🍂October 14, 2025🍂
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."
- Edward Everett Hale
Sustainable Heroes: Catching Up with Chuck Lynd
By Angie Scheu for Simply Living
Few people embody Simply Living’s mission as fully as Chuck Lynd — longtime board member, community organizer, and local economy advocate. Chuck’s journey from small-town Ohio to the frontlines of social and environmental change offers a model of what it means to “live simply so that others may simply live.”
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Here is What Happens When You Shop Locally
By Angie Scheu for Simply Living
What if a simple change in your shopping habits could help create 5,000 new jobs in Franklin County? According to economic research on the local multiplier effect, a modest shift — only 10% of consumer spending from national chains to local businesses — can dramatically strengthen our local economy, supporting the neighbors, family farms, small shops, service companies, and community institutions that make Central Ohio thrive.
That’s the power of localism — and it’s something Simply Living has championed for over three decades.
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🍁Where You Can Find Us In October🍁
(Save these dates!)
October 2025
10.19.2025 - Simply Living Fall Gathering and Fundraiser
Celebrate autumn with Simply Living at a warm, community-centered gathering filled with connection, good food, and inspiration for sustainable living. 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
10.16.2025-10.19.2025 - Green Roots Convergence
Four days of hands-on learning, networking, and community resilience building in the Great Lake Erie Southern Shore (GLESS) bioregion. Immersion activities for all ages. Visit site for more details!
10.23.2025 - Rumpke Recycling Tour
Take a tour the Rumpke Resource & Recycling Center, the largest and most technically advanced recycling facility in North America. 12:00 pm
10.25.2025 - Energy Smart Home Expo
Electrify! Central Ohio presents: the Energy Smart Home Expo! Learn from a range of experts about how you can be more efficient, use cleaner energy, have a healthier home, and save money - maybe all at the same time! 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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