It’s Not As Easy As Just Turning Off The Lights

sustainability plan

Carolyn Anthon, a student graduate of JHU’s Environmental Sciences and Policy Program, has learned just how challenging it is to implement a sustainability program. As a part of Will O’Brien’s sustainability class, Carolyn’s (and her partner’s) task was to create a sustainability plan specific to a current business which met their specific needs. Taking the [...]

Pushing the Envelope of Green Building

Energy Meter photo courtesy of Goombay via flickr creative commons.

As energy efficiency products become more mainstream and many localities adopt enhanced green building standards (for example, California), green building rating systems must adapt to a changing landscape and continue raising the bar on building performance.

Weekly Environmental News – March 10, 2013

Creative Commons Image "Gardening-vegetable" courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Flickr.

Game Changer: Whole Foods Market to require GMO labels Despite the blessings of FDA and WHO that food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is safe, consumer are exercising their “right to know” and have made great strides in the fight to see labeling on grocery store shelves.Whole Foods Market stores in the U.S. and Canada [...]

Weekly Environmental News – March 3, 2013

Great Barrier Reef by  Phil Camill< /a> via flickr

Shell Oil to suspend drilling for 2013 Big news this week as Shell Oil Company announced the decision to suspend drilling in the Arctic Ocean for 2013. Give them some applause, if you’d like, for taking safety precautions, but hold off on the standing-ovation; they plan to resume drilling in 2014.