Use Less and Get a Free T-Shirt
Use Less. It's a big campaign from Miami Dade County right now. You've probably seen the billboards. And now they've gone social media crazy, too. The focus is water conservation, and the County has compiled all of the water resources you need into one simple site. It covers anything from basic water conservation to rain barrels and Florida friendly landscaping. So...
Read MoreHold The Line and Residents Win State Support!
Will Miami Dade Commissioners Gamble Away our County Budget? Dear Friends: The Florida Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) received thousands of comments from Hold the Line activists and responded by strongly opposing Miami-Dade County’s ill advised efforts to develop outside our Urban Development Boundary (UDB). If County Commissioners do not rescind these amendments, the...
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 MoreDishwashers 101
Welcome to Dishwashers 101! Today we’ll run through everything you need to know to cut down on your work in the kitchen, and save energy and water to boot! Many people have the misconception that you can not put dirty dishes into the dishwasher. This is absolutely false. Pre-washing dishes is not necessary. The key to receiving clean dishes at the end of a dishwashing cycle is to A) load...
Read MoreFlorida Everglades featured on TreehuggerTV
I’m very excited to report that the Florida Everglades is featured on the newest TreehuggerTV video. John Adornato, from the local National Parks Conservation Association, talks about a recent court decision regarding rock mines that are sucking water out of the Everglades. They also discuss the Everglades Skyway, Melaleuca, and restoration. I’d like to thank m_ss_ng p_eces for...
Read MoreSunken Boats: Who’s Responsibility?
As I was watching the City of Miami television station the other day, they discussed the use of federal funds in order to finally remove some of the boats sunken by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. The real deal is that the boat owner is responsible for boat removal. I believe that it is not reasonable to rely on the boat owner to remove their sunken boat from the water…at least not the way...
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