Make this disposable holiday a little greener

Green is autumn’s debut “event-of-the-season”. With the parties, treats and creative costumes, the festivities of Halloween are something many Americans look forward to for months. For some, however, the only thing scary about this holiday is the amount of waste it creates. According to the National Retail Federation Americans will spend about $4.75 Billion on Halloween this year. That’s almost $5 Billion of disposable items – deco... Read More

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n September 2006, Green Tallahassee published its first posts on a biodeisel speed boat and carbon emissions. Over the past three years, have things significantly changed in Tallahassee to reduce the impact of climate change?

The green energy certificates no longer exist, but the City of Tallahassee utilities has committed to an home energy audit and insulation program that residents, both home owners and renters should by now have utilized. We have solar credit, solar tours, solar pan... Read More

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SCGH's Director of Sustainability, Jennifer Schwab, recently did an interview with Gwendolyn Bounds from the Wall Street Journal.

"Composting isn't Green 101," says Jennifer Schwab, director of sustainability for the Sierra Club's Green Home Web site, which instructs visitors on composting. She admits, too: "When bugs and stuff get on it, as much as I'm a green person, I get disgusted by that."

However, innovations in the compost-bin marketplace, along with the new laws, are fu... Read More

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E3 2009: The Midwest's Premier Energy, Economic and Environmental Conference
November 17, 2009 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre
Register now!

E3 2009: EARLY BIRD DEADLINE IS NEXT WEEK, OCTOBER 16!
How do we provide sustainable fuel, food, fiber and fresh water to a global population of 9 billion people in our lifetime? That’s one of more than 15 urgent questions we’ll explore during E3 2009.

NREL’s Larry Kazmerski, a pioneer in the field of solar photovoltaics, will... Read More

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The recent fiasco surrounding T-mobile’s attempt to charge customers $1.50 for each paper bill — which they later had to retract after being sued — seemed to indicate people weren’t ready to go green with their mail. Or at least people weren’t willing to pay for something that was originally free. T-mobile thought that by charging for paper bills, its customers would switch over to paperless, which would save an estimated 10.8 million pounds of paper (equivalent to 13,500 trees) a y... Read More

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