More Need to Dream in Green
Our friends over at Dream in Green have started a fundraising campaign. For such a new non-profit, they have accomplished a great deal, including the kick-off of the Green Schools Challenge. This organization is educating the public and our youth about carbon emissions and providing a format to improve. Help them help more people! Donate to Dream in...
Read MoreDream (Your Schools) in Green
On Friday, I attended the launch party for a new non-profit organization, Dream in Green. It was held at the new Karu restaurant and Y (bar). During this inaugural celebration, Dream in Green was also kicking off their first project, Green Schools Challenge. From their press release: Dream in Green, Miami’s new non-profit organization dedicated to promoting conservation, environmental...
Read MoreEco-friendly Golf
Stuck on the Palmetto recently visited the Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club in Broward County (map). He goes on to describe how the course is environmentally friendly, using special turfgrass that requires less irrigation and fertilization, is Audubon certified, and incorporates a linear park. I covered this topic almost a year ago over at eco.psfk, however hadn’t heard of any...
Read MoreThey Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot
The song Big Yellow Taxi, most recently heard from the Counting Crows, has inspired this post. Originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell in 1970, this song has as much significance today as it did over 35 years ago. Let’s go through some portions of the lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lotWith a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hot spotDon’t it...
Read MoreTough to be Good
I ended my day yesterday in guilt. I bought a regular ol’ greeting card, right after I gave the world so many other options to avoid doing so. I should have bought the card on Monday, looked around, found something made at least with recycled paper. Instead, 5:00pm on Tuesday, I was at Target, cursing myself for not having bought one sooner. It should have been in the mail already. But...
Read MoreEco-comics
This weekend, two comic strips highlighted green issues. This first one, Baldo, by Cantú and Castellanos, has a girl saying grace. One of her requests is "…make us ever more mindful of the needs of others and the needs of our planet…" The second, For Better or For Worse, by Lynn Johnston, rang really true to me. The dad goes out to the landfill and says, "Amazing. You...
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