GRAND RAPIDS - Sustainable agriculture is a way of farming that meets our food needs without compromising the ability for future generations to do the same. It has a strong focus on locality, highlighting local growers and manufacturers. This can help businesses and communities lower their carbon footprint while supporting the local economy. West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - Join Michigan Sustainable Business Forum January 17 at 10am for a conversation on the intersection of the food system and climate action. Food systems are both impacted by climate change and major contributors to climate change. They have been recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an important
GRAND RAPIDS - Join Michigan Sustainable Business Forum as it leads a discussion on how attractions in the Great Lakes region are leading the way in climate and sustainability. Cultural institutions such as museums, zoos and other attractions serve an important role in their communities as a resource for information and to build awareness of
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is working to expand opportunities for Michigan businesses and institutions to participate in the development of a circular economy and decarbonize through investments in recycled content and lower carbon products and components. The Forum has convened a multidisciplinary working group of industrial design influencers to forward collaboration between
GRAND RAPIDS - Join Michigan Sustainable Business Forum & Grand Valley State University Professor of Natural Resource Management Erik Nordman on March 24 for a one-hour presentation and discussion about how shared collective action – not necessarily government regulation – is needed to solve many of today’s environmental issues. Nordman’s 2021 book, The Uncommon Knowledge of
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV today at 2 pm, Rob Luce, VP of the SME Education Foundation, will explain how his group will use $6 million from the state of Michigan for its PRIME initiative, which offers education and career-readiness opportunities to high school students. Daniel Schoonmaker, LEED ❘ Executive Director West Michigan Sustainable
GRAND RAPIDS - Norman Christopher, Executive Director for the Office of Sustainability Practices at Grand Valley State University, will be the 2018 inductee into the West Michigan Sustainable Business Hall of Fame. Known equally for his work promoting sustainability within the university and the community, Christopher has been a fixture in local sustainability for many
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a luncheon discussion on sustainable cleaning practices and technologies for its next education and networking program on May 8 at the West Michigan Works! Grand Rapids Service Center. Featured speakers include Daniel H. Montes, Vice President of Business Operations for Brilliant General Maintenance, and Ron
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has completed a merger with Michigan's Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum to create the largest regional organization for sustainable business practitioners in the Midwest. The combined organization, headquartered in Grand Rapids, will serve 220 member organizations and the general community in a 10-county territory that stretches from
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and the International Institute of Packaging Professionals will present a luncheon on Sustainability in Packaging December 14 at Kendall College of Art & Design from 12 to 2 pm. A panel of local packaging experts will discuss key challenges and opportunities for sustainability in packaging. •Travis Gibbs,
