When two engineering students from the Rensselar Polytechnic Institute came up with the idea to use mushrooms and discarded agricultural byproducts to create a green alternative to Styrofoam insulation and packing materials, there had to have been a lot of skeptics thinking they’d never make a go of it.  However, after their creation won the top prize at the PICNIC Green Challenge in Amsterdam and Popular Science’s Invention Award in   Read More ...

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore retail locations save consumers money and help preserve the environment.  By thinking cost-effectively, the organization has also found a way to dramatically decrease its carbon footprint and help others do the same. The Habitat for Humanity has a long history of preserving building materials through well organized demolition and acceptance of donated goods.  Originally, this started as a way to save the organization as much money   Read More ...