Sea Turtle-Friendly Lighting
The following is a sponsored review. I’ve actually learned something as I’m conducting research for this product review. I guess I never knew much about sea turtles until today. These creatures are on the brink of extinction, and to make matters worse, only 1 out of 1000 hatchlings reach maturity. This is incredible: Sea turtles have been around since the age of the dinosaur: 60...
Read MoreMarine Animal Rescue Society (MARS)
Post contributed by Nicole Knauer, Assistant Coordinator for MARS. Do you have a passion for the ocean and its inhabitants? Marine Animal Rescue Society (MARS) is looking for volunteers like you! MARS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals through rescue, rehabilitation, research and education. We rescue dolphins and whales in distress from Palm Beach...
Read MoreBorrowing Sand
Post contributed by Maria de los Angeles Lemus, a freelance writer and designer who also blogs under the pen name Manola Blablablanik. Everyone knows that fancy cars and glass-walled condos are just but a few of Miami-Dade’s little luxuries, but did you know sand was a precious commodity? Yes, sand. In a recent article posted on Florida Sportsman’s website, I learned that Miami is...
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 MoreManatee Population Growing, Continue Education
Post contributed by Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal of Transit Miami. Well, it’s official, manatees and bald eagles have been downgraded from the State’s endangered species list to “threatened.” Though this is a positive step which clearly marks that the animals are rebounding from our former destructive ways, we must continue to educate people on the importance of conservation. It has taken...
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