John Ebers graduated in 2003 from Aquinas College with a degree in sustainable business. Sound like a ticket to oblivion? Think again. Today he has a good-paying job on the cutting edge of the national movement to green the health care industry
Even in too often sun-starved West Michigan, solar energy can help electrify the power grid and reduce the region's dependence on fossil fuels. Tom Leonard reports from Rapid Growth's sustainability desk
The growing interest in green roofs is not only helping to lower building maintenance costs, protect water quality, and combat climate change. It's also generating jobs and launching new business opportunities for one West Michigan company
Grand Rapids ranked 20th in a recent survey of America's most child-friendly mid-sized cities. Can that score be improved?
Toronto Mayor David Miller's visit to Grand Rapids last week symbolizes the city's emergence as a leader in the global sustainability movement.
If you Google the term 'rain gardens,' Patricia Pennell's West Michigan-based Website is the number one result.
Raising the gas tax simply to build more roads is a 20th century response to the 21st century's energy and transportation challenge. What's needed, according to Sustainability Correspondent Tom Leonard, is deeper investment in more mobility choices.
The voracious Emerald Ash Borer bug threatens to destroy every ash tree in the city. But it also presents a powerful opportunity to ramp up efforts to green the city and grow the tree canopy, according to Sustainability Correspondent Tom Leonard.
How can Michigan reanimate the attributes that once made it great? By taking the lead in the green economy, according to Rapid Growth correspondent Tom Leonard, who reports from the state's 12th Annual Sustainable Business Forum Conference.
Sustaining the unique wilderness areas of metro GR is no longer an option. It's essential to the region's economic, cultural, and ecological wellbeing.
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