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89% of Unhoused People Sought Medical Attention Related to Air

WebBy Ximena Gonzalez, Alliance for Sustainability Intern, The University of Texas at Austin ‘23. Around 60,000 Americans died due to air pollution in 2019 but some …

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The Natural Products Expo: Consumer demand for organic and …

WebThe sixth and final of 6 blog posts from inside by Ben Brown and Terry Gips from the Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org) In nearly every natural products …

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Health: Breaking the Silence — Building a Stigma-Free Future

WebThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information …

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Understanding Organic: The Practices and Certification Behind …

WebBy Shannon Saari, Intern at Alliance for Sustainability, University of Minnesota Student ‘22. Organic foods have continued to grow in popularity as more people are …

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Food for Thought: Loneliness epidemic is endangering Americans’ …

WebBy Olivia Salzwedel, Alliance Intern from University of Minnesota Morris ’22. More than 60% of Americans are experiencing serious loneliness, according to PBS.The …

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Food for Thought: First-ever vegan vs. healthy omnivore study of …

WebBy Alliance President Terry Gips. A breakthrough new study of twins documents clear health benefits of a vegan diet vs. a healthy omnivore one in only two …

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Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E

WebAs part of our Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E. Kindness), we are excited to launch our S.H.E. Kindness Pledge, an effort to get a million people to …

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Sustainability Facts

WebThe US is the global leader in food waste. 30-40 percent of the US food supply is wasted. Americans discard 80 billion pounds of food annually. That's a lost value of more than …

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The Importance of Kindness in Our World: Defining Kindness and …

WebBy Abigail Mathew, Intern at the Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org)Kindness is one of the most powerful actions in the world. A kind …

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Sustainable Lifestyles Contribute to Public Health

Webby Hailey Simmons, Intern at the Alliance for Sustainability, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2 nd Year MPH Student. Those who are less familiar with …

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Presentations, Workshops, and Consulting

WebPresentations, Workshops, and Consulting. The Alliance for Sustainability has always worked to share our knowledge and unique perspective on sustainability with …

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Natural Step Framework

WebUsing the Natural Step Framework to Create Sustainable Communities. The Alliance uses the Natural Step Framework to empower businesses, schools, government, …

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Reclaiming Biopower and Biopolitics

WebBiopower is the regulation of bodies, and therefore of people’s lives, to control populations. This term was created in the 1970s by French scholar Michel …

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Good News: The first two countries creating national plans for …

WebBy Elise Nam, Alliance Intern from Barnard ’24. During Chuseok, a three-day Korean holiday celebrating the mid-autumn harvest, my family and I routinely visited my …

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Inspiration: Paul Stamets on how mushrooms can help save the …

WebBy Amy Durr, Alliance Communications Coordinator “Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds,” …

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Meeting Fundamental Human Needs

Webautonomy, passion, self-esteem, open-mindedness. equal rights. dissent, choose, run risks, develop awareness. anywhere. To bring Sustainability and the Natural …

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The Natural Step and Fundamental Human Needs

WebThe Natural Step specifies that there are four conditions for planetary sustainability. The first three are ecologically-focused and the fourth mixes social and efficient considerations: …

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