Sustainability specialist Kindall Brantley shares the benefits of going green
Kindall Brantley is a sustainability specialist at AmplifiedAg, Inc. Brantley helps the business current with environmental regulations, tracking carbon emissions, monitoring water footprints, and implementing other environmental and social sustainability initiatives. Brantley spoke with rolling out to discuss climate change and the benefits of going green. How does climate change affect our community? The impacts […]
Jackson State energy management coordinator is excited about sustainable energy
Jackson State University held their Future of Energy event on June 16. This panel discussion was hosted by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and featured five panelists with leadership positions in regional energy businesses, including Tequila Smith of Covanta. The panelists discussed their plans for building and maintaining better, more sustainable energy for […]
Why Entergy’s Demitrius Davis aims to keep energy sustainable for customers
Entergy operations strategy vice president Demitrius Davis explained why his company aims to keep its energy as sustainable as possible for customers.
Octavais Walton passionate about Black community sustainability conversations
CERM environmental department manager Octavais Walton spoke candidly and passionately to rolling out about why the Black community needs to talk about sustainability.
Atmos Energy manager Linda Waters hopeful for future
Linda Waters, the public affairs manager for Atmos Energy, told rolling out why she’s so excited about the future of sustainability at Jackson State.
Jackson State’s Wilbur Walters excited about university’s sustainability
After Jackson State‘s panel discussion on sustainability, dean Wilber Walters spoke to rolling out about why he’s excited about the future.
Tequila Smith explains the importance of having sustainability conversations
After a forum at Jackson State University, Covanta chief sustainability officer Tequila Smith spoke to rolling out about the importance of having sustainability and renewable energy conversations.
What Jackson State’s commitment to sustainability made Southern graduate say
Former Entergy employee Garry Brown hosted a discussion panel at Jackson State University about sustainability and renewable energy. Here’s what the Southern University graduate said about his alma mater’s rival’s commitment to creating a better environment in the future.
Berneece Herbert of Jackson State University is a sustainability and environmental justice champion
As an urban planner, Dr. Berneece Herbert focuses on socio-economic development, strategic planning and management, and public sector investment planning. Dr. Herbert has conducted research in urban health indicators, sustainable economic development and social equity focusing on food access, security, poverty, hunger, climate change, energy and public perception. She is chair of the Department of […]
Tequila Smith, Covanta’s EVP and chief sustainability officer, says ‘accept new opportunities’
Tequila Smith has been an innovative leader in the energy industry and recently made a big jump from Southern Company to Covanta. This new journey is allowing Smith to be the afro-futuristic champion that both young and seasoned Black individuals are counting on to show them there is more they can do to push their […]
Yemi Amu’s urban farming concept takes root in the Big Apple
Earth is the only home we have. If we don’t start now to turn around the environmental damage we have caused, we might not be around to save it and the plants and animals that we depend on. As a possible solution, many metropolitan cities are turning to urban farming and aquaponics. In Brooklyn, New […]
Chicago Eco House blooms with bright minds from the inner city
Not too long ago, Quilen Blackwell, founder of Chicago Eco House, was tutoring at a high school in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. He encountered the challenges of inner-city poverty and how it affects young people who live in that community. In 2014, the Madison, Wisconsin, native who now calls Englewood home, began organizing local residents and […]
ZoeGoes line provides travel freedom for the eco-conscious woman on the go
For the busy female professional or vacationer who wants to travel with the least amount of effort, fashion designer Karyn Pettigrew might have just the solution for you. The Chicago native has created a fashion line called ZoeGoes, a six-piece sustainable travel capsule collection for women that provides minimum classic choices with maximum results. Pettigrew […]
Michael Thomas: Former Real Estate Developer Goes ‘Green’
Thomas explains how he became a greenpreneur–and how you can, too.
Pharrell Involved in Green Company That Makes Bionic Yarn (Video)
No, it’s not a new band…. Today, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” rapper-producer Pharrell Williams spoke about his involvement in the green energy initiative. Williams is a key investor in Return Textiles Corporation, the producer of bionic yarn – a highly durable fiber composed of organic cotton wrapped around a core of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), […]