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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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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Join the Sustany® Foundation at EcoFest on April 12th! Sustany® will feature Rex Stanford with his Hope Growers Project which recently received a Sustany® mini grant. Rex will demonstrate how to turn your old recycle bin into a grow bin. EcoFest 2014 is a community event organized by Learning Gate Community School, the City of
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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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The Sustany® Foundation supported the Hillsborough Community College Beyond Sustainability Conference- Emerging Models of Financing, Investing, and Savings with a mini grant this Feb. 28–March 1, 2014. Conference topics included time banking, green revolving funds and sustainable endowments. The conference had six panels, keynote addresses, and networking opportunities. Keynote speakers were: Edgar Cahn, Distinguished Emeritus
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and The Sustany® Foundation invite you to GO GREEN NIGHT Thursday, March 27 at 7:30pm Lightning vs. NY Islanders Tampa Bay Times Forum In addition to receiving a group discount, $5 from every ticket purchased benefits The Sustany® Foundation when you enter the passcode SUSTANY TO PURCHASE TICKETS, CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Content The Sustany® Foundation continues its program of mini-grants for sustainable projects in 2014. The first recipient this year is Rexford Stanford. Rex had the bright idea of re-using the old recycling containers (the ones Tampa replaced last fall) as “grow boxes” at local schools. And thus was born the
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