The city of Normal has been a leader in innovative energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy initiatives and has made significant progress in reducing its carbon footprint. In recognition of its many achievements, the Illinois Sierra Club is presenting Normal with a 2012 Cool Cities Achievement Award Saturday, January 12th…
Radon is an odorless, colorless, naturally-occurring, radioactive gas that enters our homes from the soil. We can easily ignore it because it doesn’t bother our senses in any way. However, it is the number one cause of lung cancer after smoking. Every home should be tested for radon; if the…
The Town of Normal today signed an agreement which will save its Ameren residential customers 27% on electrical supply costs. The Town’s contract with Homefield Energy, an Ameren subsidiary, locks in a rate of 4.099 cents per kilowatt hour. This compares to Ameren’s summer rate of 5.8 cents and non-summer…
The Illinois Green Business Association is currently looking for talented, business and sustainability minded individuals to fill the position of Certification Manager. The Certification Manager is a new position for the IGBA that would focus on working with businesses, standards, and consulting/certification services for the IGBA Green Business Certification Program….
The Project/Outreach Manager will be a half-time contract position reporting to the Green Top Grocery Cooperative Interim Board. Primary responsibility will be to coordinate planning and execution of the co-op development process and to maintain momentum needed to make demonstrable progress toward store opening. Because this is a half-time position,…
Bloomington, IL (November 14, 2012) – Normal Gadgets, the cellphone-smartphone-tablet repair shop based in Bloomington, has teamed up with CDV/Neville House and Cell Phones For Soldiers to accept gently used and broken cell phones as donations. Normal Gadgets is asking Bloomington/Normal residents to help troops to call home and those…
With a year-long effort complete, the Ecology Action Center is excited to announce the success of the first-ever locally funded Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection in McLean County. The September 29 event at the Interstate Center in Bloomington drew an unprecedented 1,951 cars carrying the wastes of nearly 3,000 area…
