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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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What's happened, what's new, and what's coming up!
A lot has happened since your last Connections newsletter arrived! The 17th Annual Green Energy Ohio Tour took place at the end of September with a new planning design, new website, and new features. Attendance at the Tour was greater than in previous year's and we received very positive feedback on the experience from site owners and visitors alike.
One of the most exciting changes has been the launch of our new website:
GreenEnergyOhio.org
. A website is an organization's window on the world, and we want you to be able to look through our window and see who we are, what we do, and where we stand on important issues. We also want to make it easy for you to
join
and
donate
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Looking to the future - 2020 will mark Green Energy Ohio's 20th year! We are starting the anniversary celebration early with our Annual Campaign and we have lots of great ideas for programs, interviews, articles, and opportunities to engage our members and supporters.
It's never too early to think about the Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception. You'll be hearing a lot more about it in the months to come but please mark your calendar for Friday, April 17, 2020. The event will be held in Cincinnati, an Ohio city that is on the cutting edge of clean and green. And this year, in addition to the Awards voted on by the GEO Board of Directors, we will be asking you to vote on a People's Choice award!
Thank you for your past support, and please join us as we enter an exciting new decade!
Jane Harf,
Executive Director
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A 20th ANNIVERSARY PREVIEW
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GEO Turns 20 in 2020!
Twenty years - two decades - is a long time and yet it can go by very quickly. In that time Green Energy Ohio has had:
- 56 Members of the Board of Directors
- 2 Executive Directors
- 24 Staff Members
- 17 Interns
- 153 Award Winners
- 17 Green Energy Ohio Tours
- 19 Annual Meetings
There have been more conferences and workshops than we count, but in the coming months we will be recapping some of GEO's more notable programs.
If you have a fond memory of a particular event or occasion in GEO's past, please share it with us at
Director@GreenEnergyOhio.org
. We will be posting those under a special milestones page on the website.
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THANKS TO OUR TOUR SITE OWNERS & VISITORS
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GEO Hosts Another Successful Green Energy Ohio Tour
Green Energy Ohio’s 17th Annual Tour featured solar, wind, energy efficiency, biomass and other green designs with 71 Tour sites featured in bus, guided, and open house tours, extending over two days. In additional to the traditional residential and business sites featured on the tour, a variety of other sites participated, including schools, police stations, non-profits, and other public spaces. Of the 71 sites throughout the 10 site locations, there were (14) businesses, (34) residences, and (23) other organizations.
This year, the GEO Tour took place at 10 “Tour Locations”, each with their own Local Planning Team. In order to make the experience beneficial for both site owners and visitors, hosts on the 2019 GEO Tour were selected, organized, and promoted by Local Planning Teams composed of volunteers and members of the GEO Board of Directors. This approach was designed to allow volunteers to become more involved in the planning process, while increasing the likelihood that all tour sites receive the traffic that they deserve.
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THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
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GEO Climate Initiative Features Documentary Film
Green Energy Ohio has hosted three screenings of the climate documentary "The Human Element" including a recent showing at the University of Dayton in collaboration with the Hanley Sustainability Institute and Dayton Regional Green.
In the film, renowned environmental photographer James Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea level rise, a struggling coal mining community, and our changing air supply. "The Human Element" highlights Americans on the front lines of climate change and inspires all of us to re-evaluate our relationship with the natural world.
We presented a panel discussion after each showing of the film with participation by representatives of academia, the media, clean energy businesses, and advocacy organizations. Our audiences ranged from 75 to 120 people from whom we have received very positive feedback.
GEO wants to share "The Human Element" with more Ohio communities and stimulate much-needed discussion on the subject of climate change.
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A GREEN CITY ON A BLUE LAKE
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GEO Celebrates Cleveland Sustainability
On October 15, Green Energy Ohio joined hundreds gathered at the Public Auditorium for the Annual Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit. While the attendees’ backgrounds varied, the students, veterans, small business owners, government officials and professionals of every kind all shared one vision - that of a thriving green city on a blue lake. For the past decade, the city has gathered with determination to turn their vision into a reality by devising a formative plan of action. The approach was as dynamic as it was cumulative.
Each year, gatherings have focused on one aspect seen as essential to making a city sustainable. Known as “Celebration Years”, the topics of Energy Efficiency, Local Food, Advanced and Renewable Resources, Sustainable Transportation, Clean Water, Zero Waste, Vibrant Green Space, and Vital Neighborhoods, were all addressed in leading up to the most crucial part of a city – the Year of the People.
To read more about the Sustainable Cleveland Summit,
click here
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Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted.
In
The Sixth Extinction
, Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day.
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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2020 EVENTS
Join the conversations!
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Green Umbrella has begun planning for the
2020 Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit exploring the theme “Cities of the Future: Becoming a Regenerative Region.”
For the first time, they are
welcoming proposals for summit sessions that align with one of the suggested topics:
- Sustainable Built Environment: Energy, Water & Waste Management
- Vibrant Landscapes: Water, Land Management & Natural Resources
- Connecting the Region: Transportation, Food Systems & Circular Economies
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Sustainability
- Collective Impact in Sustainability
- Advancing Sustainability through Legislative or Institutional Policy Change
The Summit will be held on Friday, May 1, 2020. For more information on submitting a proposal, go to:
Proposals for Summit Sessions
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All submissions should meet the guidelines specified and be submitted by
Friday, December 13, 2019
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The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) will host its annual meeting - SOLAR 2020 - on June 23-26, 2020 at George Washington University in Washington D.C. in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathalon.
ASES is soliciting presentation abstracts in the following
tracks:
- Policy (International, National, State, Intra-state, City)
- Finance (Energy Economics, Investment Strategies, Consumer Choice)
- Technology (PV, Solar Thermal, Buildings, Grid Modernization, Resource Assessment)
- Education (Engaging Policy Makers, Pre-K to General Public, Training)
- Industry (Installers, Manufacturers, Innovation, Best Practices, Job Creation)
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