Bunn’s Environmental Practices to be Shared in a New Forum
by Jim Johnston
Posted everywhere, hallways, offices, break rooms, at the Bunn Corporation’s manufacturing facility on Stevenson Drive is a placard with a stylized logo of a green coffee plant that says “Respect Earth” and reads:
‘Recognizing that our business operation impacts the total environment, “Respect Earth” [...]
Noted Architect and Planner to Speak on Green Urbanism
At the May 29th Springfield Business Alliance noon luncheon the noted architect and planner Douglas Farr will present “Sustainable Urbanism”, a program that illustrates the practices that have become more and more in vogue since Al Gore’s release of “An Inconvenient Truth” three years ago. Up until [...]
April’s Environmental Events
Compiled by Sustainable Springfield Inc.
www.sustainablespringfield.org
April 7, Food Not Lawns
On Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m., Bill Hannaford will be discussing his exploration of heirloom vegetables. Find out the ins and outs of growing heirlooms, varieties that do well in our area, and even how to acquire FREE
heirloom tomato starts by participating in [...]
Sr. Sharon is a member of Sustainable Springfield’s Inc’s Board of Directors. Her talk presented at our february public meeting is featured in the February 26, 2009 edition of the Illinois Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
Caring for Creation
Sr. Sharon Zayac joins others in the faith community to spread the word about climate change
BY AMANDA ROBERT
Last October, Sr. Sharon [...]
Clik to http://www.sustainablespringfield.org/Events%20flyers/Green%20Teams%20Flyer%2009.pdf fro more information
led holiday lights: http://www.greentechgazette.com/
Last Wednesday’s (9.24.08) presentation at Sustainable Springfield’s monthly meeting featured a power point along with material samples for Erin’s Pavilion, now under construction. The site is the new Southwind Park located on South Second Street, just south of I-72, and is being built and maintained by the Springfield Park District.
David McDow, an architect from Walton & Associates aptly presented the [...]