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    • 2017: Year of Zero Waste
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    Carbon-Neutral Neighborhood
    Admin
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Carbon-Neutral Neighborhood

    Social support for creating new habits and linking citizens to new information to change the culture of Akron! Reduce our city's carbon...
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    Transportation
    Admin
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Transportation

    Creating an awareness campaign that starts with ourselves. What can we do to make a difference? To make it more acceptable to ride your...
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    Policy
    Admin
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Policy

    Tying policy-making, community engagement, and cultural change with air quality improvement. Brainstorm: Destiny:
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    Health Equity
    Admin
    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Health Equity

    Recognizing racism as a public health crisis and its impact on health equity. Brainstorming Exercise: Destiny:
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    Green Infrastructure
    Admin
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Green Infrastructure

    Involving the community and reducing stormwater run-off. Asset Tree:
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    Environmental Education
    Admin
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Environmental Education

    Connecting inner city school teachers to nature and resources. Asset Tree:
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    Regional Sustainability Office
    Admin
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Regional Sustainability Office

    Involving the public in demonstrating interest in regional sustainability efforts. Brainstorm:
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    Summit Lake
    Admin
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Summit Lake

    Consider current water quality conditions and future land use and aesthetics. Engage many active community groups in region, Reimagining...
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    Climate Change
    Admin
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Climate Change

    There have been studies on weather patterns related to precipitation in regard to intensity and duration. How does climate change impact...
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    Local Compost
    Admin
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Local Compost

    Collecting food and yard waste to create high quality compost for a profit to regenerate local soil, while growing meaningful work. Asset...
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    Feed My Sheep Case Study
    Admin
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Feed My Sheep Case Study

    Storm water management and creating sustainable public green spaces and providing models for future projects. Asset Tree:
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    Urban Farm Policy
    Admin
    • Feb 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Urban Farm Policy

    Creating a vehicle to allow those who want to engage and navigate Akron’s farm policy to arrive at their destination. Community Dream...
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    Cascade Village Case Study
    Admin
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Cascade Village Case Study

    Creating a case study on a process of solving food deserts in an urban neighborhood with a grassroots, neighbor-focused effort. Community...
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    Schools and Zero Waste
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Schools and Zero Waste

    A plan to help schools reach and teach zero waste. Outcome of Community Dream Exercise A Few Flyer Designs: Outcome of Brainstorming...
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    The Well CDC Case Study
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Well CDC Case Study

    How to help The Well CDC, 647 E. Market St. Akron, OH, move toward zero waste. This is meant to provide as a case study for other...
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    Neighborhood Composting
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Neighborhood Composting

    Creating solutions to composting within Akron's neighborhoods. Community Dream Exercise Results: Community Assets: Brainstorm: Business...
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    Cascade Village Case Study
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Cascade Village Case Study

    Creating solutions for Cascade Village to move towards zero waste. This is meant to be a case study for other housing developments....
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    Changing The Narrative Around Waste
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Changing The Narrative Around Waste

    How we treate the natural world often reflects how we treate one another. Community Assets: Brainstorm: Destiny: Event Flyer: Suggested...
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    Business/Corporate Waste
    Admin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Business/Corporate Waste

    A plan to help businesses improve waste management. Community Assets: Brainstorm: Destiny: Point System: Recomendations: Engaging...
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    ABOUT US >

    Hands On Sustainability 2025 is grateful for all of our community partners especially:

    The conference is named in honor of the year 2025 bein-g the 25th anniversary of the Cuyahoga Valley National  Park's (CVNP) official recognition as a national park. We see The CVNP as an incredible natural resource, inspirati-on, and driving force behind our initiatives. We hope to  actualize biomimicry, mimicking the natural world, of the CVNP into the facilitation of our programs and system de-signs that surround sustainability in the City of Akron and Summit County.

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