“It Doesn’t Just Disappear” Part 1
Part 1: SoSA’s Zero Waste Team is Building a Network to Simplify and Encourage Responsible Consumption and Production…
Part 1: SoSA’s Zero Waste Team is Building a Network to Simplify and Encourage Responsible Consumption and Production…
Words by Sophie Vaughan
In Summit County, one organization is leading the way in advancing sustainability in specific focus areas through partnerships across nonprofit, public, and private sectors. With the Summit of Sustainability Alliance (SoSA), partners from these different sectors work together to inform policy, improve practices, and support innovation in building a thriving, sustainable Summit County Region.
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By Lyndsey Schley
Mark Lakeman, founder of Portland City Repair, saw a lack of communal meeting places in his community. Now his city has made changes in their infrastructure to bring community members together.
Lakeman brought his knowledge of placemaking to the March 9 meeting of The Great Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability, or GAINS, hosted in the Summit Artspace in collaboration with Big Love Fest.
GAINS is a volunteer organization that promotes sustainability in the Greater Akron area, while Big Love Fest is an event that celebrates culture, art and music in the Akron community.