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"Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment." This site s full of information on sustainability and more. Great links are attached to this site. Want to know how to help? Read more....

This is a very informative website. It explains what sustainability is, and what is being done to preserve it. Also, it explains what we can do to help.

This is great article to grasp what exactly sustainability is. I like how it really goes it to depth about what exactly it is instead of just giving a general defining statement, it helps with the comprehension of what it really means. It also shows what can be done to help this also helped with the comprehension because it gave examples so also an opportunity to reflect as well.

The Ample Harvest campaign is helping to reduce the amounts of squandered food in America. They are setting up donations to help those who live with empty stomaches

This webisite consists of tips and local information on helping to stop food waste. It also includes home composting which helps you learn how to waste less food and build your own gardens.

This website is about a global effort call Unilever Food Solutions North America. They are coming together to help people be more aware of food waste. They are going to give people resources, tools, and skills to help them not waste so much food. They are helping mostly the foodservice industry tackle this problem of food waste.

This website/article is about how Americans can recycle paper. It tells how it helps to recycle paper and what is done with the paper. Also it gives information on how to recycle paper. It gives other information on how schools can start programs on recycling, local recycling collectors by where a person lives. This website is very helpful for recycling paper and helping people do it.

This website gives information on how we can help save our environment. It has different sections which give knowledge on certain subjects, like Smart Growth and Sustainable Communities, Air,Climate and Energy, Sustainable Water, and Materials Managment and Safe Products. 

It is the EPA web page. They give ideas and ways to help improve the environment in all facets of life.

This article discusses the types of action EPA is taking in regards to sustainability. They also talk about the growth, the water, and the efforts they are making to help communities prosper the environment, economy, and society.

On average, 1,300 pounds of food waste per employee per year is sent to the landfill. About 3.25 billion pounds of food, in 2008, was sent to the landfill by supermarkets. Changing our shopping habits can help our local grocery stores cut back on sending food to the landfill.

Helpful ways for supermarkets not to waste food such as donate to food banks, have sales.

In this article the author discusses that food waste is a serious problem and gives some simple facts. The author also discusses that with the food being wasted; the food can go to citizens who are poor and in hunger.

(Sent original article to wrong ENG 102 group) Ever thought as a college student you could make a difference? Well a group of Students from Pomona's College started to try to save food from being tossed out. They would package it and send it to a shelter to help those in need. 3.7 million adults struggle to put food on the table, but 1.5 million tons of food get wasted and thrown away. Now there is something wrong with that. Donating food to the need has become a solution, but what if your willingness to help out gets turned down? One person turned donation food donations because the fear of rotten food and health code. How are we suppose to help food waste if others are squashing our solutions?

To help reduce food waste you could recycle your spare food and make different food dishes. Another, thing you could do is save your leftovers in a container where they are visible that way you can see the edible food you have. Remember it is still safe to use food past their expiration and "use by" date these dates refer to quality not safety. Lastly, you should shop for items you know you will use soon instead of items you do not need that way they don't go to waste.

The number of food wasted worldwide is huge. Our uneaten fruits and vegetables add to the total amount of food waste. Another, factor that adds to food waste is edible food being thrown out because of the self-life date. If there was a way for packaging to extend the life of opened food it would help cut down or food waste. Reports show financial, managerial and technical restrictions in harvesting, and the different climates in facilities have more to do with food waste.

This website is home to individuals who work with companies to create solutions to problems concerning sustainability. They can be hired to work with a company and create custom solutions to the problems with sustainable methods a company may be experiencing.

The Abbott group helps companies create value through the development of innovative solutions to environmental, social and governance challenges.

Established in 1987, SustainAbility helps to give current information on sustainability

This article doesn't just go over the harmful things that are being created but the industrial waste but also goes over things we can do to help.

40 percent of the food being thrown away in the US equals up to 165 billion dollars.  That's a lot of money, if we saved a little more maybe we could help get our selves out of a recession.

Food waste in the United States is 40 percent of food. A study from the Natural Resources Defense Council did a study on this and said that the average american family throws out $2000.00 worth of food a year.

This short article talks about a recent study that shows Americans throw away about 40% of the food in the US. Also it shows that there has been a 50% increase in food waste since the 1970's.The Natural Resources Defense Council recommends that goals be set to help reduce food waste.

This article talks about how we, as Americans waste up to 40 percent of our food. It also talks about 5 projects that people are working on in order to help fix this problem, and how you can help.

Help is given on ways to buy and prepare food to help you save food and money. The Environmental impact goes to waste as well when we waste food. The way we pack our foods needs to be more Green and environmentally friendly as well.

How habbits will be hard to break and will take time. Followed by wasting habbits and how they affect us.

According to the most recent available statistics, more than 30 million tons of food was dumped in landfills in 2009, making food by far the most abundant material there by weight, the federal Environmental Protection Agency says. (That calculation excludes industrial, construction and hazardous waste.) This amounts roughly to 200 pounds a year for every man, woman and child in the United States.

Currently 50 million households suffer from food insecurity, meaning that family members cannot always meet their basic food needs. .