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Nominations Sought for 2024 Sustainability Awards

Do you know an individual, business, or organization that’s making our little corner of Appalachia a better place to live? Nominate them for Rural Action’s ... Read More

New Government investment to address legacy pollution and revitalize coal communities in Ohio

By: Paul Celi

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Debbie Phillips, Rural Action’s CEO, participated in a roundtable discussion with the Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland. Haaland ... Read More

Raccoon Creek’s annual Owl Prowl is a hoot

By: Abby Neff

Despite heavy rain and flash-flood warnings, the Lake Hope Lodge at Lake Hope State Park was packed with parents, children and people who ... Read More

Notes from Dynamite Hill, Keweenaw Bay, Part 2 of 3

By: Joe Brehm

In four days at Dynamite Hill Farms, I saw or heard almost 70 bird species on their land. Presumably, most of these ... Read More

SOPEC AND Rural Action’s partnership aims to assist small businesses and local producers

By: Paul Celi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded the Rural Energy for America Program Technical Assistance Grant (REAP TAG) to the Sustainable Ohio Public ... Read More

Tom Redfern receives the OEFFA’s 2024 Service Award

By: Paul Celi

Last Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) conference in Newark, Ohio, Tom Redfern, the Senior Director ... Read More

Medical supplies program supports displaced residents in Marietta

By: Abby Neff, AmeriCorps VISTA

When Megan Smith learned about a fire that displaced 38 residents at the WiniBeri Place apartments in Marietta, Ohio, she ... Read More

Notes from Dynamite Hill, Keweenaw Bay, Part 1 of 3​

By: Joe Brehm

Jerry and I pause at a loud but distant noise. Through the green woods of big hemlocks, sugar maples and yellow and white ... Read More

Reflecting on the Heritage of the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway

By Isaac Miller

If you’re like me, then you probably enjoy Appalachian Ohio’s beauty. I enjoy exploring this region’s rolling hills, lush wooded areas, and ... Read More

MLK Day of Service

By: AmeriCorps Leadership at Rural Action

January 15 is a day to honor the life and legacy of one of the most prolific civil rights leaders ... Read More


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