You’re invited to a Campaign Party for Mike Byerly and Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson · By BusyKislig Shires Byerly
Sunday, May 6, 2012
5:30pm until 7:30pm
7726 SE 179th Pl, Micanopy, FL 32667
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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
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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 [...]
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!
Green Drinks Gainesville is pleased to coordinate with Linda and Ken McGurn of the Sun Center and Innovation Gainesville to host the September meeting of Green Drinks. Join us September 7, [...]
Free presentation by Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Air Quality Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science,
University of California-Davis and Dr. John M. Bonner, Executive Vice President/CEO, CAST
Large livestock production facilities create air quality issues that can result in ominous clouds of protest or favorable breezes that bring economic gains for the community. The purpose [...]
Many people have made the commitment to go green in their personal lives, so why not extend that mindset to the workplace? Co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Greening Your Business (ISBN: 9781592578856, $19.95) Trish Riley will reply to questions during a live TweetChat on Thursday, September 1 at 1 pm ET. She will [...]
Third Annual Gainesville Photography Contest: Gainesville Transitions… from Old to New
When: Aug. 1 – Sept. 18
Deadline: Online entries can be uploaded starting 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Aug. 1, 2011. The deadline for submitting entries is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sept. 18, 2011 or after 500 photographs have been submitted.
Each photograph will [...]
Good morning, Gainesville!
I hope we’ll be seeing you ce soir at Paynes Praire for an encore screening of Cinema Verde’s Best in Show winner: Economics of Happiness, 7 – 9:30 p.m., tonight, August 13, 2011.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be only ONE screening of the film, beginning at 7 p.m., followed by a discussion until 9:30 [...]
The Nature Conservancy invites you to enter your stunning nature photos to our 6th annual digital photography competition by using your Facebook log-in.
We’re looking for beautiful nature photography representing the diversity of life on Earth. Your own original digital images of our lands, waters, plants, animals and people in nature are all eligible for the [...]
Old Florida Heritage Highway presents Fish Fry & Membership Drive
Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Lake Wauburg Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
RSVP ALL IN YOUR PARTY BY TUESDAY, JULY 19.
Old Florida Heritage Highway flyer: Final Draft OFHH Fish Fry
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