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Food System
Introducing the New Shared Earth
Jun 23rd, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
The interest in food gardening is growing like, well, a weed. Many people who want to garden don’t have enough space or time to devote to it. At the same time, we have enough front and back yard space in America—10 million acres--to grow 43.5 million tons of food. Why not match up people who want to garden with people with available land? Thanks to technology, now we can!
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Food System
Racing to End Food Waste
Jun 15th, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
Whether we’re eating peanuts in the cheap seats or grazing from buffets in a luxury box, eating is an integral part of cheering on our favorite teams. But game-day noshing contributes to the problem of food waste, and many sports leagues and events are taking notice. Sustainable America recently conducted a pilot program with NASCAR to speed up the food waste reduction movement.
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Transportation
Are School Buses Ready to Go Electric?
May 29th, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
We often blog about how businesses with vehicle fleets can be more fuel-efficient. But what about our nation’s largest fleet: school buses. Tasked with carrying 25 million children to school every day, our collective school bus fleet is the largest form of mass transit in the United States. Making the 480,000 buses in operation more fuel-efficient would go a long way to reducing oil usage in our country.
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Food System
What Everybody Ought to Know About Starting a Farmers Market
May 22nd, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
Two women started a farmers market in their neighborhood last year, and it's a big hit with the community. Despite its success, this may be a make-or-break season for Black Rock Farmers Market. Find out why...
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Transportation
UPS Commits to Renewable Natural Gas
May 7th, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
Renewable natural gas (RNG) got a boost this week when UPS announced an agreement to supply three of its California fueling stations with the fuel. According to UPS, nearly 400 of its vehicles will begin run on RNG starting this month, making it the shipping industry’s largest user of this alternative fuel.
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Transportation
How Electric Vehicles Can Work for You
May 1st, 2015 | By Jeremy Kranowitz
As a Washington, DC, native, I thought I understood traffic well, but I didn't truly know how bad it could be until I moved to Connecticut. I drive a Ford C-Max Energi to work, and this 16-mile drive can easily take an hour door-to-door, and that's all highway miles.
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Food System
Enter the #IValueFood Earth Day Instagram Contest!
Apr 21st, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
To celebrate Earth Day 2015, Sustainable America’s I Value Food campaign and CompoKeeper are teaming up to host an Instagram photo contest. We want to see all of the creative ways our food-waste savvy followers are reinvigorating those once-forgotten leftovers, repurposing dinner scraps and keeping food out of the landfill.
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Eco Living
Food Waste Tips from Real People
Apr 10th, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
Our staff thinks a lot about food waste at work, whether we're researching data for the I Value Food campaign, helping events go zero waste or composting our coffee grounds in the break room. But even though we're well versed on strategies to reduce food waste, we all still have to work hard each day to waste as little food as possible in our own lives. In order to find out what practices really work, we asked our staff to share the tips that have made the biggest difference in their own kitchens. Here's what they said...
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Eco Living
New Ways to Reduce Idling in Your Community
Apr 1st, 2015 | By Amy Leibrock
Are you ready to take action against vehicle idling? Whether you want to educate drivers in your neighborhood or launch your own idling reduction campaign, we just launched a range of resources and toolkits anyone can download and order on demand. It's your turn to turn it off and pass it on.
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