Articles About sustainability

• Join the sustainable food discussion

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 28, 2012

  

  Ellen Dawson-Witt is hosting a discussion course “Hungry for Change: Food, Ethics and Sustainability,” at her tiny house in Yellow Springs on Tuesdays.

• Goat mowing at Antioch

  By Megan BachmanOctober 26, 2011

  

  To clear weeds at the Antioch College farm, the college has turned to four-legged help.

• Tour of a Tiny House

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 28, 2011

  

  When Ellen Dawson-Witt wanted to live a more sustainable life, she didn’t take half-measures — she downsized to a house the size of a shed. Now she’s offering a sustainability course out of her tiny house starting Tuesday, Oct. 1.

• “Radical” farm takes root

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2011

  

  Amy Batchman started Radical Roots Farm outside of Yellow Springs with big plans for the seven-acre homestead.

• Forests for local food

  By Megan BachmanApril 18, 2011

  

  Mark Shepard told a crowd of 120 villagers to transform our farm fields into forests for more local food.

• Forest gardens in your own yard

  By Megan BachmanAugust 5, 2010

  

  Growing food in a backyard garden can be a lot of work. But by designing a “forest garden” of trees and shrubs, aligned with ecological principles, gardeners can achieve a food yield sustainably, with less maintenance. This is the essence of a seven-day forest gardening workshop from Aug. 9 to Aug. 15 on a farm homestead north of Yellow Springs on Hustead Road…