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Gainesville Environmental Film and Art Festival

We’ve announced our Film List…

Age of Stupid: Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
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Go for Google, Gainesville

In Tuesday’s Gainesville Sun, Mark Stowe and Dave Pokorney imagine what the Gainesville community would be like if it was completely outfitted with ultra high speed fiber internet. That dream could become a reality if Gainesville wins Google’s “fiber to the premises” experimental broadband initiative. If selected, Gainesville could be [...]

We’re streaming forward with our plans for the first annual Gainesville Environmental Film Festival – and we invite you to get involved if you’d like to help! Please join our meeting for all volunteers and those who’d like to volunteer, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Boca Fiesta, 232 SE 1st St in [...]

New Gainesville Farmer’s Market: Fri. and Sun.

New Gardener’s Edge at Green Market in Gainesville!

Located at: 5408 NW 8th Ave, Gainesville
Every Friday from 3pm – 7pm and every Sunday from 12pm to 5pm

The farm’s fresh produce and plants are available for sale. The market also offers other venfor items such as, flowers, honey, baked goods, handmade crafts, dairy products, and more. Mention [...]

The Power of Local

Thanks to Ed Brown for sending this powerful story of the value of local economics:
…In more than a hundred communities across North America, independent community-based businesses had a more positive story to tell. A nationwide survey of more than 1,800 independent businesses by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) found them outperforming chain competitors. Most [...]

Short Film Against Biomass Plant in Wales

“The Port Talbot and Holyhead biomass plants will require an area of dedicated biomass plantations half the size of Wales. A land area this size could feed up to a third of the population of Britain. With the world facing serious food security issues in coming years this is crazy.”
Ioan Gwyn, 29 said: “The power [...]

UF Environmental Law Conference

Sixteenth Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference

University of Florida
We believe our Conference provides a forum for an exchange of ideas between private, government, and public practitioners; environmental professionals; advocates and activists; and the interested public. The Conference is free for all UF students, faculty, and staff.
via UF Levin College of Law | PIEC.

UF [...]

Green Drinks Candidates Night March 3

Our next Green Drinks meeting will be a Candidates Night at Bocal Fiesta and The Palomino. Local candidates have another event to attend at 7 p.m., so we’ll ask them to speak promptly at 6 p.m., then have our social hour afterward.

Conservation Burial PRAIRIE CREEK LODGE PARTY

Learn about the proposed Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (a project of Conservation Burial, Inc. at Prairie Creek Lodge Feb. 28th.

Alternative Fuel Discussion

The Florida Energy Systems Consortium, with support from UF’s Office of Sustainability and the Program for Resource Efficient Communities, will host a panel discussion on alternatively-fueled vehicles from 1:45 pm until 3:30 pm on March 18th in Rooms 361-363 of the Reitz Union on the University of Florida campus.

Panelists include industry or university [...]