Cash Mob!Our goal is to support local family farmers by each spending $20 at the Alachua County 441 Farmers Market. Come check it out Saturday, February 4th 8:30AM to 1:00PM. Click here to see the flyer.
via Florida Organic Growers.
Greetings, Green Drinkers and Cinema Verde Fans!
We had a great January candidates forum at Blue Water Bay – thanks to Shawn Sheppard and Jason Fults, as well to all of you who joined us! And now it’s time for some more fun next week…
Green Drinks (www.gogreennation.org/category/green-drinks/) will be held 6 – [...]
Greetings, Green Drinkers and Cinema Verde Fans!
We had a great January candidates forum at Blue Water Bay – thanks to Shawn Sheppard and Jason Fults, as well to all of you who joined us! And now it’s time for some more fun next week…
Jan. 30 Sponsor Reception: Don Davis will host a reception to thank [...]
Show Your Community Connections with the Chamber Video Challenge
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce wants to know what Gainesville means to you or your business. At the 2011 Business of the Year Awards, Chamber President and CEO Brent Christensen announced a video challenge to learn how a connected community not only supports Gainesville, but promotes [...]
Green Drinks hosts Gainesville City Commission Candidate Forum January 4th
Green Drinks invites the community to attend a candidate forum for the upcoming Gainesville City Commission election. The forum will take place at Blue Water Bay (http://www.thebluewaterbay.com/), at its new Gainesville location (12 SE 2nd Ave.) on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 from 6-8pm.
Numerous [...]
Greetings Green Drinkers and Environmental Film Fans!
I hope you’ve enjoyed the autumn and had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday. Although I missed seeing my kids (Portland and Denver are too far away!), I relished the quiet chance to catch up on some work and enjoyed a delicious dinner with friends. I’ve made so many lovely friends [...]
Greetings Green Drinkers and Environmental Film Fans!
I hope you’re enjoying the fall as we are. It’s a nice time to cuddle up with a good movie, eh? I’m enjoying rolling into fall. I just spent a week on the road – an odyssey that took me to Miami for the Society of Environmental Journalists [...]
7th Annual Bat Festival
What: Festival with educational presentations, bat-related arts and crafts, and vendors.
When: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Lubee Bat Conservancy, 1309 NW 192nd Ave.
Cost: Free
Info: www.batconservancy.org
“The free event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the conservancy on Northwest 192nd Avenue off County Road 231, offers an opportunity [...]
Cinema Verde and Paynes Prairie State Preserve will present a viewing of Play Again, a film about kids whose lives are immersed in technology getting out to the woods. We’ve selected this film as a complement to the local appearances of Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, at and Prairie Creek [...]
Tour of a productive no-till (weedless) garden ; short documentary about positive adjustments in a post peak oil wolrd; discussion group(s). Light lunch provided.
Saturday, October 15 · 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Gaia Grove
21255 NW CR 237
Brooker, FL
DIRECTIONS/MAP: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&rtp=adr.%7Epos.29.8873596_-82.3848724_Gaia+Grove+Eco-Camp+%26+Learning+Center_21255+SW+CR+237%252
ABOUT ALACHUA TRANSITION INITIATIVE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alachua-Transition-Iniative/122998017805941?sk=info (Remember to “LIKE” the page!)
ABOUT TRANSITION INITIATIVE http://www.transitionnetwork.org/support/what-transition-initiative
via
Join Cinema Verde at the Environmental Youth Summit on Satuday, October 8th, 1 – 4 p.m.
“We will be encouraging youth involvement in environmental issues and the arts at Environmental Youth Summit at Mt Carmel Baptist Church, 2505 NE 8th Ave., Gainesville.
High School and college students are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Youth [...]
Renowned Author, Richard Louv, to Speak at Santa Fe College Oct. 9
Richard Louv, journalist and author of the international bestseller Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, will speak at Santa Fe College on the topic of “The New Nature Movement,” based on his new book, The Nature Principle.
The reading [...]
Greetings Green Drinkers!
The cool air is helping to stir up some fun… come join us!
Green Drinks will be hosted by The Midnight Cafe and Bar, 6 – 8 p.m., October 5. Beverley Webb, owner of The Midnight, will tell us about their efforts to be sustainable, and we hope that Chris Cano of Gainesville [...]
The 2012 Public Interest Environmental Conference (PIEC) Eco-Run will benefit the 2012 conference. The Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser will be held Oct. 8 at 7:45 a.m. at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The run will start in the parking lot. The first 100 registrants will receive a free T-shirt.
Registration Information:
Advanced: $20
Advanced registration form [...]
Innovations in Land Conservation and Resource Management
This educational forum features national, regional and local conservation experts sharing conservation success stories. Learn how communities have developed new funding models and forged new partnerships to achieve large scale environmental conservation and resource protection.
Keynote Speaker:
Alan Front, Conservation Pathways, former Senior Vice President with Trust for Public Lands
Land Conservation [...]
Tomorrow, people from around the world will join hands to create 24 Hours of Reality. I hope you’ll join us. Together, we’re going to focus the world’s attention on the scope, scale and impact of the climate crisis.
24 Hours of Reality begins at 7 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, September 14. Over the course of [...]
OUR NEXT FILM will be Garbage Warrior, Saturday, Sept. 17, 7 – 9:30 p.m. at Paynes Prairie Visitor’s Center, Paynes Prairie State Preserve. See the trailer here: http://www.garbagewarrior.com/trailer.html
Thanks so much to those of you who came out to see Economics of Happiness with us at Payne’s Prairie State Preserve Visitor Center on August 13. We [...]
VOTE to see your favorite Environmental Film!
Subscribe to our RSS feed to get automatic updates whenever we add a new post.
Gainesville's environmental film and arts festival.
GoGreenNation.org is a proud member of Green America.
One of a kind vintage finds for girls with sunny auras and kitten souls.
Join us for our monthly meetings the first Wednesday of each month.
A citizen's introduction to the local Superfund Site.
Go to Gainesville Farm Fresh for information on local sustainable food.
Learn about Gainesville's city parks and natural areas here
A listing of vegetarian restaurants in the Gainesville area
The BUY LOCALLY, GAINESVILLE! group is intended to draw attention to all local businesses.
Find out what's recyclable and where you can take your recycling materials
Find out where to take your hazardous waste
