Sustainability Resources

Learn About Sustainability

We’ve compiled a number of resources around sustainability. Be sure to click any of the resources for more info.

Categories:

Solar

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Waste Reduction and Management

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Learn about the “Zero Waste Cities” approach here.
Food Waste Reduction (Click for full video)

Jennifer Nelson (Seven Generations Ahead), founder of the Illinois Food Scraps Coalition, gives an introductory presentation on food waste reduction. Target audiences: healthcare systems, institutional food service managers, schools and restaurants. View the PDF of the presentation
Master Recycle Flyer (PDF)
Rockford Recycling Guidelines (PDF)

Environment

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Basic Principles of Sustainability

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The Natural Step
There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years – Updated Edition
The Climate Report: National Climate Assessment-Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in USA
Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations, Hertzman & Keating

Sustainable Lifestyle

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Investing in What Works for America’s Communities:

Essays on People, Place, & Purpose, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Low Income Investment Fund

What Others are Doing

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