Outreach
Residents are fully capable of driving solutions to localized impacts of climate change when provided opportunities to share and learn, prioritize and act. Building both awareness of pressing environmental issues and social cohesion within and across neighborhoods will equip people to create a better future. Residents of priority communities—those experiencing the greatest burdens of environmental injustice— are best positioned to both inform and drive equitable change. The vibrant start-up ecosystem also presents opportunity.
Green Cincinnati Plan Priority Actions
- Create and support more opportunities—like Climate Safe Neighborhoods (CSN)—to identify local environmental problems and enable climate ambassadors to implement sustainable solutions
- Support the Youth Environmental Council to mobilize the next generation
- Support the launch of a one stop shop—physical and virtual—to support residents in making lifestyle changes through informing and incentivizing efforts
- Support business owners and the start-up community to build and enact market solutions to address environmental issues, with a focus on women and minority-owned enterprises