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TIME not wasted at trash fashion show

July 26, 2011Last updated August 22, 2011 by Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, VA. – The latest trend in fashion is usually found inside a magazine – not composed of the magazine itself. But for trash fashion designer Sophia Mast, fashion is

University students enjoy fruits of labor

July 19, 2011Last updated August 15, 2011 by Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, VA. – Future Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students will not have to go far to enjoy an apple, pear or fig on their way to class. Will Hairston, EMU

BEYOND WEATHERIZING: Environmentally Friendly Homes

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

Alex Ivanitsky ’02 and A. Neal Lewis, class of ’01, started a construction company in Harrisonburg, Virginia, soon after their college years. A few years later, after Lewis took coursework

CIVILIZED WAY TO LIVE

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

At the Landis Homes community in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Dr. Richard ’60 and Ruth Slabaugh ’63 Weaver were the first couple to move into one of nearly two dozen cottage homes

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

Lester ’71 and Mary Beth ’72 Lind were undergraduates at EMU when the environmental movement was taking off. They were on campus when the first Earth Day was celebrated. They

STRAW BALE HOMES: Getting to Zero in Heating Costs

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

The house taking shape on the property of Kim and Mike Martin, both ’94 grads, in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was largely inspired by the couple’s service term with Mennonite Central Committee

Designing for Health

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

After being exposed to a variety of toxic substances while renovating his home in 1980, Clint Good, class of ’77, developed hypersensitivities to compounds in paints, adhesives and other building

IT LOOKS A LITTLE UNUSUAL…

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

The house isn’t technically round, but with 20 sides, it’s close. And it looks unusual enough that strangers sometimes drop in just to ask about the place Elmer ’64 and

Books Show the Way How to Live Simply, with Pleasure

June 23, 2011Last updated July 23, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

Eating locally and in season wasn’t a fad during Mary Beth Lind’s childhood in rural West Virginia. It was just the way things worked. Her mother grew a large garden,

EMU Play Explores Faith and Ecological Concern

May 16, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by Jim Bishop

The Affording Hope Project (www.affordinghopeproject.org), EMU’s Theater Department and Community Mennonite Church of Harrisonburg is co-sponsoring a presentation of “Leaps and Bounds,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22, in the Mainstage