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ashcam

Discussion 4: Diigo/Sustainability - 26 views

Erick you're right but how do we do that? In the video we watched cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent seem to be the number one suggestion. but the UN decided on doing that in a longer time sp...

sustainability food waste discussion environment

started by Alisa Cooper on 15 Oct 12 9 follow-ups, last by ashcam on 23 Oct 12
Taylor Burkhart

Stop food waste to help end world hunger - 0 views

www.squidoo.com/od-waste-help-end-world-hunger

food help world hunger

shared by Taylor Burkhart on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Taylor Burkhart on 18 Sep 12
     
    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.
Cameron Murray

Food Waste's Consumption of Freshwater and Fossil Fuels - 1 views

www.plosone.org/...10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007940

food waste Consumption of resources Supply vs Demand

shared by Cameron Murray on 31 Jan 13 - Cached
  • Kelsey Martell on 31 Jan 13
     
    The food waste is starting to affect our environment. With the food being wasted daily, the need for more food is strict and the more access to food, the more people are becoming obese. Food is energy and we need energy to survive.
  • Cameron Murray on 31 Jan 14
     
    This article discusses the amount of freshwater and oil that's being consumed by food waste. The article also discusses the mathematical model to find the amount of freshwater and oil being consumed.
leonel lopez

Food Waste in America - "The Big Waste" - Addoway - 0 views

www.addoway.com/...Waste-in-America-The-Big-Waste

america food concern

shared by leonel lopez on 06 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • 5 Billion eggs are thrown to trash every year - just because they are the wrong size, or their color may be slightly off.  You read that right -- 5 BIILLION EGGS!!  How many omelets could be made for hungry children from 5 BILLION Eggs
  • leonel lopez on 06 Feb 12
     
    This is a page where it has a small document where people can live comments about food waste. The discussion is based on a program that was aired on food waste and there are some statistics.
Jami Halliday

FINANCING AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTER :: BioCycle, Advancing Composting, Organics Recycling &... - 0 views

www.jgpress.com/...001524.html

renewable energy financing energy

shared by Jami Halliday on 05 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Jami Halliday on 05 Feb 12
     
    This article discusses anaerobic digestion and the cost to keep it running. 
kenya gonzalez

Half of US food goes to waste - 1 views

www.endhunger.org/food_waste.htm

food waste Environment Recycling waste

shared by kenya gonzalez on 01 Feb 12 - Cached
  • kacie r on 01 Feb 12
     
    "Society of St. Andrew" This site talks about food waste in America, Global Food Waste, Environmental impact of U.S. food waste. This site also has links to other informational studies and reports and are helpful with this topic.
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  • Veronica Guzman on 02 Feb 12
     
    This article goes over a study created to determine the amount of food waste in America. The article also contains a comparison between just America' food waste and food waste Globally.
  • Jami Halliday on 05 Feb 12
     
    This article talks about how America's food waste affects the environment. It discusses the impact of global food waste as well. It concludes with information of a program to help improve the food waste problem.
  • Robbyn Purcell on 06 Feb 12
     
    This articles main focus is primarially on food waste. It looks at it as a whole (Globally). it discusses the Environmental impact, and what the Society of St. Andrews Programs are all about. It defines the positive impacts that the ministry has already managed to have on the environment.
  • maria buelna on 28 Feb 12
     
    Brief but informative description on food waste and its effects.
  • Yin Hongsarmon on 17 Feb 13
     
    This website was about food waste in America which included everywhere such as households, restaurants and so on. American wasted 12 percents of food and only three percents was recovered so the rest of them disposed in landfills.
  • kenya gonzalez on 01 Feb 14
     
    In this article it gives reasons why so much food is waste in America. After looking at all the food waste and searching through the food that is wasted they noticed most of the people don't know what they throw away.
Kelsey Martell

Why Do Americans Waste So Much Food? - 0 views

reason.com/...o-americans-waste-so-much-food

Consumer behavior farmers food processors

shared by Kelsey Martell on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Taylor Burkhart on 18 Sep 12
     
    In this article by Ronald Bailey he discusses the problem and gives an average of how much food is being wasted; he also gives supported statistics from researchers across the nation. He also discusses the reason why Americans waste food and includes why it needs to be stopped.
  • Kelsey Martell on 31 Jan 13
     
    One of the issues we waste food is because the wealthier we get, the more we unconsiously spend money at restaurants and at home and then waste food. The issue of wasted food is not on the radar of Americans.
Cameron Murray

Hydrogen Fermentation of Food Waste - 0 views

www.sciencedirect.com/...S0360319903002301

food waste hydrogen fermentation leaching-bed reactor

shared by Cameron Murray on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Cameron Murray on 31 Jan 14
     
    This article discusses how hydrogen fermentation in a leaching bed reactor can be improved using heat-shocked anaerobic sludge. The article also discusses that many different components affects the fermentation including the different materials that are decomposing.
Ruben Guillen

http://www.sustainabletable.org/472/intro-to-food-waste - 0 views

www.diigo.com/rubennoid12

food waste government america

shared by Ruben Guillen on 04 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Ruben Guillen on 04 Feb 14
     
    this article discusses the intro to food waste and says that people should care more about food waste because of the food prices inflating. Also it talks about how the government should issue some goals to reduce food waste in America.
Alisa Cooper

Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful? - 0 views

www.csa.com/...overview.php

food genetically modified GM Foods GMO GM foods

shared by Alisa Cooper on 28 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Alisa Cooper on 28 Sep 11
     
    This sites defines what genetically modified foods are and gives good links to provide more information. It also discusses if GM foods are good or bad for you. Good information. 
Kelsey Martell

Economic Sustainability - 1 views

www.cnv.org/server.aspx

Liveable Community Healthier Lifestyle Conserving

shared by Kelsey Martell on 21 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Kelsey Martell on 21 Mar 13
     
    This article discusses how the City of North Vancouver uses sustainable methods to enhance the quality of life for those living and working in the community.
  • Kelsie Pensyl on 23 Mar 13
     
    It was interesting to read the different ways the City of North Vancouver strategies to becoming a more sustainable city. Like Kelsey said they believe this will help their quality of life for those who work and live in that city. It's interesting to read about other countries and how they try to live more sustainable lives within their countries. Thanks for sharing Kelsey!
Kelsey Martell

Environmental Sustainability - 2 views

www.nestle.com/environment

Life Cycle Consumer Natural Resources

shared by Kelsey Martell on 21 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Kelsey Martell on 21 Mar 13
     
    This piece of writing discusses how Nestle continuously strives for improving environmental performances. Their goals include: The topic, their commitment and their short-term goals. Some of their topic they focus on are like water, climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, biodiversity, waste and recovery and compliance.
Yin Hongsarmon

How Can We Reduce Food Waste? - 0 views

www.enn.com › Sustainability

food waste sustainability environment

shared by Yin Hongsarmon on 19 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Yin Hongsarmon on 19 Mar 13
     
    This article is discussed that billion tons of food are wasted because of lack agriculture and it is reducing Earth's water suply. To reduce food waste is to challenge of sustainably meeting our food demand.
Kelsey Martell

On America Recycles Day, EPA recognizes campus food waste reduction - 0 views

newscenter.berkeley.edu/...es-campus-food-waste-reduction

Recycling food recovery challenge donations

shared by Kelsey Martell on 31 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Kelsey Martell on 31 Jan 13
     
    In the article, they talk about how UC Berkely is one out of 19 colleges and universities in the region to sign up for the food recovery challenge. They discuss what they're doing and what they plan on doing to prevent waste by composting, recycling and etc.
Misty Endicott

How the U.S. manages to waste $165 billion in food each year - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...ts-wasted-in-the-united-states

food waste waste america foods

shared by Misty Endicott on 31 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Kelsey Martell on 31 Jan 13
     
    Food waste doesn't just occur by someone simply throwing it out. Food waste happens before it even hits our dinner table. This article discusses the consumption of different foods and the waste.
  • Misty Endicott on 03 Feb 13
     
    This article breaks down how America waste food. it gives food waste statistics in America. Its Jonathan Bloom's American Wasteland in an article.
Kelsey Martell

Sustainability - 0 views

www.epa.gov/sustainability

Sustainable Communities Smart Growth Water

shared by Kelsey Martell on 23 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Erick Alderete on 23 Oct 12
     
    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. 
  • claudecollopylee on 24 Oct 12
     
    It is the EPA web page. They give ideas and ways to help improve the environment in all facets of life.
  • Kelsey Martell on 21 Mar 13
     
    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.
Veronica Guzman

Pumpkin Power: Turning Food Waste into Energy | Department of Energy - 0 views

energy.gov/...ower-turning-food-waste-energy

energy sustainability environment

shared by Veronica Guzman on 02 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Christian Castanon on 02 Feb 12
     
    This article discusses about using energy from discarded pumpkins from halloween. They are also creating energy for plants such as, biofuel, biopower and other products.
  • Veronica Guzman on 04 Feb 12
     
    This would be AMAZING if we were able to use our waste to provide energy for the world. It would be a win win situation. Since they are already trying it out maybe this will go nationwide.
Kelsie Pensyl

Finding Solutions for Reducing Food Waste - 0 views

www.worldchanging.com/...008751.html

Food food waste food recovery Recycling

shared by Kelsie Pensyl on 02 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Christian Castanon on 02 Feb 12
     
    This article discusses the percentages of food that are being thrown out when it could feed families. A Seattleist blogger came up with a concept not only reducing food waste, but also losing weight to save the environment.
  • Kelsie Pensyl on 01 Feb 13
     
    In this article it is call "food recovery." If Americans aren't going to eat all their food why not feed it to the animals or make it into compost. The amount of food we waste could feed about 4 million Americans a day. A lady does a different challenges and one was giving people the challenge of losing weight and reducing food waste. She has the group post their measurements and how much food they have thrown away each week.
Tania Avalos

Food Waste in America - 1 views

endhunger.org/food_waste.htm

America food waste Environment

shared by Tania Avalos on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Taylor Burkhart on 18 Sep 12
     
    In this article it discusses food waste in America with supported research. It also includes the global food waste and the impact the food waste has on our environment,
  • Troy Amstutz on 01 Feb 13
     
    A study showed that around 45 percent of all food ready for harvest in the United States never gets eaten.
  • Tania Avalos on 01 Feb 14
     
    This article says how much food is not eaten in america each year. Also, it talks about that much money America spend each year just to dispose food waste.
claudecollopylee

an Idea to use to Reduce Food Waste in America - Statistics & Facts - 0 views

www.moneycrashers.com/te-in-america-statistics-facts

ways to prevent waste food america statistics ideas

shared by claudecollopylee on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Taylor Burkhart on 18 Sep 12
     
    In this article by David Bakke; he discusses the problem of food waste and gives his opinion on the matter. He then gives a detailed alternative to waste food; by being aware of how to save food with a refrigerator.
  • claudecollopylee on 26 Sep 12
     
    possible ways to reduce food waste in america : Refrigerator conscience : being aware of what you have in your house so that you don't miss an experation date or over buy Know when you stuff will go bad; make sure to use it before that date. make left overs and eat left overs
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