On May 22, The Sustany Foundation celebrated the 11th Annual Sustainable Business Awards at a gala evening event at the historic Tampa Theatre. Over 300 guests attended to “Walk the Green” carpet and celebrate local businesses leading the way in sustainability. We would like to congratulate all of our awardees and thank all of the …
The Sustany® Foundation announced the nominees eligible for the final round of competition for the 2019 Sustainable Business Awards. Winners will be announced at a formal Green Carpet Gala award ceremony in late May at the Tampa Theatre. The announcement was made April 3rd at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business (USF) …
Photo description: Paula Olesen, President of the Apollo Beach Garden Club and Kitty Wallace, Sustany Board Member and President of the Tampa Bay Coalition of Community Gardens standing on the future site of the Apollo Beach Community Garden. On November 20, 2018, the Sustany Foundation presented a $600 check to the Apollo Beach Community Garden. …
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Sustany provided a $500 mini-grant to the Gasparilla Music Festival Foundation to build re-usable and educational waste collection stations with the goal of diverting as much waste as possible. These will be broken down, stored and reused each year. Donor and sponsor dollars have a direct and tangible impact on the environment and the community. …
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 …
2018 Sustainable Buzz is Tampa’s First Public Zero-Waste Certified Event Read More »
A recent history of our bay and how we can sustain its health amid population growth Listen to the podcast version of this article in your browser or download the mp3. Click here! For many of us who live in the Tampa Bay region, the bay itself plays an important role in our overall quality …
A Thriving Tampa Bay Region Depends on the Health of Our Bay Read More »
“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 …
Gulfport Food Forest Restored with Sustany® Mini-Grant Read More »
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 …
Two Innovative Renewable-Energy Financing Programs to Start in St. Petersburg Read More »
Congratulations to the 2017 Sustainable Business Award Winners! The Sustany Foundation and the University of Tampa Center for Ethics held the annual Sustainable Business Awards Wednesday, June 7, at the University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center. Now in their 9th year, the Sustainable Business Awards recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay Area that engage …
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 …
