Evan Morton is a 16-year-old high schooler from Detroit, but he is also a scientist with Ecotek, a science research center for young inventors. Since he was in the seventh grade, Morton has worked with Ecotek on projects centered on green chemistry, environmental science and environmental engineering, including building a wind turbine and a hydrogen fuel-cell car. […]

Autodesk’s mission is to help people imagine design and create a better world. The company is a leader in 3D design technology, helping engineers, architects and designers bring their designs to life. With 100 locations in 42 countries — each staffing approximately 7,500 employees — Autodesk’s carbon footprint is a major issue. Ben Thompson, the brand’s Sustainable Business […]

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice is an organization that works to prevent harm from toxic chemicals in homes and schools, often in communities directly affected by industrial chemical facilities, plants and incinerators. Toxic chemicals like bisphenol-A, phthalates and PVC are known to cause asthma, cancer, development disabilities and more, and they are found in […]

Founded in 2004 by Mark W. McElroy, the Center for Sustainable Organizations is a nonprofit specializing in context-based sustainability that conducts research, develops, trains and consults for, and with, companies around the world interested in improving the sustainability performance of their operations. Context-based sustainability is an approach for measuring, managing and reporting the sustainability performance of organizations […]

Food Recovery Network founder and Executive Director Ben Simon may only be a senior at the University of Maryland, but he is already making a major impact in the field of food waste. Simon started the program in 2011 after noticing that food was going to waste at the end of every day at Maryland’s […]