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Interesting sustainability? Here are some fun facts that will provide you with some helpful information on sustainability. Talks about energy and water, mail documents, recycling and much more can be found on this site.

"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.

I thought this article was an excellent 10min reading, it brings out many facts the American Waste Land also brought up in the book. It also mention different authors and reachers that would be good to look on top of Jonathan Bloom as he as wall is brought up in this article.

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.

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.

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.

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.

U.S. citizens have found ways to use their resources faster than they can be replaced. This being based on their every day routines, and interactions with food; one being that they waste approximately 4.6 pounds of trash a day. Environmentally speaking this is not headed in a good direction for America.

This article first explains how it can effective to change the school lighting to energy saving light. It then goes on asking questions and concerns that people might have to changing to energy saving lighting. Though this is one step to sustainability it isn't a full step like people often think.

Ira Sager the journalist of the this article talks about how much money is wasted because of food waste. She goes on to say how many pounds of food is wasted. The number one thing that is thrown away is food scrapes, not plastic or paper. Those food scrapes we could be composting. She stated that wasting food is a cultural habit. We are use to doing it and it is culturally acceptable. Breaking this awful food waste habit then there is going to have to be an adjustment in our society. Also she talks about how many people think the government needs to get involved and do something about food waste.

The article talks about the food waste going on in America. Five individuals talk about their opinion on the food waste and their suggestions to help avoid the waste.

This article talk about realizing how much food waste one family waste. A husband and a wife sat down one day a calculated how much they were wasting of food. They finally but together a budget and a challenge not to waste food. If you plan meals and how much food you need it often becomes easier to not waste as much. Too many Americans go to the store without planning or budgeting food and this then results in food waste.

this website introduces many environmental topics. this particular one talks about cigarettes and their nasty butts. most people just toss on the ground. this article introduces ideas to prevent that.

Here are a few tips on how we as consumers can contribute to food sustainability. Even though the article is a European one, does not mean we cannot take some notes.

One reason why people should be more food waste conscientious, this article reminds us of how fortunate some of us can be.

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.

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."

Step by step on how to make compost, where and when to use it.

This article is more about the right school for student education. The author argues both single sex school and mixed school are all benefit. therefore it depends on our personel nature to choose what we really like.

Melisa Johnson was curious about online work, she tried it one time, she enjoys it. Now she is making more money than her previous job.

Food waste is the cause of 23 percent of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. which is bad for the earth, and everyone living on it.

Food waste ranges from 25 - 75 percent, depending on the food type, that amounts to 1.3 tons of edible food that's tossed each year. The food industry creates up to 30% of the world's annual carbon emissions. That's not it, it creates more emissions once it's discarded to landfills.