Eco Living
Overwintering Your Produce Can Provide You With Fresh Veggies Year-Round
Feb 28th, 2020 | By Claire LaFontaine
You don’t need to stop gardening when the weather turns cold. Here’s a primer on overwintering vegetables to have garden-fresh food year-round.
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Food System
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
Feb 18th, 2020 | By Breanna Draxler
The resilience of food production in the face of a changing climate will depend on both traditional ecological knowledge and Western science.
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Transportation
Are shared e-scooters good for the planet? Only if they replace car trips
Jan 28th, 2020 | By Jeremiah Johnson
Shared e-scooter programs may seem like a green way to get around, but these small vehicles can have big environmental footprints.
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Innovation
Four Food Waste Innovators from CES 2020
Jan 14th, 2020 | By Alex Lahr
From at-home solutions to commercial integrations, here are a few innovative technologies from CES 2020 that may help fight food waste.
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Innovation
Community Changemakers: Pitt Hydroponics
Jan 2nd, 2020 | By Amy Leibrock
Meet the students of Pitt Hydroponics, a college club with a mission to feed neighbors and give the community tools to grow their own food.
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Food
Investing in Local Food: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Dec 19th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
If you value local food production, shopping local is probably part of your routine. But if you want to do more to build a sustainable food system, there are many ways to invest more than your weekly grocery budget. We’ll show you how.
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Innovation
Sailing into a Clean Shipping Future
Dec 10th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
A shipbuilding project in Costa Rica is striving to show the world that fossil-fuel-free maritime shipping is possible — and can even be profitable.
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Eco Ideas
10 of the Best Sustainability Podcasts
Nov 25th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
Podcasts are a great way to learn about new topics, go in-depth on issues you care about, and geek out on anything under the sun (solar power cars, anyone?). We’ve rounded up 10 of our favorites that cover food, fuel, and other sustainability issues.
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Eco Living
A New Toolkit for Community Change
Nov 18th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
In the movement to make our society more sustainable and resilient, person-to-person environmental actions can help positive changes ripple through a community. In that spirit, we’ve developed a new community action toolkit full of ideas that you can do with neighbors, coworkers, church groups, and friends to improve the environment where you live and work. Ready to make a difference? Download our guide, grab some friends, and dig in.
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