By Hudson McFann, Director at Greenovate Ray Anderson, Chairman & Founder of Interface, Inc., FLOR’s parent company, has released a new book: Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose – Doing Business by Respecting the Earth. According to the company’s website, Anderson aims to debunk “the myth that financial success and environmental success are [...]
On Friday, Waste Age Magazine highlighted results from the 2008 Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity. The report—issued by three trade associations including National Association for PET Container Resources—found that polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container recycling rose to 27 percent in 2008, the highest rate since 1997. In the U.S., a record 1.45 billion pounds [...]
The Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) will celebrate its 40th anniversary with Green Gala 2009 on November 14. The evening will include dinner, cocktails, and a silent auction, all at the Columbus Athenaeum on N. Fourth St. in Downtown Columbus. The OEC will also honor the 2009 Environmental Achievement Award winners, including Great Lakes Brewing Company [...]
Downtown Columbus’ Pearl Market has announced that it will continue operating through the winter. An indoor version of the market will begin on November 3 and stay open every Tuesday and Friday from 10:30 am to 2 pm until February 26. Winter vendors will include Wertz Farm Market, Anderson Farm, It’s All Good Farms, and [...]
This month’s issue of BioCycle magazine highlights Kroger supermarket’s efforts to expand its food scrap composting program. Established in July 2008 with 24 participating Ohio stores, the program diverted over 650 tons of food waste in its first four months. In response to the project’s success, this summer Kroger added 18 stores, including 12 in [...]
EcoTimber is offering multiple fall discounts on select bamboo, hickory, and oak flooring products. Savings range from $0.50 to $1.00 off/square foot. Several exotics, including Patagonian cherry and white tigerwood, are also on sale—starting as low as $4.99/square foot. With its devotion to forest protection and indoor air quality, EcoTimber provides a great option to [...]
Three attorneys at Luper, Niedienthal & Logan (LNL) have developed the Ohio Green Building and Construction Law Resource, a blog designed to raise awareness of and share information related to sustainable design and construction. David M. Scott, Timothy M. Clayton and Matthew P. Bierlein are all LEED® Accredited Professionals with LNL, the only law firm in [...]
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is eyeing a range of energy efficiency projects, some of which are currently underway. Federal stimulus dollars are funding many of the upgrades. Projects include the following: lighting upgrades at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, upgrades of the energy management system controls in the museum’s hangars, insulation replacement [...]
According to an article in yesterday’s Plain Dealer, the new Collinwood recreation center is seeking LEED Gold. City Architecture of Cleveland is leading project, which will include green features such as recycled concrete, high-tech monitoring equipment, bamboo flooring, and a rain garden to capture and filter stormwater runoff from the rec center’s 200-space parking lot. [...]
Last Saturday in The New York Times, Ian Urbina reported on recent debates over clotheslines, which many communities across the country—including one highlighted in Canton, Ohio—have banned for aesthetic and economic purposes. For example, according to Urbina, some see clotheslines as an indication of poverty and threat to property values. The article features Jill Saylor, [...]