Sustainable North

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Wednesday, June 9, 2010: The second annual spring Recycling Round-Up brought in nearly 35 tons of various materials when it was hosted May 22 at the Tanana Valley Fairgrounds. Interior Alaska Green Star dubbed the take a “huge success” for the young program. The event brought in 675 cars in [...]

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From DisneyFamily.com: What can you and your family do to be kind to the environment TODAY? Here are 50 simple, earth-friendly actions.   Buy eco! Super cool and environmentally friendly shoes, purses, skateboard earrings, platters, picture frames, batteries, cars, and more are readily available these days Recycle electronics, including computers, printers, cd players, and toys [...]

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From The Daily Green: Composting is the ultimate act of green frugality, turning unwanted organic material into rich humus for use in the garden rather than sealing it in plastic trash bags to spend eternity in a landfill. But for some of us, composting is something even more special – a hobby, a passion, almost [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Friday, May 21, 2010: The second annual University of Alaska Fairbanks Really Free Market will be held from Saturday in the Patty Center parking lot on campus. The market offers a venue for people to give away items that are no longer wanted but that are still usable. The market [...]

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From The Alaska Star, Wednesday, May 19, 2010: Alaska Waste and the municipality of Anchorage’s landfill announced two major improvements to recycling in Chugiak-Eagle River on May 13. The landfill’s renovated recycling center now accepts plastic and is expanded for ease of use, and Alaska Waste is offering subscription curbside recycling to an additional 6,500 [...]

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From The Homer Tribune, Saturday, May 8, 2010: The girls responsible for changing things around ecologically get to see the fruits of their work daily when they eat lunch at Homer Middle School. Blue trays – plastic, reusable and eco-friendly – are now utilized most days over the plastic foam models that used to be [...]

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From eBay Green Team: Like many dutiful husbands, my husband sees to it that I get flowers delivered to me on Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. I love how the smell of the flowers fills the house and brightens my dining room table. While the flowers themselves only last a week or two before wilting [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, May 3, 2010: If Michael Golub isn’t readying cars to run on electricity there’s a chance he’s spending his time on bigger conservation projects.  Golub is one of a handful of staff, faculty and students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks working on an emerging, student-initiated directive to make [...]

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From Planet Green: Throwing open the windows on the first warm day of the year is one of life’s great pleasures—until, of course, all that sunlight and breeze makes you realize how dusty, dirty, and cluttered your house has become during the winter hibernation. Even the messiest among us get the urge for spring cleaning—and [...]

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From TODAYshow.com: Sure, slipping on a cute new pair of boots feels good, but how long does that mood lift last? And how long will those boots last in your closet – and on this planet? GreenDAY’s Marisa Belger considered the hidden costs of her own belongings on a journey toward conscious consumption. Here’s what [...]

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