For decades, “green” minded individuals were taught to “reduce, reuse, and recycle”. Today, many sustainability centered efforts focus on the recycle part without as much effort on how to reduce and/or reuse. However, a new campaign is underway to strive for “zero waste” with the focus on reduce or refuse […]
Margy
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I am a Brighton resident living this year in Jena, Germany. Jena is a town of about 100,000 people in central/eastern Germany. Most importantly for this blog, our family of four is here without a car. Over the next nine months, I will be posting about our experiences with active […]
The Frank family of four has lived in their house at 829 South Winton Road in Brighton since 2008. Because they model green living through their everyday lifestyle and the changes they have made to their home, they received a Green House Award from ColorBrightonGreen.org.
About a third of U.S. global warming pollution comes from moving vehicles. Passenger cars and trucks are the biggest slice of that pie. Learn how we can drive fewer miles: Get bus schedules for routes that go through Brighton. Pick up a Rochester area bicycle map. Sign up for Curb […]
Watersheds and rain barrels: what, why and how? Do you know what having a rain barrel or two at your house can do for your garden and for the water quality of nearby streams, rivers, and lakes? Do you know what a watershed is? ColorBrightonGreen.org will explain the benefits of […]
The Spring 2013 Curb Your Car Week event took place the week of May 12–18, 2013. During that week, 132 residents from Brighton and Rochester registered their pledge to walk, bike, carpool, or ride the bus for at least a day as an alternative to drive their car. Survey results […]
GLT’s Good To Go program can help set you on a more environmentally and economically sustainable path! Good to Go is an ongoing community wide project of GLT—a NPR-member radio station and a service of Illinois State University (ISU)—and ISU’s Office of Sustainability. The project is designed to encourage healthy […]
When it rains, any water that falls on roads, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces travels rapidly into storm sewers. This water often picks up and transports surface pollutants into our waterways. The best way to reduce this pollution is to slow down the stormwater so it can be absorbed […]
Goodwill and Dell have teamed up to provide locations to recycle all your old computer equipment, printers, monitors, etc. for free. Just take them to your local Goodwill store. Learn more on the Dell Reconnect website. What you need to know: This program is FREE. Any brand computer is eligible […]
Save your wine and champagne corks—extend their life! Yemm & Hart, a recycled building materials supply company, is collecting wine cork stoppers with the goal of converting them into a useful self-sustaining product. Their goal is to extend the useful life of this natural resource for decades and to raise […]