In spring 2021, Dynamic.RE reached out to GreenLight Solutions Foundation because the company wanted to inform and educate its clientele on making sustainable impacts in real estate. GreenLight Solutions, with the guidance of [...]
SPS+ Architects is a full-service architecture firm based in Arizona that innovatively works towards creating purposeful, inclusive, and adaptable design solutions for its clients. The company’s forward-thinking approach to collaborating with its clients [...]
EverSmart City is introducing the world’s first smart city fully integrated with blockchain technology and renewable technology. It will be a pilot sustainable city in the Phoenix metro area that promotes a circular [...]
As a project for the fall 2021 semester, our team partnered with Daniel Velez and his company Growly Delivers. Our team is composed of Project Lead Elnur Aliyev and Solutioneer Veronica Chen. Growly [...]
The Sierra Service Project (SSP) is a Christian non-profit that does acts of service through home repair projects in their partner communities, promoting community service opportunities for various age groups. Their projects are [...]
The issue of hunger has roots in many sustainability challenges. Often, rural communities are facing the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation, regardless of their part in generating it. Communities, like ones [...]
GDP, GDP everywhere, welfare on the brink! Although conventional economic growth has assisted in raising global living standards, it has also generated massive environmental degradation, waste, disease, and poverty. Economics, the science of [...]
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Our GreenLight GuideLines 6-phase project process starts with these lines: “Like so many things in life, you get out of GreenLight what you put into it. The more you treat this like your [...]
It’s the dream of every student to get a job in the field of their dreams. GreenLight Solutions Foundation’s very own Meghan Marshall has done that! Meghan is working with Generated Materials Recovery [...]
The GreenLight Solutions Team is excited to welcome Maxwell Scott to our Board of Directors. Maxwell Scott is a skilled public affairs professional with experience leading multimillion-dollar global policy initiatives and a proven [...]
Living a sustainable lifestyle doesn’t have to stop at your reusable water bottle or your tote for groceries. Our homes are filled with products that are harmful to the environment in some [...]
The GreenLight Solutions Team is excited to welcome Masrur Huq to our Board of Directors. Masrur Huq is an entrepreneur with a passion for the outdoors. He loves to hike, kayak, and take [...]
Our team is very excited to share our first-ever Annual Impact Report. It was a uniquely challenging year, but our team rose to the challenge and remained flexible to continue fulfilling our sustainability [...]
Arizona has been a state of drought for twenty-one years. The Colorado River and the Lake Mead water reservoir are drying up and haven’t been able to replenish themselves. The Colorado River is [...]
One of the recurring themes in sustainability best practices is that cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary, collaboration is key. Whether it’s across industries, departments, or job functions, from local to global scale, we all need [...]
Rosebird Farms is a two-acre, certified naturally grown farm located in Kingman, Arizona. Utilizing techniques of high-density planting with a focus on soil health, the farm produces over twenty varieties of produce in [...]
Sustainable agriculture is a global challenge that encompasses issues of hunger, water use, and environmental degradation. Many communities cannot afford to add elements of sustainability to their subsistence farming. In the Spring [...]
After one semester partnering up with GreenLight Solutions, Utopia Smart City has a vision to construct their sustainable society further and partnered up with GreenLight Solutions for another semester. During this semester, Solutioneers [...]
ShapeUpUs is a 501c3 non-profit that raises money through the promotion of health and wellness. ShapeUpUs strives to build a healthier future for all children by providing the knowledge and hands-on experience that [...]
_________________________________________________________________________________ Dynamic.RE became a GreenLight Solutions Project Partner in the spring of 2021 in hopes of bringing sustainable practices into their business for the first time. Dynamic RE is a successful real [...]
Educating High School Students About the Circular Economy With an increasing amount of waste being produced and put into landfills, it is necessary to live more sustainably in our everyday lives and [...]
Empowering Solar in Arizona through Social Outreach FOR Energy is a solar panel installation company that prioritizes sustainability and helping Arizona residents maximize the energy efficiency of their homes. After our initial [...]
The GreenLight Solutions team is very excited to welcome Dr. Christine Cioffe to our Board of Directors. Dr. Christine Cioffe is a Senior Advisor and Board of Advisor member for a variety of [...]
GreenLight Solutions Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit that partners college students and professionals with local business leaders to collaborate on sustainability projects. GreenLight's mission is to educate and empower students and business [...]
Our world is full of finite natural resources, and it takes these resources to create everything in our economies; currently, such as water and fossil fuels. Needless to say, everything we have is [...]
The Fresh Food Collaboration Movement (FFC) is a collaborative effort between Green Living Magazine and Urban Farming Education. The movement seeks to alleviate food scarcity and food access issues caused by the COVID-19 [...]
Urban communities are facing many challenges when it comes to integrating sustainability with day to day living. Large cities mean more urban sprawl--which means more cars, longer travel times, and therefore higher emissions. [...]
Climate change poses significant challenges to the Phoenix Valley. Among these challenges are increased flooding, prolonged drought, groundwater depletion, loss of agriculture revenues, and temperature rise; yet extreme heat poses the greatest threat [...]
Shape Up US is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that strives to build a healthier future for all children by providing the knowledge and hands-on experience that will shape their lives. With a focus on [...]
As the global population increases, there’s been an up-and-coming challenge about the methods to create housing developments without severe economic, social, and environmental consequences. As a pioneer in the field of sustainable societies, [...]
Interviewer: Samantha Esparza A., Solutioneer. Ashley Weisman was promoted to Executive Director (ED) at GreenLight Solutions Foundation in Fall 2020 after four years with the organization. She started as a student Solutioneer in [...]
Written by Caroline Ehret 2020 has been quite a year - a year of reckoning, a year of novelty, and a year of unrelenting change. But above all, it has been a year [...]
Executive Director, Ashley Weisman, was featured on the J Cooper Travels Podcast - Sustainable Travel & Local Support: Students Making a Difference in the Environment. Thank you Jacqui for highlighting the opportunities that [...]
GreenLight Solutions was highlighted in a recent Sustainable Career Pathways article as a great career-starting sustainability opportunity for college students. "GreenLight Solutions is a nonprofit that trains student teams and connects them with businesses [...]
Written by Ryan Mores, CoFounder & Operations Director of GreenLight Solutions Foundation TL;DR: GLSF now has a full portfolio of every Student-Led Project we’ve completed since 2013 Each project contains a [...]
Thank you for joining me as we learn all about GreenLight Solutions. What you’re reading is a transcribed conversation between Kevin Keleher, the founder of GreenLight, and myself, a first-year GreenLight Solutioneer, about [...]
We are grateful to be awarded the People's Choice Award during ASU's 2020 State of Sustainability! A big THANK YOU goes out to our entire team of students at ASU, the Leadership Team, [...]
Evolution is nature's way; all things must evolve or die out, and such is the way of life. This is both a challenge and an opportunity, for in some ways we are [...]
Happy Fall 2020 everyone! My name is Joseph Weeks, GreenLight’s new VP of Projects and Internal Development Intern. In this post, I will be giving a brief intro [...]
In a recent online article, Chairman of the Board Kevin Keleher was asked for his insight into become a Benefit Corporation "The real question is, do you want to be a successful corporation? [...]
Arcosanti was founded by Paulo Soleri to “Reduce urban sprawl while promoting density.” As an urban laboratory for sustainable city planning, its infrastructure is rooted in arcology, where architecture and ecology live [...]
GreenLight Solutions Foundation intern Jennifer (Heejoo) Min interviewed recent alumni Justin Ahn to learn about his journey from college to the professional world. Hi Justin! Tell us about your project and your [...]
GreenLight Solutions Foundation intern Jennifer (Heejoo) Min interviewed recent alumni Christian Volp to learn about his journey from college to the professional world. How did you get involved with GreenLight? I was studying abroad [...]
In the midst of increasing uncertainty, global business leaders are making decisions to help their stakeholders cope with the immediate impact of the pandemic and the resounding effects of its consequences. A crisis [...]
Thank you to Green Living Magazine and Kait Spielmaker for shining a spotlight on GreenLight! "With the new projects on the horizon, Co-Founder & Operations Director Ryan Mores states, 'Our team is excited [...]
GreenLight Solutions has been an inclusive and diverse community of changemakers from our inception in 2013. Our community includes people from many varied backgrounds and cultures, and we know that our diversity makes [...]
Our project will enable Stardust Building Supplies to enhance its economic pillar of sustainability by saving money recycling old appliances. As a nonprofit that collects and repurposes technology, Stardust receives many different used [...]
GreenLight was featured on an Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce Sip & Connect. Program Development Director Ashley Weisman talks about Climate Change and COVID-19 parallels, the Business Case for Sustainability, and how GreenLight [...]
Tiny homes are the housing trend of the future. Not only are they cute, but they are an innovative way to live sustainably. This semester a team of GreenLight Solutioneers collaborated with Tiny [...]
Anyone from the Phoenix-Metro area knows that high heat in the summertime can be extremely limiting. Soaring temperatures prevent people from spending time outdoors, and the high heat even creates health risks for [...]
Our team worked with Solar United Neighbors this semester. They are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focusing on increasing public awareness regarding solar energy. Their three main goals are establishing solar co-ops, increasing civic [...]
As more of the business world is shifting to remote workplaces and preparing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, I thought it might be helpful to share some tips on greening [...]
GreenLight Solutions Foundation intern Eddie Portillo interviewed recent alumni Christopher Bodnar to learn about his journey from college to the professional world. What degrees did you receive from ASU and when did [...]
Ashley Weisman was featured on The Kimberly Miner Podcast - Your Best You to discuss the intersection of sustainability, health, & wellness. Watch the full podcast on Facebook.
