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Help Foxes and Coyotes in Florida on or before June 23

From the Humane Society via Brack Barker of Sierra Club:

“In Florida, foxes and coyotes are live-trapped and artificially stocked in fenced enclosures for the purpose of allowing hounds to pursue the captive animals. As many as 300 dogs may be released during a pen competition. Dogs often catch and rip apart the live bait animals [...]

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Florida Folk Festival : 2010

2010 Florida Folk Festival

May 28 – 30, 2010

Welcome to the 58th Florida Folk Festival, a three-day celebration of the music, dance, stories, crafts and food that make Florida unique.

via Florida Folk Festival :: 2010.

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National Environmental Partnership Summit

Opening Plenary and Reception, featuring Elizabeth Grossman. Ms. Grossman is the author of Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry (Island Press, September 2009), High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health, Watershed: The Undamming of America, and Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark [...]

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Items Needed to Help Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill

Lola Haskins attended our Green Drinks meeting this week to request that we help spread the word about a collection she’s organizing to gather supplies for cleaning up the Gulf Oil Spill. Please pass along her message:

“I’m heading a drive to collect supplies for oil cleanup.  The items below
are what will be most urgently [...]

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40 Days of Change: UF

Events March 17 – Earth Day, April 22:

University of Florida Office of Sustainability.

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Florida Food Summit

UF Hosts several panels on local food issues as well as a farmer’s market on campus (April 12).

FoodSummit.

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FREE: National Parks, April 17-25

Salazar Announces National Park Service Will Waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week

Annual Celebration takes place April 17- 25

WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that all 392 national parks will have free admission during National Park Week, April 17 to 25. Parks will also offer [...]

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Deadline: Costa Rica Contest for Teens

Teens can apply to win a summer service adventure trip to Costa Rica… Deadline April 9.

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“Florida’s Next Decade of Renewable Energy”

Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE) presents a conference in Orlando:

Date:March 26th & 27th
Time:10:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday
9:00 am to 4:40 pm Saturday
Location: Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center

Click Here for Details and Registration

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Fermentation workshops Feb. 13

What: INTRO TO HOME BREWING: MEAD AND MORE
When: Feb. 13, 10am Ale/Lambic, 1:30 Local Mead, 3:30 Wild Wine & Prison Hooch
Where: The Hen House – Backyard – 109 SE 4th Place

At 1:30, Michael from Rosie’s Organics will be discussing local honey mead
making and will demonstrate a basic, simple way to create this delicious
home brew.  We [...]

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Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy event

“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 [...]

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