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Top fall sustainability tips from Walmart Facebook fans
Walmart’s Facebook fans know what it means to be green and act on it too. We asked our fans to share their tips for saving energy and being green this fall. Of the hundreds of fantastic tips we received, we’ve featured some of our favorites here. Continue reading
Continue Reading November 5, 2012 at 4:49 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Cast your vote for the VERGE 25: Smarter Supply Chains Award
November 2, 2012 at 12:18 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Distribution center now powered up to 20 percent by large-scale wind turbine
Newly-operational 1.0 megawatt wind turbine at Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff, Calif.
Celebrating a renewable energy milestone, U.S. Congressman Wally Herger joined Walmart in the northern California town of Red Bluff on Monday for a dedication ceremony at the company’s first large-scale wind turbine. Continue reading
Continue Reading October 31, 2012 at 6:03 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Bringing sustainability home
Sustainability can take many forms — from packaging design to food sourcing to building efficiency, which is my focus and what I oversee. Yet for all of the progress in these areas, there is a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes, starting with the technology we use to help improve a product’s or project’s sustainable potential. Continue reading
Continue Reading October 17, 2012 at 2:39 pm Gary Epright Leave a comment
This October, start your energy new year
October is National Energy Awareness Month, first established by a presidential proclamation in 1991. Each year, the government promotes a month-long series of clean energy events and activities.
Over the last few months, we’ve shared several ways Walmart is working toward our big goal of being powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Continue reading
Continue Reading October 2, 2012 at 2:04 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
No matter the season, our energy commitment is always on
You may have noticed the signs for weeks — slightly shorter days, colder temperatures — but this past weekend made it official: goodbye summer and hello fall! As you might expect, it is more difficult to generate solar energy when the sunlight is less abundant, but the dozens of solar energy systems we installed this summer — including 14,000 new solar panels at our Buckeye, Ariz., distribution center — will still soak up the sun power so we can continue our commitment to renewable energy sources year round. Continue reading
Continue Reading September 28, 2012 at 12:05 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
President Clinton mentions Walmart sustainability on The Daily Show
September 21, 2012 at 11:02 am Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Boosting solar power in Buckeye
Our commitment to solar energy is clear as day — and we’ve made significant progress toward that promise. Within the past six months alone, we’ve expanded our solar footprint in Massachusetts and installed our 100th rooftop solar panel at a store in San Diego. Continue reading
Continue Reading September 13, 2012 at 1:12 pm Walmart Green Room 4 comments
Watch our Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting live
September 12, 2012 at 12:37 pm Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Trailblazing a path for women in clean energy
Editor’s note: The following post originally appeared in June on the U.S. Department of Energy’s website. Kim Saylors-Laster is one of 27 ambassadors for the department and MIT’s Clean Energy Education & Empowerment program. As part of her ambassador work, she is helping to select six outstanding women in the energy field to be awarded $10,000 for their accomplishments. Continue reading
Continue Reading August 28, 2012 at 6:25 pm Kim Saylors-Laster Leave a comment
