The Summit of Sustainability Awards

11/15/2016

All past SOSA winners are found on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/sosaward12/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0. Visit today and gain ideas!

Official YouTube channel for Summit of Sustainability Awards.

10/24/2016

Do you pay attention to how much trash you generate? Have you ever tried to work your job with no wastebasket and take your own trash home at the end of the day? Well, this guy is wearing the trash he consumes for 30 days to raise awareness!

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-wears-30-days-trash-food-waste-hunger-awareness-article-1.2812972

How trashy!

10/24/2016

Thank you to our partners: Akron Zoo, Waste Management and Akron Waterways Renewed / City of Akron, Ohio - Mayor's Office Water Treatment and Reclamation / Watershed for planning/hosting the wonderful workshops this year!! If you attended and have a takeaway...feel free to post!

10/11/2016

Don't miss our final workshop of the year: Smart Water Use 101 at the Akron Water Reclamation Facility, 1570 Ravenna Rd, Kent, OH
THURS, OCT 20, 8:00 AM ‐ 12:30 PM
MUST REGISTER to attend at: goo.gl/AffYSq $15 fee (light brkfst)

In 2012, the Greater Akron Chamber along with the City of Akron, County of Summit, Keep Akron Beautiful and ReWorks created the Summit of Sustainability Awards. The goal of the Summit of Sustainability Awards was to recognize local organizations that have successfully implemented sustainability pra...

09/02/2016

Our final workshop of this year, Smart Water Use 101, will be held at the Akron Water Supply-Water Plant Division in Kent, Ohio. Registration required. Visit summitofsustainability.org to register.

08/19/2016

LAST CHANCE! REGISTER for grant workshop AUG 26. Hear unlikely resources to fund sustainable projects. Small & large, non-profit & for-profit organizations. An Akron, OH event. Visit summitofsustainability.org.

08/18/2016

Are you an Ohio organization looking to fund a sustainability project through environmental grants? Attend a workshop sponsored by Waste Management (Akron, OH) through Summit of Sustainability Sustainable Business Network Workshop Series. Registration (through Greater Akron Chamber) found top of page at: http://summitofsustainability.org/events/

06/27/2016

Is there a grant to fund your sustainability project? Find out at the SOSA SBN Sustainable Grant Workshop, Fri., Aug. 26 w/speaker James Skora of GT Environmental starting at 8:30am. MUST REGISTER at: http://greaterakronchamber.org/connect/events/misc/summit-of-sustainability-series-an-evening-wit-(1)/

06/13/2016

More green spaces? Maybe NASA can help explain. See time lapse on how the earth breathes and vegetation's direct effect: https://youtu.be/LU48imjLCls

This fascinating time-lapse animation from NASA shows how levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere are inextricably linked to seasonal cycles of ve...

05/25/2016

Add $$ back in your small business bottom line! COSE Council of Smaller Enterprises helps small businesses with free energy assessments, rebates and savings. Shared savings for building owners and space leasers. WATCH VIDEO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS2m7ttCcQU

Nicole Stika, Senior Director of Energy Services at the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), shines the light on how Cleveland is moving from once being a ...

05/19/2016

Help fund your sustainability efforts! Learn about available environmental grants for small & large, non-profit & for-profit organizations. Plan to attend a Sustainable Grant Workshop w/Jim Skora of GT Environmental, Inc. sponsored by and held at
Waste Management, 1534 Exeter Rd, Akron, OH
Friday, Aug 26, 2016, 830-11 am.
Must register to attend at www.summitofsustainability.org. http://www.gtenvironmental.com/professionals/jim-skora.aspx

His experience includes Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance, Ohio EPA Solid Waste Management and Planning and Property Transfer Site Assessments (PTSA).