Bioadhesive Alliance Inc., a team from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University developing a bio-based adhesive for potential use as a substitute to petroleum-based asphalt binder, won the second annual ACC Clean Energy Challenge and the Department of Energy’s $100,000 grand prize, competition officials announce today. The North Carolina A&T State University team presented [...]
By Suzanne Rust, The Grio (pg 4) – At first glance, Alison and Alphonso Cross, the brother and sister team behind The Boxcar Grocer, based in Atlanta, seem like unlikely candidates for the food business. Alphonso has a background in fashion; Alison studied architecture and worked as a video editor. “The funny thing is that [...]
The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University, in partnership with ten (10) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and three (3) community-based organizations will host a student conference “Bridging the Gap between Climate Change Theory and Experience,” April 4th – 6th, 2013. The purpose of this conference is to 1) introduce HBCU [...]
The following HBCUs have signed on to RecycleMania, a competition between over 500 colleges to see which campus can reduce, reuse and recycle the most on-campus waste. The competition kicked off Feb. 3, 2013. Building Green Initiative joined Toyota Green Initiative to identify Green Ambassadors to direct the competition on their campus. 1. Alabama A&M University 2. [...]
Sustainable Agriculture is defined as “a way of raising food that does not harm the environment”.[1] This includes crops that “are rotated around the fields to enrich the soil and help prevent disease and pest outbreaks”. Green proponents practice this method of preserving the nutrients in a farm’s soil in order to ensure that future [...]
As we celebrate Black History Month at the Toyota Green Initiative, we must ask ourselves, “How do we relate to the environment?” For African Americans, this is an opportunity to reflect on the unique relationship that we have with environmental issues. Black communities have been influenced by their environment in significant ways. For instance, African [...]
Have you ever considered the origins of the technology that you use when you’re out for a drive in your ride? Celebrating black history month gives us a chance to look back on the contributions to engineering and invention that African American inventors have provided, making it possible to enjoy the privilege and luxury of [...]
“If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from…” You might know these lyrics, and the term “Buffalo Soldier” from Bob Marley’s ubiquitous reggae jam. He did a great job bringing to light an often unrecognized slice of American history, in which the feats and heroics of a select group of [...]
Madam CJ Walker, recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the first female millionaire[1], built her fortune on homemade beauty products designed to provide healthy hair and promoting the beauty and self-esteem on women. Born Sarah Breedlove to a family of former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in 1967, Walker worked as a washerwoman [...]
Report provides step-by-step information on planning, creating, and managing a green revolving fund CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new publication answers the call for guidance from colleges across North America in setting up green revolving funds (GRFs) on their campuses. Green Revolving Funds: An Introductory Guide to Implementation and Management combines the expertise of energy professionals [...]
