Rethinking Halloween with The Story of Stuff

By: Samantha Page I set out to write a “Green Your Halloween” article for this month’s newsletter, but while researching, I came across a phenomenal resource that does the job far better than I could: Your Guide to a Zero-Waste & Plastic-Free Halloween from The Story of Stuff Project. Rather than reinventing the wheel, I decided it was worth sharing…

Plug-In Solar: Key Takeaways from Our September Panel

By Ngoc Nguyen and Mia Aguilar On September 17th, CEC and Houston Renewable Energy Group (HREG) jointly hosted “Plug-In Solar: Power Within Reach” at IKEA Houston, where attendees explored how this emerging technology could make solar power more accessible to a wider range of Texans. The event, one of the many Houston Energy & Climate Week happenings, featured panelists Pete…

Meet Gleeson Ryan: Bringing Stakeholders Together and Creating Art to Move the Needle on Environmental and Social Progress

Gleeson Ryan sees her job as Senior Manager for Future 500 and her art practice as two ways of addressing the social and environmental issues we face. At Future 500, a non-profit, whose goal Gleeson explains “is to build common ground between corporations and their stakeholders — activists, philanthropists, and environmental NGOs  —  to build bridges in order to find…