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Tag: Florida
The Repurpose Project: Community-Based Waste Reclamation And Reuse [Video]
Gainesville, Florida’s The Repurpose Project takes materials that other thrift stores won’t in order to keep them out of landfills.
Road Construction: A Sustainable Use for “Trash Ash?”
Pasco County, Florida, has received the country’s first permit for turning ash from a waste-to-energy facility into road construction material.
Solar Power in Florida: a Shining Opportunity
The Sunshine State isn’t taking advantage of the energy in that sunshine. Help push for more solar power in Florida with the Rally for Clean Energy.
Update: Sean Law’s Fight to Keep His Food Forest… and His Home
Originally, I’d planned just to update the post I wrote on Wednesday when I got the decision of the Longwood, Florida city council about Sean Law’s accrued fines levied over [ … ]
Sean Law’s Food Forest May Cost Him His Home [Video]
UPDATE: The decision is in from the city… I’ve written a separate post about it. Over the past few years, I’ve come across a number of stories of homeowners running [ … ]
Help Protect Blackwater River State Park from Oil and Gas Drilling
Northwest Florida’s Blackwater River State Park is a special place for area residents, and an ecological treasure. Now, area activists are fighting oil drilling on this public land.
Gainesville, Florida Sees Massive Increase in Solar Power Usage
Gainesville, Florida’s implementation of a feed-in tariff has made it one of the country’s leaders in solar power installation.
Landfill Gas vs. Composting: is this Really the Way to Grow Renewable Energy?
Yep, we’ve had this conversation before… do landfills produce more methane than composting? Is keeping yard waste separate from other trash a smart move, or should we throw it all [ … ]
Gator Glyss: Natural Soap Funds Biodiesel Production
Like many schools, the University of Florida has developed a number of programs and efforts to produce and promote renewable energy. Mechanical and aerospace engineering major Eric Layton saw an [ … ]
Florida Renewable Energy Plan a Job and Economy Juggernaut
By David Sassoon. Originally published May 28, 2009, at Solveclimate If Florida embraced its solar and wind power potential and got 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by [ … ]
Florida College Grads Now Cleaning Offices
While your immediate response to the headline may have been “Yeah, the economy’s tough,” or “Hmmm… they must’ve been English, art history, or film studies majors,” Florida Gulf Coast University [ … ]
Florida Considers Carbon Control
Florida Governor Charlie Crist (R) signed an executive order last summer to develop a carbon market in the state, and has been making other good strides in the renewable energy [ … ]