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Eco Living
Who, Me Waste Food?
Jul 11th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
A new survey found that while 63% of Americans are concerned about the amount of food wasted in the United States, only 1 in 3 is concerned with the amount of food wasted in their own household. In other words, "I don’t waste food, but everyone else does." Discouraging, yes — but there may be a silver lining.
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Food System
Dan Susman: 'Urban Farming Is Our Generation’s Back to the Land Movement'
Jul 8th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Today, we’re featuring a guest post from our friend Dan Susman, director and producer of Growing Cities, a documentary about America’s urban farming movement. Right now, he's raising money to help get the film featured on PBS through a Kickstarter campaign that ends tomorrow, July 9. Let's help him reach his goal!
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Eco Living
Compost Q&A: Troubleshooting the Worm Bin
Jul 7th, 2014 | By Jen Wendeln
Since we started this blog in 2012, our most popular post of all time has been "How to Compost in Your Apartment," an infographic that breaks down how to start a vermicomposting bin. Since then, we’ve heard from a few beginners who’ve had some questions about their worm bins. So we gathered them in one place and went to an expert for help. Here’s how she troubleshoots a few common vermicomposting challenges, like smells, fruit flies, escaping worms and more.
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Eco Living
Staff Challenge: Plan a Sustainable Event
Jul 2nd, 2014 | By Heide Hart
For Earth Day this year, we Sustainable America staff members challenged ourselves to work on ways to be greener in our everyday lives. Today we hear from Heide, who set a goal of producing a low-impact, sustainable gala for Sustainable America. Here’s how she did it…
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Transportation
The Ups and Downs of Charging an EV at the Airport
Jun 26th, 2014 | By Jeremy Kranowitz
The road to widespread electric vehicle adoption continues to be a bumpy one. One of the continuing problems is a relatively limited distance that can be driven between charges and the still-developing EV-charging infrastructure. As a new plug-in hybrid driver, one of the biggest challenges I’ve come across since I’ve started using our organization’s Ford C-Max Energy is charging it at the airport. Here's what I've found...
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Eco Living
Spin for Good and Help Us Win Big
Jun 26th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
We’ve partnered with Spin for Good, a new nonprofit social gaming site, and they’re hosting their first ever Give a Grand Tournament from June 23–30. They’re throwing in $1,000 to start the pot, so we need you to join the tourney on our behalf, and help us win the whole pot!
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Eco Living
Collegiate Sports Are Going Green
Jun 24th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Momentum is growing in the green sports movement as folks are putting more effort into reducing waste and energy consumption at major sporting events. We are excited to see that this trend has spread to collegiate sports, as well. Last week at the Collegiate Sports Sustainability Summit a new resource was released that will make campuses and sporting events greener.
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Food System
Introducing Our Gala Performer...Tamara Tunie!
Jun 20th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
For our Inaugural Gala coming up on June 26, Sustainable America is thrilled to present an engaging vocal performance by Tamara Tunie, a multi-talented performer with experience spanning film, television, and stage. Fans of her character Melinda Warner in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit may not know that Tunie is also an accomplished singer. She's that and then some! Learn more about this talented actor, producer, director and philanthropist...
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Eco-Living
Staff Challenge: Go "Zero-Waste" for a Month
Jun 19th, 2014 | By Katrina Kazda
For Earth Day this year, we Sustainable America staff members challenged ourselves to work on ways to be greener in our everyday lives. Today we hear from Katrina, who set the ambitious goal of achieving a zero-waste home. Here's what happened...
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Eco Living
Staff Challenge: Grow More Food!
Jun 16th, 2014 | By Gray Peckham
For Earth Day this year, we Sustainable America staff members challenged ourselves to work on ways to be greener in our everyday lives. First up is Gray, our director of investments, who said he was going to grow food in containers and compost at home. Here's how he did...
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