What’s Green in Your Neighborhood?
We often report on big events and actions happening in Miami related to the environment. However, there are a lot of smaller things happening in our individual neighborhoods that are harder to find out about. In Brickell, where I live, a new 35 story office building is being built (1450 Brickell) and it is pre-certified as LEED Gold. LEED certified buildings operate at lower cost and have many...
Read MoreSummer Transit Challenge, Week 4
Of the four weeks since I started Transit Miami’s Summer Transit Challenge, I have ridden public transportation 3 of 4 weeks. The interesting thing about this is that so far, it has been the Metromover all the way. I sometimes viewed this as cheating, because I feel that I should take one of my longer trips and substitute them with the bus. However, when I really thought about it, I was...
Read MoreSummer Transit Challenge, Take 1
I pledged to participate in Transit Miami’s Summer Transit Challenge. I had planned on using public transportation to do several errands previously in the week, but the rain discouraged me. Finally, on Friday when I needed to go to the bank, and my first week of the challenge was almost up, I decided to Metro Move it. The Metromover is a free people mover that is somehow run without a...
Read MoreGetting to the Bottom of the Litter Problem
I’ve got a few hot spots when it comes to topics that I like to research and discuss for greenerMIAMI. Buying local, public transportation, and trash (litter & recycling). I guess these topics jump out at me because there is no reason that each individual can’t do something positive in each of these areas. Although I hope that we can affect the governments to make city, county,...
Read MoreTransportation Challenge: 2:39 pm – 6:09 pm
The final in the series. See the Intro, Early AM, & Mid-Day. 2:39 pm – I found it. I almost can’t believe I found it. I got really turned around, which is kind of strange for me. My husband calls me his human GPS. A SW/SE confusion cost me about 5 blocks of walking. 2:42 pm – I’m on my bus. The driver looked in confusion at my Earth Day coupon. I’m sure I was...
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