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While membership dues are based on calendar year, our annual meeting is held in the summer, which is when SDO Board of Director positions are elected. It’s also a time to reflect on the past year. Notable from 2018-19 Sustainable Delaware Ohio turned 9 years old! (What should we do […]

2018-19 Year in Review

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Responding to feedback from local business owners at a recent Main Street Delaware meeting, we just overhauled our Links page. First, it’s renamed from “Links to Other Websites” to just “Links”. Next, old links were removed or updated, and new links added, while the whole page got a facelift. Lastly, […]
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  Support SDO during The Columbus Foundation’s Big Give, and your contribution could be boosted up to 10%! All donations will be received by SDO and used to educate ourselves and our community on environment-friendly living, promoting a strong local community. Help us continue to build community gardens and bike […]

Give to SDO during the Big Give

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SDO was recently presented an Excellent Partner Award from the Delaware Solar Co-op and OH SUN, for our “excellent work in promoting the Delaware Solar Co-op and helping Delaware County residents go solar.” (Our Kudos page has been updated to include this and other awards.) The latest number from the co-op […]

SDO wins recognition

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SDO held its annual meeting on Saturday, July 8th. Refreshments were shared, and good conversations were held. David Soliday and Tom Wolber were each re-elected to the Board of Directors for another two-year term, while Stephanie Gregory was also elected for her first term. The rest of the Board is […]

Annual meeting notes and historical reflection

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The 4th annual Northern Olentangy Watershed (NOW) Festival was held Sat., June 10. Delaware’s Mingo Park on the scenic Olentangy River was once again the venue. The 93-mile Olentangy is the primary source of drinking water for the City of Delaware, so the location is a perfect place to raise […]

2017 NOW Festival

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The Environment and Wildlife Club at Ohio Wesleyan University has a whole week’s worth of events planned for April 17 through Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. Here’s a link to their large PDF poster (best printed on legal size paper) and below is the schedule of events. These events are […]

Green Week at OWU

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SDO is now collecting plastic shopping / shipping bags to create our very own Bag Monster! It’ll kind-of become our mascot! The Bag Monster® is a costume worn by a local volunteer to visually show the impact single-use plastic bags have on our environment. These flighty bags end up in trees, along […]

A BAG MONSTER is coming to town!

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We are pleased to announce, along with First Presbyterian Church and Citizen’s Climate Lobby, that there will be four additional showings of the documentary, Before the Flood, produced by Martin Scorsese and featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, on Saturdays in January: Jan. 7, 7:00 pm Jan. 14, 2:00 pm Jan. 21, 2:00 […]

Before the Flood — January Showings

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