UMKC Sustainability garners awards

The Building Services’ commitment to sustainable environmental practices is threefold. “We invest in the future by being committed to protect the environment, campus resources and campus and local communities through best practices,” said the Building Services’ website. This new drive toward sustainability is one of the reasons why the Green Cleaning Awards (GCA) 2011 . . . → Read More: UMKC ...

Compost facility sold to Krantz

The Amherst Town Board voted, 5-1, to sell its public compost facility on New Road to Clarencebased C. J. Krantz Topsoil Inc. Supervisor Barry Weinstein called the sale “a financial win for the town,” absolving the town of a roughly $300,000 annual expense.

WHAT NOT TO WASTE

Through new city-funded school compost and gardening programs, local elementary and middle school students are learning how disposing of lunchtime trash can make a big environmental impact on their school and their communities. “The resources we throw in the trash are valuable resources that we use and we need to …

Don’t leave the leaves alone

If the Wicked Witch wanted to trap Hansel and Gretel, she didn’t have to go to all of the trouble of building a cottage made of confections. All she had to do was dig a pit under a pile of freshly raked leaves. There isn’t a child on the planet who could resist jumping feet first into a pile of leaves.

Aquaponics Start-Up in Long Island City Dreams Big

Aquaponics combines hydroponics, a growing method that forgoes the use of soil and emphasizes nutrient recycling, and aquaculture, or fish farming.