Mayor Buckhorn has started a Hack-a-Thon in an effort to gain citizen feedback on app’s that would have a positive impact on our city. Our sustainable business app idea is currently #5! If you have an idea (or would like to vote on ours!) please use this link to submit and vote. Here is the […]
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Mayor Buckhorn has started a Hack-a-Thon in an effort to gain citizen feedback on app’s that would have a positive impact on our city. Our sustainable business app idea is currently #5! If you have an idea (or would like to vote on ours!) please use this link to submit and vote. Here is the
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing If you live in Florida, it’s easy to take good food for granted. We are often a stone’s throw away from orange groves, beef cattle grazing placidly in pastures, or strawberry fields that stretch to the horizon. Local produce stands and farmers markets abound. But when viewed through a
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by Alison Lueders, Great Green Editing According to a 2009 study by AT Kearney, businesses deemed sustainably-focused in 16 of 18 industries financially outperformed their peers by 15% during the financial crisis. This lesson was not lost on businesses in Tampa Bay. Quietly, without much fanfare, green businesses are growing in the Tampa Bay area.
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FOR American fish, this is a good time to be alive. On May 14th the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that a record six federal fisheries returned to health last year. After a decade of similar progress, 86% of America’s roughly 250 federally monitored commercial fish stocks were not subject to overfishing; 79%
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FOR American fish, this is a good time to be alive. On May 14th the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that a record six federal fisheries returned to health last year. After a decade of similar progress, 86% of America’s roughly 250 federally monitored commercial fish stocks were not subject to overfishing; 79%
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by Alison Lueders, Owner of Great Green Editing One of Tampa’s hidden gems when it comes to promoting sustainability is Going Green Tampa. This organization has been around since 2010. It offers a directory of local green businesses, a busy calendar of events, and articles on every facet of going green – from community-supported agriculture
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SOLAR energy is at a delicate, maybe historic, moment. The cost of the glassy photovoltaic panels that generate most solar electricity—by freeing electrons from a semiconducting material such as silicon—is plummeting. In the past four years their average cost has fallen by more than 75%. At less than $1 per watt of generating capacity, solar
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The first annual Sustany® Conference took a serious and sustained look at the ramifications of climate change in Tampa Bay. A sobering introduction to the scientific data was lead by Dr. Compton Tucker of NASA, with Dr. Mark Stewart, Dr. Jeffrey Ryan and Dr. Frank Edgar Muller-Karger – all from USF . The second session
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Sustany® is a sponsor of ReStitch Tampa and the events begin tomorrow after our Climate Conference and run through midday on Saturday. It looks interesting [re]stitch TAMPA is an international ideas competition for urban public spaces and the waterfront located in downtown Tampa, Florida. This competition is funded in part by the University of South
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