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Guest Post: Consumer Voices Focus on Improving McDonald’s Climate Leadership from the Ground Up

 |  Mar 15, 2011

This guest post comes courtesy of Mark Harrison, Campaign Coordinator at Climate Counts. He can be reached at mharrison@climatecounts.org. First, let’s do the numbers: McDonald’s has over 32,478 restaurants in … Read more

Southern Virginia prepares to build biomass power plant

 |  Feb 4, 2011

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) is preparing to build a biomass plant in South Boston, Virginia, using the wood waste left over from the local logging companies. NOVEC is a … Read more

Big News! Power Shift 2011 Date and Venue Change- Register for the Conference Today!

,  |  Feb 2, 2011

Power Shift 2011 has moved! The conference will now take place at the DC Convention Center from April 15-18. Click here to register to attend. Though it was originally intended to take place at RFK Stadium, the DC Convention Center is the largest space available in the entire city, thus the dates of the convergence have been pushed back by one week to take advantage of this great opportunity. Read more

PlaNYC wins EPAward

 |  Dec 1, 2010

EPA announced it’s “Smart Growth” awards for livability in cities and towns. New York City’s PlaNYC took the top award. Read more

Sustainability Leaders at Major Corporations Share Strategies at Green Pathways Conference

 |  Sep 22, 2010

Today marks that start of the Creating Green Pathways for Lower-Skilled Adults Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day event, co-hosted with NWF by Jobs For The Future and the National Fund … Read more

Secretary Arne Duncan, Congressman John Sarbanes Address Sustainability Education Summit in DC

, ,  |  Sep 21, 2010

This post was written by Patrick Fitzgerald, NWF’s Director of Education Advocacy. NWF’s Campus Ecology Team is back for Day 2 of the Sustainability Education Summit where hundreds of environmental, … Read more

Georgia Campus Sustainability Meeting

, ,  |  Jun 17, 2010

On June 11, 2010 the National Wildlife Federation, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia co-hosted the … Read more

True Roots: One NWFer Reconnects Through Eco-Schools USA

,  |  Jun 15, 2010

Laura Hickey is National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Director of Global Warming Education and Eco-Schools USA. This month, she traveled back in time with the Eco-Schools USA program.
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Tomorrow' s Table

Five Questions: How Will Genetic Engineering Shape Sustainable Agriculture?

 |  Mar 16, 2010

Pam Ronald’s new book on organic farming and the future of food, Tomorrow’s Table, highlights the latest research in the field of genetic engineering, and the ways it might solve … Read more

University of North Carolina food services

Overcoming Obstacles in the Local Food Scene

 |  Mar 16, 2010

By Leslie Wells Sometimes, the grass is really greener in your own backyard. Since Campus Ecology ran its first case studies on local and sustainable food back in 2003 (see … Read more