EcoReport

EcoReport - July 29, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:42:34 -0700

Widening of the State Road 45/46 bypass has begun…but not without opposition. The local group Bloomington Transportation Options for People has released a report entitled “Bypassing Good Judgment: INDOT and the Overexpansion of the SR 45/46 Bypass”.

EcoReport - July 22, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:47:31 -0700

Indiana University Professor Chris Craft says coastal Louisiana wetlands may be on the brink of survival, pushed over the edge by the failed British Petroleum oil well that until recently was spewing 30,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. Craft says that gulf wetlands have been under siege for more than a century as a result of natural and human-caused activities.

EcoReport - July 15, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:54:32 -0700

Jacqui Bauer is Bloomington's first Sustainability Coordinator, hired on Earth Day to plan, lead, and coordinate sustainability initiatives for Bloomington. Bauer currently serves as co-chair of the IU Resource Use and Recycling Workgroup and is a member of the city’s Environmental Commission. We brought Bauer to WFHB for her first studio interview since becoming Bloomington’s first city administrator focused solely on sustainability.

EcoReport - July 8, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:08:35 -0700

Nearly 100,000 online votes have won Bloomington 20 organic fruit trees from the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, a California-based non-profit that is giving away 100 trees every month to communities who organize an orchard. The Bloomington Community Orchard Project will plant the trees in a city park near the Monroe County YMCA. Correspondent John Patishnock sat down with orchard organizers Amy Countryman and Shaun Ziegler in this WFHB exclusive.

EcoReport - July 1, 2010

WFHB News — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:07:24 -0700

Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics and the first political scientist to win in economics. Ostrom’s research focuses on “the commons,” the concept of public resources that are owned by EVERYone and not by SOMEone…like our public lands, or even the Internet. Ostrom received the Nobel Prize for her work debunking the notion that a lack of central ownership spoils common resources.

EcoReport - June 24, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:10 -0700

Steve Bonney is a local organic farmer who once ran for governor after getting fed up with state environmental policies serving special interests instead of the people. Bonney is coordinating this weekend’s Sustainable Living Fair in Indianapolis, featuring a variety of workshops and seminars for people AND the planet.

EcoReport - June 17, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:15:26 -0700

Will Allen is a self-described urban agriculturalist who uses a holistic farming model customized for urban settings. On the heels of two White House appearances and fresh from inclusion last month on Time magazine's list of the "100 most influential people in the world," Will Allen was in Bloomington recently to deliver the keynote address for Indiana University’s "Food In Bloom" conference. Allen talks about healthy lifestyles and a sustainable planet in a tagteam interview hosted by Annie Corrigan of WFIU’s Earth Eats with help from EcoReport’s own Lucille Bertuccio.

EcoReport - June 10, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:34:25 -0700

Samuel Flenner is an independent consultant for the Environmental Integrity Project, a Washington DC-based non-profit. Sam grew up in Northern Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan and is concerned about the effect of coal ash slurry on our waters. He works to tighten regulation of toxic waste from coal combustion.

EcoReport - June 3, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:04:42 -0700

Bloomington Transit is going green. From hybrid electric buses to the new downtown bus depot currently under construction, BT is looking for ways to increase bus ridership while at the same time minimizing the environmental impact of mass transit.

EcoReport - May 27, 2010

WFHB News — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:13:15 -0700

Recently the Indiana Department of Transportation started the bidding process for the State Road 45/46 Bypass expansion on the city’s east side, at an estimated cost of $23.5 million. After city council member Andy Ruff spoke out against the plan, sixth district Councilman Steve Volan conducted several workshops to discuss the INDOT plan. Volan says the plan doesn’t do enough to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety. He also thinks expanding the road will only aggravate traffic congestion along that corridor.