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Eco Living
Support Sustainable America Through AmazonSmile
Jul 18th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Through its new AmazonSmile program, Amazon will donate .05% of eligible purchases to a charity of your choice, including Sustainable America, every time you shop. We’re inviting all our supporters to participate!
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Eco Living
4 New Restaurants Rethink Food Waste
Jul 16th, 2014 | By Nicole Rogers
Restaurants are a significant source of food waste, but we found four innovative eateries are proving that they can work without waste. Plus, find out how you can minimize food waste every time you dine out.
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Eco Living
10 Things to Do With Banana Peels
Jul 14th, 2014 | By Ellen Niz
Perfect sliced on a bowl of cereal, blended in a smoothie, or just enjoyed by itself as an afternoon snack, the banana is the most popular fruit in the United States. The fruit even comes with its own convenient packaging, a peel that doubles as a mess-free way to hold it. And when you’re done, you just discard the peel like any old wrapper. But should you? Check out our infographic to find out.
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Eco Living
Who, Me Waste Food?
Jul 11th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
A new survey found that while 63% of Americans are concerned about the amount of food wasted in the United States, only 1 in 3 is concerned with the amount of food wasted in their own household. In other words, "I don’t waste food, but everyone else does." Discouraging, yes — but there may be a silver lining.
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Food System
Dan Susman: 'Urban Farming Is Our Generation’s Back to the Land Movement'
Jul 8th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Today, we’re featuring a guest post from our friend Dan Susman, director and producer of Growing Cities, a documentary about America’s urban farming movement. Right now, he's raising money to help get the film featured on PBS through a Kickstarter campaign that ends tomorrow, July 9. Let's help him reach his goal!
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Eco Living
Compost Q&A: Troubleshooting the Worm Bin
Jul 7th, 2014 | By Jen Wendeln
Since we started this blog in 2012, our most popular post of all time has been "How to Compost in Your Apartment," an infographic that breaks down how to start a vermicomposting bin. Since then, we’ve heard from a few beginners who’ve had some questions about their worm bins. So we gathered them in one place and went to an expert for help. Here’s how she troubleshoots a few common vermicomposting challenges, like smells, fruit flies, escaping worms and more.
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Eco Living
Staff Challenge: Plan a Sustainable Event
Jul 2nd, 2014 | By Heide Hart
For Earth Day this year, we Sustainable America staff members challenged ourselves to work on ways to be greener in our everyday lives. Today we hear from Heide, who set a goal of producing a low-impact, sustainable gala for Sustainable America. Here’s how she did it…
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Transportation
The Ups and Downs of Charging an EV at the Airport
Jun 26th, 2014 | By Jeremy Kranowitz
The road to widespread electric vehicle adoption continues to be a bumpy one. One of the continuing problems is a relatively limited distance that can be driven between charges and the still-developing EV-charging infrastructure. As a new plug-in hybrid driver, one of the biggest challenges I’ve come across since I’ve started using our organization’s Ford C-Max Energy is charging it at the airport. Here's what I've found...
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Eco Living
Spin for Good and Help Us Win Big
Jun 26th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
We’ve partnered with Spin for Good, a new nonprofit social gaming site, and they’re hosting their first ever Give a Grand Tournament from June 23–30. They’re throwing in $1,000 to start the pot, so we need you to join the tourney on our behalf, and help us win the whole pot!
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