Sustainability Section

• Council eyes economic plan

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2012

  Village Council members at their April 2 meeting heard a review of the recent Economic Sustainability Plan by several members of the Village Economic Sustainability Commission.

• New Liberty Farms to host goat workshop

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 6, 2012

  

  New Liberty Farms, best known locally for their chickens, will host a series of food and farming workshops this winter, beginning with a session on goats this Saturday.

• Create the power to grow

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 3, 2011

  

  Local food has many meanings, but to Bob Jurick, having access to food locally is a social justice issue. People should be able to walk or drive a couple of blocks and buy fresh, healthy food at a reasonable cost.

• 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.

• Waxing sustainable for the sake of the bees

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 29, 2011

  

  Bees and bee keeping practices are the topic of several events in the village this week.

• Business may leave for lack of space

  By Matt MindeJuly 7, 2011

  For five years local resident Roi Qualls has talked quietly about the anticipated need for a larger space in the village for his business, e-Health Data Solutions, to grow into. And recently, the company’s three owners, only one of whom lives in Yellow Springs, gave notice that they will not renew their lease at MillWorks when it expires at the end of August,

• Weigh in on natural gas power plant

  By Megan BachmanJune 10, 2011

  

  Discussions on the environmental consequences of the Village’s electricity sources have heated up of late, especially since its municipal power provider AMP first asked the Village to purchase power from a new natural gas plant last month.

• Local farmers’ markets to screen sustainable agriculture film

  By Megan BachmanJune 3, 2011

  

  The Winter and Summer Farmer’s Markets are jointly sponsoring a free local screening of FRESH. See the trailer.

• Village solar project proposed

  By Megan BachmanMarch 10, 2011

  The Village of Yellow Springs, which already gets a third of its electricity from renewable sources, has an opportunity to add locally-produced renewable energy to its portfolio.