NativeEnergy Newsletter: When to buy organic; stop food waste; more
Why I'm biking to Kokomo
On October 19, Brian Killkelley and I will take our bicycles to Kokomo, Indiana. Why?
Kokomo is the home of Northwestern School Corporation, one of the districts participating in our Indiana School Wind Project. Together with NativeEnergy clients and our development partner, Performance Services, we will ride to celebrate this new Help Build™ carbon project. We have enabled three more schools to install wind turbines that will power school buildings, save money, and provide hands-on training for students.
5 ways to stop wasting food
Do you know that 40% of food in the U.S. goes to waste? Worse still, according to the recent study by Natural Resources Defense Council, the average American discards 10 times more food than someone in Southeast Asia. Yet, one in six Americans doesn’t have enough to eat.
The New Normal: get used to the heat
What’s the biggest news about climate change recently? The drought in the Midwest? The “conversion” of Nobel physicist and climate researcher Richard A. Mueller from skeptic to supporter of the science? Bill McKibben’s apocalyptic piece in the recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine? Or something else?
The Dirty Dozen: which foods to buy organic
Nothing evokes summer more than fresh food: succulent red tomatoes, sweet corn slathered with butter, vegetables roasting on the grill. Gardens reconnect us to what we eat. Still, most people shop at the supermarket at least some of the time, where we’re confronted with this question: to buy organic or not?
Offsetting the Sustainable Brands Conference
Memorable moments abounded at Sustainable Brands 2012 in San Diego. The gathering involved more than 1,000 people, many representatives of the companies working most diligently to integrate environmentally and socially mindful practices into their daily business operations.
About NativeEnergy
NativeEnergy is an expert provider of carbon offsets, renewable energy credits, and carbon accounting software. With NativeEnergy’s Help Build™ offsets, businesses and individuals can help finance the construction of wind, biogas, solar, and other carbon reduction projects with strong social and environmental benefits. Since 2000, NativeEnergy’s customers have helped build over 50 projects, reducing more than 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases, and the company has over 4 million tons under contract. All NativeEnergy carbon offsets undergo third-party validation and verification. Learn more at www.nativeenergy.com.
