With the cool spell of weather that has recently swept over Lexington, I have been more excited than ever to hop on my bike to get to work or run errands (like getting ice cream last night around 11pm). Although not the most bike friendly town, the culture of biking in Lexington continues to rise […]

Around the turn of the new year I read an article about a group of friends in San Francisco who had made “a compact” the previous New Year to buy nothing new during all of 2006 (except food, health and safety items and underwear). They accidently kicked off a movement, with more than 8,000 […]

As a supporter of local food economies and a proponent of getting local and organic foods into campus dining facilities I thought I would pass on a few pictures and experiences I am currently having in my own backyard (literally!)

It all started with the desire to have farm fresh eggs and a new project to […]

While the weekly AASHE Bulletin is undeniably the best way to keep tabs on the campus sustainability movement (naturally, I’m not biased at all), it cannot capture everything happening in this very broad and deep movement. Fortunately, there is a cool tool available to help you when you want to get even more news […]

A humorous (if you aren’t the injured person) bit of ammo to add to any sales pitch for doing deconstruction rather than demolition the next time your school absolutely must raze (rather than reuse) an old structure. There are no 1,500 lb wrecking balls to endanger the public when a building is deconstructed. […]