Kiwi Magazine just released their Green College Report highlighting 50 colleges and universities from the US and Canada they have identified as being committed to sustainability. Ranging in scope from small liberal arts colleges to large flagship state institutions, the Kiwi report provides a cross section of the increased emphasis sustainability is garnering in higher ed.  Designed for teens and [...]

I don’t consider myself talented enough to call myself an artist.  But, I am an art lover.  I especially love art that is motivated by convictions or that delivers a message. 
I was walking through a local high school the other day and was thrilled by the beautiful murals painted in the hallways.  They promoted positive messages, [...]

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 [...]