Posted 7:30 PM 11/13/2012 by Marisa Breese

COLUMBIA - Textile businesses can benefit greatly from running sustainable operations.

"Eventually you can reduce your [company] costs if you're more sustainable, you're benefiting the environment, you're benefiting consumers, and it'll keep your business afloat too if you can make (More)

Posted 12:03 AM 11/12/2012 by Karl Roskamp

COLUMBIA - One local store is getting greener by tackling more than grass stains.

The dry cleaner uses a cleaning product to remove soils and stains, but doesn't provide the same risk to the environment as traditional petroleum-based cleaners.

"We think this is something that will (More)

Posted 8:56 PM 10/30/2012 by Marisa Breese

COLUMBIA - On Halloween the only things to fear are small witches, ghosts, and miniature Incredible Hulks roaming the streets. But after the holiday is over, there's something even scarier, environmental concerns.

Many of us will put away our costumes, that in many cases, will just sit and (More)

Posted 7:35 PM 10/29/2012 by Karl Roskamp

COLUMBIA - Sometimes our hobbies grow into a passion and Carl Korschgen is no exception.

Korschgen, a former ornithologist with two degrees in zoology, started raising chickens five years ago and now has way more than he can eat.

"We have not bought eggs from the grocery store in (More)

Posted 3:45 PM 10/25/2012 by Amy Couch

CALLAWAY COUNTY - Missouri corn farmers lost 45 percent of their crop this year to the intense effects of the drought. Because of the dry and hot weather conditions in the summer months, the corn crops germinated earlier and therefore farmers have already harvested two weeks earlier more (More)

Posted 1:59 PM 10/23/2012 by Marisa Breese

COLUMBIA - A week after the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, communities are still looking for ways to solve the problem of dirty creeks, streams and rivers. An increasing number of urban areas means more buildings and parking lots, and less places for storm water runoff to go after a (More)

Posted 3:14 PM 10/22/2012 by Karl Roskamp

COLUMBIA - One Columbia man is making his house greener, literally and figuratively.

Hoyt DeVane slapped olive green paint onto his home Monday morning. Houses he saw in Italy inspired the yellow and green color scheme. The green paint also reflects his efforts to maximize the efficiency (More)

Posted 2:17 PM 10/18/2012 by Amy Couch

COLUMBIA - The city of Columbia is getting a jump start on its 9th Annual Hinkson Clean Sweep. Volunteers had to sign up by Wednesday to pick up trash at 15 sites in the watershed region. The program is (More)

Posted 3:55 PM 10/16/2012 by Marisa Breese

COLUMBIA -  Construction on top of the new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center is about more than just going green; it also benefits those who spend time in the facility.

Green roofs will top the new center to help the environment and provide patients with a better view.

The roofs will (More)

Posted 10:15 AM 10/15/2012 by Karl Roskamp

COLUMBIA - Beekeepers have the unenviable task of facing thousands of stingers to get honey, and it's not getting any easier.

The scorching summer dried up water supplies and limited the amount of nectar flowers produced. Without nectar, bees can't make honey, which caused a steep drop off (More)

Posted 12:53 PM 10/11/2012 by Amy Couch

COLUMBIA - A new tower has popped up on the University of Missouri's campus, part of the campus's Climate Action Plan to use less fossil fuel energy.. The 100-foot wind turbine is located next to the Hearnes Center near Stadium Boulevard.

 The University spent $360,000 to build the (More)

Posted 2:17 PM 10/9/2012 by Marisa Breese

JEFFERSON CITY - Missourians are looking to the sky for cheap, renewable energy and some experts think solar power just might be the answer.

"I like to say that the sun is the only nuclear reactor we need, and it's 93 million miles away. Very safe, clean energy that's going to last (More)