Summit Of Sustainability Alliance Life On Land Fall Educational Discussion

500 Edgewood Avenue,Akron OH 44307

08 December, 2022

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SUMMIT OF SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST FEW 10 YEARS THROUGH A SERIES OF SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS IN THE SUMMIT COUNTY REGION. STARTING IN 2012 AS A NEXT STEP FROM AKRON GREEN PRINT (THE GROUP MONITORED AND REPORTED ON AKRON’S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS) SUMMIT OF SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS WAS BORN. ANNUAL AWARDS WERE HANDED OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. IN 2016 THEY ADDED WORKSHOPS TO THEIR EFFORTS. IN 2018-2019 SOSA STARTED REIMAGINING ITS POTENTIAL THROUGH A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. STAKEHOLDERS IN SUMMIT COUNT’S SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO WORK ACROSS SECTORS (BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL) TO STRATEGICALLY TACKLE OUR LOCAL CLIMATE ISSUES. THE GROUP DECIDED TO USE THE UNITED NATIONS’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AS TO ORGANIZE SUBCOMMITTEES AROUND HANDS ON PROJECTS AND TO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS. IN 2022, WE STARTED WITH 2 SUBCOMMITTEES: LIFE ON LAND AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION. LIFE ON LAND A FLOURISHING LIFE ON LAND IS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR LIFE ON THIS PLANET. WE ARE ALL PART OF THE PLANET’S ECOSYSTEM AND WE HAVE CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO IT THROUGH DEFORESTATION, LOSS OF NATURAL HABITATS AND LAND DEGRADATION. PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE USE OF OUR ECOSYSTEMS AND PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY IS NOT A CAUSE. IT IS THE KEY TO OUR OWN SURVIVAL. WE ASK YOU TO JOIN US AS WE CONTINUE THIS CALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMIT COUNTY REGION. WE WILL BE OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WITH AN EXTENDED LUNCHTIME EDUCATIONAL EVENT AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO JOIN! LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED! TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BY LOCAL EXPERTS: REGIONAL TREE CANOPY GOALS WORKING WITH NATIVE PLANTS WHY UNDERSTORY PLANTS AND RUN OFF MANAGEM IS IMPORTANT WORKING WITH EDIBLE LANDSCAPES AND FOOD FORESTRY 2023 SPRING PLANT GIVEAWAY