ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Simply Living Activities

Join us at City Folks General Store for a Simply Living Meetup!

Arrangements have been finalized for the Meetup at the new location of City Folks General Store. The dates are August 15th & 16th and the location is 4522 Indianola Ave, Columbus. City Folks will be open on Saturday the 15th from 9 am to 5 pm and on Sunday the 16th from noon to 4 pm. 

Here’s the Program:

12:30 pm Saturday & Sunday— Meet the Owner & Tour the Store. Come meet Paisley and get a tour of the new space! See what’s new, what’s changed, and hear what’s coming next for City Folks.

1:15 pm – 2 pm Saturday— Homestead Swap. Join homestead swappers from Columbus & beyond on the 3rd Saturday of each month! Swapping begins promptly at 1:30 pm. Bring your handmade, homemade, and homegrown goods to trade — foods, household goods, garden plants, baked goods, herbs and veggies, home preserved items, houseplants, and seeds are all welcome! This is a great way to try new things and meet new people! If you’re not sure what to bring, just come by and check it out — we’ll show you the ropes.

1:30 pm – 2 pm Sunday— Fall Planting & Extending Your Growing Season. A conversation about what to plant now for a productive fall garden – think cool-weather crops like greens, root vegetables, and garlic that thrive as temperatures drop. We’ll also cover tips and tricks to stretch your growing season further, from row covers to timing your plantings for the best results. Whether you’re new to fall gardening or looking to get more out of your beds before winter, come with your questions!

2:30 pm – 3 pm Saturday & Sunday — Eating Well Without Breaking the Bank. A conversation about how to get healthy, nutrient-rich food onto your table without stretching your budget thin. We’ll talk through buying directly from local farms, how City Folks’ buying groups (like group buys and Frontier Co-op) can save you money, using Azure Standard for bulk staples, and other practical tips for stocking up smart.

Come for one, stay for all three — bring your questions, your curiosity, and something to swap!

While there, visitors can check out the other nearby businesses, including the Beechwold Farm Market at 4662 Indianola Ave (open both days 9 am to 3 pm), Lovelight Records and Art at 4540 Indianola Ave (open both days 10 am to 6 pm), Orbit City eBikes at 4544 Indianola Ave (open Saturday 10 am to 2 pm), Stereo Lab at 4538 Indianola Ave (open Saturday 10 am to 3 pm), and Indoor Gardens at 4720 Indianola Ave (open Saturday 10 am to 6 pm).

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Showing of the Documentary Film THE OIL MACHINE

Simply Living will present the award-winning 2022 documentary film THE OIL MACHINE: Can We Break the Addiction? on Thursday, August 20^th at 5:45 pm at the Columbus Public Library’s Whetstone Branch, 3909 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43204. A discussion about the film and about our petroleum-based economy generally will follow the showing. There is no admission fee, but registration is requested. So please Register Soon. Come and enjoy our new and improved sound system!

More About the Film

Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists & investors demand change. By highlighting the complexities of how oil is embedded in our society, from high finance to cheap consumer goods, THE OIL MACHINE brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives, economists, young activists, workers, scientists, and pension fund managers. It considers how this machine can be tamed, dismantled, or repurposed.

We have five to ten years to control our oil addiction, and yet the licensing of new oil fields continues in direct contradiction with the Paris Climate Agreement. This documentary looks at how the drama of global climate action is playing out in the fight over North Sea oil. Oil companies are convinced that they can continue to keep drilling while keeping to Net Zero ambitions through adopting new technologies, such as carbon capture. But climate scientists are deeply skeptical of the Net Zero concept and the time it would take for these technologies to be effective.

The film reveals the hidden infrastructure of oil from the offshore rigs and the buried pipelines to its flow through the stock markets of London. As the North Sea industry struggles to meet the need to cut carbon emissions, oil workers see their livelihoods under threat, and investors seek to protect their assets. Meanwhile, a younger generation of climate activists are catalyzed by the signs of impending chaos, and the very real threat of global sea level rises. THE OIL MACHINE explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and gas as a society and considers how quickly we can do it.

THE OIL MACHINE has won the Green Doc Award at Italy’s Pordenone Docs Fest, the Science Communication Award at the Cinemare International Ocean Film Festival in Germany, and the Audience Award at the Newport Film festival.