We often report on big events and actions happening in Miami related to the environment. However, there are a lot of smaller things happening in our individual neighborhoods that are harder to find out about.
In Brickell, where I live, a new 35 story office building is being built (1450 Brickell) and it is pre-certified as LEED Gold. LEED certified buildings operate at lower cost and have many environmental benefits compared to normal construction.
Also in Brickell, some local residents are working with their condo building to offer recycling for its residents. This is a challenge for many Miamians, including myself, even though it is the law for condos to provide recycling. Find more information on What Doesn’t My Condo Recycle?
Someone in Sunny Isles mentioned to us that their condo recently REMOVED recycling from the building, because it was such a mess. This is the big issue…if people do not put recyclables in the right spot, the entire process gets botched and all of this potentially recyclable material becomes trash. If we want to have recycling in our buildings, education to residents must be key.
We’ve also heard from friends in North Bay Village that a mom is driving around in a three wheel electric vehicle, and has managed to fit 2 car seats in the back! Now that’s green.
What’s going on in your neighborhood? Can you recycle in your condo (what building is it?)? Let us know in the comments section! Also let us know if you’d like to see this as a regular feature and would like to keep your eye out for green in your area!
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Our office, Keller Williams Realty, in Miami Shores, recently formed a “green committee” and implemented a recycling program for paper and plastics. We also added a bird feeder outside, and are working on planting a butterfly garden of native plants.
What’s going in my neighborhood is the opposite of “green”. We have a near environmental DEBACLE on our hands in West Dade.
PARKLAND!
Seven thousand new homes outside of the UDB. Imagine, demolishing the UDB in the name of an “environmental” community.
Here’s what I envision: All the concerned local bloggers join forces to help stop the greedy developers!
Perhaps the system is rigged and everyone has already been paid off…but look at the power of the Internet! Obama raised half a billion dollars online and won the election with the help of regular folks doing what they could.
So I’m asking my favorite bloggers around Miami to investigate the idea of Parkland and write some posts about it.
Of course, I have to give a nod to the number one source on Parkland news in Dade county:
http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/search?q=parkland
Let me know what you think!
Found this great resource, but unfortunately no Miamians registered on it. It’s a bartering system for people who have excess fruits/veggies from yards/gardens etc. and want to barter for other things they do not have in their yards. It’s a way to promote local produce. Check it out:
http://classifieds.veggietrader.com/hsx/classifieds.hsx
Ooh, Aislinn! You are looking for the Miami Fruit Gleaning Group! It was recently established to do exactly what you are talking about…a mango tree owner with too many mangos, a random tree with fruit going bad on it, etc. Check it out!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MiamiCommunityFruitGleaning/