Press Room
Intel still leads nation in green power
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OREGON — 01/31/12 — … In addition, the EPA found that Oregon State University ranked No. 4 in the nation for green power usageamong colleges and universities, getting 100 percent of its energy needs met either by on-site generation or renewable energy credits purchased through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. OSU used 95 million kilowatt hours of green power last year. Read full story
MLS W.O.R.K.S. and Continental Tire Announce Participation in Solar 4R Schools Program
During halftime of MLS Cup 2011, MLS W.O.R.K.S. and Continental Tire announced their commitment to educating the next generation of energy users by participating in Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s (BEF) Solar 4R Schools program. Solar panels will be installed at a local school in the Los Angeles area, home of the MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy. Read full story
WhiteWave Foods Reports Major Milestones Against Initial Sustainability Goals and Sets New, Higher Targets — Goals and reported progress underscore the company’s ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility
MARKET WATCH — 12/01/11 — WhiteWave Foods, the Broomfield-based company that makes Silk(R), Horizon Organic(R), International Delight(R), and LAND O LAKES(R)*, today reported its positive progress against its corporate sustainability goals and announced a second wave of even more ambitious targets. Read full story
Continental, MLS Partner in Solar Project for Schools
AFTER MARKET NEWS — 11/29/22 — Continental Tire has joined with MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s (MLS) community outreach initiative, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to provide a $50,000 solar installation to a school in the community of MLS Cup 2011 winner the LA Galaxy as part of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation Solar 4R Schools program. Read full story
Continental Partners MLS in US Schools Solar Project
TYRE — 29/11/2011 — Continental Tire has joined Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to provide a $50,000 solar installation to a school in the community of MLS Cup 2011 winner, the LA Galaxy, as part of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation Solar 4R Schools program, reports Tire Review. “We are thrilled to be working with MLS W.O.R.K.S and BEF to put a solar installation in a school in the hometown of the LA Galaxy, MLS Cup champions,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, Continental Tire. Read full story
Continental, MLS Partner in Solar Project for Schools
TIRE REVIEW — 11/29/11 — Continental Tire has joined with MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to provide a $50,000 solar installation to a school in the community of MLS Cup 2011 winner the LA Galaxy as part of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation Solar 4R Schools program. Read full story
Trickle Down Effect
GAZETTE TIMES — 11/13/11 — Model watershed projects restore headwater streams in hopes of improving conditions throughout the Willamette BasinTisa Wecht lives on a tidy 52-acre farm on Shotpouch Creek, a rural haven tucked away in a sweet stretch of valley bottom outside the tiny Lincoln County community of Burnt Woods. Read full story
School to Unveil 4J’s First Renewable Energy Installation
SOUTH EUGUEN KVAL — 11/07/11 — BEF Grant-funded solar array powers up at Adams Elementary—The first renewable power system in the Eugene School District will be unveiled during a Nov. 9 ceremony at Adams Elementary School, 950 W. 22nd Ave. The event will take place after school, from 2 to 4 p.m. Read full story
WhiteWave & University Of Colorado Athletic Dept. Partner On Zero Waste Initiative
PERISHABLE NEWS.COM — 10/12/11 — WhiteWave Foods, the Broomfield-based maker of Silk®, Horizon Organic®, International Delight® and licensee of LAND O LAKES® announced its continued partnership with the University of Colorado (CU), focused on “greening” Buffaloes football games and honoring homegrown CU athletics standouts. The company will also sponsor the WhiteWave Foods Family Fun Zone, a new area for families and children to gather before games. Read full story
Chevy Invests in Offset Projects to Slash 4.6M Tons of CO2
GREENBIZ.CO — 10/10/11 — Many people associate Chevrolet these days with the Volt and the Cruze, but the famous brand is also earmarking funds for wind farms, landfills and home weatherization. These are the kinds of projects Chevy will invest in as part of its commitment to spend up to $40 million to avoid 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — roughly the amount of annual emissions produced by the 1.9 million Chevy vehicles it will sell from Nov. 18 2010 to late 2011. Read full story
It’s not all waste — fueling our future energy needs
DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE — 09/29/11 — Unless they have a plumbing emergency at home, most people typically do not think too much about sewage. We flush some things away and wash other things down the drain or the disposal, and then we pretty much forget about them. Probably even fewer people think about how those things that we flush or wash away (properly described as wastewater) from our homes in underground pipes are actually a potential source of renewable energy. Read full story
Local School Goes Solar
KDRV.COM — 09/28/11 — New solar panels are in and running at Ashland’s Helman Elementary School. The panels were installed this summer, and can power about three full classrooms. Today, students got a chance to talk with the people who helped fund the project and design the panels. They also got a hands-on demonstration, learning exactly how the panels convert sunlight into energy. Teachers will go through more training today on how to take this new technology and use it as a teaching tool in the classroom. Read full story
Horizon® Celebrates 20 Years of Organic Leadership
Nation’s Leading Organic Dairy Brand Reflects on Key Milestones and Introduces New Online Horizon Organic Stewardship Resource
SUNHERALD.COM — 09/22/11 — BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Horizon®, the leading organic dairy brand in the U.S., is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011 and reflecting on its growth from a small organic yogurt brand to not only the top-selling organic milk brand in the U.S., but the top-selling milk brand, conventional or organic. Read full story
Lake Stevens High’s solar panel to generate power, learning opportunities
HERALD NET — 09/21/11 — Installation of a solar panel is planned for the roof of the Lake Stevens High School Performing Arts Center. The Snohomish County Public Utility District recently awarded an energy grant to the Lake Stevens School District to cover the cost of installing a 5-kilowatt solar panel by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Read full story
Redskins’ FedEx Field unveils solar installations
CLEAN ENERGY AUTHORITY.COM — 09/15/11 — Chris MeehanSEP 16, 2011FedEx Field in Landover, Md., home to the Washington Redskins, unveiled its new 2-megawatt photovoltaic system on September 15. The array, installed by NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), is the largest at an NFL stadium to date, according to the company. Read full story
More than 70 teams attending Beyond Sport United at Yankee Stadium
BEYOND SPORT WORLD – 09/01/11 - More than 70 teams from across the world are set to gather at Beyond Sport United – a unique event taking place at Yankee Stadium on September 27 that will bring together the greatest gathering of sports teams ever assembled to address their role in triggering positive social change in the communities they serve. Read full story
Green Sports Alliance: Go Green or Go Home
FAST COMPANY – 08/08/11 – Sports teams finally find something to agree on. Sports in America will always be an indulgent birthright. You don’t go to the ball game to worry about whether the world will melt. You go to escape. You go to eat a hot dog and drink a beer and possibly (or probably) curse at someone on (or off) the field–especially if you’re in Philadelphia, where spectating is its own contact sport. But here’s what else Eagles fans can expect at Lincoln Financial Field: scoreboards powered by solar panels; cooking fat from the kitchens recycled into biodiesel; 80 wind turbines on their way. Read full story
NHL Tries to Give Back the Water
NEW YORK TIMES – 06/23/11 – Before the Stanley Cup Finals between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins, the National Hockey League said that the finals would be the first “water neutral” series in its history. Read full story
NHL and BEF’s Water Restoration Certificates make big splash
06/10/11 – The National Hockey League’s Water Restoration Project, featuring BEF’s Water Restoration Certificates, is making a big splash in the media during the finals. The following is a sample of press mentions for the initiative.
- NHL.com
- Sustainablebusiness.com
- Sustainablelifemedia.com
- GoGreenLiving.org
- Greenworkslinks.blogspot.com
- FoxNews.com
- Environmentalleader.com
- GreenSportsVenues.com
- GreenAnswers.com
- MassLive.com
- news.opb.org
- Bendbulletin.com
- ProHockeyNews.com
- NonProfitQuarterly.org
Drink Bear, Save Water
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIES – 04/29/11 – Independent brewers are buying water credits to save Western waterways. Fishing, beer and water have long gone hand in hand – remember “Brewed with Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water?” – so maybe it’s no surprise that independent breweries are some of the most enthusiastic supporters of water restoration certificates, a new model for making dried-out rivers run again. Read full story
Leading Green Power Supplier Partners with Top 10 Web Host Dotster.com
PR WEB – 11/02/11 – Bonneville Environmental Foundation, one of the nation’s leading renewable energy suppliers, announces a partnership with global top 10 web hosting company, Dotster.com, to offset more than 150% of the energy used by its web hosting servers. Dotster is supporting the creation of enough clean, renewable wind energy to power their 4.4 million websites. Read full story
Hopworks steps up on water restoration
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIES OREGON – 11/19/10 – Hopworks Urban Brewery became the third beer maker to sign on with Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s water restoration certificate program, signing up to buy offsets that will restore 1.8 million gallons of water into the Deschutes River over the next year. Read full story
HUB: It’s the Water, Just Not So Much
THE BEER GODDESS – 10/19/10 – Hopworks Urban Brewery taketh and then giveth back. As you probably know, water is a big part of brewing beer. Well, HUB recently signed an agreement with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to purchase Water Restoration Certificates (WRC), which will, over the course of the next year will restore 1.8 million gallons of water to Oregon’s Deschutes River. Read full story
Laurelwood Brewing Committed to the Deschutes River
MUTINEER MAGAZINE – 09/23/10 - The result will be one million gallons of restored water of Oregon’s beautiful Deschutes River. “The BEF’s Water Restoration Certificate is the first national-level, market-based solution that enables businesses to take responsibility for water consumption by helping restore water flow to critically de-watered creeks and rivers” cited the press release. Read full story
BEF builds new model for water offsets
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OREGON – 09/15/11 – It’s fairly common practice for green-minded businesses to purchase offsets or certificates to make up for the carbon their operations emit. The money goes toward the development of clean energy sources or to maintain carbon-storing forests. Now, a Portland pioneer in the market for renewable energy certificates is taking the same concept to wetland restoration. Read full article
Big league sports join the green team, score with solar
GRIST.ORG – 09/08/10 - Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how to switch to renewable energy and urge their teams to solarize their stadiums. The guide was prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and marks a new alliance between environmentalists and the nation’s baseball, football, hockey, and soccer teams. Read full article
All-Star events to have a green theme
MLB.COM – 07/10/10 – Anaheim will be rolling out the “green” carpet to welcome players, fans and coaches to the 81st Midsummer Classic. As part of its commitment to the environment, MLB has joined forces with the Natural Resources Defense Council to ensure the All-Star festivities, including the All-Star Red Carpet Show on Tuesday, reflect environmentally responsible practices. Read full article
Big Sky Brewing Buys Water Restoration Certificates
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER – 07/09/10 – Big Sky Brewing Company’s purchase will result in more than 10 million gallons of water restored to the Prickly Pear Creek over the next three years. Big Sky Brewing has signed a three-year contract to purchase Water Restoration Certificates (WRC) from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to help restore water flow in Prickly Pear Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River located near Helena, Montana. Read full article
In our view: Greener pastures
THE COLUMBIAN – 07/06/10 – Gas from cows? Solar power? Local consumers can buy it now. When is it a good idea to pay more for the same service provided to your neighbors? We can think of two local examples: natural gas and electricity. NW Natural, a Portland-based utility, recently expanded its Smart Energy program to its 60,000 Southwest Washington customers. Clark Public Utilities has offered its Green Lights program since 2002. Both programs allow customers to opt in, paying slightly more for their energy and in return funding development of more environmentally friendly energy sources. Read full article
The Green List 2010
OREGON BUSINESS MAGAZINE – 06/01/2101 - The 2010 list of Oregon’s Best Green Companies to Work For is all about diversity and commitment. Winners range from longtime sustainability gurus such as Gerding Edlen and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to newcomers such as Ruby Receptionists and Hummingbird Wholesale. Add in respected businesses that are always expanding their green programs such as SOLARC Architecture and Boly Welch Recruiting, and the final result offers diverse representation of a statewide trend toward more sustainable business practices. See full list
Silk Green Caps For A Greener World Helps Consumers Raise Funds For A Green Cause
CSR WIRE – 04/29/10 – More and more people are looking for simple ways to help make the world a healthier place. But often the pressure and bustle of day-to-day life can make it seem overwhelming to seek out and implement the small changes that can make a big difference. Read full news release
Wineries complete first industry carbon-reduction program
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OREGON – 04/27/10 – Fourteen Oregon wineries announced Tuesday they’ve completed a rigorous process to measure and reduce greenhouse gases as part of the “Carbon Neutral Challenge,” a joint program of the Oregon Environmental Council and the Oregon Wine Board. Read full article
Are voluntary renewable energy purchases in danger of withering on the vine?
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OREGON – 05/26/10 – We’ve all heard pieces and parts of the story — supporting renewable energy is the right thing to do for the long-term future, for our kids, for the environment, and for national security. But, developing renewable energy is also the right thing to do right now for the immediate future of Oregon. And supporting federal legislation that keeps this market humming along is also the right thing to do right now. In Oregon, and across the country, people have been supporting a lot of renewable energy lately. Read full article
Obama, Leno and a Low-Carbon Menu
THE NEW YORK TIMES – 05/26/10 – The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual black-tie festival of schmoozing, preening and source-greasing, is taking steps this year to reduce its carbon footprint. From decorations to menu choices to recommended modes of transport, the association is trying to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its 2,600 revelers. Read full article
Major League Soccer Celebrates Earth Day With MLS W.O.R.K.S. Greener Goals Week
OUR SPORTS CENTRAL – 04/22/10 – To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, has launched Greener Goals Week, a League-wide effort focused on increasing environmental awareness. Major League Soccer has partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Bonneville Environmental Foundation to identify and enact tangible ways to reduce our environmental footprint and help raise awareness throughout the soccer community. Read full article