May 23, 2018
Companies spend countless years chasing the clean energy dream. In today’s world, corporations are under more pressure than ever to ensure their manufacturing methods are both sustainable and environmentally friendly. In the most recent news, Apple announced their facilities are …
May 16, 2018
Tiny Columbus, New Mexico is exactly what it sounds like: a small town with a population just over 1,600. Walking into the streets of Tiny Columbus, you wouldn’t expect to see much beyond a rogue tumbleweed here and there. However, …
May 14, 2018
In part two of our two-part series, get to know our tour guide Tony.
Hometown: Pittsburgh
Current City: I grew up in, and still live in, Penn Hills
College/Major: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Communications Media major, with a minor in …
May 8, 2018
It goes without saying that water bottles are harmful to the environment. In fact, enough plastic is thrown away each year that if you were to place plastic bottles from end to end, you could circle the entire globe four …
May 8, 2018
If you’ve been on an Inventionland tour recently, you’ve most likely met Madie. She leads the tours, gives fascinating facts about the sets, and always greets our guests with a smile on her face. But who IS Madie? We asked …
May 2, 2018
With the growing concern for our environment looming over their heads, companies are seeking out the most sustainable manufacturing methods for their products. It’s no surprise that when it comes to lumber, some companies go above and beyond the conventional …
April 25, 2018
As children, we all used to scour our yards in search of dandelions. Little did we know we were actually searching for what could be the key to a pollution-free future. While most farmers and homeowners do their best to …
April 24, 2018
We don’t think a lot about where our things come from. We simply use our toothbrush or our computer or coffee mugs, rarely giving them a second thought. Nor do most of us consider that hours and hours of work …
April 23, 2018
To build or not to build, that is the question. Theater productions have the ability to enthrall audiences…to take them out of reality and transport them to a different era, to a whole new world. Now, this is largely due …
April 18, 2018
Gathered around a table, researchers and scientists from a plastic manufacturing firm anxiously stare into a Petri dish not knowing whether their latest experiment will produce the solution they have so desperately been in search of.
One scientist carefully removes …