Remember: always enjoy wildlife from a distance so not to endanger animals or yourself. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

Food for Thought: Did you know that 76% of our landfill waste could be reused? 🌱 Recycling food scraps helps keep waste out of the ground and puts valuable resources back to work. Small actions can create big changes. Find a food scrap drop-off site at columbus.gov/foodwaste

This morning, we adopted the @cbusmetroparks.bsky.social 2026 budget. This plan continues to invest in staff, operations, park maintenance, inclusive programs, upgrades to facilities, and land acquisition so that our exceptional park district is able to serve the people of Franklin County.

Ice under construction.

Opting for a litter cleanup with FLOW (Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed) instead of partaking in the insanity that is Black Friday. #optoutside

While it’s wonderful to spend the day being thankful for all the good in our lives, remember that this holiday represents the colonization and genocide of the Indigenous peoples whose land was taken from them as they were forcibly removed and killed.

Holidays lead to a significant amount of wasted food that ends up in landfills. To minimize this, create a plan to eat leftovers, donate them, & get creative in the kitchen. Bring the remaining food to one of the City's food scraps drop-off sites, where it will be composted. columbus.gov/foodwaste

Looking forward to this new connector trail from the Franklin Co Engineer to one of our Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks! abc6onyourside.com/news/local/p...

Congratulations to Emily Rials and Susan Swinford on being nominated as Everyday Kindness Heroes! Your work not only reduces wasted food here in Columbus but helps feed our community. www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifest...

The City of Columbus is taking wasted food seriously with a new campaign to help educate residents about the cost, environmental challenge, and human impact. Check out our first video below!

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Sunrise at Scioto Audubon Metro Park.

CRUSH THEM!!! www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

Working with my colleagues to collect and distribute over 6 tons of non-perishable food last week in response to the food emergency was both rewarding and eye-opening. It underscored the urgency of the situation and the need to prevent food from being used as a weapon against people.

Interested in why some of our food waste work is so important here at the City of Columbus? Check out my short Pecha Kucha presentation from the MORPC Summit on Sustainability last month. youtu.be/2QctkI2vY_0?...

Fighting food waste one rescue at a time.

Proud of our team for helping collect, transport, and distribute food to the city's SNAP response program. Donations of non-perishable food will continue to be accepted at both of the Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers indefinitely through our partnership with Columbus Food Rescue.

We throw away over a million pounds of food a day while some of our neighbors are hungry. Help us ensure non-perishable food doesn’t go to the landfill by donating to help those in need at one of the city’s Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers. #food #donate #columbus

Politicos and campaign staff: please help us reduce the waste generated from campaigns by bringing yard signs to one of the two Convenience Centers so they can be recycled.

Starting today, both of our Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers will be accepting non-perishable food items and toiletries through a partnership with Columbus Food Rescue and Local Matters. Bring your items in Tuesday—Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Big Darby at Prairie Oaks.

Fall frog.

Food is a human right. www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

As resources get more scare, donating items is one way to ensure we send less to the landfill and repurpose and reuse items that still have value. Find a list of places to donate items compiled by Columbus Food Rescue here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Columbus food waste warriors are down in Cincinnati for the Waste Food Summit to learn about great work happening to feed people not landfills.

Spooky Season is in full swing, and there's nothing scarier than greenhouse gas emissions from pumpkins! Bring us your pumpkins to be composted for FREE from Oct 31 - Nov 30 at one of these three locations!

Sun burnt prairie.

Prairie Sunset at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park.

Golden trees.

A quick look at some of the efforts to manage the trash, recycling, and food at a large-scale event like the Columbus Marathon. Efforts like this take teamwork, partnerships, and volunteers to ensure we have a clean and beautiful city that reduces waste.

My crocheted recycling dumpster fire tagged along for today’s fire drill at the Division of Refuse Collection. 🔥♻️

Back from Italy with a lot of great memories and some photos. www.flickr.com/photos/aryeh...

It was an incredible honor to represent the City of Columbus at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Global Forum as we were awarded a Special Mention for our efforts to reduce food waste through collaboration, education, rescue, and composting.

The Scioto from Quarry Trails.

Sunset across Darby prairie.

The climate crisis is here. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

Our team representing at the @morpc.bsky.social 2025 Summit on Sustainability!💪 We discussed our city's trails and LinkUs, food waste diversion, @visionzerocbus.bsky.social and using zoning as a tool to boost sustainable travel and sustainability goals. #MORPCSummit

Thank you MORPC for inviting me to present a PechaKucha at last week’s Sustainability Summit on the work the City of Columbus is doing to reduce food waste, how our food systems are feeding landfills instead of people, and how food is a human right.

We are at Barack Recreation Center today helping distribute trees to residents with Green Columbus. Didn’t reserve one? Stop by at 12:45pm to snag any that are left.

Calling for those who are perpetrating a genocide to be dealt with is not anti-Semitic. Nor is calling out Israel and the Israeli government for their actions. We have to stop conflating Israel and Judaism. They are not the same. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

Intersecting reflections (Alum Creek).

Central Ohio throws away over a million pounds of food a day.🤯From eating leftovers to composting food scraps, you can help reduce wasted food. Learn more at columbus.gov/foodwaste

Helping deliver hundreds of trees so residents can plant them in their yards and help us restore our city’s tree canopy while making us more resilient as the climate crisis worsens.

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

Scioto Sweep is happening this Sunday, September 21 at 10AM at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Register: www.givepulse.com/event/642386...

Scioto sunset at Audubon.

How it started 🐛 > how it’s going 🦋

I stopped wearing my Star of David necklace after its symbol was being used to support a genocide. Today, I am reclaiming it with a symbol being used to show support for Palestine (which is now being deemed anti-Semitic). Now all Jews are Zionists and many of us support our Palestinian neighbors.

A group of native ground nesting bees have moved into the grounds of the Division of Refuse Collection's Administrative Office and I'm working with staff to make sure they have a bit of protection.

Join us on Sunday, September 21 at 10 AM for our annual Scioto River cleanup at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Signup today: www.givepulse.com/event/642386...