Florida ‘Eco-Art’ seeks to blend aesthetics & environment

18 Jul

The new "Living Shoreline" is shown in this July 9, 2015 aerial handout photo provided by Palm Beach County July 14, 2015 in Lake Worth, Florida.   REUTERS/Palm Beach County/Handout via Reuters

In a growing trend that seeks to blend art with environmental restoration, a water filtration project was unveiled on Tuesday along a 575-foot sea-walled stretch of the intracoastal waterway in South Florida. The new Living Shoreline, designed by Vermont artist Michael Singer, is billed as “Eco-Art,” which its patrons describe as “art with a job […]

Thousands of Birds Abandon Their Eggs and Nests at Seahorse Key (Video)

18 Jul

PHOTO CREDIT: Audubon.org

Read more at the following link: http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/thousands-of-birds-abandon-eggs-nests-on-floridas-seahorse-key/2236425

Fracking in Southeast Florida

18 Jul

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For folks on the east coast of Florida who have been watching the push for new oil drilling in the western Everglades – hold on to your hats. A new application just sent to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection would bring oil drilling to the Everglades of Broward County! Articles in the Miami-Herald and […]

May Day or Mayday?

14 May

Chris Byron // Deep Green Resistance Orlando May Day is one of the last vestiges of worker solidarity in the United States. Initially the holiday was a left-wing celebration of union organizing, and a protest against the state for executing seven innocent anarchists. Both are on the decline. Union membership in the United States has […]