• Develop a more walkable, bikeable, bus-friendly community
• Encourage year-round access to locally grown food
• Support a greener community
• Build a more vibrant community and local economy
• Work with other communities to develop regional sustainability practices

Sustainable Worthington Meetings & Events

Sustainability Now! Fri. & Sat. May 16-17, OSU Agricultural campus complex

Sustainable Worthington was created as a direct result of Simply Living's Do It Here! Do It Now! conference in October 2006. Don't miss this year's conference: Sustainability Now! Strategies for Personal and Community Transformation co-sponsored with OSU Social Responsibility Initiative with support from Columbus Green Building Forum and Sustainable Worthington. Featuring sustainability activist Jim Merkel, author of Radical Simplicity, workshops, special programming for middle and high school youth, and much more. Connect with fellow citizens who are building sustainability through creative, powerful and effective actions. Register and learn more at sri.osu.edu/sustainabilitynow.

Sustainable Worthington Projects

Community Gardens in Worthington

25 enthusiastic people came to our first meeting on January 30th to explore the idea of a community garden at the United Methodist Children's Home (UMCH)! If you would like to be added to the Google Group for community gardens in Worthington, please Contact Us. For more information about the United Methodist Children's Home please visit www.umchohio.org.

Demonstration Rain Garden in Worthington

Rain Gardens are shallow basins planted with native plants that catch storm water before it flows into storm sewers during a rain storm. They allow rain water to soak into the ground (rather than flowing over roads, roofs, driveways and lawns directly into the river), and they filter pollutants that would otherwise run directly into the rivers. If numerous rain gardens were installed in Worthington, it could prevent storm water from overflowing the capacity of our storm sewers.

The Worthington Rain Garden will be installed on the north side of the intersection of Worthington Galena Road and Highland Avenue on September 6, 2008. This is a joint project of the City of Worthington and Sustainable Worthington. The City of Worthington will provide labor and machinery to install the rain garden. Sustainable Worthington will provide volunteer labor, interpretive signage and the plants for the garden. If you would like to contribute to the cost of the plants/signage, help install Worthington's first demonstration rain garden, or if you grow native plants in your yard and would like to contribute plants for the garden, please Contact Us.

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