth Day event this weekend, Earth Day 2008: Now Get Busy. There will be volunteer activities throughout the city followed by a celebration in Goodale Park with music, speakers and demonstrations, food, beer, kid’s activities, and informational booths from local organizations. www.nowgetbusy.org
EDIT—A few days after I posted this, I ran across an old Columbus Monthly Magazine from about one year ago and the front cover headline was ‘The Greening of Columbus’ — Rats. I thought I made that up but I must have remembered it from that magazine cover.
Richard
April 23rd, 2008
Don’t forget the city-wide Earth Day event this weekend, Earth Day 2008: Now Get Busy. There will be volunteer activities throughout the city followed by a celebration in Goodale Park with music, speakers and demonstrations, food, beer, kid’s activities, and informational booths from local organizations.
http://www.nowgetbusy.org