Local Green Org Operation Green Leaves Focuses on Haiti
Miami-based non-profit Operation Green Leaves has been focusing on reforesting Haiti since 1991. When the earthquake struck, Operation Green Leaves sprung into action. OGL Haiti was recently featured on Treehugger.com as a green organization that will need continuing support to help the communities in Haiti, and we were glad to see such global exposure for the organization. In listening to the...
Read MoreTrees Get Hitched in Fort Lauderdale
A new matchmaking service has just been started in Fort Lauderdale. It isn’t for animals, human’s or birds: it is for trees. Yes trees. Now how can trees be married? Well, these trees are not married to each other they are married to a new partner, a new location a new place to live and breathe and provide enjoyment to humans, animals and birds. A “green” program of the Riverwalk Trust in...
Read MoreThe Big Sweep: Beach Clean-up Competition
ECOMB is at it again! Help clean up South Beach and have some fun doing it on June 14, 2009 from 8am-12 noon. Pre-registration is required Here are the details from the ECOMB site. Check it out for more info and updates. Help ECOMB volunteers, the City of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Boucher Brothers, the Surfrider Foundation and many others...
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