Sustainability

Boise Fire’s Station 5 is now in service after a grand opening on Friday Oct. 18. The new station is equipped with upgrades that aim to help the city reach its sustainable energy goals.

As hospitals strive to reduce their footprint, Idaho Matters visits with one medical center that has taken big strides in helping our environment.

The Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine involves several entities, including the Desert Research Institute, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Utah, and Arizona State University.

Health care is a big contributor to pollution, excess waste and greenhouse gases, which can lead to making patients sicker, something many health care institutions would like to change.

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.