Dave shares this from Bloomburg. There are two ways to cut down on our greenhouse-gas emissions: Reduce the amount we make or limit how much of what we make actually gets into the atmosphere. It’s the second solution that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory want to tackle with cute caviar-sized bubbles that can […]
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TAMPA, FL – The Sustany® Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of the Tampa Bay community by promoting sustainability, has announced the selection of Jennifer Silva as its new executive director. Silva will take on leadership of the Sustany® Foundation as the organization looks to grow and increase its impact
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Feb 11, 2015, From Patel College of Global Sustainability: On January 28th, 2015, students from the USF Patel College of Global Sustainability and USF School of Geosciences started the first leg of a 12-week internship to assess sustainability practices at the Straz Center as part of the Sustany® Sustainable Business Program (SSBP). The SSBP, established by
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Burt Helm in the New York Times writes: It was 8 degrees in Minneapolis on a recent January day, and out on Interstate 394, snow whipped against the windshields of drivers on their morning commutes. But inside the offices of Cargill, the food conglomerate, Greg Page, the company’s executive chairman, felt compelled to talk about
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Photographer Amy Scherzer’s Diary: A weekly wrap-up of the Tampa social scene had this to say about the Buzz: Grow and thrive, but protect and sustain. That’s the Sustany® Foundation’s message, served to nearly 1,000 like-minded folks at its seventh annual Sustainable Buzz. Locally sourced, organic, fresh and natural were the buzzwords as 40-plus restaurants,
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From The Economist: [It was] the hottest May ever, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The world’s average surface temperature was 0.74°C above its 20th-century average. Alaska was almost 2°C above its 1971-2000 level. The heat has brought American business out in a rash. Two weeks after President Barack Obama proposed new rules ordering
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On May 6, 2014, The Sustany® Foundation participated in Give Day Tampa Bay and raised $975 from 11 donors. Thank you to those who generously gave in support of a more sustainable in Tampa Bay! While Give Day is over, you can still donate online to Sustany®.
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An engaged community is a sustainable community. The Sustany® Foundation is dedicated to engaging volunteers in projects and programs that improve our local quality of life in Tampa Bay. On April 12 and 13, Sustany® partnered with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful to organize two volunteer events to cleanup our local parks and waterways as part
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An April evening was never more delicious in Tampa than last Tuesday night when over 130 Sustany® supporters took part in a walking tour of downtown restaurants newly designated as Green Businesses by the City of Tampa. The Sustany® Foundation, in collaboration with the Tampa Downtown Partnership and assisted by students from University of Tampa
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Tampa, Florida (April 15, 2014) – As ten downtown businesses head toward the finish line of their three-month journey to adopt “going green” practices, they each have their own tales to tell of challenges and the unexpected impacts on their businesses, their expert student advisors, and the City of Tampa!
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