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gaelan76

Waste More, Want More: America Throws Out Good Food - New America Media - 0 views

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    we as Americans end up throwing away 40 percent of our food. That is estimated $165 billion every year. the average family of four throws out as much as 2,200 dollars of food every year
Taylor Burkhart

Still Inconvenient, Still the Truth - 0 views

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    In this article the author Aron Cramer explains the threat of sustainability and talks about ways its impacting the world; such as climate change. The author then goes into detail of how the government does not want accept the fact that this is reality. The website also lists information regarding the author to provide credibility.
Louise Gumabon

ecomii - The credible, comprehensive resource for a healthier more sustainable lifestyle - 0 views

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    This website gives really efficient tips about sustainability not only in terms of food waste, but also how you could save money by doing simple things. So if you want to know what those things are, you should check it out.
Jorge Castillo

CARBON CALCULATIONS - 0 views

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    This article is about companies sucha as subway attempting to be sustainbale. These compaies are wanting to be the most environmental friendly.
Arthur Parra

Waste_Guide_o.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    This gives you guide on practices to reduce food waste. It gives you various reasons on why you might want to look into reducing your waste.
Aissata Traore

Global FoodBanking Network: One Billion Hungry and More Than a Billion Tons of Food Wasted - 0 views

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    We are wasting food while billion of people are hungry in the world. This article educate us about the important of giving food to those who want it.
James Sassi

kids wasting food in school - 0 views

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    This paper talks about how so many kids take a packed lunch to school but almost all of it ends up in the trash. This because kids want to eat the foods that are bad for you or look cool compared to healthy boring stuff that ends up in the trash. What kid wants to eat healthy.
Samantha Cooke

Stepping up to The plate to reduce food waste. - 1 views

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    Has food waste gone unnoticed? Food waste has become one of those things we do daily without any guilt of what we are doing. In "Stepping Up to the Plate to Reduce Food Waste" wants us to do just that. Nearly half of our food ends up in the garbage costing around $165 billion. About $160 pounds of food wasted and dumped in the garbage. This article recognizes food waste as a problem and wants to bring back all the old slogans you used to see. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Lets make the world a better place.
Alisa Cooper

Health Reform in Action | The White House - 1 views

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    Everything you want to know about the new Healthcre bill. This is the official White House website that provides lots of good information. Learn about the new law, how it effects you, myths & facts, and news related to this bill. 
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.
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

Misty Endicott

12 Ways to Prevent Food Waste at Home - 0 views

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    Food waste at home, most people want to prevent it. they just don't know where to start. this article teaches tips and tricks to avoid food waste in the home.
Misty Endicott

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) - 0 views

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    This is a website that introduces the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). This group of people want to be sure that the agriculture being farmed is safe and healthy.
Yin Hongsarmon

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

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    In this article has shown how much it cost for food waste in America. Such as in farm, restaurant, household and so much more. Then, the NRDC report argued that they can do nothing about it because they could not push customer to buy food that they do not want.
gaelan76

Sustainability - 1 views

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    This website is designed by the community of mesa with concerns toward community sustainability solutions. This website provides ideas, suggestions and has information on community programs for individuals who want to be part of the solution.
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    This site has good information that can help communities sustainability problem.
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    good choice
Ashley Bussey

Waste Not, Want Not: Inefficiencies in the Food System - 0 views

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    By Colquhoun's estimate, his field can fill about 3 million 8 ounce cans of carrots. He is bothered that see a considerable amount get left behind. According to the University of Arizona studies in 2004, they estimate that food waste might be closer to 50 percent.
ashcam

Where Do You Store Produce In Your Fridge For Maximum Shelf Life? - 1 views

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    This article gives you tips on where to place specific foods in your fridge. This helps you get the longest lasting shelf life out of your foods. " waste not want not" utilizing your groceries to the fullest.
Samantha Cooke

Food waste: out of sight, out of mind - 0 views

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    There are consequences to food waste including environmental, economical, and cultural. The ways to stop this waste are simple sticking to shopping lists, saving leftovers, and composting or donating what you don't want. People are becoming more involved with what they can do to stop this waste, but are they to late?
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    Many food that is made for special occasions such as thanksgiving, is hrown out.
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    The effect food waste has on the environment and our living conditions. The importance of composting and recycling.
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    This displays the problem of food waste. Most of the waste that we see goes straight to the landfill in garbage bags, but others do not realize other forms of waste. Any other form of waste that I thought was interesting was the food waste we put in the garbage disposal. Food waste goes straight to the landfills creating global warming. Food waste cost Americans $100 billion annually. Do people realize how much they waste? Will food waste ever stop?
Blake Damron-Gurule

Rethinking Food Waste - 2 views

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    Ooh, this looks good.
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    This is a great article for someone who wants tips on how to minimize food waste. The author gives crucial info on how to save food.
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    Food waste is a big problem for Americans today. We can solve this problem by doing a few things watching and limiting what we buy and eat, saving what we do not finish, and ignoring sale by dates because they are not expiration dates. Using methods like these we can successfully reduce food waste from one pound a day per person.
Norma Sanchez

What Is Sustainbaility - 1 views

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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....
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    In this article composed by the EPA, Environmental Protection Agency; states what sustainability is about then explains why its important. The website then explains what EPA is doing to help sustainability and then finally explains what people can do to help.
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    This article explains what sustainability is about and why it is important for our environment. It explains that sustainability creates and maintains the conditions where us as humans and nature can live together.
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    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.
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    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.
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