Sustainability

The toll of climate change is all around us and while the scale of it can be difficult to grasp at an individual scale, some folks in Idaho are choosing to change their diets to reduce their impact on the planet.

John Pabon is a certified expert on sustainability. Following his work with the United Nations, McKinsey, A.C. Nielsen, and as a consultant with BSR, which calls itself, “the world’s largest sustainability-focused business network,” Pabon is also the best-selling author of “The Climate Emergency Journal,” “Sustainability for the Rest of Us,” and the soon-to-be-released in North America, “The Great Greenwashing.”

No one argues against the nobility of a Fortune 500 business integrating sustainability into its day-to-day practices. But how can the smallest of small businesses move that proverbial needle on climate change?

Idaho farmers are using regenerative agriculture to grow crops in a new way.

A pilot system at the University of Idaho is working to find new ways to use waste, turning cow manure into biodegradable plastic.

Idaho Matters has a sneak peak of Boise State Public Radio's new podcast called 'Women’s Work,' which takes an in-depth look at how women ranchers are leading the charge in sustainable and regenerative ranching.

A coalition of students from all four high schools in the Boise School District has been working on a clean energy initiative and a longterm sustainability plan. Idaho Matters learns more.

A Ketchum-based company that makes sustainable building products out of hemp is opening a manufacturing plant in the Magic Valley.

In Blaine County, the coronavirus pandemic has not gotten in the way of ambitious goals for a more sustainable future. The city of Ketchum is the latest…

The University of Idaho now ranks 6th in the country for its clean energy use. That’s according to a national higher education sustainability index called…