Search results for: “Green Building”
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Organic Farming
Organic Farming: Your Complete Guide Organic farming: your complete guide. What is organic? The United States Drug Administration (USDA) describes organic agriculture as “the application of a set of cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that support the cycling of on-farm resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity.”1 Organic producers use only natural materials and processes…
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Sea Level Rise in Florida
Sea Level Rise in Florida Sea level rise in Florida. Sea level rise is an increase in the standard of the world’s oceans consequent to the influence of global warming 2. According to a study published in Nature Communications, by 2100 many coastal cities such as Miami, New Orleans, and Houston that are currently home…
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Recycling: The Complete Guide for City of Orlando
Recycling: The Complete Guide for City of Orlando Recycling. What is it? Why Should I Recycle? It is an essential component of limiting our carbon footprint on Earth. The act includes placing materials into a separate container to be sorted and baled for reuse. Recycling allows us to turn materials that would have been thrown…
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Planet Bee Foundation: “Beeing” The Change in San Francisco Bay
Planet Bee Foundation: “Beeing” The Change in San Francisco Bay Planet Bee is an environmental education nonprofit dedicated to engaging young minds with science, nature, and conservation through hands-on programs. We accomplish this by exploring the world through the eyes (or should I say five eyes) of the struggling honey bee! As many of us…
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6 Ways Trees Improve Cities and Suburbs
6 Ways Trees Improve Cities and Suburbs 6 Ways Trees Improve Cities and Suburbs. According to the nonprofit organization American Forests1, more than 140 million acres of America’s forests are located in cities and towns. Bringing a little piece of the forest into our urban and suburban world confers numerous benefits. Wherever you live, it’s…
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Biden Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement
Biden Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement. What does this mean and how will this affect our future? As part of his plan for the first 100 days of his presidency, America’s new President Joe Biden has rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Climate Agreement is an international treaty with the goal to combat climate change.…
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Environmental Action On Campus: IDEAS For Us UCF
Environmental Action On Campus: IDEAS For Us UCF Environmental Action On Campus: IDEAS For Us UCF. Mission: nowhere does the word have more meaning than when applied to IDEAS For Us (IDEAS), the nonprofit grassroots organization working to change the way we treat our environment. According to the IDEAS website, “Our mission is to develop…
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Permaculture: Closing the Loop
Permaculture: Closing the Loop Permaculture: Closing the Loop. It’s probably safe to say that most of us live similar lives in a lot of ways: we go to the grocery store to purchase stacks of packaged foods; we water our lawns; we drop cardboard boxes and bags of leaves on the pavement for the trash…
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Protecting Natural Lands in Florida
Protecting Natural Lands in Florida Protecting Natural Lands in Florida. Econ River Wilderness Area. Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area (Split Oak). Wekiva and Econ Rivers. These are precious natural lands that were discussed during the IDEAS For Us June IDEAS Hive discussion, “Protecting Natural Lands in Florida.” As the panelists continually express, if…
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Making Your Office an Eco-Friendly Workspace
You’ve pledged a more eco-conscious lifestyle for 2020. Recycling correctly: check. Composting: check. Thrifting: You wonder why you hadn’t done it sooner. But now you’re on to tackling bigger challenges: making your job an eco-friendly workspace . From thousands of sheets of paper lost to mistake prints to food scraps piled in trash bins, office…
