What We Do

Our mission is to increase the impact of sustainability-related organizations by creating a centrally-located campus in Greater Cincinnati where multiple organizations can share space.

Our Vision

Sustainability Central is being planned as a place where approximately 20 local nonprofit organizations and at least one for profit organization, who all deal with sustainability in one form or another, can share space, be co-located, and increase our impacts. By implementing the “7 Rs of Sustainability” — Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle, and “Rot” (i.e. compost) — as much as we can and by teaching others to live with less “stuff”, we decrease the demand for new items created from “scratch”. That helps minimize the amount of greenhouse gases that would have been produced in the production of new items, which in turn helps minimize the impacts those gases could have had on our climate, our environment, and all of the inhabitants of this planet.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

— Helen Keller

What We’re Planning — spaces for…

  • Offices

  • Classrooms

  • Walking trails

  • Reuse/retail space

  • Stormwater capture

  • Organics processing

  • EV charging stations

  • Permanent collection areas

  • Plastic block manufacturing

  • Cold storage for rescued food

  • Animal rescue and rehabilitation

  • Secure parking for nonprofit vehicles

  • Warehouse work areas and storage

  • Gardens / an orchard / a greenhouse

  • Job creation / economic development

  • Pop-up collection and distribution areas

  • Commercial kitchen for rescued food prep

  • Emergencies — Resilience spaces for food, shelter, etc.