Category: florida
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Lakepointe and the Pacific Legal Foundation
When it looks like a duck, and walks like duck, quacks like a duck it’s a duck. Or in this case a big polluting rubber ducky.
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It’s More Than Just a Sock
Guest Blog: It’s More Than Just a Sock by Darcy Flierl It’s a sleepy, over cast Saturday morning and today I will be volunteering at our local mall to spread the word about the important impact having family meals can have on your children. My first words to my husband before my eyes even open,…
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H2 Worker Documentary. Legal Slavery.
H2 Worker Documentary. Legal Slavery. Here is your music! To everyone running for President: Tonight I watched this incredible documentary by Stephanie Black. Before they had harvesting machines every year people 10,000 Caribbean men were selectivity chosen by American sugar corporations to harvest sugar cane for six months in Florida under temporary “H2” visas. They…
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Summer Book Club: Paving Paradise Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and Failure of no Net Loss.
Summer Book Club: Paving Paradise Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and Failure of no Net Loss by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite. What is no Net Loss? Is it even on our radar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_net_loss_wetlands_policy “No net loss” is the United States government’s overall policy goal regarding wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland…
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So long john and thanks for all the fish! Plus hysterical republican debate on Fox.
So long john and thanks for all the fish! Plus hysterical republican debate on Fox. Last night I did two things: I watch an entire Republican “debate” on “Fox News.” and I stayed up way past my bedtime and watched the last “Daily Show.” I didn’t think I was going to watch the debate because…
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When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon
When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon? I just want to say THANK YOU to our TC Palm reporters and also to Eye on Miami for actually paying attention to this issue and being a supportive voice and advocate for our Indian…
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Atrazine: It brings bad things to life!
We spent a lot of time talking about the discharges to our rivers from Lake O. We talked fertilizer. We have a fertilizer ban. We really don’t talk about pesticides and herbicides and they are everywhere. Invisible to us. Today I want to talk about Atrazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrazine “Atrazine is a herbicide of the triazine class.…
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The Bookshelf by Darcy Flierl
Guest Blogger. Please enjoy the incredible writing of Darcy Fileri The Bookshelf by Darcy Flierl Who would think a silly, made from plywood, spray black painted bookshelf, could mean so much? I’ve had it since I was 17 years old. It was given to me when I was provided my own “half a house” in…
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Fruit Stands are Ripe for Learning
Fruit Stands are Ripe for Learning by Darcy Flierl It was a Saturday unlike other Saturdays in Martin County. The cool temperatures offered a relief of the summer months which extended well into our fall season. Families were moved to begin the Christmas season. Perhaps that is why so many people felt compelled to stop…
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Sea Level Rise in Miami and Politics. Let’s just say no to the “deniers.”
So what do we do when the people running are OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY? Do we vote for these people even though they are in your party? Don’t we help our own friends that are out of touch with reality?
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