Posted 3:23 PM 5/20/2012 by Alex Dunn

ROCHEPORT - Brett and Tawnee Dufur took a leap of faith when they bought a bed and breakfast nine years ago. The couple decided to renovate and create a blend of green living.

"We knew we wanted to have it be a reflection of our personalities and have it be as eco-friendly as it could (More)

Posted 12:51 PM 4/21/2012 by Cody LaGrow

COLUMBIA - Hickman High School student Michael York continues to expand his recycling efforts after he built a new business that makes recycling a community-wide effort.

Currently consisting of twelve members, Coordinated Recycling travels from business to business and asks for items that (More)

Posted 2:05 PM 4/19/2012 by Mark Hodges

COLUMBIA - Alan and Rose Whittington are no strangers to junk mail. They have lived in Columbia for nearly a decade and are tired of advertisements, credit card promos and flyers clogging up their mailbox.

And all that junk mail from the Whittington household goes straight to the (More)

Posted 7:12 PM 3/3/2012 by Andrew Gibson and Amanda Sohaney

COLUMBIA - Energy austerity is something of a sport for Tom O'Connor.

"It just kind of creeps into your life and takes over," he said.

O'Connor, owner of environmental-engineering firm H2O'C Engineering, knows his electricity usage has followed a downward slope since 2003 because he (More)

Posted 5:11 PM 2/17/2012 by Jessica Reese

COLUMBIA - Cotton clothing brands may start promoting their 'green' production thanks to a recent MU study. The benefits of this advertising could mean an extra boost of another green for those farmers and companies that have use these practices.

The research conducted found consumers are (More)

Posted 9:26 PM 2/12/2012 by Matt Evans

COLUMBIA - A new game for smart-phones launched in Columbia Sunday.  It's called REBOOT. 

"Like a traditional scavenger hunt, REBOOT players will have to complete multiple missions and visit assigned location," said Hannah Sims, the program manager for REBOOT. 

Unlike (More)

Posted 10:17 PM 11/15/2011 by Breana Jones

COLUMBIA - City manager Mike Matthes and sustainability manager Barbara Buffaloe attended a meeting Tuesday night to inform Columbians about the future of sustainability in the city.

The meeting, called "Planning Columbia's Future Energy Needs" was hosted by the Boone County League of (More)

Posted 11:11 PM 11/13/2011 by Erica Coghill

COLUMBIA - The city set up a booth inside the Columbia Public Library Sunday to celebrate America Recycles Day. The booth had information on how to live a more sustainable lifestyle.Organizers said Columbia is doing a good job recycling compared to other cities in the nation. However, they (More)

Posted 7:02 PM 11/5/2011 by Tong Gao

Columbia - The City of Columbia hosted the HomeWorks Home Maintenance Training program at the City Hall on Saturday to teach homeowners some basic home repair skills. 13 homeowners attended the free educational program.

Community Development Coordinator Randy Cole said the program (More)

Posted 12:57 PM 11/3/2011 by Alexandra Smoldt

COLUMBIA - The 19th annual Small Farm Trade Show kicked off Thursday at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Ron Macher founded the Small Farm Trade Show as a way to showcase material that made up his magazine, Small Farm Today, which he (More)

Posted 6:23 PM 10/25/2011 by Iris Zhang

COLUMBIA- Residents in the Mizzou Sustainahouse are preparing for their first winter in the sustainable living house.

Six MU students have been living in the 90-year house since August to promote a (More)

Posted 5:30 PM 10/19/2011 by Andrew Scott Weil

COLUMBIA - The alternative rock band Guster hosted a discussion Wednesday on MU's campus about its tour sustainability efforts.

Guster's Adam Gardner and his wife founded the non-profit group, Reverb, back in 2004. The organization provides custom greening programs for artists' tours (More)