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- This nonprofit helps people in the meat alternative industry Wed, 15 Jun 22, 1:30amCurrent meat and dairy production practices are resource consumptive and unsustainable. We’re teetering on the tipping point for what the planet can handle. The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit organization with...
- Can solar power pull Greece out of debt? Sat, 15 Aug 15, 12:58amThere are little signs for relief for Greece, as their government agrees to yet more harsh austerity terms in exchange for another bailout international creditors...
- Emergent Structures challenges furniture design students to transform waste into striking work desks Tue, 14 Jul 15, 5:30amJobs needed one. Gates needed one. Even Alexander Graham Bell needed one. Without a table to work on, there’s not an entrepreneur in history who could’ve gotten their ideas off the ground (bad pun intended). So, when...
- Eagle Energy is helping the Navajo Nation become energy independent Fri, 12 Dec 14, 5:00pmThe Navajo people are the oldest ethnic group in the US and the Navajo Nation reservation is the largest in the country, spreading across Arizona, Utah and New Mexico...
- A Reflection on Energy Justice Summer—The Fight Against Fracking in Pennsylvania Wed, 8 Oct 14, 5:30amEnergy Justice Summer has come to an end, but our work against fracking and extreme shale gas extraction is still continuing. In the coming months, we'll be looking for more fellows to come to Susquehanna County to join us...
- Visionary Rabbit Island Artists’ Residency Becomes a Reality in Michigan Fri, 26 Sep 14, 6:36amIt has been three years since we first told you about Rob Gorski and Andrew Ranville's goal to make Northern Michigan's Rabbit Island a place where nature, science, and art converge...
- The LEED Gold Greater Texas Foundation Promotes Sustainability & Education Fri, 18 Oct 13, 7:01amThe Greater Texas Foundation supports initiatives that improve math and science education and increase the rate of post-secondary enrollment. Their headquarters site is basically "in the middle of nowhere" in a new area that...
- You Can Now Apply to Become One of the Very First Humans to Colonize Mars Thu, 10 Jan 13, 5:48amDo you enjoy dehydrated food, weightlessness and confined spaces? Then you might have what it takes to become one of the first to colonize the Red Planet...
- Harmony House Cat Shelter is Chicago’s First Net-Zero Commercial Building Sat, 21 Jul 12, 5:20amDesigned by Farr Associates and dbHMS, Harmony House for Cats‘ brand new shelter is Chicago’s first net-zero commercial building, and is pursuing LEED-NC Platinum certification...
- Old Brick Factory Transformed Into the Sustainable Evergreen Headquarters in Toronto Sat, 23 Jun 12, 12:00amRead the rest of Old Brick Factory Transformed Into the Sustainable Evergreen Headquarters in Toronto Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", adaptive reuse, brownfield, brownfield...
- Tree Cards by Seed Our Future Help Businesses Plant Trees Around the World Fri, 11 Nov 11, 8:45amIn a happy marriage of brand marketing and global restoration efforts, Tree Cards are a way for a business to encourage clients and customers to help developing communities become self-sustaining...
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the Largest LEED Platinum Non-Profit Building in the World Sat, 8 Oct 11, 2:30amRead the rest of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the Largest LEED Platinum Non-Profit Building in the World Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", "sustainable architecture", bill and...
- Gimme Shelter Project: Creating a Green Home on Shelter Island Sat, 27 Mar 10, 8:00amLeslie Hoffman — the President and Executive Director of Earth Pledge — is a trained architect and skilled green builder. When she decided that her little house in Shelter Island, New York needed a renovation,...