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Ecotagious Now Enabling Utilities to Engage Consumers via Smart Speakers

Ecotagious, a top cleantech company that delivers industry-leading energy savings and enhances customer engagement to utilities, is now offering its hyper-personalized energy insights via the Alexa and Google Home smart speakers. Ecotagious will provide its Powerful Insights™ for Voice... - May 10, 2018 - Ecotagious Inc.

Council Releases Statement on Behalf of Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers Regarding Allegations

John B. Russell, Esq. of John B Russell & Assoc. released a statement today amidst allegations of a recent lawsuit by the Virginia's Attorney General. - May 09, 2018 - Service Dogs by SDWR

KIB Teams with Geocachers for Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off - Group Cleaned Spring Trails Park

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) ended the month of April – Earth Month - at Spring Trails Park with their “Great American Cleanup/Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off.” The original cleanup scheduled for April 7 had to be rescheduled due to weather, but thanks to a dedicated group of... - May 03, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Keep Irving Beautiful Celebrates Earth Day All April - Staff Attends a Variety of Events to Promote Recycling and Clean Public Spaces

April 22 is officially recognized as Earth Day, but Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) celebrates “Earth Month” and participated in several events with an Earth Day theme. The first was a visit to the Heritage Senior Center on April 5, where staff promoted recycling by giving away recycled... - April 29, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Fast Company Selects Ecotagious as a Finalist in "World Changing Ideas" Awards Program

Ecotagious has been selected as one of the 12 top companies in the world with a leading-edge solution to overcome issues facing the Energy industry. Ecotagious joins legendary brands like Google and Microsoft who were also selected as finalists among 1,400 companies in 12 categories. - April 20, 2018 - Ecotagious Inc.

MS Forestry Commission Deploys Wildland Firefighters to Texas and Oklahoma

This weekend, the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) deployed two bulldozer strike teams to Texas, and one Wildland Firefighting Task Force Leader to Oklahoma. - April 18, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

Plant Five for Life Launches Pilot Program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Plant Five for Life will pilot its first program planting five native trees as a gift to every child born at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC this April, Arbor Day month. A total of 5,000 trees will be planted for 1,000 newborns. The Plant Five for Life community network of partners, including... - April 11, 2018 - Plant Five for Life

MS Forestry Commission Announces New Wildfire Reporting Phone Number

The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) has a new wildfire reporting phone number for the public to call in Mississippi: 1-833-MFC-FIRE (1-833-632-3473). Previously, numbers were broken down by geographic areas of the state. The new wildfire reporting number will allow the public to quickly... - April 11, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

Future Frogmen Announces New Website

Future Frogmen, the grassroots student-led environmental education initiative, announces the launch of their new website, www.futurefrogmen.org. “This is an exciting next step because we can take the past years work to a new level”, said Connecticut’s Berlin High School Senior... - April 11, 2018 - Future Frogmen

Keep Irving Beautiful Visits Heritage Senior Center Staff; Promotes Earth Month, Recycling

In honor of April as “Earth Month,” Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) staff paid a visit to the Heritage Senior Center on Thursday, April 5, to meet with the members and discuss ways we can all pitch in and help our environment. They had an information table where they engaged in conversation... - April 07, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Stop Wildfires at the Starting Line PSA Wins Silver ADDY Award: MS Forestry Commission’s Wildfire Prevention Month Campaign Recognized

The Mississippi Forestry Commission’s (MFC) public service announcement video, Stop Wildfires at the Starting Line, won a silver ADDY at the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Jackson awards in the category of Public Service Television Commercial. The award-winning public service announcement was produced by the Jackson-based video production and advertising firm Mad Genius and received grant funding from the U.S. Forest Service. - April 01, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

Irving Receives Prestigious State Environmental Award

Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) has recognized Irving as one of 10 winners of the 2018 Governor’s Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) for outstanding community improvement. The award is one of the most coveted annual environmental and community improvement honors in Texas. The winners will share... - March 29, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Ventura County Public Works Agency Study Shows Owls and Hawks Can be More Effective Than Poisons for Rodent Control

Raptor Pilot Study for Levee Protection is first to quantify the impact of raptors on ground squirrel damage at a levee. - March 22, 2018 - Ventura County Public Works Agency

Keep Irving Beautiful Teams with LDS Youth Conference - Cleanup and Paint Project at Running Bear Park

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) recently collaborated on a service project to beautify Running Bear Park in South Irving. This was part of their annual Youth Conference, which was attended by teens from the Irving and other nearby communities. - March 22, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

MS Forestry Commission Deploys Wildland Firefighters to Texas

The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is deploying one Wildland Firefighting strike team with two bulldozers to Texas, where they will assist state and federal partners with wildfire suppression efforts. Five MFC Wildland Firefighters traveled overnight arriving in Merkel, Texas on Tuesday,... - March 21, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

MS Forestry Commission Deploys Wildland Firefighters to Oklahoma

The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is deploying a bulldozer strike team and two division supervisors to Oklahoma to assist state and federal partners with wildfire suppression efforts. Eight MFC Wildland Firefighters traveled overnight to Shawnee, Oklahoma the morning of Friday, March 16,... - March 17, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

Ecotagious Recognized as a Top Cleantech Company Positioned for Great Revenue Growth in the Coming Year

Among a competitive set of 450 companies evaluated in the “2018 Ready to Rocket” program, Ecotagious was recognized as a top company with tremendous growth potential given its innovative SaaS solution proven to deliver significant results for their utility customers. - March 16, 2018 - Ecotagious Inc.

River Defenders Launch Initiative to Secure Rights for the River Ethiope

Today, Earth Law Center and the River Ethiope Trust Foundation (“RETFON”) launch an initiative to establish legal rights for the River Ethiope in Nigeria. The River Ethiope would be the first waterway in Africa to be recognized as a living entity. Amongst the rights sought for the... - March 14, 2018 - Earth Law Center

Boy Scouts of Ventura Install Hand Built Owl Boxes with Hopes to Save Local Wildlife

Eliminating the Dangers of Secondary Poisoning From Rodenticides - March 12, 2018 - Ventura County Public Works Agency

Keep Irving Beautiful Attends Otis Brown Career Day - First and Second Graders Learned About Caring for the Environment

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) recently attended Otis Brown Elementary School’s annual Career Day and spoke to three classes of approximately 120 1st and 2nd graders and their teachers about the many things KIB does in the Irving community in the areas of litter prevention, beautification, and... - March 11, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Keep Irving Beautiful to Sponsor “Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off” April 7 - Texas’ Signature Event of the Great American Cleanup

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) is sponsoring the “Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off,” part of the state’s signature event for the nationwide “Great American Cleanup” program, and a partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation... - March 02, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

CLEANLIFE LED and DEPENDALITE Sign Strategic Manufacturing Agreement

CLEANLIFE LED, an LED lighting manufacturer and DEPENDALITE LLC, an innovative lighting company, both headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, have signed a partnership agreement to produce the new Dependalight flashlight. “Our team is excited to be a part of this new product with battery-saving... - March 02, 2018 - Dependalite, LLC

ISBER Welcomes Biospecimen Research Experts to Luxembourg for the First-Ever Biospecimen Research Symposium in Europe

The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) and the Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg (IBBL) welcome biospecimen research experts to Luxembourg for the first-ever Biospecimen Research Symposium in Europe. - March 01, 2018 - ISBER

Swan Killing Case Reward Rises to $4,000: Interest in Illegal Shooting Case Continues

A $4,0000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the conviction of the person(s) who illegally shot "Chuck" the Trumpeter Swan in Sunriver on Thanksgiving. - February 19, 2018 - Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory

Stop Wildfires at the Starting Line: Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, World’s Fastest Woman, Featured in Wildfire Prevention PSA

Stop Wildfires at the Starting Line: Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, World’s Fastest Woman, featured in the Mississippi Forestry Commission’s (MFC) public service announcement video, view here: http://bit.ly/StopWildfiresStartingLine. Produced by the Jackson-based video production and advertising firm Mad Genius, the series received grant funding made available by the U.S. Forest Service. - February 18, 2018 - Mississippi Forestry Commission

Keep Irving Beautiful and Javelin Agency Team for Cleanup "Javelin Giving Day 2018"

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) recently joined forces with the Irving-based Javelin Agency for a day of service at Bird’s Fort Trail Park, part of Irving’s northern Campion Trails system. The group of eleven employee volunteers met at the park on the beautiful morning of February 8, ready... - February 11, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

North Florida Land Trust Boasts Another Successful Year in 2017

Land Conservation Organization added more than 1,500 in preserved lands and was awarded more than $3.5 in federal funding. - February 09, 2018 - North Florida Land Trust

Leadership Native Oklahoma (LNO) Class of 2018 Enrollment

The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO) has announced their third annual Leadership Native Oklahoma (LNO) class for 2018. LNO is a unique leadership opportunity for business and governmental leaders in Indian Country to broaden their network and sharpen their understanding of self-governance and self-determination. - February 02, 2018 - Chloeta

Kenya's New Standard Grade Railway (SGR) and How It's Impacting Safari Tourism

Your African Safari, a safari planning website, interviewed over 50 tour operators to find out if the new SGR has had any impact on their business and if they would consider using the railway in future safari itineraries. - February 01, 2018 - Your African Safari

Keep Irving Beautiful Starts 2018 with Day of Service Cistercian Students Paint at Senter Park

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) held its first project of the new year on January 15, Martin Luther King Day, collaborating with Cistercian Preparatory High School in Irving for a service project at Senter Park Recreation Center. A total of 18 students and adult sponsors tackled a paint project at the... - January 18, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

MD Candidate Hopes to Trend Enviro-Friendly Campaign – Digital Canvassing, Modernization

Maryland Delegate Candidate Helga Luest announced today that she plans to run a modern, personable, and sustainable campaign. After considering the traditional approaches, she announced today her commitment to an environmentally-friendly approach to campaigning. At the core of Luest’s... - January 08, 2018 - Vote Helga Luest

Custom Trained Diabetic Alert Dog Delivered to Family in Kettering, Ohio

SDWR, a nonprofit service dog organization based in Madison, VA, delivered a custom trained Diabetic Alert Service Dog to a family in Kettering, OH. - January 06, 2018 - Service Dogs by SDWR

Ecological Restoration Enhances Water Quality in Chesapeake Bay - Ecotone's Stream Restoration Techniques Improve Habitat & Reduce Restoration Costs in Baltimore County

Ecotone, Inc. has restored 2,160 linear feet of stream in the northeastern part of Baltimore County, Maryland. The project was funded by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources through the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund. By applying Ecotone’s unique “less is more” approach of stream restoration they completed the project at half the cost of traditional engineering approaches, minimized the project’s carbon footprint, and increased the stream's sustainability. - January 05, 2018 - Ecotone, Inc.

Dr. Ian Prattis and Manor House Publishing Inc. Release New Book on the Environment - Our World is Burning: My Views on Mindful Engagement

Dr. Ian Prattis and Manor House Publishing Inc. are pleased to announce the release of Our World is Burning: My Views on Mindful Engagement. In this new book, Dr. Prattis looks at the state of our world through expert eyes and shares his views on climate change, over-development and short-term thinking that have placed our fragile planet in considerable danger - then he prescribes the actions needed to save our embattled world. - January 05, 2018 - Ian Prattis

North Florida Land Trust’s O2O Project Has Been Chosen for Federal Funding

Conservation Partnership project to receive more than $3.5 million. - January 04, 2018 - North Florida Land Trust

Keep Irving Beautiful Reflects on 2017: Organization Celebrated 25 Years in Irving

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) celebrated another successful year in 2017, as they marked their 25th anniversary of educating and engaging the community in litter abatement, beautification, and recycling. Here are some highlights: Litter abatement: There were 12 cleanups, where 878 volunteers gave... - January 04, 2018 - Keep Irving Beautiful

North Florida Land Trust Has Received a Donation of Land Along Black Creek and Doctors Lake

The nonprofit land trust has been given 388 acres in Clay County. - December 29, 2017 - North Florida Land Trust

we c.a.r.e.: Five Per Cent is Not Enough to Save the Planet

Canada’s consumption of energy has decreased only 5% on a per-capita basis since it signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, with total consumption at 71,000 kWh per person, according to federal data. Fossil fuels are increasing their market share over electricity, which is not good news for wind, solar and other renewable energies. - December 11, 2017 - canadian association for renewable energies (we c.a.r.e.)

North Florida Land Trust Acquires Property for Expansion of McGirts Creek Park

Property will be transferred to the City of Jacksonville for the park expansion. - December 09, 2017 - North Florida Land Trust

Ken Burns American Heritage Prize to be Awarded to Maya Lin Prize Presented by American Prairie Reserve to Celebrate the Indomitable American Spirit

American Prairie Reserve is proud to announce that artist, designer, and environmentalist Maya Lin has been named the recipient of the second annual Ken Burns American Heritage Prize. The award will be presented May 2, 2018, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The... - December 09, 2017 - American Prairie Reserve

North Florida Land Trust Proudly Announces the 2017 Volunteer of the Year

Forrest and Nancy Penny were chosen as joint recipients of the award. - December 06, 2017 - North Florida Land Trust

Keep Irving Beautiful Honors YMCA Seniors for America Recycles Day Group Collects 537 Pounds of Material During November

America Recycles Day is a nation-wide program of Keep America Beautiful, officially celebrated on November 15. Here in Irving, the local KAB affiliate, Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB), has been collaborating with the seniors group of the Irving Family YMCA for several years in their America Recycles... - December 03, 2017 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Source Molecular Supports 2017 SOLM Conference

Microbial source tracking was one of the topics discussed at the Great Lakes Beach Association Workshops held together with the 2017 State of Lake Michigan or SOLM Conference from November 7 to 10 at the Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Dr. Shannon Briggs of the Michigan Department of... - November 24, 2017 - Source Molecular Corporation

Source Molecular Speaks at 2017 SWS Conference

More than 300 stormwater professionals gathered at the 2017 Storm Water Solutions SWS Conference and Exhibition held November 7 to 9 at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Illinois. Source Molecular Corporation’s Haley Gershon gave a presentation on “Evidence-Based Guidelines for... - November 24, 2017 - Source Molecular Corporation

Keep Irving Beautiful Supports “Unite for Troops” - Provides Recycling and Volunteers for a Green Event

Keep Irving Beautiful has been a part of a special Veterans Day celebration for several years - Unite for Troops, a community event that honors veterans and current members of the military who are deployed around the world. While the day features several musical acts, booths, displays, arts and... - November 18, 2017 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Keep Irving Beautiful Teams with Calvary “Loving Our City” Volunteers to Plant Trees - Group Joined by North Lake Students at Wyche Park

If you drive or walk by Wyche Park on Pioneer Drive, you may notice a new addition - 28 beautiful trees, planted by Calvary Church’s “Loving Our City” group, assisted by North Lake College Service Learning Students, in a project coordinated by Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB). On... - November 08, 2017 - Keep Irving Beautiful

Keep Irving Beautiful Attends YMCA Fall Festival; Board Members and North Lake Students Work Together

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) continued a tradition of participating in the Irving Family YMCA’s Fall Festival on Friday, October 27. KIB brought its spinning prize wheel, and children and adults, most dressed in costumes, took turns spinning the prize wheel and answering questions about... - November 04, 2017 - Keep Irving Beautiful

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