Toledo-Lucas County Sustainability Commission

Commission News Posted 09 April 2010

We have added a few networking tools to the site. If you'd like to get an RSS feed of local sustainability news, please subscribe to our feed by adding http://www.lucascountygreen.com/rss/feed.xml to your favorite RSS reader. If you're interested in this added functionality but are not quite sure what RSS is, feel free to email me at jgrabarkiewicz@co.lucas.oh.us.

Commission News Posted 29 March 2010

Lucas County was recently awarded nearly one million dollars to improve the energy efficiency of County facilities. The dollars were awarded through the Ohio Department of Development federal Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Program. For the official press release, please click here.

Commission News Posted 21 January 2010

The new Hawkins Elementary School is one of the greenest buildings in the State! It will utilize 20% less energy and 50% less water than buildings of similar size. For the Toledo Blade article, click here. For the Channel 13 report, follow this link here.

Commission News Posted 29 December 2009

For a brief annual report of the activities of the Sustainability Commission, click here.

Commission News Posted 29 September 2009

Please join us for a roundtable discussion about the new green economy sponsored by the State Treasurer's Office on Thursday, October 1st. The discussion will occur at the Toledo Library. For a flyer and rsvp information, click here.

Commission News Posted 09 September 2009

The Treasurer for the State of Ohio announced a new program today that aims to make energy efficient upgrades more affordable for Ohio homeowners. For more information regarding this program, jump over to the announcement on the Treasurer's webpage here.

Commission News Posted 06 August 2009

Our Summer Edition of Living Green, Saving Green has gone live. Check out the article published in The Blade today here.

Commission News Posted 28 July 2009

The rain barrel and composter sale sponsored by American Rivers, the City of Toledo, and the Toledo-Lucas County Rain Garden Initiative is going on right now! If you can't place your order in the next few days, there will be an additional 100 rain barrels and 35 composters delivered to the Frogtown Fair on August 8th (9am - 3pm). Get there early to grab yours! Click here for more information.

Commission News Posted 28 July 2009

We've updated details regarding the structure and latest activities of the Sustainability Commission under "The Commission" link above.

Commission News Posted 7 May 2009

The County of 100 parks? Yes indeed! Within the boundaries of Lucas County there are numerous opportunities to enjoy the outdoors just minutes from your residence. For a map of Lucas County parks, follow this link.

In other news, we are now sharing calendars with other local sustainability groups - LEWAS, NWOGBC, and the site thinkgreenfirst.net. To see a list of local happenings, click on green calendar above or navigate to the calandar page here.

Commission News Posted 14 April 2009

Upcoming Earth Day events:

Saturday, April 18th, the Andersons Shred Day and Earth Fair, 9am - 3pm at their Maumee Retail Store, 530 Illinois Ave. at Ford St. in Maumee, Ohio.
Saturday, April 18th, Party for the Planet at the Toledo Zoo
Wednesday, April 22nd, Earth Day Press Conference - City of Toledo
Wednesday, April 22nd, EarthFest at the University of Toledo
Saturday, April 25th, Earth Day Event at Forrest Woods
Saturday, April 25th, Earth Fair at Highland Park - here is the flyer

We have also posted the jurisdictions that have adopted wind turbine language here.

Commission News Posted 09 March 2009

On Thursday, March 12th, at 2:00pm the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions will hold a public hearing on a text amendment regarding green infrastructure for stormwater management. The hearing will be help at One Government Center at Jackson Boulevard and Erie Street in Council Chambers.

Commission News Posted 09 March 2009

Our website is now live! Our current features include the "Living Green, Saving Green" program and "40 Ways to go Green". In addition, the site contains a wealth of other local information, including a collection of sustainability maps, an article on green kitchens and baths, even background on local creeks and rivers.