I recently had an ‘Aha!’ moment when I realized I could save more water by eating veggies than by retrofitting my home with water efficient appliances. According to a study published by the International Water Management Institute, the average American meat-eater’s diet contains about 1,426 gallons of water per day. That’s 520,490 gallons of water [...]
Dr. Michael Webber visited Columbus earlier this month to deliver this presentation at a symposium sponsored by the Columbus Council on World Affairs. It’s a fantastic talk on the sensitive and important relationship between energy and water
20 percent of America goes to school every day to gain the education and problem solving skills they’ll need to succeed in competitive job markets and an increasingly uncertain global economy. At 6 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week for roughly 36 weeks a year, that’s approximately 1,170 hours per child per year [...]
What happens when businesses, community members, educators, innovators and government officials come together in a cooperative effort to bring sustainability into the mainstream for the benefit of an entire community? Think Green Columbus has a pretty good idea: exponential growth through collaboration, innovation and education. And, judging from TGC’s inaugural ‘brainworking’ event (brainstorming + networking) [...]
There’s a rapidly growing trend in the Greenosphere. Call it upcycling, salvaging, waste steam renovation or dumpster diving, it’s a smart trend born of economic and environmental necessity. In this down-turned economy, individuals and big businesses alike are cashing in and fueling the waste-revaluation trend by throwing out less and reclaiming what others have discarded.
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After oil, coffee is the most valuable trading commodity in the world, yet prices paid to farmers are at a 30-year low despite the $80 billion (and growing) market. Demand for livable wages has spurred the growth of Fair Trading and ethical buying, resulting in one of the fastest growing sectors in the Green [...]
Where does your ’stuff’ come from? How does it get from raw material to product and where does it end up when you throw it away?
We live in a ’stuff’-saturated community where the average American home contains around 10,000 objects and has more t.v.’s than people living in it. Each of us creates [...]
Planting 18 billion trees worldwide is no small feat. Neither is easing world hunger, fighting global warming or restoring regional water, air and soil quality to communities experiencing serious environmental and humanitarian crises. Cue The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, a nonprofit charity organization with the lofty goal of planting approximately 3 fruit trees per human [...]
Got something to say about climate change? The World Bank wants to hear it. In an effort to highlight the social impact of climate change, they’re holding an open call for innovative and thought-provoking short films in a world-wide documentary competition. Open to amateurs and professionals, young and old alike, this is a once [...]