After nearly three years of engagement with As You Sow, McDonald’s agreed on September 24, 2013 to replace its polystyrene foam hot beverage cups with paper-based cups at all 14,000 U.S. restaurants. http://www.asyousow.org/sustainability/McDonalds.shtml
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U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards Winners Pare Energy, Water and Waste
Outstanding Achievement in Renewable Energy Green Valley Dairy, Krakow, Wisconsin: At Green Valley Dairy in Krakow, Wisconsin, the management team’s “waste not” philosophy has them constantly evaluating opportunities to reclaim energy, recycle water and repurpose manure nutrients. In 2005, Green
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New UW-Green Bay Learning Communities
Attention soon to be UW-Green Bay sophomores. UW-Green Bay will be starting two learning communities: Sustainability and Social Justice. You can join! http://www.uwgb.edu/lc/
GREEN BUSINESS – Next generation sustainability
Students, schools partner with businesses on efforts to get greener UW-Green Bay/Tosca, Ltd. John Arendt is associate director of the Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) at UW-Green Bay, which provides outreach services for New North businesses on environmental issues
What can business learn about sustainability from higher ed?
You may think that universities and corporations don’t have much in common from a sustainability perspective. But a decent-size university manages the equivalent of office buildings, restaurants, hotels, laundry services, hospitals, auto repair, retailers, waste haulers, and even small energy
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California to consider banning plastic grocery bags, again.
California Assemblyman Marc Levine introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags throughout the state beginning in 2015. Levine, D-San Rafael, modeled Bill 158 after a similar bill was held up in a Senate committee last
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