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It seems governments and people are putting effort to achieve sustainability. World Commission on Environment and Development said a sustainable society "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Living sustainably, there would be no waste, and we would use half the amount of energy and materials budget we do now. "We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge, and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation."

To be sustainabile one must meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet needs. Sustainable means using methods, systems, and materials to harm natural cycles. Sustainabilty is very important.

This artice has a several options to learn more about food waste and sustainabilty and all the different aspects within it. One of the main articles focuses on the simplicity of how something as easily obtained as an at home garden can make our world a better place.

There is such thing as raising healthy food humans as well as animals that doesn't harm the environment, thats save  and equal for workers (even farmers), respects the animals and supports our communities. As humans we need to recycle not waste, we need to refuse what is reusable and make our environment safe.

This article talks about how wasting food also causes the waste of energy and water. It gives a graph of the total percentage of food wasted and food consumed. 

40 percent of food in The United States today, goes uneaten. They talk about statistcs and what should and can be done to avoid food waste.

A quick overview of how much energy and resources are wasted with food waste. It goes over how Europe is already making efforts to improve food waste and why America should follow suite and how it can benefit our country.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Years ago, we chose the word sustainability to describe societies goals and the belief that its possible. The most common way sustainability has been defined is "the ability to sustain" or "the capacity to endure." It is about our society and its future and the lives we live and everything in it.Sustainability is about being eco-friendly and eco-effective. Society needs to change its marketing strategies.

Americans waste up to 40% of the food that makes it onto grocery shelves, into their kitchens or that crosses their plates, which makes the potential consequences of the ongoing drought even more painful.That waste costs close to $165 billion per year. Indeed, the average American family of four throws out about $2,275 in food every year,

SustainableBusiness,com explains the issue of food waste in America with facts and details. Then gives two reasons on how address the problem. It also lists another website for data concerning food waste problems in America.

going to the store while hungry could be a bad thing. Because we would waste money on food we do not need

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. .

It seems that Bloom is a major source when it comes to food waste because this is the second article that quotes him. This article gives statistics and information everyone should be aware of. They also give this great example of how America has a great obesity problem and that they say to chuck away the last few slices of that pizza instead of eating them!! Wrong! maybe we should just not buy the pizza if we do not need to eat it! The examples just show how we don't really think twice before throwing food away.

This article explains how wasting food leads to wasting water. Reducing food wastes can help the needs of 500 million people. It also talks about how filling landfills with wasted food only contributes to global warming.

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!

This website gives information from the start of food waste and shows many ways on how to reduce it. Steps to save money by cutting back on what you really need to buy.

Individuals need to be aware where the food they eat comes from. Eating organic food is one way to go. This article givers five important tips to reduce food waste.

This article talks about how the landfills are harming our environment. this is a very huge issue in America and we need to something about this but its going to require an effort

Food recovery is retrieving edible food that would go to waste and giving it to those in need. The food that is picked up is donated by supermarkets, restaurants and farms. Things like day old bread and things that are past the "sell by" dates but still in great shape are donated.

Regarding food waste. The average american throws away 25% of food we prepare and we waste 96 billion pound of food a year. we produce twice as much food as need per person which ends up costs the our county 1 billion dollars in food diposal. ****account for the largest human related source of methane which is a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. food statistics**** the average houshold of 4 wastes around 590.00 a year in food waste by throughing it out