Savvy business sometimes requires only a flip of a lid.
When Stonyfield Farm switched from plastic to foil lids six years ago, the organic yogurt company avoided 16 percent of the energy costs associated with producing its containers.
October 1, 2009 kicks off Energy Awareness Month, which started back in 1991. Over 18 years, the "Energy Efficiency" movement has slowly increased in impact and awareness, but shifted into high gear last summer when Americans saw a gallon of gas go to $4. Both the Republicans and the Democrats started talking more intensively about the need for American Energy Independence.
American Energy Independence has been on the forefront of the political stage since a gallon of gasoline rose to over $4 during the summer of 2008. A year later, the pressure is off the pump but the interest in energy efficiency is still high.
What a perfect week to talk about Low and No-VOC (Volitile Organic Compounds) paints. It’s Climate Week so carbon emissions and green & healthy living is on everyone's lips. Just last week President Obama declared that they would embark upon a project to make the White House LEED certified. Well, this got my heart racing but somewhat haltingly I might add.
Twenty three years of teaching and I still love it! I’ve been teaching high school students in welding, agriculture and construction and found that using a hands-on approach is the best method for student achievement. When students do, they learn. Pretty simple concept!
We were fortunate to have lovely weather this past weekend and it inspired me to host a small backyard patio event – perhaps one of the last of the season.
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, "California's water crisis is even more troubling than critics contend." That's not exactly comforting news for a state struggling its way through a third straight year of severe drought.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan.
How food arrives at the supermarket or the local restaurant is largely a mystery to most consumers. It is taken for granted that upon arrival at the supermarket, everything on your list will be on a shelf somewhere in the 20 or so aisled store. But the constant supply of beef, chicken, pork, and farm raised fish to market has a direct effect on our planet and our health.
The G20 Summit has arrived in Pittsburgh on the heels of the Climate Summit in New York. These back-to-back meetings on the world's climate and the world's economy signify that protecting the planet has economic dimensions. So let's ask the question that's on many doubters' minds.
