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leonel lopez

Lettuce recycle: Putting food waste to work | content from American City and County - 0 views

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    In San Fransisco the backyard discomposing had been promoted for a few years but the population has increase and not a lot of people have backyards now. The city now provide people with three cans to dispose three different materials. One of the cans is for organics another for food waste =) and the last one for food-soiled paper.
Dominique Lopez

Energy - 0 views

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    We use energy for everything. We use energy to treat our water , grow our food, produces and to go to place to place. In general we want our community to develop more diverse, reliable, and cleaner sources of energy; to reduce energy usage; and to improve efficiency.
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    As you said and the article says energy is so important to us to keep life going. Creating a better source of energy would be a big advancement to help this cause. It is great that other cities are taking action to make a change.
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    This article explains the importance of energy greatly, and the fact there is more to energy than "keeping the lights on". Energy needs to be sustainable for the future generations needs of energy, the need for energy won't go away.
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    I tried to see what was important on this article but it wasn't very easy for me personally to grasp. I see that you 3 did find the point of the sustainability with electricity. I find it funny that we are always leaving lights on when we leave a room and think nothing of it until we are told it will save us money or that we are wasting something we really take for granted.
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    This article states that sustainability and energy interconnect in many ways. I agree with Dominique we use energy for everything we do, but hopefully we don't take advantage of the resources we have now and end up leaving are future heirs high and dry.
Kelsie Pensyl

5 Ways to Prevent Food from Going to Waste - 0 views

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    this article talks about some ways we can prevent wasting food and auctually how fast food can go bad
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    This article laid out for ways people can prevent food waste. The first was plan meals for the week. Often times if you plan you won't waste. The next is scrape your scraps. Save your scraps of veggies and fruits and freeze them. In the future you can use them for different meals. Preserve your foods. This includes canning, dehydrating, and or pickling foods that you won't eat all of. Portion size is a big way on not wasting food. Start with small amounts of food a person can always go back for seconds. Last is compost items and use it for soil.
gaelan76

The Issues, Learn about sustainable food, problems with factory farming - 0 views

  • Learning about sustainable food and the problems with factory farming can be daunting at first, but, with a little effort, you can quickly learn enough to make the safest and wisest food choices for you and your family. In this section, we introduce you to the major issues surrounding sustainable meat and factory farming. This is simply an overview; for those who want to learn more about the issues presented here, we've provided links to more detailed information and organizations who specialize in that particular topic
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    Learning about sustainable food and the problems with factory farming can be daunting at first, but, with a little effort, you can quickly learn enough to make the safest and wisest food choices for you and your family.
Jami Halliday

Composting at Home in Iowa City - 1 views

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    Start the pile with a layer of coarse material like branches and twigs to allow air flow to the pile. For a carbon source, add 6 inches of leaves and other woody materials. For a nitrogen source, add 2-3 inches of grass clippings, kitchen wastes and garden wastes. Mix these two layers to speed up decomposition and then cover with 2 inches of dirt to control odors. Dampen the pile with water as new layers are added or more frequently if the weather is dry. The pile should be concave in the center to prevent runoff of water. The moisture content is sufficient when the surface of the pile glistens. To speed up decomposition, mix/turn the pile once a week and periodically sprinkle it with water to keep it moist. When the interior of the pile is no longer hot and the material has broken down into dark, crumbly soil, the composting is finished. The process usually takes 3-6 months.
leonel lopez

Simple Ways To Reduce Food Waste - Saving Advice - 0 views

  • In even the most organized of kitchens, there will be waste. Spills, failed recipes and other mishaps will add to food costs.
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    This page gives you great ways on how to reduce food waste and save money. The advice that caught my attention right away was the one where it tells you to know the people that you are going to be cooking for. It is true why cook for four people that eat plenty when only one or two of them would really enjoy a meal.
Louise Gumabon

StopFoodWaste - Better Buying - 0 views

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    A helpful website to visit if you're looking for efficient methods in saving food. If you're looking for information on home composting, shopping tips, storing tips and much more!
Raymond Laborin

Increase Energy Sustainability - 2 views

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    This article talks about how sustainable energy meets the needs for the present, but does not effect the sustainable energy for the future. It also talks about how researchers are exploring different ways to produce cleaner more efficient ways to produce better energy sources instead of relying on fossil fuel.
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    The website is short and to the point, what i really like about this article is that it is easy to read, compared to the other "sustainability" websites that have so much jargon.
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    this website was easy to understand and interesting all at the same time. It gives a run down on the technology that is being applied now to help the the sustainability within our environment. This is also gives a sneak peek into what technology that they plan to improve on and introduce hopefully within the near future.
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    This article was easy for me to understand, I really like how the article explained "sustainable energy" with terms that I know and isn't too far complex for the readers.
Alisa Cooper

PBS - harvest of fear: should we grow gm crops?: full arguments - 0 views

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    It's too early to know which of the aids or ills foreseen for GM foods will materialize. In the meantime, GM technology raises thorny questions of science, ethics, law, and economics that need to be thoroughly debated. This page offers pros/cons for GM foods.
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

Kelsey Martell

Economic Sustainability - 1 views

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    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.
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    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!
Jacob Ortiz

How to Prevent Food Waste: A Premiere For Home Cooks - 0 views

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    Here is a quick review about food waste, how we can preserve our foods and make use of leftovers and what we buy as a consumer. Just because some foods may have blemishes doesn't mean that they can't be consumed or used for cooking.
Yin Hongsarmon

US paradox: Wasting food while going hungry - 0 views

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    According to the story, several media station told that American are now hard to get food for them and for their family. And yet, we are wasting food carelessly. The good food are had been thrown a lot : for some people could live with the good waste like Dive and Gio with out buying any grocery.
ashcam

Sustainability Myths: Does a Lighter Footprint Mean a Lower Standard of Living? " The G... - 1 views

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    In this website a article is written by Grace Interlichia, the article explains that people often mistake sustainability for giving up living pleasures such as desired foods, homes and cars. But in reality its not giving up what people loath but instead creating a better way to live by fuel friendly cars and sustainable farming.
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    This article gives readers insight to our aim of living style sustainably. For example transportation, and farming. There are also other recommended articles to read relating to this topic.
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    while this is a good article it gives room for argument.
Sarah Chavez

Tops to Roots: Nose to Tail Dining for Produce - Know Thy Food - 0 views

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    This article and chart shows how things are being thrown out now and how many Americans are malnourished. We drink less water as well compared to years ago. Also, it shows how there are 24 moillion acres of forests destroyed to make room for more food waste.
Veronica Guzman

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

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    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.
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    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.
Veronica Guzman

Reducing Food Waste during the Holiday Season | Nourishing the Planet - 0 views

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    We all tend to cook too much over the holidays to have a nice table spread, well the problem is we all tend to cook to much everyday and buy too much food when we really do not need that much. This article gives you tips to do, not only for the holiday season but maybe something we can try everyday!
Andrea Manginelli

For Restaurants, Food Waste Is Seen As Low Priority - 0 views

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    An estimated forty-five to fifty percent of food is discarded each year by Americans.That makes it an economic problem for everyone. In a country known as the "throw away" society we are destroying the planet with methane, mountains of food waste that could of been eaten, and wasting money that could of been saved.
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    This article talks about how much food we waste on Thanksgiving and in every day life. Talks about the different studies that have been done on this topic and the shocking results.
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    In this article they talk about how half of what  we produce in america is wasted. It also talks about how farmers grow a lot of product in order to get paid more and if it comes out bad they just leave it to rot in the fields.
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    Nearly 50% of all food ready for harvest gets thrown away, according to a study done by the University of Arizona! Sometimes the crops can't be saved due to mother nature, but in most cases food waste happens because we have been trained to only look at the perfect looking food.
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    This article covers the idea of warehouses and how they contribute to the idea of food waste. They also give again, They general run down about food waste and again some ideas anyone can do in their homes everyday to help prevent the issue.
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    In this article, the author describes the effects of food waste in our landfills. Restaurants contribute 15 percent of all waste in landfills.
patricia kelly

Sustainable Livestock Husbandry - 0 views

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    Learn how sustainable farms raise healthy animals using practices that benefit the environment and bolster local economies.
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    Like that it is talking about feeding animal the food that they normally would eat and they are grass feed making it more beneficial for the animal and the taste of what the animals are going to be used for better and more nutritious.
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    This is an interesting article to learn what is behind our meat. It is great that they are actually fed what they normally would, and that they don't deprive them of that.
melissa diaz

How to Stop Wasting Food - Getting More From Your Grocery Budget - AARP - 0 views

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    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.
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