> Street Seder Tues April 19 at Noon at Chase Bank (largest fossil fuel investor) Register

> Join Simply Living's EcoChallenge Team, earn points by shrinking your eco footprint

> Register to learn about Urban Food and Farming May 10 with Mike Hogan (OSU)

> Future movie events: nature of consciousness and saving old growth rainforests

> Future Weather is being featured at the Gateway and Simply Living will co-sponsor

> Patrimonio is the new film in the Community Empowerment Series

> Carolyn Harding of Grassroot Ohio Radio talks with Move to Amend Activists

> Join an Audubon Field Trip to Blacklick Woods and Pickerington Ponds

> Full Moon Fire Circle is Saturday in a country setting

> Brick Walk Nights with Brady Fulton at Java CentralB

> Meet the Bees at Stratford and learn about the hives

> Jeff Dickinson teaches a series of classes on regenerative agriculture at Stratford

> Care and Share Time Bank program on coping with emotions about climate change

> More Climate Emotions Conversations with author Margaret Klein Salamon

> Future of Ag in a Warming World?

> RMI explores Cutting Edge Climate Tech

> Dreamwork Workshop!

> Stealth Vegetable Gardening with Cat Baumgartner

> OSU Special Earth Day event: Time to Act on Climate!

> Nature Conservancy offers major Earth Day Summit: Fighting For Our Future

> Resurgence Book Club to help you go Toxin Free

> Ohio Sustainable Transportation Conference

> Move To Amend takes on Corporate Environmental Destruction

> 100 Ways to Fight Climate Change from YES! Magazine

> World's First Certified Regenerative Farm!

> Community Calendars, Quotes, and lots more on the Simply Living Calendar here

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Through this monthlong event, Simply Living team members will participate in a nationwide challenge to put the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into action. The SDGs are a commitment to achieving sustainable development across three dimensions — environmental, social and economic — in an inclusive and integrated way.

Register: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/EarthMonthEcoChallenge2022

Find out more at https://earthmonth.ecochallenge.org.

Simply Living is Co-Sponsor

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This event is co-sponsored with Dayenu, a dynamic, multi-generational movement of American Jews courageously confronting the climate crisis. Register here

Register here for this event: https://dayenu.controlshift.app/events/street-seder-calling-on-big-banks-to-stop-funding-fossil-fuels-passover-action

Meet, Check In, and share a favorite film. Chuck Lynd will give a short presentation on upcoming films that Simply Living will be hosting in coming months. Then we want to hear from you about what films, documentaries, or other presentations have made a difference in your life.

Tuesday, May 10 @ 7 pm

We're excited to host Mike Hogan and learn about urban farming and the developing food systems in central Ohio. Mike will share a slide presentation and entertain our questions.

Mike contributes to Edible Columbus and the Columbus Dispatch. He is part of OSU Extension in the City and shares his knowledge of Food and Agriculture throughout Ohio.

Simply Living will be co-sponsoring Patrimonio, the next film screening in the new Community Empowerment Series offered by the Ohio Community Rights Network. This is another story where a local community fought back against a large development project that threatened the environment and the way of life of the community. The director of the film will be available for Q&A discussion. The date of the screening has not been set but the Q&A is likely to happen on a Sunday in June. Watch the trailer here and stay tuned for updates.

We are meeting and planning assignments for our interns starting in May.

> Simply Living has received a grant from the Columbus Foundation to support an intern to work on a Directory of Local and Sustainable Businesses

> Our Sustainable Living and Garden Tour will benefit from Interns (date coming soon)

> We will be working with Sustainable Columbus on a new Solarize campaign

> Meetups will benefit from Interns organizing film screenings, field trips to urban farms, nature hikes, potlucks in the park, and more.

> Research and assistance with our Community Calendar, sustainability resources, and outreach to our members and businesses.

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The Worthington Farmers Market is once again outdoors.

Ash Grove picnic area, Blacklick Woods MetroPark, Reynoldsburg 43068, USA (map)

Joins us for a Spring trip to these 2 hotspots south of Columbus. Blacklick Woods has been a great migrant trap for the past several years, and we’ll try to find some early landbird migrants like kinglets, wrens, vireos, and the first few warblers. Then we’ll hop over to nearby Pickerington Ponds looking for swallows & late migrant waterfowl, and early shorebirds & egrets if the water level is low enough. Wear sturdy walking shoes, as we’ll walk some likely-wet trails at both spots. Trip should be over by 1 PM.

For more information, contact Rob Thorn at 614-551-0643 or robthorn6@gmail.com

FRIDAYS: 7-10pm Acoustic Open Mic. Very eclectic and very good!

NEXT Saturday 4-23: : STRING THEORY - '60s-'80s rock!

Head out to the bee hives with a member of Stratford’s Apiary Team. You will get a firsthand look inside a living bee hive to learn about how they work and live together! Please wear long pants with long socks to tuck your pants into and a long sleeved shirt or jacket. We will provide veils. $15 per person, limited spaces available REGISTER

3rd Saturday each month April – Sept. New topics each session

Join Stratford’s Farmer – Jeff Dickinson – and other experts to explore the principles and practices of a healthy food system. Whether you are interested in farming or you would simply like to learn more about local agriculture, this series will take you behind the scenes for a first-hand experience on a real working farm. This series will explore farming stewardship practices related to biodiversity, the conservation of natural areas, the soil food web, integrating grass-fed livestock, and apiculture. View the Public Events Calendar for a specific session topics. $25 per person, per session REGISTER

Let’s talk about Climate Change! Specifically, let’s discuss options to cope! April’s discussion will be presented by Nancy Gamso. She describes herself as a very reluctant leader on this topic. She just retired (she was a music professor at OWU, not a scientist), and she is learning “as much as she can as fast as she can” while trying to keep from going into a nihilistic funk over the whole mess.

If time allows watch this 15 minute TED TALK prior. Join us Sunday for this fabulous presentation on Zoom. Find the link on the CSTB website.

More details are available on the Simply Living calendar here.

Another horrifying IPCC report is out this week, as the climate emergency continues to accelerate. If you are feeling grief, terror, rage, guilt, or other feelings — you are not alone.

Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD, Author of Facing the Climate Emergency: A Radical Self-Help Guide to Become the Hero Humanity Needs

She is a Clinical Psychologist & Founder of The Climate Mobilization

The Future of Agriculture in a Warming World Tuesday, April 19 @ 1 pm

Earth Week is just around the corner, and we are getting very excited about our next panel discussion, “The Future of Agriculture in a Warming World.” Everything from food security, healthy ecosystems and biodiversity, to farmers’ and ranchers’ livelihoods are essential for human survival. And yet, large-scale industrial agriculture is wildly destructive to the planet. The most recent IPCC report highlights that the stakes have never been higher and the science is not ambiguous. We need a more climate-friendly global food system. Now. To learn more, read the Working Group III's most recent IPCC report, you can find it here.

We will touch on ways that we can transform both the narrative and practices regarding food and agriculture while maximizing carbon storage in our soil. Please join us and learn how we can implement climate solutions that connect us with our soil, food and the Earth. Check out a few of our confirmed speakers below! Please mark your calendar and register here.

Please take our 1-minute survey so that we can get to know you better! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to be the first to see our upcoming film release, Reframing Agriculture.

Join RMI and Third Derivative (D3) for a special briefing exploring the world’s most impactful climate technology trends. This interactive discussion will highlight key opportunities for companies to invest in and support innovative solutions that address their most critical business climate challenges. Third Derivative will share how it is cultivating an ecosystem for leading corporations to come together to scale climate solutions and achieve ambitious sustainability goals. You'll hear insights from D3 partners Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway Energy about how they are integrating climate tech investments into their corporate strategies.

Jon Creyts, Chief Program Officer – RMI

JoAnn Garbin, Director of Innovation, Advanced Development – Microsoft

Elaine Hsieh, Chief Marketing Officer – Third Derivative

Mike Sullivan, Director of Government Relations – Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Cyril Yee, Chief Innovation Officer – Third Derivative

The Ohio State University’s 2022 Signature Earth Day Event highlights efforts underway in Ohio and beyond to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Leaders from various sectors will reinforce this theme by addressing the realities of the climate crisis and encourage the audience to leverage their individual innate strengths, interests, and relationships into a tool to solve our complex climate challenges, including nature-based mitigation opportunities. This event is co-hosted by the Environmental Professionals Network (EPN), the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State, and Ohio State University Extension, and co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government Sustainability Committee.

1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (April 4, 2022). The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030. Read here.

2 Leavitt, S.M. et al. (2021). Natural Climate Solutions Handbook: A Technical Guide for Assessing Nature-Based Mitigation Opportunities in Countries. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA. Read here.

Formal remarks begin by highlighting why it is time to act on climate change. These remarks will explore how one can turn the stark reality of climate change into optimism. Speakers will offer tangible solutions from personal experiences and professional practice. Keynote remarks on this topic will be provided by:

Sophia Buggs, owner, Lady Buggs Farm, and Mahoning Food Access Coordinator

Jennifer Morris, chief executive officer, The Nature Conservancy (virtual)

Kristina M. Johnson, PhD., president, The Ohio State University.

Cathann A. Kress, PhD., vice president for agricultural administration and dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Elena Irwin, PhD., distinguished professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in Economics & Sustainability in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and faculty director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State

Jeff Sharp, PhD., director, School of Environment and Natural Resources.

Time to Act on Climate Change is a free event for all and does not require registration or payment. We’ve made available a brief form that will allow us to follow up with persons that have requested to receive information about parking, a link to the livestream, and/or a recording of the program. Click here to receive event updates and notifications.

For background on the speakers and contacts see the SL Calendar here.

Edible Landscaping: Botanical Gardens So Pretty No One Will Know You Can Eat Them! Think of the traditional vegetable garden -- rows of produce, either in a large devoted spot or in tidy raised beds. It can be attractive, utilitarian, productive... but always recognizable as a "vegetable garden" with the briefest glance. But what if you don't have a backyard where you can put one, or if your backyard is in full shade? Do you live where front-yard produce is frowned upon? Perhaps you live under the thumb of an HOA committee that flat-out bans any vegetable gardening. Guess what: there are ways around this!

You CAN grow food without it looking like you're growing food. Join Cat B. in her online "peep-show" of how you can start *stealthily* growing tasty, beautiful gardens. Through tricks of garden design, careful selection of food crops that have *amazing* ornamental value, and interplanting with complementary flowers and perennials, you CAN have beautiful perennial borders. See which traditional vegetables are up to the task if well-sited; the "regular" garden plants that many don't know ARE edible; and the unusually attractive cultivars of traditional food crops. Your front-yard landscaping won't reveal anything useful or tasty, just an eye-catching design.

Along the way, we'll discuss plants that were once staples of medieval kitchen gardens. We'll explore native food plants of indigenous folks who once lived on this land (and maybe a few other locations), many of which are unfamiliar enough that if you add them to your gardens, no one will know you're growing food in plain sight! INSTRUCTOR: Cat Baumgartner is an ISA Certified Arborist, an Ohio Certified Nursery Technician, and an Oakland Nursery staff member. She’s mostly a “self-taught” gardener who began when she was five years old and had a "weed garden" behind the garage (banished to that humble spot by a family who didn’t share her appreciation of the beautiful plants she grew).

Join Anna for a Q&A with Resurgence & Ecologist magazine editor, Marianne Brown, followed by an interactive book club chat.

Moving Ohio Forward is back for a second year, tackling all the most important sustainable transportation issues for Ohioans in 2022. This one-day FREE online conference will bring together the smartest minds in the Buckeye State working to push the agenda forward and create a better state. Check out our whole schedule and register here

Nature Is Our Solution: The Nature Conservancy is optimistic about our future. We know that nature is our solution to humanity’s most significant challenges because our science shows that when we protect nature, nature protects us. Our organization has the science and scale to energize and mobilize conservation organizations, governments, and citizens to meet this moment. But we need to go bigger. We need to move faster. We need to do it TOGETHER. And with your help, we will.

Register for the event @ https://tncearthday.org

Paul Hawken, American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, economist, and activist.

Dr. Eric Rignot & Julia Rignot Dr. Rignot is a senior researcher, NASA's JPL, and Julia is a journalist & film producer.

Dr. Michael E. Mann, Professor of atmospheric science and author.

John John Florence, American Surfer and environmental activist.

Dianna Cohen, Artist, activist and Co-founder of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.

Saul Griffith, Inventor, entrepreneur, author and founder and Chief Scientist of Otherlab and Rewiring America.

Jenna Johnson, Head of Patagonia Inc.

Dr. John Francis, American environmentalist champion also known as the "The Planetwalker".

Caroline Gleich, Professional ski mountaineer, endurance athlete, and activist for the environment and equality.

Malaika Vaz, National Geographic Explorer, TV presenter, and wildlife filmmaker.

Meryl Streep, Acclaimed actress and environmental activist.

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As profit-driven wars rage on, as climate catastrophe destructs ecosystems, as money-hungry politicians prioritize cash over our survival -- we know how it happens. We know that the ultra-rich and their corporations are using legal tools like corporate constitutional rights to make it extremely easy for them to cause massive harm.

You’re invited to a bold conversation --*RSVP* "Abolishing Corporate Planetary Destruction"

Corporations use their Supreme Court-given constitutional rights to get away with dangerous fracking and pipelines, spewing oil and toxic waste into the water, burning down our communities, mountaintop removal, horrific mining operations, usurping community rights and violating treaties, and every other shameful action they take in the pursuit of maximum profit.

Join us to hear from experienced and passionate organizers on and learn about the upcoming gatherings for the (yet-to-be-named) group we’re hosting, focusing on corporate power and the environment.

See the 100 ways you can help grouped in 25 items per file

See these and more in the Winter 2022 Issue of Yes! Magazine

Check out this tool to determine the energy burden of your household here.

Our team at A Greener World is thrilled to announce Challacombe Farm in Devon, UK, as the world’s first farm to be Certified Regenerative by AGW. This innovative certification provides a whole-farm assurance of sustainability, measuring benefits for soil, water, air, biodiversity, infrastructure, animal welfare and social responsibility. More info here.

Check out their latest newsletter for upcoming classes. Their learning platform supports short and long term interactive learning including a permaculture design course.

Michael Wilkos unpacks Columbus’ dramatic population growth and its growing diversity over the last decade – along with its implications and opportunities for businesses and organizations. Michael is the Senior Vice President of Community Impact with The United Way of Central Ohio. You can listen to the rebroadcast on WCBE's podcast episode here.

SEE the full Common Greens newsletter and producer lineup here

For years, Toni Genberg assumed a healthy garden was a healthy habitat. That’s how she approached the landscaping around her home in northern Virginia. On trips to the local gardening center, she would privilege aesthetics, buying whatever looked pretty, “which was typically ornamental or invasive plants,” she says. Then, in 2014, Genberg attended a talk by Doug Tallamy, a professor of entomology at the University of Delaware. “I learned I was actually starving our wildlife,” she says. Read the full story

How can we staunch the seemingly endless flow of textile waste facilitated by fast fashion and cheap clothing? Learn how these companies are helping and what you can do too! more...

We select a few of the many events listed in this newsletter. To subscribe to the Central Ohio Peace Network and see the full list of upcoming events, contact cmhammond11@att.net.

Saturday, April 16, 2022, 9:30 AM. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Event. Join volunteers with the Columbus group of Moms Demand Action for an in-person member meeting. We'll share legislative updates, discuss elections, and plan for the upcoming season of community engagement events. We hope to see you there! Location: Columbus Metropolitan Library, Northside Branch. 1423 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201.  Register here. 

Sunday, April 17, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Redbird Books to Prisoners. We collect, pack, and send books to Ohio prisoners every 1st and 3rd Sunday. Location: Thirdhand Bike Coop, 979 East 5th Ave, Columbus. Please wear a mask, and please don't park in front of the building.

Monday, April 18, 2022, 3:30 - 5:00 PM. The Long Shadows of War — A conversation on war violence, genocide and memory. Join the OSU Department of History for the Long Shadows of War — A conversation on war violence, genocide and memory. This in-person event will feature industry experts as they engage in an interactive panel discussion. Location:  165 Thompson Library — Multipurpose Room, 1858 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. This event is free and open to the public. More information and link to registration here. 

Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 7:00 PM. Anti-Imperialism: A Youth Introduction. What is imperialism? Is imperialism the root of the climate crisis? How have anti-imperialist struggles shaped the world, and why should young people care? Join Mass Peace Action as we talk about these very issues with leading youth activists and organizers from groups such as the Sunrise Movement, Democratic Socialists of America International Committee, the Claudia Jones Club, and the Young Communist League. All ages are encouraged to attend, regardless of experience — this event will be centered on political education around imperialism, neocolonialism, revolutionary optimism, and youth liberation. We have a future to win!  Register here. 

Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 5:30 PM. Life Beyond the Death Penalty. Join the #NoDeathPenaltyOH campaign on the evening of 4/19 at 6 pm for a powerful discussion about the real impact of Ohio's death penalty and the growing, life-affirming movement to end it. Hear speakers discuss how Christians can think about and work for death penalty repeal.  Register here.  

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 6:00 PM. Immigration Public Policy Roundtable. Are you interested in immigration justice? Do you believe no human being is illegal and want to get involved but not sure where to start? Considering joining our Immigration Public Policy Roundtable. You can come from any background to join our group where we will learn and discuss how anyone can advocate for undocumented community members. Website: www.avanzatogether.com. Join on Facebook Live. 

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Columbus Education Association. March for the Schools #COLUMBUSSTUDENTSSESERVE. Location: Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale. More information and registration link here. 

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 6:00 PM. Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism. Join the Institute for Policy Studies, Food and Water Watch, Greenpeace USA, Public Citizen, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and the Wallace Global Fund for a conversation with: Maude Barlow, on the release of her new book, "Still Hopeful: Lessons from Lifetime of Activism." In this timely book, she sums up lessons from those fights and why they give her realistic hope for the future. Her lifetime of fighting the good fight and often winning tangible results has led her to emphasize that effective activism is not only about the goal, but is also about building a movement and finding like-minded people to carry the load with you. Maude knows firsthand that change does happen and that hope is the essential ingredient. RSVP here

Friday, April 22, 2022, 3:15 PM. Immigration Prison: Hard Questions About Abolition. The United States runs the largest immigration prison system in the world. This so-called “detention” system jails half a million people a year. Some are undocumented, others have green cards, and many have come here seeking asylum. For the most part, they have no right to an appointed lawyer, no right to ask a judge for release on bond, and often no right to a deportation hearing at all. And most jailed immigrants are held in for-profit prisons, despite the progress made in reducing private prisons in the criminal legal system. Recognizing these realities leads us to an uncomfortable truth: this country runs a very large system of imprisonment without trial—just for immigrants. What should be done about this? Can we both reduce the harm the system causes and at the same time work to end it? UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy. More information and registration here. 

Friday, April 22, 2022, 12:10 - 1:40 PM. Disinformation and Political Violence. Disinformation – false information intended to mislead and confuse – is a top-tier challenge to effective governance, in democracies and non-democracies alike. It becomes a dangerous national security problem when it contributes to political violence. Join an interdisciplinary group of experts from Ohio State and beyond for a virtual discussion of the disinformation/political violence nexus. Mershon Center for International Security Studies. More information and registration here. 

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