HENDERSON — Though the day started out a bit iffy in terms of weather, the skies cleared and the sun shone Wednesday afternoon, just in time for a Great Lakes Education Workshop aimed at educating teachers about various topics and resources available for their classrooms. Under one of the pavilionsContinue Reading
Keep Charlotte Beautiful microgrants help students learn environmental stewardship This spring, Keep Charlotte Beautiful awarded $500 beautification microgrants to 12 different projects focused on litter prevention, waste reduction and recycling, beautification, and community greening. Four of these grants went to different Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to help educate students on theseContinue Reading
With COVID-19 infections and deaths continuing to rise and the entire world feeling the economic impact of the pandemic, getting the coronavirus under control is an immediate priority. But recovery goes beyond plans to vaccinate the world and return economic systems to “normal.” A sustainable recovery requires a “new normal”Continue Reading
The push toward going green is no fleeting trend for companies. Besides environmental stewardship being the right thing to do for our planet, consumers also indicate that it makes a difference in their brand preferences. How can green hopefuls best showcase their eco-friendly efforts, then? The race has begun. AndContinue Reading
www.123rf.com We and our planet are in an environmental crisis. Climate change, population growth, pollution, poverty, and an increasing demand for natural resources which are damaging to our natural ecosystems, are some of the most significant challenges we must overcome. The impact of human industry on our atmosphere, land, water,Continue Reading
A youth program sponsored by West Virginia environmental regulators will award close to $15,000 in cash awards to groups across the state for their conservationist efforts. West Virginia Youth Environmental Program member groups include 4-H clubs, scout troops, schools and other youth organizations, who complete projects like stream monitoring andContinue Reading
Australia’s oldest surviving irrigation settlement is working to right old wrongs and restore the environment it negatively impacted through past irrigation practices, by making a commitment to global water sustainability. Key points: The Renmark Irrigation Trust is Australia’s only irrigation trust with global Alliance for Water Stewardship certification It’s setting a modelContinue Reading
Stanford has become the first U.S. college or university to issue bonds carrying dual climate and sustainability designations for financing campus construction and renovation projects. The bonds are rooted in the university’s commitment to environmental stewardship and social responsibility standards over years of foundational work to expand the university’s shiftContinue Reading
