Resources
Playbook for Communities Facing Large-Scale Development in Ohio
Owner: Ohio Environmental Council
6/9/2025Central Ohio is experiencing unprecedented growth—but at what cost to our environment? As large-scale development accelerates, the region faces rising challenges, including the loss of green space, increased pollution, and threats to water quality. One of the Ohio Environmental Council’s latest reports, Large-Scale Development Trends in Central Ohio and Their Environmental Implications examines how unchecked […]
Civic Science Guides
Owner: The Land Institute
2023Civic science is a way for people in multiple locations to learn together as they each grow, care for, and study perennial grain crops. This page includes guides to silphium, perennial wheat, and sainfoin.
Carbon Capture Co-Benefits
Owner: Great Plains Institute
8/2023This report explains how carbon capture projects can deliver environmental, health, and economic co-benefits, including reduced air pollution, job creation, community investment, and support for equitable climate and industrial transition strategies.
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Midwest
Owner: Clean Air Task Force
4/2/2024Carbon capture and storage refers to a suite of technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from industrial facilities and power plants. Carbon capture and storage captures CO2 and other pollutants directly from a facility before they are emitted. The CO2 is then compressed and transported to where it is permanently and securely stored in […]
Land Management through Leasing
Owner: Delta Institute
4/2020This document provides a snapshot of public farmland in Illinois and how it is currently managed. The information sheds light on the existing challenges and informs strategies for working with public institutional landowners to improve farmland management through their leasing programs.
Organizations
Clean Economy Tracker
Data platform tracking clean economy investments and projects; provides state fact sheets.
Ideastream Public Media
Public media organization producing journalism on environmental, civic, and climate issues in Ohio.
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
University research institute supporting energy innovation and entrepreneurship resources.
The Land
Local journalism outlet covering environmental stories and sustainability in Cleveland.
Ohio State University Extension
Extension program delivering community education on climate, agriculture, and environmental issues.