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 MoreCity of Miami Launches MiPlan
The City of Miami Commissioners recently approved "MiPlan" – Miami’s Climate Action Plan. From the website: The City of Miami is committed to taking action to reduce and halt global climate change. Miami’s greenhouse gas emissions currently exceed 4.8 million metric tons per year and will rise to 5.7 million metric tons by 2020 without action. MiPlan, the City of...
Read MoreFlorida Summit on Global Climate Change – RFK, Jr & Schwarzenegger
As a follow up to the Governor’s Summit on Climate Change held in Miami this month (see previous posts), I wanted to touch on what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. covered. First of all, to see Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speak in person was incredible. What an amazing speaker. You may see his entire speech here. I was especially intrigued by his discussion on the level of...
Read MoreEcoZone reaches $1 Million in Green to City of Miami
The City of Miami received $225,000 from the EcoZone Program to help green Miami. This brings the total of funds received from this project over the last four years to over $1,000,000. From the press release, "The EcoZone initiative is funded solely through corporate sponsorships, with half of all EcoZone revenues generated from educational outdoor signage going to fund the community’s...
Read MoreMiami State of the City Address – Green
City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz gave his State of the City Address last week, and the theme was green. We’re sorry to say that we were unable to attend and have been also having issues getting our hands on a transcript of the speech, so here we bring you bits and pieces of what others have reported. He discussed Miami 21, the Streetcar project, and encouraged each Miamian to make the switch...
Read MoreShow Your Support for the Everglades Skyway
Kristina Trotta of the Sierra Club and Everglades Skyway has sent the following message: The Skyway campaign has been building and the Coalition is growing every day. Our most recent endorsers are the City of Miami Gardens, Town of Miami Lakes, ChamberSouth, the Miami Lakes and Green Thumb Garden Clubs and the Builders Association of South Florida, bringing our list of supporters up to 36! This...
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