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Inspired by a recent Wall Street Journal article, Sustainable America has created the following infographic to show how food is wasted and lost around the world, and what can be done about it.
Food waste and food security are serious problems, but there are current solutions and ways you can help. Read on to learn more, and stay tuned for our next blog post, which will delve deeper into some of the points made by Lappe and Nierenberg in the Wall Street Journal piece. Via Lauren Moss, Electric Car, Olive Ventures 
Creativity Angel's comment,
February 4, 2:30 AM
Insects are the solution, more than 1,000,000,000 people on the planet eat insects every day.
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February 4, 2:31 AM
Insects are the solution. Western people has to use to know that more than 1,000,000,000 people on the planet eat insects every day and they are the most effective food. Delete the scoop?
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New research shows that many businesses around the world won’t start planning until 2018. Is this too late? Via Lauren Moss, Susan Davis Cushing 
Duane Craig's curator insight,
December 20, 2012 11:19 AM
And, the construction sector is woefully unprepared... 
Jim Gramata's curator insight,
December 21, 2012 10:37 PM
The earth is bounded and its resources finite. Hopefully it will be a proactive and not reactive decision to do what is critical to the sustainability of the earth. Spread the word.... Delete the scoop?
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There are more benefits to driving a solar charged vehicle than meets the eye.
As technology for these vehicles improve, so will their travel distance and accessibility, as charging stations are becoming more common, with locations at airports, malls, and even college campuses. Electric vehicles are good for the environment, and recent studies have shown they also play a role in our health.
This infographic outlines their benefits, compares emissions from the different types of charging stations, maps locations across the US, and summarizes the positive impact electric vehincles have on the economy, environment and our health. Via Lauren Moss, Stephane Bilodeau 
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December 30, 2012 12:30 AM
Tesla Motors ( NASDAQ : TSLA ) And SolarCity have released their Supercharger network
Built secretly, Tesla and SolarCity have revealed the first six Superchargers, which will allow the Model S and other electric cars that have the hardware fitted to drive long distances with ultra fast charging, 100% free through California, Nevada and Arizona.
Tesla Motors and Elon Musk, CEO, have delivered an audacious preemptive strike on BigOil and Fossil Fuel dealers:
Tesla has grabbed the moral environmental high ground with the ambition to have these Solar Powered SuperChargers installed throughout the U.S.A. and then in 2013 - Asia and Europe Delete the scoop?
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Tags: infographic, food, agriculture, sustainability, urban, urban ecology, locavore, land use, unit 5 agriculture, unit 7 cities. Via Seth Dixon, PIRatE Lab 
Crissy Borton's comment,
September 11, 2012 8:36 PM
Looking at purchasing a house in the next year or so and this is one thing we have been looking at. Although we don't want to raise our own meat we would like to grow everything else we eat.
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February 3, 10:44 PM
Good visual representation of what it would take to be self sufficient. Delete the scoop?
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