Sustainability

Ohio is transforming its inventive past into an innovative future in key industries of historical strength. The goal is to increase the global competitiveness of all Ohio companies in ways that address environmental, energy and public health problems.

Sustainability Features

A mighty wind: thousands pledge to buy wind-fueled power

Douglas J. Guth Thursday, September 12, 2013

As the nation's first freshwater offshore wind project cranks up off the coast of Cleveland, thousands of people are pledging to pay a little more for power that comes from this alternative source.

Ohio's food industry serves up innovation

Karin Connelly Thursday, September 12, 2013

With the help of advocates such as the Toledo-based Center for Innovation in Food Technology, Ohio's food innovators enhance what's natural, create new products, and make food safer and more convenient.

Creative placemaking breathes new life into northeast Ohio neighborhoods

Sheena Lyonnais and Douglas Trattner Thursday, August 15, 2013

Recent grants awarded to Cleveland's Collinwood and St. Clair Superior neighborhoods are enabling creative placemaking, a national movement in which arts- and culture-based projects aim to revitalize communities and boost local economies.

Q & A: Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, manager of watershed programs, NEORSD

Douglas J. Guth Thursday, July 18, 2013

Stormwater run-off can overflow sewers, flood homes, erode roads and stream banks, and pollute waterways. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District seeks to address these issues. Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, manager of watershed programs for NEORSD, explains what that means for residents.

Ohio's alternative office spaces: high tech, cool digs

Karin Connelly Thursday, July 18, 2013

A waterfront airport, a 120-year-old barge and an old brewery as office spaces? Adventurous members of Ohio's tech industry have already made the transitions a reality by elevating the green concept of reuse to a new level.

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