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 [...]

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, [...]

Don’t leave home without it

Here’s a simple way that you can do some real good for our world. For less than five bucks (in some cases a lot less than five bucks), you can pick from a wide range of shopping bags that are durable, fairly stylish, and 100% reusable. Purchasing a reusable bag and taking it shopping is [...]

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, [...]