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Shades of Green

May 21, 2009

Photos, from top left, Principal Cynthia Ball admires a thematic door decorated by her students; top right, Cranbrook students read a poem as they plant Dawn Redwood trees on Arbor Day. Background image: Thousands of plastic bottle caps are being collected as part of a massive competition among classrooms.

Photos, from top left, Principal Cynthia Ball admires a thematic door decorated by her students; top right, Cranbrook students read a poem as they plant Dawn Redwood trees on Arbor Day. Background image: Thousands of plastic bottle caps are being collected as part of a massive competition among classrooms.

 by Julia Harris

Many good ideas never mature past the “Oh! What a good idea!” phase.

But for the students and teachers at Cranbrook Elementary, a small school within walking distance of campus, a good idea hatched by employees in the business operations arm of Ohio State’s Office of Business and Finance has germinated into a fruitful partnership. Continue reading ‘Shades of Green’

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CURB’s her enthusiasm

May 21, 2009

FOD staffer heads a Clintonville group dedicated to a greener community

by Julia Harris

Peggy Barylak gathers up some Styrofoam packaging materials that had found their way into the recyclable dumpsters. Many people, she says, don’t know that Styrofoam is currently not recyclable.

Peggy Barylak gathers up some Styrofoam packaging materials that had found their way into the recyclable dumpsters. Many people, she says, don’t know that Styrofoam is currently not recyclable.

For Peggy Barylak, senior human research consultant with Facilities Operations and Development, green has been a favorite color - and way of life - for a lot longer than it’s been a social and political movement.

In fact, hers has been a decades-long crusade that has changed habits and opened eyes about recycling and environmental issues for residents of Clintonville and beyond. Continue reading ‘CURB’s her enthusiasm’

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