(Editor's note: Tom Crain is an Akron blogger who writes as Goin' Green Guy.) What’s the best news about Green Trends in 2015? Nearly every industry seems to be trending toward environmental responsibility, more companies than ever are setting up or adding to their in-house “greenprints” and most consumers are demanding green products and services at home and in their … [Read more...]
Akron’s food movement yields bountiful harvest
Many of Akron’s leading locavores believe the key ingredients for Akron’s local food movement have finally come together…sans a financial cherry. Just ask Veronica Sims, project coordinator for Akron Summit Community Action (ASCA) and Akron’s Growing Hope Food Summit. She is seeing a holy convergence of factors igniting the movement in Akron like never before. “What’s … [Read more...]
Community garden plants a few miracles, grows a community
(Editor's note: this story originally appeared in the Akron Area Eutopia Report) “Gardening is cheaper than therapy... and I might even get tomatoes.” “Gardening requires lots of water...most of it in the form of perspiration.” “Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden here this summer?” These are just a few of the things I … [Read more...]