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2018 Sustainable Buzz is Tampa’s First Public Zero-Waste Certified Event

Events, News & Views, Sustainable Buzz, ThinkSustany® / Andrea Cheney

Sustainable Buzz Receives Zero-Waste Certification WE DID IT! We are so proud and excited to announce that the 11th Annual Sustainable Buzz event, held on November 15th at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts Riverwalk, is officially the first public event in Tampa to achieve the Zero-waste certification. When our new executive director took […]

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Two Innovative Renewable-Energy Financing Programs to Start in St. Petersburg

Community, News & Views, ThinkSustany® / Andrea Cheney

On August 3, 2017, the St. Petersburg City Council voted to approve funding for two innovative new programs – a Solar Co-Op program organized by FLSUN and the League of Women Voters, and the Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) – that should help to make renewable energy and energy efficiency projects more affordable for

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Sustany Tampa Community Garden Tour

Mini Grants, News & Views, ThinkSustany® / Steve Armstrong

Community gardens are sprouting up across the Tampa Bay region, in deed-restricted suburban communities where individual home gardens are discouraged, in urban “food deserts” that lack fresh, affordable produce markets, and in a variety of places in between. Supporters note the many benefits the gardens provide, including greater access to healthy locally-grown food, opportunities for

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Still Accepting Applications for The Sustainable Business Awards!

Events, News & Views, Sustainable Business Awards / Steve Armstrong

There is still time to submit your business for the 9th annual sustainable business awards. Check out the awards and complete a registration online.

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Coral Reefs Dying Off Fast in Japan

News & Views / Steve Armstrong

We here in Tampa Bay understand how our life and livelihood is tied to the Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Our coral reefs are the nurserys and habitats for much of our marine life. Articles like this are of grave concern to us here as water temperature rise. Japans Larget Reef is dead

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Genetically Modified Plants May Save us

News & Views / Steve Armstrong

Geoengineering a solution to climate change is risky. Doing nothing might be riskier. We understand how important our environment is to maintaining our earth. How can science look to enhance our own environment? Read the interesting article on Inverse Science’s website.

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Vote NO on Solar Amendment 1!!!!

Community, News & Views, ThinkSustany® / Steve Armstrong

Even though the Solar Amendment looks like a good thing at first glance….take another look. Florida voters interested in solar power have had a confusing year in 2016, evaluating three proposed amendments to the state constitution and deciding to how to vote on the two that have made it to the ballot box. The most immediate

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The Patel School

Community, News & Views, ThinkSustany® / Editor

The Sustany® Foundation partners with Tampa institutions like The Patel College of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida. Student Noelle Griffin wrote the blog post below: The University of South Florida has partnered with The Sustany® Foundation for years. Their students are part of the green business certification internship. The program allows students

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St. Petersburg Student Makes Big Impact on His School and Tampa Bay!

Community, Mini Grants, News & Views, ThinkSustany® / Editor

by Walker A. Wills, Freshman, Shorecrest Preparatory School My name is Walker A. Willis and I am a freshman at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg. In 2015, I began a four-part sustainability project to benefit the students at my school. My first project was designed and completed as the final requirement for my Eagle

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A Mini-Grant Thank You Note

Community, Mini Grants, News & Views / Editor

This letter was received from a thank you letter we received this week from Glory Moore for the mini-grant Sustany® awarded the Swallow Tailed Kite Telemetry project. A mini-grant $50o was awarded to the Avian Research and Conservation Institute for a locally nesting bird to be fitted with a solar powered GPS.

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