Personal and organizational success stories occur every day on college campuses and in surrounding communities, and their eco-initiatives are changing the way that the world views the entire green movement. If you are passionate and consistent about living an eco-lifestyle, you can have a successful story to tell!
Baltimore City is set to launch a new green energy efficiency and conservation program called The Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge, which will challenge various neighborhoods to reduce their energy consumption over the next nine months.
Visiting the zoo has always been a favorite pastime for Americans because they get to see exotic animals from other countries. In fact, over 80% of the cities in the U.S. have their very own zoo complete with animals, rides, refreshments, and….animal waste?
It’s true. Zoos create millions of pounds of animal waste each day, and one of those zoos is the Miami Metrozoo. But the zoo has come up with a “zoo doo” recycling waste plan that takes the waste from animals and composts it into fertilizer.
The Keep a Child Alive Community, which works to save the lives of children affected with HIV/AIDS around the world, along with STA Travel, a discount student travel agency, have created a new commercial contest geared towards high school and college students.
It’s all about combining creativity with humanitarian efforts to provide proper AIDS medication to effected children.
Forum for the Future, a charity committed to sustainable development, recently awarded a $75,000 first place prize in its global climate change competition. And the first place winner is…the Kyoto Box, a solar powered cooker that’s helping people in developing countries cook their food and practice living an eco lifestyle.
As interest in taking environmental initiatives continues to grow, it seems that green festivals are popping up everywhere. But there’s one green festival that brings green products, career opportunities, news and more directly to a college campus, and it’s called the PLAYgreen Festival.
Hosted by Cal Recreational Sports, which is dedicated to enhancing the overall health and wellness of California residents…
Wouldn’t it be great if all outdoor parking lots had a nice canopy that could shade your car from the sun’s rays and other harsh outdoor elements, as well as generate electricity for surrounding facilities?
Well, that’s exactly what the employees have at the Agilent Technologies campus in Santa Rosa, California…
Since she was four years old Emily Cummins has been creating very useful and eco friendly products inside her grandfather’s potting shed.
Her interest in helping Third World Countries led her to create a portable solar fridge that can keep perishables cool for days at a temperature of 6c…
Since Americans spend about $1.5 billion on gas everyday, wouldn’t it be wiser, and more affordable, to carpool with others to cut fuel consumption in half?
Of course it would be, and that’s why there are ride share programs like eRideShare.com.
Here’s a blog post that was contributed to our Stories and Successes section by Jill Miller…
Bryan Beer not only has a cool last name, but he also has a very cool idea for the future of fuel: Jatropha trees.
If you’re wondering what a Jatropha tree is, it’s a tree that is native to Central America, and it produces fruit with seeds that contain oil. This oil can be used to power diesel engines.
A small town in Missouri known as Rock Port has become the first community in the U.S. to operate completely on wind power.
According to a map published by the U.S. Department of Energy, Missouri has the highest concentrations of wind resources, so Rock Port is using four wind turbines out of a larger set of 75 located across three counties to gather its power…
