The National Parks released the mitigation part of the agency’s climate change strategy:
Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service (NPS) has been a world leader in protecting natural and cultural resources. The NPS has preserved many of the country’s greatest treasures and in the process has been a model of resource management. We [...]
I’m in Miami at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference, and I thought I’d post a few of the places I’m looking forward to revisiting for my SEJ friends and colleagues. The following are excerpts from The Explorer’s Guide to South Florida, which I co-authored with Sandra Friend. Fair warning: if something sounds interesting, please [...]
Federal regulators on Wednesday cited oil company BP PLC and two other companies – Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton – for alleged safety and environmental violations stemming from last year’s rig explosion and massive Gulf oil spill.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/bp-2-other-companies-cite_n_1007949.html?ir=Green
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 [...]
Cinema Verde will reward students who complete environmental projects with passes to our environmental film and arts festival.
We invite all Alachua County students to participate in our art, literature, film and conservation projects – contact us if you’re interested in learning more: Contact@verdefest.org. Thanks!
Florida, National and International High School and College students:
Cinema Verde has [...]
Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them, by Kimberley Lisagor and Heather Hansen is “A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.
“Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but [...]
My friend and I surveyed the sweeping landscape from the patio atop the hillside – fields of luscious grapes winding in every direction for miles below. We raised our glasses of sparkling pink wine and toasted the spectacular, clear blue fall day in California’s Napa Valley. “Did you ever imagine we’d be here, sipping champagne [...]
YOU’RE INVITED TO A HANDS-ON OUTDOOR DEMO OF EASY TO MAKE, LOW-COST ECO-PROJECTS:
*Rain Barrels
*Compost Bins
*Solar Dehyrdrator
*No-Till Gardening
Bat Houses
*Worm Bins
*Homemade Greenhouses
**Solar Oven
*Outdoor Shower
*Compost Toilet
*Green Low-Cost Cleaning Products
WHEN? Saturday, July 16, 9:30 – 11:30 am for ages 5 and up
12:30-4:30 pm for ages 15 & up. Optional Potluck [...]
Don’t forget to join Cinema Verde and Green Drinks here to enjoy fabulous food and lots of Swamphead beer! Bring your hats, blankets and water bottles! –Trish*
UF College of Journalism and Communications
Don’t miss “Our Town,” a special presentation Monday, March 7 at 8 p.m. on WUFT-TV.
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A large male elephant seal bit a Cambria man at William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach the first week of January. Danny Harris was on the beach at what’s popularly know as San Simeon Cove when he saw a group of people from a tour bus harassing the seal on the beach.
These photos were taken a [...]
In a long-running dispute between off-road vehicle drivers and state clean air requirements, a Nipomo Mesa resident has appealed a county decision that allows the state to install independent wind-measuring towers at and near the Oceano Dunes.
The appeal means the application will go to the Board of Supervisors and possibly to the California Coastal Commission for [...]
Green Drinks Gainesville will meet 6-8 p.m. Jan. 5 at Gainesville’s newest downtown pub, The Bull, located at 18 SW 1st Avenue. Please join us in welcoming this new venture that’s sure to satisfy many of our green cravings for years to come… Owned by Tree Garner and Phil Hall, The Bull will offer [...]
Carl Bovard says he has always had a passion for animals. Bovard runs Single Vision Inc., a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary in Melrose, Florida, that focuses on educating the public about endangered species and land preservation. Bovard brought an endangered Florida panther and a bobcat to the Green Drinks Anniversary Party for Cinema Verde, Gainesville’s Environmental [...]
Crones’ Cradle Conserve’s Heritage Experience
At the Cross Creek Festival, AT Cross Creek:
18700 S. County Road 325
Cross Creek, Florida 32640
Saturday November 20, 2010
9AM-4PM
Visit the Heritage Experience…
Enjoy do-it-yourself hands on pioneer skills.
Some of the things to experience are:
Candle dipping, Corn Husk Dolls, Hay Romp, Rope Making, Log Sawing, Washing Clothes, Ironing Clothes, Pitcher Pump, Apple [...]
WASHINGTON — An environmental advocacy group says tourism and fishing deliver $204 billion annually to coastal economies along the Pacific, Atlantic and Florida Gulf shores – about four times the value of the estimated oil and gas that could be recovered every year from proposed offshore drilling nearby.
The study, prepared by Environment America, boils down [...]
The Belize Zoo Ravaged by Hurricane Richard
An Urgent Appeal for Help!
BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA, NOVEMBER 12, 2010—“The Best Little Zoo in the World” needs help!! On October 24th, 2010, The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Richard and its rustic setting of wire fences and abundant forest were no match [...]
Authentic EcoLodges by Hitesh Mehta
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise [...]
Cinema Verde Fundraiser at the new Urban Flats – Please bring your friends and join us for this opportunity to raise funds for Cinema Verde! From 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 9, Urban Flats (115 SE 1st Avenue) will host a fundraiser for Cinema Verde. All-you-can-eat and drink wine, flatbread and [...]
Contributor Trish Riley reported live from the Costa Rica Adventure Race, which featured a 500km coast-to-coast course through northern Costa Rica.
via Costa Rica AR | Gear Review | Gear Junkie.
Cat Crones Cradle invites you to a Natural Foods Gala featuring Chef Mike Rinska of The Jones, demonstrating his natural cooking with local organic foods.
The day includes live music, garden and greenhouse tours… all for just $1.
For more info: Natural_Food_Gala_2010
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