by April Wendling | Oct 1, 2021 | Cradle to Cradle, Our Favorite Stuff
By Nikki Palella Visiting home for the weekend called for a classic mother-daughter ritual. The two of us giddily loaded up our car with what my mother deemed “old junk” and drove down the winding road to our favorite secondhand store. We had been donating to...
by April Wendling | Oct 1, 2021 | Cradle to Cradle, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Our Favorite Stuff, Q&A, Uncategorized
By Jane Halloran Mona Fang is the founder of Karma Trade in Urbana, a sustainable fashion swapping service. A University of Illinois aerospace engineering major with a strong sense of style, Mona is passionate about changing how we view the fashion industry and...
by April Wendling | Jan 13, 2021 | Corporate Sustainability, Cradle to Cradle, Our Favorite Stuff
By Brandon Hausser I stared at the large, colorful box I held in my tiny, eager hands. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My parents had given me “The Green Grocer,” a massive LEGO project meant for someone seven years my senior, but I was determined to show the...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 18, 2019 | Cradle to Cradle
By Jenna Kurtzweil Despite having eaten what felt like a three-course dinner, the remaining food on my plate could have sustained another full-grown adult entirely on its own. Portion sizes in Eureka Springs, Ark., are no joke. I glanced at my uncle’s plate across the...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 18, 2019 | Cradle to Cradle
By Laura Schultz On Jan. 1, 2018, the People’s Republic of China stopped accepting shipments of used waste plastics from around the world. Though it made some headlines, this about-face didn’t turn the world as we know it on its head – or at least it hasn’t yet. As...
