July 1, 2024

OEC 2024-2027 Strategic Plan

For more than 55 years, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) has advocated for a healthier environment for all who call Ohio home. Through persistence and partnership, the OEC has made progress to address the most pressing environmental and climate issues facing Ohio communities. From resounding victories at the ballot box to important policy and legal wins, our advocacy and engagement efforts are making a difference. 

Our organization has grown stronger in many ways since the adoption of our last strategic plan in 2019 and the world around us has also changed in innumerable ways. To develop our forward-looking plan, the OEC Collective (including our affiliate organization, the OEC Action Fund), engaged in a robust process including staff and board collaboration, stakeholder engagement, an analysis of our strengths and weaknesses, and an evaluation of our issues and the tools with which we engage them.

OEC’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan outlines our organization goals, objectives and strategic priorities to achieve our collective vision of a clean, healthy Ohio where our democracy empowers all communities to thrive in harmony with the environment. The bulk of our efforts presented in our plan double down on the OEC’s core programs — Climate, Democracy, Energy, Land, Water, Communications, Field Advocacy, and Legal — while building power and driving urgency to tackle the interconnected threats of anti-democratic practices, climate change, environmental injustice. 

We invite you to join us on this journey, because your voice, actions, and partnership are necessary in our shared efforts to build a thriving, healthy Ohio for all.