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Transportation
California passes a bill to legalize self-driving cars
Oct 19th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
California Senate Bill 1298 legalizes self-driving cars. And if Google owner Sergey Brin has his way, Google software will soon be driving them...
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Eco Living
Introducing Jeremy Kranowitz
Oct 18th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Sustainable America is happy to announce the appointment of Jeremy Kranowitz as its Executive Director. Mr. Kranowitz brings 20 years of management and not-for-profit experience to the position, the last 10 of which he spent at [The Keystone Center](http://www.keystone.org/) in a number of senior roles.
“We are delighted to welcome Jeremy to Sustainable America,” said Chairman Nicholas Tiller. “His passion for our work and his extensive experience with issues related to energy, the environment and education will help Sustainable America accomplish its mission of finding solutions to the potential food-fuel crisis.”
Mr. Kranowitz was kind enough to answer a few questions for the Sustainable America Blog about his background and his goals for Sustainable America.
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Eco Living
Bokashi composting
Oct 17th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Get started with Bokashi composting using this great infographic!
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Transportation
Wastewater to biofuel?
Oct 15th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Biofuel from wastewater? The latest innovation in the field of advanced biofuels may hold some promise for the future.
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Food System
How To Make The Food System More Energy Efficient
Oct 12th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
This article was originally published in Scientific American, and is republished on the Sustainable America blog with the permission of the author, Dr. Michael E. Webber.
"Examining our food supply through the lens of energy use reveals opportunities for smart policies, innovative technologies and new dietary choices that can potentially solve food and energy problems together. The same steps would also make our bodies, and our ecosystems, healthier."
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Eco Living
TakeOutWithOut
Oct 10th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
TakeOutWithOut asks you to BYOR (Bring Your Own Reusables) the next time you get take out!
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Food System
Dirt!
Oct 8th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Dirt the movie shows us how beautiful dirt is and how important healthy soil really is to our existence.
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Food System
PodPonics
Oct 5th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
PodPonics says that growing food in shipping containers is a 'local everywhere' approach.
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Transportation
The U.S. Navy is Seeking Independence From Foreign Oil
Oct 3rd, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is on a mission to decrease the U.S. Navy's dependence on foreign oil. In his words, “We simply buy too much petroleum either from potentially or actually volatile places on earth.” In 2009, he announced a plan to fuel half the Navy’s energy consumption through alternative fuels by 2020. “We’re doing this for one reason,” Mabus stated, “We’re doing it to be better warfighters.” The Navy has started to demonstrate some of the progress they have made with "drop-in replacement" advanced biofuels this year.
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