Sustainability

Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Founded on April 22 in 1970 as a civilian protest against the environmental impacts from industrial…

The United Nations estimates that world population will increase to 11 billion by the end of the century. UD professor Bob Brecha is thinking how…

Today sustainability commentator Bob Brecha tackles a thorny question: how much energy does it take to make wind turbines and solar panels.Here’s a scary…

All the nations of the world need to make decisions about how to use resources but in developing countries, trade-offs between economic growth and…

In 2015 floriculture sales made up a $31.3 billion dollar industry according to the Society of American Florists. 78% of those flowers came from Colombia,…

In late April, Michael Pollan spoke at a public event at the University of Dayton. He is known for his research and writing about food, agriculture and…

At Antioch College, there are solar array fields with solar panels that soak up the sun and convert it to energy for the college to use. These have been…

Sustainability has become a buzzword over the past few years, but the Miami Valley has a tradition of at least a century of sustainable thinking. During…

Reading, writing and root vegetables – that might be the new future for education. Commentator Bob Brecha from the University of Dayton has been noticing…

On October 25, 2014, Nick Boutis, Executive Director of the Glen Helen Ecology Institute at Antioch College delivered the following keynote address the…

On Friday the University of Dayton announced a major gift that will allow them to build on the schools sustainability education. The $12.5 million dollar…

Today we begin a series of stories by WYSO Community Voices producers from the class of 2014. Our first story takes place in Yellow Springs, where Antioch…