Articles About environmental sustainability

• Down to Earth — Recycling confusion

  By YS News StaffJuly 25, 2021

  

  The throwaway plastic that holds our takeout food and wraps our dry cleaning is widely seen as one of the world’s biggest environmental hazards. It pollutes as it is produced, through the extraction of fossil fuels, and no sooner than it is used, it pollutes again.

• Down to Earth launches

  By YS News StaffJuly 6, 2021

  

  “Down to Earth,” a new monthly column, will concentrate on environmental issues related to the village, embedded in the understanding of climate change, the need for community resilience and sustainability, and the restoration of native habitat.

• A look at Antioch Farm— ‘The fruits of our labor’

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 10, 2019

  

  The concept of sustainability has been central to Antioch’s mission since its rebirth in 2011. And the farm remains at the heart of the school’s curriculum and identity.

• Bugs life: EnviroFlight’s open house

  By Audrey HackettJune 27, 2019

  

  EnviroFlight CEO Liz Koutsos spoke to local residents and area officials at a tour of the company’s facility in Yellow Springs last Tuesday.

• Heaving a ball at Agraria

  By YS News StaffJune 20, 2019

  

  Two weeks ago, 36 educators from public schools in Yellow Springs, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, and Dayton attended a two-day workshop at Agraria.

• Company turns trash into treasure

  By Guest ContributorSeptember 6, 2018

  

  Matthew Lawson is passionate about compost. Where some see stinky, rotting waste, Lawson sees a renewable resource. What is worthless trash to some is, to him, a rich biodiversity.

• Antioch College recognized for sustainability practices

  By Guest Contributor

  

  Antioch College has been recognized as a top performer in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index, achieving a second-place rating in top performing institutions for grounds.

• Grounding vision of resilience at Agraria

  By Megan BachmanJuly 26, 2018

  

  On the property Community Solutions purchased last year, the 75-year-old local nonprofit wants to model regenerative agriculture as part of its mission to create resilient communities in the face of climate change.

• Operation Bluebird — YS students monitor nesting boxes

  By Carol SimmonsApril 12, 2018

  

  There’s nothing quite like seeing a bluebird in its environment, especially for bird lovers.

• Seeking ways to keep bees buzzing

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 8, 2018

  

  The plight of the bumblebee is never far from Nadia Malarkey’s mind, whether  gardening at her West Whiteman Street home, designing properties around town for her landscaping business, or researching pesticide-free lawn care strategies for the Village of Yellow Springs as part of the Environmental Commission.