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Eco Living
Cooking for One With Zero Waste
Apr 22nd, 2014 | By Laura Waldman
For us singletons living alone out there, and hey, there are a lot of us — 27% of U.S. households to be exact — cooking for one can result in a lot of wasted food. Food packaging sized for bigger households, recipes designed to feed families, and confusing expiration dates all make it difficult to create properly portioned meals for one without wasting food and money. But with a few smart strategies, it's possible to stop throwing cash down the garbage disposal without resorting to eating frozen Lean Cuisines every night.
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Eco Living
Spring into Better Gas Mileage
Apr 13th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Finally, spring. Daffodils! Budding trees! Short sleeves! Rising gas prices! Wait, what was that last one?
In case you hadn’t noticed, the average price of gas jumped from $3.49 to $3.62 in the last month, and prices are expected to hover around $3.57 a gallon throughout the summer, just one penny below last year’s average.
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Eco Living
Thinking Beyond 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'
Apr 7th, 2014 | By Katrina Kazda
As the field of environmental sustainability matures, so does its core concepts, goals and operating principals. For example, “reduce, reuse, recycle” has served as a guiding principles of sustainability work over the last several decades. While the three Rs remain an important theme, the conversation is beginning to shift. The very concept of “waste” is being called into question.
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Eco Living
3 Steps to Recycling More at Work
Mar 19th, 2014 | By Heide Hart
Part of our work at Sustainable America includes helping events move toward zero waste. Now that we have moved into our new headquarters, we are working to bring this effort home. Not surprisingly, workplace recycling requires care and planning much like at events. The process is ongoing, but we would like to share what we’ve experience so far and a few solutions that we’ve found helpful.
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Eco Living
FC Gives — And Beyond
Mar 17th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
The Big Day has finally come…and gone! After about a month of promotion, promise and preparation, Fairfield County Giving Day is over. The results were impressive, and we are very grateful for the support we received.
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Eco Living
3 Golden Rules of Recycling
Feb 28th, 2014 | By Katrina Kazda
Recycling programs have been in place for decades, so you’d think we’d all be pros by now. But many of us still hesitate at the recycling bin as we try to figure out what can and cannot be recycled. Which numbers can I recycle? Cap or no cap? What about plastic bags? And as communities begin to add organics collection programs, there’s bound to be an extra layer of confusion around the compost bin. These three simple rules—plus some insight into what happens to your recyclables once they’re dumped in the truck—will set you on the path to being a zero-waste champion!
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Eco Living
Success Means Wasting Less
Feb 27th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
As we head into an exciting fundraising campaign this Friday — Fairfield County Giving Day — we wanted to share more about the specific projects your generous donations help fund.
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Eco Living
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Feb 17th, 2014 | By Jeremy Kranowitz
Peer pressure can be a powerful thing. It’s not so great in middle school when it can lead to group bullying or encourage youth to take unnecessary risks. But when it comes to making small behavior changes, it turns out that we are more likely to take a step when we can look to our peers for support—or a little friendly competition.
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Eco Living
College Student Speaks Out About Idling
Feb 12th, 2014 | By Katrina Kazda
In January, Sustainable America received an unexpected call. It was from Clare Roth, a Northwestern University senior journalism student who had learned of our "I Turn It Off" pledge campaign to end unnecessary vehicle idling. A member of her school’s speech team, Roth had chosen vehicle idling as the topic for the prepared speech she would be competing with throughout the season—and she wanted to see if we could send her materials to hand out at the events.
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Eco Living
Save the Date: March 7, a Day of Giving
Feb 7th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
If you’d like to help Sustainable America efforts to make our nation's food and fuel systems more sustainable, mark your calendar for March 7. Your donation will help us compete for bonus funds on Fairfield County Giving Day.
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