Eliminating waste adds value to your bottom line and makes your company greener. Subaru of Indiana Automotive—one of the largest manufacturing plants in Indiana—saw value in eliminating waste and is now a “zero landfill” plant: None of their waste goes to a landfill. Instead, they have eliminated as much waste as possible and they have found markets that reuse or recycle what remained.

Find out how SIA did it—and what it has meant to them in terms of savings and improved operations. Brent Lank, ISO 14001 Project Manager for SIA, will present SIA’s program during our Go Lean by Going Green workshop on Friday, March 28, in Richmond.  continue reading »

Richmond, IN – Mayor Sally Hutton will sign the U. S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 5:00 P.M., at the Richmond/Wayne County Environmental Awareness Council meeting. The public is invited to attend the signing in the Community Room, 2nd Floor of the City Municipal Building, 50 North 5th Street, Richmond.

The U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement encourages the federal government to enact policies and programs to meet or exceed guidelines set by the Kyoto Protocol. Over 640 Mayors from across the country have signed the U.S. Mayor’s Conference Climate Protection Agreement.  continue reading »

Lawrence Buell, professor of American Literature at Harvard University, presents "Environmental Imagination and Environmental Crisis." When: Wed., March 14, 1 p.m. Where: Goddard Auditorium in Carpenter Hall on the campus of Earlham College. For more information, contact: 973-1373.

As part of Earlham College's partnership agreement with Recycle Force they have organized a Computer Recycling Event: Saturday, February 24th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Carpenter Hall Parking Lot

They will accept desktop computers, laptops, monitors, printers, keyboards, computer peripherals, televisions, microwaves, and cell phones. There will be a $10.00 fee per vehicle to help support the event. They strongly encourage you to carpool with friends and family to save money and help reduce emissions.

Recycle Force, LLC is an Indianapolis based back-to-work program for ex-offenders that is dedicated to "Rebuilding Lives while Recycling Computers." More information on Recycle Force, including a great video about the program, can be found at: http://www.recycleindy.com/about.html

The Wayne and Union Counties Solid Waste Management District has scheduled events to celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 4 at Richmond Square Mall. The events -- which will feature crafts, displays, "Richie The Recycling Racoon," activities, giveaways and booths with recycling information -- will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

More information is available by call LuAnne Holeva, conservation education coordinator, at (765) 966-0191, ext.  continue reading »

LuAnne Holeva from the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District has highlighted a long list of people who helped to make the most recent Tox-A-Way Day a major success. According to the Pal-Item article, "The program provided residents of Wayne and Union counties the opportunity to properly dispose of household hazardous waste items that may have been collecting around their house and property. Items collected were limited to paints, thinners, solvents, aerosols, herbicides, pesticides, flashlight-type batteries and most liquid wastes used around the house. There were over 300 residents that participated in this special collection day." Congratulations to LuAnne and all of the people and organizations participating.

As of today, it looks like Al Gore's climate crisis movie "An Inconvenient Truth" is playing at the Kerasotes 10 movie theatre in Richmond. We believe that the film was not ever shown on the "first run" screens at Kerasotes 11, and so many who wanted to see it when it came out needed to travel to surrounding cities. If you haven't had a chance to see the film yet, now you can without going too far.

The End of Environmentalism and the Birth of a New American Politics". Presenter: Michael Shellenberger '93, co-director, Breakthrough Institute; Co-Founder, American Environics; Apollo Alliance and author.
Wednesday, October 25, 1:00 p.m., Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall, Earlham College.

Shellenberger calls for the end of environmentalism and describes the birth of a politics capable of dealing with ecological and other human crises, from global warming to the destruction of the Amazon.  continue reading »