What does Mayor Oscar Goodman of Las Vegas have to say about being green?

Blazing neon lights 24/7, the world’s most grandiose fountains, gridlock on Las Vegas Boulevard, frigid indoor air over millions of square feet when it’s a hundred and ten outside ... not exactly a poster boy for sustainability.  Name the top ten green cities in America -- I’ll bet Las Vegas would not make your shortlist.

Well, think again.  After meeting with officials from the City of Las... Read More

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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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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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