Tag: sustainability

With all the eco-friendly features being incorporated into new vehicles, it can be easy to overlook pre-owned vehicles when considering an eco-friendly option.

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In 2016 alone, there are 26 billion pounds of textiles and clothes ending up in landfills and about 81 pounds of clothing are being thrown away. This is quite an alarming numbers considering that this study was made 2 years ago, do …

From Guest Blogger Sophie: Easy Ways To Recycle Old Clothes Read More »

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In the modern world of vanishing ecosystems, climate change, and the ever-growing scarcity of natural resources, becoming environmentally-friendly is no longer an option – it has become a necessity. While it is the duty of every household to minimize its …

From Guest Blogger Cooper Klein: Going Green–Ways to Create a More Sustainable Office Read More »

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Urban architecture has set sustainability as one of its most important objectives, which is most perfectly reflected in the concept of sustainable buildings. In fact, sustainable buildings are no longer just a concept, but a world-acknowledged practice based on eco-friendly …

From Guest Blogger Mike Johnston: Seven Long-Term Benefits of Investing in Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure Read More »

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Today, thousands of tons of garbage heads to landfills across the country every week. While some garbage is an inevitable part of life, many people do not realize the effect they could have on the amount of waste in the …

From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: How to Reduce Unneeded Landfill Waste by Going Green Read More »

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Now that summer’s here we all like to enjoy the beach. But this might be soon a thing of the past: at the rate we currently extract sand, we run the serious risk that the beaches will disappear by the …

From Guest Blogger Molly Connell: Our Beaches Are Disappearing – Sand Scarcity Read More »

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Though we humans account for only about 0.01% of the mass of all living beings on this planet, we “big-brains” don’t really act in accordance with this remarkable fact, do we?

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Saving the planet takes more than just a good heart and an eye for green practices. It requires countless professionals in the environmental field who make significant changes to our energy sources, our business practices, our building designs and everything …

From Guest Blogger Emily Folk: Ten Jobs in the Environmental Field Read More »

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If you’ve tried to plan a wedding within the past few years, you’ve likely noticed a trend: The cost of weddings has soared. Yet an unfortunate reality is that each ceremony comes with an increased environmental cost as well. How …

From Guest Blogger Devin Morrissey: Four Considerations When Planning a Green Wedding Read More »

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….And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares.” This familiar quote is from the Book of Isiah, and meaning, of course, that the Lord is commanding us to convert something that used to be a weapon into a tool of …

Coal Gives Way To Solar Read More »

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