Iowa River Call – Teaching Kids to Love Their River
How do you teach a child to love a river? It's not hard to figure out that you can't love something you don't know. Surprisingly, to an awful lot of Iowa kids, a river is just something they cross over...
View ArticleTop Ten Must-See Environmental Films
There are some fantastic films on the environment, but it can often be difficult to find the truly great ones. To make your life a little bit easier, here is a list of ten fantastic, eye-opening movies...
View ArticleWolf Trap Foundation Inspires Green Living through Theatre
The "3 Rs" of Readin’, ’Ritin’, and ’Rithmetic have been replaced by the "4 Rs": Reuse, Repair, Recycle, and Reduce. For the past two years, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, based in...
View ArticleChildren on MiniMonos Show Adults How Sustainability Is Done
I first met Melissa Clark-Reynolds, the CEO of MiniMonos, online. We connected through a shared love of the environment and children, as we followed one another’s “tweets”. Dedicated and deeply...
View ArticleSustainability – A Personal Journey… by Stuart W. Rose, Ph.D.
When I started reading Sustainability by Stuart W. Rose, Ph.D., I expected to learn about the innovative community he and his wife, Trina, had designed and built in Poquoson, Virginia. And I did. But I...
View ArticleThis Borrowed Earth by Robert Emmet Hernan
As the Gulf of Mexico continues to fill with oil due to BP's negligence and our own government agencies' lack of oversight, we are experiencing an environmental disaster of catastrophic proportions....
View ArticleFox Elipsus Shares Music, Fun, and Serious Messages on Free US Concert Tour
In many ways, Fox Elipsus reminds me of a wandering minstrel from the days of yore. He travels alone from town to town, singing and playing his music to delight the local folk. He is also a messenger,...
View ArticleBag Green Guilt by Jen Pleasants
Going green can be overwhelming when you're just getting started. For beginners, the steps involved may seem too complex to digest and act upon. This can cause a large amount of anxiety, resulting in...
View ArticleWorking for Green – A “Video-Based Web Community” of Ecopreneurs
“A big part of what we’re doing — and what gives me great passion — are the personal success stories about individuals,” says Susan Neisloss. “I can’t tell you how important it is for me to be able to...
View ArticleBreeze Dryer – Eco-Friendly Solutions for Drying Your Laundry
“Why do you care about drying clothes outside?” Blue Planet Green Living (BPGL) asked Gary Sutterlin, President and CEO of Breeze Dryer. “Do you have a passion for this, or is it just a business? “For...
View ArticleChasingGreen Website – Simple Ideas, Practical Tips for Green Living
ChasingGreen is a young website with great content and a lot of promise. I was completely taken aback by the site's ease of navigation and the solid information it provides. "Going green" is a topic...
View ArticleRipley’s Believe It or Not! – ENTER IF YOU DARE!
Ripley is a name long associated with uniqueness and — let's be honest — oddity. The latest book in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! series is no exception. Flip to any page in this attractive, hard...
View ArticleKarmic B.S.™ Sanitized Bovine Excrement – A “Greeting Jar” with Laughter,...
"Hand someone a jar of Karmic B.S.™ sanitized bovine excrement, and their first reaction is likely to be confusion," says ecopreneur Joe Hennager. "They see the bull and the yin-yang in our logo — and...
View ArticleTaproot Nature Experience Deepens Children’s Connection to the Natural World
Taproot Nature Experience was founded on the simple idea that kids need to have time outdoors. Launched in September 2007 by Zac Wedemeyer and his wife, Elesa, this Iowa City-based company has several...
View ArticleGreen Therapy Grows into Medical Mainstream
Kathyrn Cummings walks along a wooded nature trail in Hickory Hill Park near Iowa City, with her patient a few steps ahead of her. She stops every so often to examine the colors in a leaf or point out...
View ArticleUnified Communications – A Green Solution for Business
As a small business owner, I’m well aware of the many expenses involved in meeting my company’s technology needs: an Internet connection, a telephone network, mobile phones, smart phones, voicemail,...
View ArticleNotes from Iowa: 100 Grannies … for a Livable Future
Don’t we all want a livable future? Why would I target grandmothers? Why not everyone working in every way possible to make the necessary changes to our way of living now so that the children of the...
View ArticleOceans of Plastic Stew
It's mighty easy to throw away a plastic bag or plastic cup-lid, and then think nothing of it. Into the wastebasket it goes — out of sight, out of mind — and then into the trash bin, and then into the...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Landscaping: 3 Storm-Water Solutions
Rain happens. Apart from blessing it for watering our plants — or cursing it for keeping us indoors — many homeowners don’t think much about where all of that water goes once it hits our property....
View ArticleThe Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 40 Years...
When Joe and I began writing this blog late in 2008, we were soon introduced to Patagonia as a leader in sustainable business practices — or, as founder Yvon Chouinard prefers to call them—responsible...
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