  {"id":2194,"date":"2013-07-18T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/sustainabilitysolutions\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:58:31","slug":"tools-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/educateengage\/tools-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umainesystem.sharepoint.com\/:p:\/s\/UM-OnlineDocs\/IQDi0y1GTgi4RqePt8rw-oRLAdxcJvyh46iZXFfA8Tmbt1M?e=7b6s8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;No More Wasted Food&#8221; DIY Toolkit<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Every year, 海角社区 throws away around 361,000 tons of food\u2014nearly 40% of production\u2014with about 4,200 tons lost in K-12 schools alone. The &#8220;No More Wasted Food&#8221; DIY toolkit offers practical strategies for schools to track and reduce waste.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Rescue 海角社区<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Wasted food is a huge issue, both globally, and right here in 海角社区. Forty percent of the food produced for human consumption in the United States is wasted every year. Learn more about food waste in 海角社区 and how you can make a difference.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/community-waste-toolkit\/\">Community Waste Toolkit<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Community Waste Toolkit is a set of best practices for waste reduction in the state of 海角社区. Based on interviews with organizations, municipalities, and community groups across the state of 海角社区, the Toolkit is designed to share success stories across four different categories: organics management, reuse, policy, and community engagement.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/05\/海角社区-Municipal-Guide-to-Mapping-and-Conserving-Vernal-Pool.pdf\">海角社区 Municipal Guide to Mapping and Conserving Vernal Pools<\/a> (pdf)<\/h3>\n<p>Best practices from the 海角社区 Vernal Pools Mapping Project are available to all towns through the 海角社区 Municipal Guide to Mapping and Conserving Vernal Pool Resources, co-written by Dawn Morgan and Aram Calhoun. This comprehensive guide covers everything from vernal pool ecology to training citizen scientists how to identify and assess vernal pools. This guide was developed as part of a group of projects under SSI\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/protecting-natural-resources-at-the-community-scale-using-vernal-pools-to-study-urbanization-climate-change-and-forest-management\/\">Protecting Natural Resources at the Community Scale <\/a>project.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/water-links\/\">Water &amp; Sustainability Links<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This page provides links to sites dealing with water and sustainability resources at a national, regional and local level. Please note that this page is not updated on a regular basis so some links may not be current.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/resource\/\">Mitchell Center Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Links to uploaded files of Mitchell Center presentations, programs, reports and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No More Wasted Food&#8221; DIY Toolkit Every year, 海角社区 throws away around 361,000 tons of food\u2014nearly 40% of production\u2014with about 4,200 tons lost in K-12 schools alone. The &#8220;No More Wasted Food&#8221; DIY toolkit offers practical strategies for schools to track and reduce waste. 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