A couple of weeks ago I contributed a guest post to The Metropreneur, one of Ohio’s leading resources on all things entrepreneurial. Below is a small snipet of the article; follow the link below to read the full write up!
Throughout March, The Metropreneur has focused on local organizations that offer programs designed to help small [...]
Who doesn’t want a clean home? Who doesn’t want fresh-smelling carpets, shiny floors and snow-white toilet bowls? We expect our cleaning product to do one job: clean. But a mounting body of evidence suggest that there’s much more than meets the eye when it comes to what’s under the sink.
Researchers from Battelle [...]
Just as we in central Ohio kick off Local Foods Week 2010, we get word of yet another coal slurry spill in Captina Creek, a mere 120 miles east of Columbus. The spill, which contaminated and discolored 1 1/2 miles of the Belmont County creek, was the result of a broken pipeline and is Murray [...]
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 [...]