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

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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2017 Sustainable Business Awards a Success

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

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Sustany Tampa Community Garden Tour

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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St. Petersburg Becomes First Florida City and 20th U.S. City to Commit to 100% Clean Energy

More information available at press conference on December 9, 2016. ST. PETERSBURG, FL –  The Saint Petersburg City Council  today formally approved the city’s commitment to transitioning to 100% clean, renewable energy. Saint Petersburg represents the first city in Florida and the 20th city in the country to make such a commitment.

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