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Eco-Garden at Saint Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

This is an entry in the 2013 Climate Leadership Awards – click here to vote for the best in campus sustainability.Saint Louis Community College at Florissant Valley has established an eco-garden on our...

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Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation

This is an entry in the 2013 Climate Leadership Awards – click here to vote for the best in campus sustainability.The vision of “the incubator” is to capture the innovative thinking of our students and...

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Producing energy from Bio Mass.

Landfills use a combination of machinery that sucks methane out of trash, transports it across the landfill through pipes and then converts it to useable clean energy.

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One With the Land

Cathy Grace, Geology Profesor at the University of Mississippi also known as Ole Miss, takes you inside her world through her thoughts on the environment and how she plans on improving her home to...

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Food Sustainability at Ole Miss

This video shows the importance of food sustainability and spotlights Ole Miss and local organizations who promote the cause! It started out my Journalism 102 project, but it’s much more than that now....

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Sustainability & the Green Fund on the Ole Miss Campus

Will Bedwell, the Director of Campaigning for the Ole Miss Green Fund, speaks about 3 sustainability projects on the University of Mississippi campus. Composting projects, more hydration stations and...

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Bottled Water – Yael Glazer

This video gives an overview of the costs and benefits of bottled water. Energy Technology & Policy Spring 2013, Dr. Michael Webber, UT Austin.

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The Evolution of Hydropower Turbines: From Fish-Killing to Fish-Friendly –...

Hydropower turbines have become increasingly more fish-friendly as wildlife impacts have grown. This brief history highlights some fish preservation strategies and concludes with a promising...

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MN2020: Keeping My Campus Sustainable

It’s time we start giving our young people credit. Those in their late teens and early 20s are coming of age in a divided time, especially when it comes to environmental issues. In this installment of...

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MN2020: Water’s Off

Leaky faucets and toilets in homes add up to escalating water bills and are a nuisance for water conservation. It’s known that slight problems with basic plumbing can often go unfixed by the elderly,...

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MN2020: Expanding Renewable Capacity

Minnesota is on track to reach the goals set in the Renewable Energy Standard. This progess has prompted energy, environmental, labor, and faith leaders to call for even higher energy standards: 40% of...

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MN2020: Look Who’s Lighting Up the Holidays

Even though the economic downturn has hit Minnesota electricians hard, they haven’t stopped giving back to the community. For five years, two local unions have donated their time and labor for the...

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