“Planting fruit trees on public lands is like planting a renewable source of joy and wonder for all,” is how Crea Egan sees her sustainable project, the Gulfport Food Forest (GFF). Egan is a landscape architect who has been interested in public art installations mixed with landscape since college. Planting fruit trees on public land […]
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Content Maintaining enough clean, fresh water for a growing, global population is a top-of-mind challenge for people who know even a little about sustainability issues. Water is a serious problem right now, from the historic California drought to as far away as Australia. And it’s an issue in our own
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The 2015 Sustainable Business Awards were a great success! Congratulations to the 2015 Sustainable Business Award Winners! 2015 Award Winners Large Business Category: Accuform Manufacturing, Inc. JJ Taylor Distributing Florida, Inc. Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Small Business Category: Abby’s Health & Nutrition Java Planet Organic Coffee Roasters, Inc. NaturZone Pest Control Pasco Iron & Metal Seminole Heights
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Good Day Tampa Bay host Lindsay Milbourne featured two Sustany® Sustainable Business Program restaurants on Fox 13 this week. Eric Weinstein at Zudars and Sing Xuan Hurt at Anise Global Gastrobar showcased their sustainable business operations. Click here to watch the clip at Fox News
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Content The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay and the University of Tampa celebrated 7 winners of the 2014 Sustainable Business Awards luncheon last month. The award recognizes each business for “outstanding sustainable business practices and their commitments to people, planet and profit.” Each of these businesses makes Tampa Bay a healthier,
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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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The Sustany® Foundation (Sustany®) and the City of Tampa awarded Florida Hospital Carrollwood with the Green Business Designation at a ceremony in the hospital’s garden on March 19, 2014. As the first hospital in Hillsborough County to be recognized for sustainable practices, Florida Hospital Carrollwood launched a green initiative in 2011 and has since saved
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The Sustany® Foundation and Tampa Downtown Partnership Recognize Sustainable Businesses. Local businesses are saving some green as they go green. As ten downtown Tampa businesses implement sustainability plans, they have discovered sustainability goes hand in hand with business profitability. Under Sustany®’s guidance, University of Tampa and University of South Florida student sustainability specialists worked with
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The Sustany® Foundation and the Tampa Downtown Partnership invite you to celebrate sustainable downtown businesses on Earth Day. On April 22, 2014 starting at 5:30pm, join our guided walking tour of four restaurants committed to sustainability. Ticket price includes small plates at all restaurants, guided-walking route, and chance for door prizes donated from Sustany® Sustainable
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