Looking and Listening - Dr Mike Goatley

I hate shopping but I will sometimes go to the Christiansburg mall with my wife, Lisa, as long as she will let me sit in one of the rocking chairs out in the common area so I can watch and listen to all that is going on around me. And if you pay a...

Ink Cartridges and Razor Blades - Frans Jager

Every time I walk into Staples to buy ink cartridges for my HP 'all-in-one' and every time I walk into Walgreen's to buy new blades for my Gillette Mach II, I take a hit in my pocket book and receive a jolt of inspiration to find a way to apply th...

Cool Things at the GIS Dr Brandon Horvath

Well it's the week after GIS and as I sat down to write my column I thought of several cool things that I saw at GIS, that I'd like to share with all of you. The first was the new panel discussion sessions that were prevalent throughout the week. ...

Earth Day Every Day - Performance Nutrition

"When we launched Performance Nutrition in 1999, our government had just passed new regulations that limited certain pesticides and we recognized a need for pesticide alternatives. We realized that those regulations would eventually expand to fert...

By Stacie Zinn Roberts

Earth Day

I was almost a teenager on April 22, 1970, the date of the first Earth Day. At that time, the day had a profound affect on many of my friends and me, but of the "old gang" I was the only one that ended up pursuing the environmental dream. I wen...

By Joel Simmons