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Community Changemaker: Paul Davidsen
Apr 6th, 2020 | By Alex Lahr
From personal hardship to a professional calling — this is the journey of sustainable food advocate Paul Davidsen.
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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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Eco-Living, 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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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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Eco-Living
How to Answer the What’s-for-Dinner Question with Less Waste
Sep 30th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
A concerned chef decided to stop “ranting about food waste” and do something about it by starting Ends+Stems, a meal planning service that helps home cooks manage dinner with less waste.
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Eco-Living
Meet a Community Changemaker: Amy Bartucci
Sep 27th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
Meet Amy Bartucci, our first Community Changemaker. Amy is organizing and inspiring her neighbors in suburban Chicago to live more sustainably and make the community a healthier place. “I saw how sorely our planet, and my town in particular, needed my voice,” she says.
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Eco-Living
This Guy Is Growing All of His Food…on Other People’s Land
Aug 20th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
Activist Rob Greenfield is spending a year growing and foraging 100% of his food. As if that’s not challenging enough, he’s growing all this food in urban Orlando with no land of his own. Learn how he’s relying on community to share the land and resources he needs to survive.
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Eco-Living
The Nimble Cook: Put Ingredients First to Reduce Food Waste
Aug 15th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
Ronna Welsh’s new cookbook 'The Nimble Cook' will shift your perspective about the contents of your kitchen. Get her tips for reducing food waste, plus a refreshing gazpacho recipe that makes use of one of summer’s quintessential scraps: watermelon rinds!
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Eco-Living
How Living Car-Free Made My Neighborhood Stronger
Jul 24th, 2019 | By Carla Blackmar
Is the key to going car-free right on your own block? Learn how Carla Blackmar inspired a neighborhood car-sharing system that is strengthening her community while reducing fossil fuel use.
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