/tags/sustainability Sustainability en-US Copyright Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:54:03 GMT /education/2024-08-07/nc-energy-efficiency-renew-america-schools-federal-grant-rockingham-county The U.S. Dept. of Energy awarded Rockingham County Schools $7.8 million and Hoke County Schools $300,000. School administrators say the funding is crucial, but it doesn't begin to meet all their needs. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:54:03 GMT /education/2024-08-07/nc-energy-efficiency-renew-america-schools-federal-grant-rockingham-county Liz Schlemmer /environment/2024-06-14/pinehurst-golf-course-sustainable-eco-friendly Pinehurst No.2, one of the world’s top-rated courses, is also one of the most sustainable. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:01:11 GMT /environment/2024-06-14/pinehurst-golf-course-sustainable-eco-friendly Will Atwater | North Carolina Health ����app /education/2022-12-29/installing-led-lights-in-gyms-saves-nc-schools-thousands-of-dollars The nonprofit NC GreenPower secured funding to install high-efficiency LED lighting in 60 school gyms as a sustainability effort. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:23:16 GMT /education/2022-12-29/installing-led-lights-in-gyms-saves-nc-schools-thousands-of-dollars Liz Schlemmer /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-09-29/couture-gordon-holiday-sustainable-fashion-youth-reporting-2021-upholstery-furniture-recycle-innovation-art-culture ����app’s 2021 Youth Reporters turned on their mics to collect stories from their communities. H'aiasi Chinfloo from Durham, NC explored the intersection between fashion and sustainability with clothing designer Gordon Holliday. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-09-29/couture-gordon-holiday-sustainable-fashion-youth-reporting-2021-upholstery-furniture-recycle-innovation-art-culture H’aiasi Chinfloo /business-economy/2020-06-01/from-designing-toys-to-promoting-business-sustainability-meet-jessica-yinka-thomas Jessica Yinka Thomas grew up in both the United States and West Africa. Her father, a Nigerian economics professor, and her mother, an American computer… Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:00:00 GMT /business-economy/2020-06-01/from-designing-toys-to-promoting-business-sustainability-meet-jessica-yinka-thomas Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-01/from-designing-toys-to-promoting-business-sustainability-meet-jessica-yinka-thomas Jessica Yinka Thomas grew up in both the United States and West Africa. Her father, a Nigerian economics professor, and her mother, an American computer… Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-01/from-designing-toys-to-promoting-business-sustainability-meet-jessica-yinka-thomas Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-10-14/with-her-abuelas-recipe-and-her-mothers-ambition-she-runs-so-good-pupusas-meet-cecilia-polanco Cecilia Polanco’s parents did not dream of their daughter owning a food truck when they emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in the early… Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:08:28 GMT /race-demographics/2019-10-14/with-her-abuelas-recipe-and-her-mothers-ambition-she-runs-so-good-pupusas-meet-cecilia-polanco Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-14/with-her-abuelas-recipe-and-her-mothers-ambition-she-runs-so-good-pupusas-meet-cecilia-polanco Cecilia Polanco’s parents did not dream of their daughter owning a food truck when they emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in the early… Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:08:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-14/with-her-abuelas-recipe-and-her-mothers-ambition-she-runs-so-good-pupusas-meet-cecilia-polanco Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-08-29/why-joining-a-cult-of-sustainability-merits-both-warning-and-admiration In her debut novel “The Ash Family” (Simon & Schuster/ 2019) Durham native Molly Dektar draws on her personal fascination with cult psychology and devout… Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:59:41 GMT /arts-culture/2019-08-29/why-joining-a-cult-of-sustainability-merits-both-warning-and-admiration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-29/why-joining-a-cult-of-sustainability-merits-both-warning-and-admiration In her debut novel “The Ash Family” (Simon & Schuster/ 2019) Durham native Molly Dektar draws on her personal fascination with cult psychology and devout… Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:59:41 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-29/why-joining-a-cult-of-sustainability-merits-both-warning-and-admiration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio