Carmel Current Articles

Beginning in 2022 and in conjunction with the Current in Carmel, Carmel Green Initiative will author a monthly guest column discussing sustainability and other “hot” topics related to the environment. Recent and past articles and Reader’s Views can also be found here.

• Thrifting saves dollars, energy 2/24/26
• Earth Day Art Contest returns 1/13/26
• Green Gift Shop set for Dec. 4 12/1/25
• McCabe to speak Oct. 16 10/14/25
• Art contest winners recognized 6/24/25
• The benefits of choosing native plants 6/10/25
• Lead the charge for e-waste recycling 5/27/25
• Proper mulching promotes healthier trees 5/6/25
• Company installs solar canopies 12/19/24
• Green Gift Shop returns Dec. 5 11/26/2024
• 4 ways to combat fast fashion 10/22/24
• Honoring local young advocates 7/16/24
• Heat pumps provide efficiency 6/11/24
• Contest winners recognized 5/28/24
• Groups address food insecurity 5/7/24
• Climate Action Plan implementation should continue in Carmel 2/20/24
• Oak Tree Planted to Remember Mayor’s Environmental Legacy 12/19/23
• Waste not, want not 11/21/23
• Environmental resilience expert to speak 9/12/23
• Column: Water management matters for Hoosiers, too 6/13/23
• Column: Kids create sustainable art 6/6/23
• Column: Think long term 5/9/23 – Carmel edition – page 19
• Column: Understanding tax credits 5/2/23
• Column: Aim to electrify everything 4/25/23
• Column: Students, schools tackle food waste 3/7/23 – page 14
• Column: Recycle beyond the blue bin 12/13/22 – page 15
• Column: Shop earth friendly gifts 11/29/22
• Column: Keep current on electric vehicles 10/11/22
• Column: Eat Local to help the earth 8/11/22
• Column: Art provides important lessons 8/9/22
• Letter: Climate change helps invasive species thrive 8/2/22
• Letter: Extreme heat deadliest hazard 8/2/22 – page 15
• Column: Plant trees, reap benefits 7/5/22
• Column: Plant to protect pollinators 5/17/22
• Column: Mow less, feed pollinators more 4/26/22
• Column: Simple as flipping a switch 3/8/22
• Column: Go solar this spring 2/19/22
• Letter: Indiana needs a youth climate action plan 2/8/22
• Column: Meet the Carmel Green Initiative 2/1/22
• Letter: High school leaders support carbon dividends climate solution 9/12/2021
• Letter: Invest in solar for financial, societal benefits 6/15/2021
• Column: Young conservatives back climate 9/16/2020
• Letter: Experts, not readers, should inform on climate change  8/30/2020
• Letter: Listen to scientific climate warnings 7/24/2020
• Letter: Climate change is real  1/26/2020
• Solarize Hamilton County initiative encourages alternative energy sources for county, earns ‘Sustainable Champion of the Year’ award 12/28/2017