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Food System
Sustainable America & Grind2Energy Hit the Road to Promote Composting!
May 8th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Warmer weather is a sign of lots of great summer things to come, including one of our favorites: outdoor festivals. Last year, we helped make a summer concert series in Connecticut a zero-waste success, and we’re at it again this year, this time in partnership with Grind2Energy®. Our first stop of the season was at last week’s Kentucky Derby Festival in downtown Louisville, where we demonstrated how giant turkey legs can fuel a car, heat a home and make compost.
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Transportation
5 Alt-Fuel Vehicles We Liked at the New York Auto Show (video)
May 5th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Last week, the Sustainable America staff took a field trip to the 2014 New York International Auto Show to check out the latest in alternative-fuel vehicles. From concept vehicles that defy categorization to practical, road-ready cars with ever-improving gas mileage, we were excited to see the range of innovations at work in the auto industry. Check out our video recap of what caught our eye at the show.
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Transportation
How the Trucking Industry Can Save Billions of Gallons of Fuel Per Year
May 1st, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
For the 1.7 million truckers in the United States, their trucks are homes away from home. During overnights and rest breaks, they need to eat, relax, catch up with their families and get a good night's sleep. The problem? Most truckers power appliances, computers, heaters and air conditioners by idling their engines — some up to 8 hours a day, more than 300 days a year — which wastes fuel and money and pollutes the air. Check out our infographic to learn more about the truck idling issue and some of the solutions the trucking industry is starting to use to save fuel.
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Eco Living
Why Katherine Collins Takes Investment Advice from Honeybees
Apr 28th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
One of the hottest topics in design and technology is biomimicry, the practice of looking to nature to inspire innovation and solve problems. Biomimicry has been the basis of everything from Velcro to faster bullet trains to brighter LED light bulbs, and now, thanks to Katherine Collins, nature’s wisdom can be applied to finance and investing.
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Eco Living
Let the Earth Day Games Begin!
Apr 22nd, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
In recognition of Earth Day, Sustainable America is launching a month-long staff sustainability challenge. Each staff member is taking on a challenge, from home composting to eating less meat, which they will tackle over the next month, documenting challenges faced, obstacles overcome, and joys found.
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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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Transportation
Notes from the Road: ECO:nomics
Apr 16th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Earlier this month, I attended The Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics conference where top business and environmental leaders, policy makers and entrepreneurs met to discuss the intersection of business and the environment. This wasn’t a sudden embrace of the green movement by the preeminent business newspaper in the U.S. — it was a very realistic look at both the opportunities and threats that these companies face from environmental issues. Here’s a peek at what these leaders are thinking about food and fuel issues.
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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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Transportation
Nick Tiller Calls for Gas Conservation on CNBC
Apr 11th, 2014 | By Amy Leibrock
Part of our mission is to educate the public about food and fuel issues, and our founder, Nick Tiller, had a great opportunity to do just that recently. He was a guest on CNBC's mid-day show Fast Money: Halftime Report, where he explained how his background as a financial analyst and portfolio manager in the energy and food sectors led him to start a nonprofit organization.
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