Being in the sustainability internship at the Center for a Sustainable Future has provided me an outlet to build relationships that will influence my life forever. Getting to know Dr. Mike Keen and Krista Bailey, as well as other sustainability students, has really helped strengthen and blossom the sustainable foundation that I stand on. In the readings assigned… Read more »
Month: March 2013
Park(ing) Day
Earlier in the school year several students, including myself, organized an event to take place at IU South Bend. This is event is called Park(ing) Day and takes place all over the world. Park(ing) Day is a day in September set aside for people to stop and think about how we are using our limited resource… Read more »
Worried about E-Waste
An upcoming event that I have been assigned is the E-Waste Fest on May 11th and 12th. Coming into this internship, I was worried! I didn’t know what all was involved with the E-Waste Fest and was sure that I wasn’t going to do something right. However, once everything started rolling I gained a little… Read more »
Lakeshore in the Snow; or, Why I Value the Sustainability Movement
Have you ever been winter hiking? Too cold? Think again! Saturday, March 2nd a group of five of us went up to Indiana Dunes National Lake shore to Cowles Bog. Four of us are preparing for our Alternative Spring Break trip that is in less than a week and the fifth person was our guide. … Read more »
My Energy Audit Experience
An energy audit was performed on my home on Thursday December 20, 2012. The energy audit was carried out by GoodCents on behalf of NIPSCO and can be scheduled HERE. By getting an energy assessment performed through the link IU South Bend’s Center for a Sustainable Future receives $25! In fact, in the first three… Read more »
Less Bad? More Good?
“Even the most rigorous and eco-efficient business paradigm does not challenge basic methods and practices…our concept of eco-effectiveness means working on the right things…instead of making the wrong things less bad.” – Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough & Michael Braungart That is essentially the basis for the difference between eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness. … Read more »