Land & Environmental Section :: Page 7

• Climate Action and Sustainability Plan underway in Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanAugust 28, 2021

  

  Piper Fernwey worked at colleges and companies across the midwest developing farm-to-table programs and climate change responses. At Denison University, she helped the cafeteria source 40% of its food locally. Now, the Clifton resident is tasked with drafting a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for the Village of Yellow Springs.

• Tin Can Economy — A space in the school for the swifts

  By Reilly DixonAugust 19, 2021

  

  Walk over to the Union School House on a clear late summer evening and you’ll see them. Swooping and darting through the dusk, conducting aerial dramas against the backdrop of a setting sun: chimney swifts. Hundreds of them.

• 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.

• Board of Zoning Appeals says no to Agraria barn rental

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 16, 2021

  

  School group visits are OK. Renting out a historic barn for weddings and other social or community events is not. Setting up a farm store or stand is fine. Renting a conference room to other groups is questionable.

• 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.

• At Agraria— ‘Nourishing Life’ conference set

  By YS News StaffJune 17, 2021

  

  Agraria will present a free, virtual conference, “Nourishing Life,” Friday and Saturday, June 18 and 19. The conference aims to inspire and inform those attending to imagine regenerative solutions to climate crises, chronic disease and major threats to the worldwide food supply.

• Return of the Magi(cicada)

  By YS News StaffMay 13, 2021

  

  By now, many of us are aware that southwestern Ohio will experience a mass emergence of periodical cicadas (Magicicada species) this Spring. Here are a couple of scientific tidbits and fun facts that may be just enough to impress your friends and maybe win a round of trivia or two.

• Earth Day 2021— Ecologically conscious villagers share efforts

  By YS News StaffApril 22, 2021

  

  In honor of Earth Day, April 22, Village Council vice president and Council liaison to the Environmental Commission Marianne MacQueen interviewed several villagers to learn more about what they are doing to care for the Earth and what their motivations are.

• Mills Lawn greenspace— Group seeks preservation

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 14, 2021

  

  Preserving greenspace on the Mills Lawn Elementary School property and developing a desirable facilities plan for the local schools are not mutually exclusive goals, say a group of residents calling for a portion of the Mills Lawn grounds to be set aside as a permanent community park.

• Seasonal trail closures begin Thursday in Glen Helen

  By YS News StaffFebruary 25, 2021

  

  On Thursday, February 25, at 7 p.m., the Glen Helen trail system will close to protect the nature preserve during the freeze/thaw cycle. The trails are scheduled to reopen Monday, March 1.