Keep Radioactive Fracking Waste out of Ohio’s Landfills The fracking industry has a problem – it generates toxic, radioactive waste in the forms of mud from drilling, and liquid from the chemical cocktails used to get fossil fuels from deep underground – and they don’t know [...continue reading.]
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Ask the US EPA to review Ohio’s injection well program!
Ohio is becoming a dumping ground for fracking waste, and we’re already seeing this waste ending up in our streams. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is failing to ensure the safety of Ohio’s citizens and environment; it’s time for the US EPA to step [...continue reading.]
Fracking in State Parks to Clean Ohio?
Under Ohio’s current proposed budget, half of the revenue from fracking in state parks would go to the Clean Ohio Fund - which exists to fund cleanups in Ohio. This funding structure guarantees a net loss for Ohio’s environment by funding cleanups by making a bigger [...continue reading.]
Two off-grid DC/AC solar electric homes in Hocking County
May 20th, 2013
Darrel Ross showing the SLN group his solar powered home.
Another treat for the sustainable living network on this most beautiful day in this most beautiful part of Ohio. Featuring two homes where photovoltaic electric power was a necessity rather than an option. Darrell Ross was thinking about connecting to the grid but his neighbor wanted $40,000 for a utility easement across his property. Danny Brigg’s moved to the family farm along an abandoned stretch of township road no longer served by utility lines. In both cases the cheapest option was to install off-grid solar power and both Darrell and Danny are are completely satisfied with the result. Plenty of electric power for their needs, no monthly bills or power outages.
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May 20, 222 S Memorial Drive, Lancaster
EV pickup truck
The sustainable living group met at JP Success Inc. to see and hear about what Joe Sullivan has been doing with electric vehicles and also check out the tropical fish in the store upstairs. Joe’s EV work began with a GE Elek-Trak garden tractor. His first automobile gas to electric conversion was a 1977 VW Beetle convertible. He has done 2 more conversions – an Electra Van and a S-10 pickup truck.
Garlic Mustard Pulls This Spring
March 28th, 2012
It’s that time of the year again. The wildflowers are coming up, and so is the garlic-mustard. With your help, we can continue to enjoy the wildflowers for years to come rather than seeing a monoculture of garlic-mustard in our parks and preserves.
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