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As announced Friday at the Sustainability Summit, the Great Outdoor Weekend 2012 plan is in motion! This year the event will happen Saturday September 22 and Sunday September 23, 2012. This annual September celebration aims to highlight the best that the greater Cincinnati region has to offer in outdoor recreation and nature awareness programming. As Green Umbrella members there is no charge to have your activity promoted as part of this exciting and highly engaging event. We are looking for outdoor activities for adults and children that encourage involvement with our environment. Past events include hikes, water quality sampling, food demonstrations, gardening exhibits, lessons from a meterologist. . . over 50 organizations have presented...
Cincinnati Negotiates Better Electricity Prices for Customers
Cincinnati will be the first major city in America to choose a 100% “green” electricity supply for its eligible residents and small businesses while saving as many as 53,000 households money through the City’s Government Aggregation Program.
The City has selected First Energy Solutions (FES) as the City’s new electricity provider through an aggregation process in which the City represents all eligible individual customers as one larger buying unit to negotiate a lower price on electricity. Specifically, Cincinnati is collectively becoming a giant consumer to whom the green energy market can sell.
FES’s selection will save the average eligible...
Registration is now open for 2012 Green Umbrella Sustainability Summit, Presented by PNC Bank.
- Learn about New Sustainability Initiatives in the region.
- Hear updates from each of the nine Green Umbrella Action Teams and learn how to get involved: Land;...
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