Library: Earth Day 2025: Web Resources

Resources (Local & National)

Climate Resilience Toolkit
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. The Toolkit offers information from across the U.S. federal government in one location. The goal is to improve people’s ability to understand and manage their climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help them make their communities and businesses more resilient to extreme events
Columbus Improvement Program
Keep Columbus Beautiful is a City of Columbus community improvement program and a national affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, focused on public education and volunteer service related to quality of life environmental issues including litter, recycling and beautification. Find volunteer options, education materials, adopt an area and more through this link.
Columbus Environmental Sustainability Efforts
Explore all the ways central Ohio is working on sustainability and the region's green movement!
Columbus Carbon Footprint Reduction Tips
Learn big and small ways that we can make an impact on reducing the carbon footprint here locally!
Eco-friendly Business in Columbus
Columbus is a global leader in environmentalism!

Local Organization Spotlight

FLOW (Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed)
Aims to “keep the Olentangy River and its tributaries clean and safe for all to enjoy, through public education, volunteer activities, and coordination with local decision-makers”
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Programs:
Salt Watch- volunteers monitor salt levels to obtain a clearer picture on how salt used to melt ice from roads and sidewalks impacts our local watershed
Kempton Run Habitat Restoration- removing invasive plants and replacing them with natives along the stream corridor
Saving the Sawmill Wetlands- preserving a 17-acre piece of woodlands from development and planting shrubs, trees, and flower beds for local pollinators
Green Columbus
A “sustainability-focused nonprofit striving to activate volunteer engagement, grow equitable tree canopy coverage, and foster resilient communities”.
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Programs:
Earth Day Columbus https://www.earthdaycolumbus.org/
Green Drinks- Networking/social event
Scioto Sweep- clearing litter from Scioto River, Scioto Audubon Metro Park, and the Boat Ramp
Smart Columbus
“has been helping Columbus better respond to the needs of its residents through difference-making technology, collaboration, and innovative thinking”.
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Programs:
Identifying where additional chargers for electronic vehicles are most needed throughout Columbus
Plays a large role in supporting Columbus’ adoption of electric vehicles
Promotes resources that decreases single occupancy vehicle usage such as COTA, CoGo Bike Share, carpool organizing, and Smart Mobility Hubs
Offers discounted E-Bikes to qualifying Columbus residents
Has a leadership role in implementing the Columbus Climate Action Plan
Sustainable Columbus
An aspect of Columbus’ city government working to “reduce climate changed impact in our community to protect the environment and improve the quality of life for all”
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Programs:
Columbus GreenSpot- membership program that provides guidelines to think about sustainability and provides methods for tracking individual sustainable actions
Youth Climate Action Fund- Columbus is granted funding for microgrants to youth-led organizations seeking to address climate change and its impacts on the community

Earth Day 2025: Web Resources

Web Resources

This guide section highlights web resources that will allow for the further exploration of Earth Day.

Our Planet, Our Home┃ An Earth Day Perspective by NASA

Recycling Guidelines for Columbus

Resources (Local & National)

Local Organization Spotlight