by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing For those of you still basking in the summer’s final week, it can be hard to let go of that “aaaahhhh” feeling. But good times await! There are many green events to look forward to – and add to your calendar – for fall. They range from the educational […]
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing The Republican National Convention rolls into Tampa next week. Some 50,000 visitors and 15,000 media are expected. It’s exciting to have Tampa in the national spotlight, and I hope the convention organizers succeed in providing those visitors with a fantastic experience of the city and its environs. We should
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing The Patel School of Global Sustainability at USF hosted a signing ceremony yesterday morning. In front of a crowd of well over 100 people, USF President Judy Genshaft, TECO President John Ramil and Hillsborough County EPC Director Richard Garrity formally launched this joint effort between public and private institutions
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing The Wonders of Water Water is basic to life. Roughly 60% of your body is water, 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, and humans die far more quickly from lack of water than from lack of food. The search for life on Mars continues because scientists
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing It’s not easy being green when it comes to getting around Tampa Bay. Many of us are “car-dependent”, as the site WalkScore.com puts it. The score for my house – on a scale from 1 to 100, where 100 is the best – is 6. That’s not a typo
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A scout troop from Valrico is going to be working concessions for football games (Bucs/USF) over the course of the Fall and is going to share the proceeds with Sustany®. The Troop will use the funds to help defray expenses, purchase needed, new equipment and establish scholarships for scouts who are in need of financial
Boy Scout Troop 665 of Brandon Florida teams with The Sustany® Foundation. Read More »
Bill McKibben writes in Rolling Stone If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven’t convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change: June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record for the
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing Since real estate and construction together comprise almost 20% of Florida’s 2011 GDP, let’s take a moment to talk about green building. Buildings – both residential and commercial – produce about 40% of CO2 emissions worldwide due to heating, cooling and lighting. This makes them one of the biggest
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Be a part of our Fifth Annual Sustainable Buzz in Tampa this November. Help us plan and execute the most enjoyable evening of the year for the local sustainability community and friends. Contact david@sustany.org for more info.
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing It’s that time again – the deadline to submit an application for the next round of mini-grants from Sustany® is August 1, 2012. As you know, Sustany®’s mission is to promote sustainability here in Tampa Bay. One of the most powerful ways it does that is by providing grants
Got a Great Green Idea? Apply for a Sustany® Mini-Grant! Read More »
