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Alice Ross recognized for her commitment to community
Rural Action awarded Tuscarawas County resident Alice Ross with its 2023 Volunteer Sustainability Award at its annual meeting on June 6.
Nominated by Leadership and Service ... Read More
Rural Action commends Jackie O’s with 2023 Sustainable Business Award
At its 2023 Annual Meeting in June, Rural Action recognized one local business’s longtime commitment to sustainability. It awarded Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery, ... Read More
OhioHealth O’Bleness is leading Ohio’s hospital systems in sustainability
In 2016, OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital looked at their waste production and began asking this question: what can we do about all of this?
That’s when they ... Read More
Washington County teens receive Rural Action 2023 Sustainability Award
Rural Action recognized two Washington County teens at its 2023 Annual Meeting for their outstanding passion and work in agricultural education.
Rural Action awarded Fort Frye ... Read More
2022 Sustainability Awards: SOPEC
The partnership between the Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) and Rural Action is one that was destined to flourish. They have a history that ... Read More
John Glazer Continues to Inspire our Work
This year, Rural Action awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously for only the second time in recognition of the work of a truly brilliant, passionate ... Read More
Nelsonville Emporium Turns Over a New Leaf
Jennifer L’Heureux and Jen Seifert are in the Nelsonville Emporium, looking over a blueprint for a new social enterprise that combines their entrepreneurial zeal ... Read More
Allison Ricket Builds Networks That Boost Teens
It’s a beautiful July morning in Marietta, the kind of day most young people would sooner be anywhere than in a classroom. But the Read More
Trimble Teen Takes Action to Protect the Planet
Alison McCoy is sitting in Athens County Public Libraries’ Glouster branch on a scorching day, wincing at the memory of cross-country practice that morning. ... Read More
Bishop Gardens Provides a Beautiful Education
Bobbi Bishop stops her golf cart in front of a cluster of decapitated daylilies at Bishop Educational Gardens in Hocking County.
“Deer,” she says, shaking ... Read More
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