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Wired explains how Sugimoto creates his photos:
He wields a Van de Graaff generator to send up to 400,000 volts through film to a metal table. The resulting fractal branching, subtle feathering, and furry whorls call to mind vascular systems, geologic features, and trees. “I see the spark of life itself, the lightning that struck the [...]

Parks Facilities: Learn about City Parks and natural areas here: Parks Facilities.

The President will respond to your questions in a live YouTube interview at the White House on Monday, February 1st, at 1:45 p.m EST. Submit now, and vote often. The deadline is Sunday at 8 p.m. EST.
YouTube – citizentube’s Channel.

Dear  Members and Friends of the Conservation Trust for Florida:

You are cordially invited to the Annual meeting of CTF on Saturday, Jan. 30th at  3 PM at Dr. Raymond Webber’s Cedar Lakes Ranch and Nature Preserve near Williston.  Dr. Webber will take us on a tour of his garden and of Devil’s Den. Dr. Webber is a 1/3 owner of Devil’s Den – [...]

From our community green banker, Don Davis of Capital City Bank:

“In the midst of all the challenging news for the solar industry I wanted to share some good news with you. On January 28th there will be a Ribbon Cutting event for Florida’s first production Zero Energy Home. On Saturday, the 30th there will be [...]

Hello Gainesville Greenies!
Thanks so much to those of you who came out to Lux a few weeks ago to enjoy delicious Indian food prepared by Sarjit and Ed Kellerman on behalf of Project Nepal, which provides educational materials to students in Nepal. We had a wonderful meal and a nice time. Steve Nichtberger told us [...]

“The Next Decade of Renewable Energy”

Hosted by the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy & the Florida Farm Bureau

DATE: March 26th through March 28th
TIME: Friday 1:00 – 5:00
Saturday 8:00 – 4:00
Sunday 9:00 -3:00

LOCATION: Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Center – Orlando, FL
MORE: Please mark your calendar for this exciting event!

This [...]

Gainesville’s volunteer-run bike collective, The Kickstand, is celebrating its 2-year anniversary this coming weekend (Fri 1/29 and Sat 1/30) and we’re hoping your organization can table on Saturday.

Friday we will be participating in the Art Walk and will have acoustic music. Saturday there will be a bike race/scavenger hunt. Afterward we’ll have food and show [...]

Thanks to Don Davis, President of Capital City Bank of Gainesville, for sharing this with us:

Follow this link to an article that will make you say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
The idea is to test electric mail trucks. Think about it – they drive the same route, same distance every day then they [...]

Maya Lin – Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.

“An article in the NY Times begins, “In the digital age, filing income tax returns should be a snap. Important data from employers and financial institutions has already been sent to government computers. Yet taxpayers are still required to perform the chore of preparing a return from scratch, in many cases paying a software company [...]

President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.”

via Obama Weekly Address VIDEO: President Blasts Supreme Court Over Citizens United Decision.

As chairwoman of the TARP Oversight Committee, she’s been responsible for examining the bank bailouts and the regulatory response. Warren has vocalized the concerns of many Americans – but not many politicians – who are outraged by the rampant greed that led to the crisis, and the refusal of Wall Street to take responsibility. “I [...]

Like Murkowski and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Lincoln is demonstrating a shocking disregard for her state’s interests, the health of her constituents, and a misunderstanding of why America has been losing jobs to China and India. Her support for the Dirty Air Act is an act of allegiance to polluters…
Lincoln has taken nearly a million [...]

In one swoop, the court did away with nearly everything in federal campaign finance law, allowing corporations free reign to inject as much money as they jolly well please into federal campaigns.
via The Supreme Court’s Citizen United Decision Is Terrifying.

Egolf said moving state funds into local banks or credit unions would benefit the New Mexico economy by freeing up local credit. “The potential size and impact of moving this money is monumental.
via New Mexico State Legislator Introduces Bill To Move State’s Money.

Goldman plans to dole out some $16.2 billion in compensation, an average of roughly half a million dollars per employee. He compared that to the firm's new 10,000 Small Businesses project — which he called a laudable idea.
But the firm only put $500 million into that project, about three percent of what it plans to [...]

Contracting is rampant: Today three-quarters of people working for the U.S. government are not government employees but private contractors. And it is no longer just printing and cleaning and food services that are being contracted out; it is the primary work of government.
via Gary Lyndaker: ‘Shadow Elite’: Information Is Power And Who’s Controlling Our Information?.

Stop reading the pundits’ spin. Go to the source…and figure out how to help make the changes we need:

Organizing for America | Erica Sagrans’s Blog: President Obama: “I won’t stop fighting”.

Our Financial Correspondent Ted LaCombe advises readers to beware the beneficence of Big Banks:
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Banks (like JPMorgan Chase) take huge risks with “other people’s money” and when those bets are losers, the U.S. Treasury comes to the rescue. U.S. taxpayers are now on the hook for trillions and banks award record bonuses to their executives. In [...]