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21 articles by Sustainable America
Food Systems, Innovation
Get Growing Locally with the Updated Shared Earth App
May 25th, 2022 | By Sustainable America
Looking to plant a garden this spring and summer? Sustainable America’s Shared Earth is out just in time with new updates to connect you to land and gardeners.
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Food System
Say Hello to the All-New Food Rescue Locator
Oct 26th, 2021 | By Sustainable America
Improved design and functionality anchor the Sustainable America’s update of the essential Food Rescue Locator tool.
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Eco-Living
Our Guide to Wasting Less and Building a Sustainable Home
Feb 4th, 2021 | By Sustainable America
Download our room-by-room guide to being less wasteful throughout your home.
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Transportation, Eco-Living
Explore How You Use Fuel with Our Newest Initiative
Jul 22nd, 2020 | By Sustainable America
Every action we take or decision we make consumes fuel in one way or another. Find your place in the fuel consumption conundrum with our newest resource How Do You Fuel.
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Food System, Eco-Living
A Toolkit for Strengthening Your Local Food System
Jun 29th, 2020 | By Sustainable America
When we think about food, we most often think in terms of eating. What will I have for lunch? Which recipe should I try? When should we eat tonight? Should we order takeout?
Download Sustainable America’s toolkit for ideas and resources to build a better local food system in your community.
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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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Eco-Living
How to Host a Film Screening
Oct 15th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
If you are moved to share what you have learned about environmental issues with others, consider hosting a documentary film screening. This guide will provide you with the information needed to plan and host a successful screening in your community.
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Food System
New Toolkit: A Food Waste Challenge for Groups
Sep 10th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
Are you part of a group or organization looking to make a lasting impact on environmental issues? Food waste prevention is one of the most important projects you can tackle. To help groups take action on this important issue, we have just launched a new companion toolkit for the I Value Food: Too Good to Waste Challenge. It’s designed for workplace, school, religious or community groups, or it can be done by a group of neighbors or as a city-wide challenge.
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Transportation
New Anti-Idling Toolkit: Take Action in Your Community
Jul 9th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
In the United States, nearly 4 million gallons of fuel is wasted every day as a result of vehicle idling. We’ve developed a new anti-idling toolkit to make it easy for anyone to take action against idling and make a positive impact on the environment. Help us make turning off the engine rather than idling as natural as wearing a seatbelt!
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Eco-Living
Survey Results: Our Tools Inspire Sustainability Action
May 7th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
Last month, we surveyed Sustainable America followers to find out what they think about Sustainable America’s tools and how they’re using them to take action in their homes and communities. What we learned is exciting and inspiring! Read on to discover how people around the country are making sustainable changes for the better.
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Eco-Living
What Is Your Community Doing to Make Sustainable Change?
Apr 21st, 2019 | By Sustainable America
In 2019, we want to shine a light on the ways communities are working together to make sustainability changes happen. You’re invited to share stores from your community. Click through to find out how.
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Eco-Living
Survey: We Want to Hear From You
Mar 20th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
Share your thoughts about Sustainable America and enter to win a $50 Whole Foods gift card by taking our short survey.
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Transportation
The Back-to-School Rule Every Parent Needs to Know
Aug 25th, 2017 | By Sustainable America
As kids head back to school around the country, here's one school rule every parent need to follow: turn off your car when you're waiting near a school. Use our new infographic to challenge your school community to take the pledge to stop idling.
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Food System
How to Reduce Food Waste Like a Chef
Jul 31st, 2017 | By Sustainable America
Are you ready to tackle food waste in your kitchen? Now, you can do it the way professional chefs do it with the "I Value Food: Too Good to Waste" Challenge.
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Food System
Valentine's Day Is for Food Rescue Lovers
Feb 8th, 2017 | By Sustainable America
This month, we’re teaming up with Jordan Figueiredo, anti-food-waste activist and founder of endfoodwaste.org, to spread the love for food rescue organizations and volunteers that are reducing food waste and hunger in communities around the country. Join in the #LoveFoodRescue movement by using our Food Rescue Locator to find organizations in your area to support.
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Innovation
Our Top Stories of 2016
Dec 27th, 2016 | By Sustainable America
Every year, we like to take a look at our most popular blog posts from the past 12 months. This year’s list highlights a few projects that deserves special mention, in case you missed them.
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Food System
New Program! Sign Up to Reduce Food Waste & Save Money
Aug 8th, 2016 | By Sustainable America
Today, we're excited to launch a new online program that can help you break the cycle of food waste in your kitchen. It's called I Value Food: Too Good to Waste, and it's based on successful strategies developed by the U.S. EPA. Through this program, many families have reduced food waste by up to 50%, saving up to $1,600 per year!
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Food System
A Hyperlocal Solution to Food Waste
Jul 6th, 2016 | By Sustainable America
Schools, campuses, food and beverage producers, and food banks all produce thousands of pounds of food waste each year, and typically have to pay to have the waste hauled to a central location such as a landfill. In landfills, organic matter breaks down and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas that, if captured, can be a valuable source of energy. Enter Impact Bioenergy: the company’s small anaerobic digester systems, or microdigesters, convert food waste and other organic matter like paper and yard clippings into fertilizer and energy in the form of electricity, heat, and even transportation fuels.
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Food System
Winning the Race to End Food Waste
May 31st, 2016 | By Sustainable America
In April, we returned to the Richmond International Raceway for a third time for a weekend of food waste diversion and recovery at the Toyota Owners 400, a NASCAR race. Coordinating food recovery at an event this size is a challenging task, but we learned lessons from two previous races in 2015 that have increased our efficiency — and the amount of food we were able to divert. The results demonstrate the important opportunity that large event venues have to reduce their environmental footprint and help those in the need in their communities.
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Innovation
Sustainable America Joins 1% for the Planet
Apr 18th, 2016 | By Sustainable America
Sustainable America is thrilled to join the growing network of businesses and nonprofit partners aligning through the 1% for the Planet movement to protect and improve our world. Just like the team at 1%, we passionately believe in the power of connections and the strength of a bond between businesses and mission-driven organizations.
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Food System
Food Rescue: Now There's a Map for That
Apr 1st, 2016 | By Sustainable America
To help simplify and strengthen the food donation process, we have just launched the Food Rescue Locator in collaboration with our partners at EndFoodWaste.org and the Food Rescue Alliance. This free online tool allows anyone with excess food (individuals, offices, events, restaurants, you name it!) to find a nearby food rescue group they can donate to.
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