AU Receives Green Grant

Andrews Univesity recieved a $1,815 grant to improve its recycling efforts. Following are excerpts from “Andrews Receives Recycling Grant,” which was published in the January 21-27, 2009 issue of The Student Movement, the Andrews University weekly newspaper (no author listed; links added by AFE): Dec. 18, 2008 The Berrien County Resource Recovery Office notified the [...]

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff chronicles the journey of our stuff – our everyday purchases – from extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and finally, to disposal.  It answers some of the questions of how we got to the point we are now as a society. When I first saw this about a year ago, the biggest revelation [...]

The Sins of the West -or- Where ships go to die

In an attempt refocus attention on the practice of confession, Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti recently announced that the Catholic Church has doubled and modernized its list of seven deadly sins. The Vatican’s new catalog of vices lists the following “new” sins: Environmental pollution Genetic manipulation Accumulating excessive wealth Inflicting poverty Drug trafficking and consumption Morally debatable [...]

Adventist Business — Lakeland Mills Demonstrates Green Manufacturing

Robert Jensen, who co-owns Lakeland Mills with Calvin Hunt, sat down with AEA to talk about “green business.” Bob would rather not give interviews; he says it’s not about him. I respect that, but apparently not enough to let him get out of the interview. You can read more about Bob and the Something Else [...]

The 3 R’s – Recycle

This is the third in a three part series on the three R’s – Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. Recycling has to do with extracting the useful materials from solid waste (garbage) and reusing the usable substances. The word recycling implies a cycle happening again. So before considering ways of recycling and the benefits of recycling, [...]

Saving Plastic Bags

Tan canvas bags are tres chic. I was surprised in a good way to find that our local supermarket in Bangkok, Carrefour, sells canvas shopping bags. I promptly purchased two. My wife has begun taking them with her when she goes shopping, and on the rare occasions that I get stuck with purchasing duty, I [...]

The Three R’s

Jack Johnson, pro-surfer turned pro-singer, wrote this catchy tribute to the three R’s. A great song to help familiarize kids with reducing, reusing, and recycling, this tune is part of J J’s work on the soundtrack to the 2006 animated film Curious George. The accompanying video features cameo appearances by George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, [...]