Tag: everglades trust

• Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?

  Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay? As always, if you have something to add please add it. What was penny a pound? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades “Restoration of the Everglades, however, briefly became a bipartisan cause in national politics. A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some…

  Cyndi Lenz

  June 25, 2015

  big sugar, clean water, environmental, everglades, florida, florida legislature, florida politics, polluton

  army corp of engineers, big sugar, big sugar summit, buy the land, discharges, environmental, everglades coalition meeting 2015, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida legislators, lake okeechobee, send clean water south

• Sierra Club’s Big Sugar Summit a HIT! A Call to Action!

  Sierra Club’s Big Sugar Summit a HIT! A Call to Action! Many thanks to Sierra Club, Florida  for an amazing day and the yummy food. Sierra Club Florida packed a day with every thing we really need to know to begin our journey to be experts on the subject of Big Sugar. You could done…

  Cyndi Lenz

  June 22, 2015

  big sugar, clean water, environmental, everglades, florida, florida legislature, polluton, social reform

  Barretos, big sugar, Brazil, center for responsive politics, Daren Bakst, David Guest, Dr Henrique Cesar Santejo Silveira, Dr. Gail Hollander, earthjustice, environmental and land use, everglades foundation, everglades trust, florida wildlife federation, Frank Jackalone, INstitute for responsible nutrition, Julia Hathaway, manley fuller, mary barley, Miccosukee chair Colley Billie, research fellow in agriculture heritage foundation, richard grosso, shelia krumholtz, stephen e davis, Wolfram ALderson

• Get to Know Know Your SFWMD Board of Govenors: Daniel O’Keefe and Festivus

  

  Daniel O’Keefe Executive Director, who directs all South Florida Water Management District activities.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 19, 2015

  environmental, florida, florida politics, politics

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, brack obama, buy the land, clean water, cyndilenz, Daniel O’Keefe, environmental, everglades, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, govening board, sfwmd, shuttsandbowen

• SFWMD: ” You’ve been part of a propaganda campaign! ” US “hahahahah”

  

  SFWMD literally tells the entire clean water community that they are nuts. SFWMD literally tells the entire clean water community that they are nuts.Just so you know the difference THIS is a propaganda campaign.  Trying to stop you from polluting us, saving the water, saving the Everglades and stopping sea level rise and salt water…

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 18, 2015

  environmental, florida

  army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, cara capp, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, discharges, environmental, everglades, everglades coalition meeting 2015, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, indian river lagoon, joe negron, keny hinkle, melanie peterson, mitch hutchcraf, sfwmd

• May the fourth be with us! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. We must keep going!

  

  Toxic green algae fills lake Okeechobee. Here are some photos at Port Mayaca.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 5, 2015

  environmental, florida, health, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, discharges, environmental, everglades, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, green toxic algae, harmful discharges

• Chalksy, the Eco Terrorist

  

  The first time I met him he was “Mista Big Sugar.” Then he drew in chalk “Buy the land” with a fish symbol. He was told to stop or he would be arrested. Then the gate was locked due to ‘eco terrorist” activities. This is before they bomb you with toxic algae filled with microcystin.…

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 4, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, Chalksy, clean water, eco terrorism, environmental, everglades, everglades restoration, everglades trust, ezra appel, florida, indian river lagoon, st lucie locks

• Toxic Algae Eve : Protest: Buy the land! May 3. St Lucie Locks

  

  Protest and march at Phipps park to protest upcoming discharges from Lake Okeechobee.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 4, 2015

  environmental, my martin county

  amendment one, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, environmental, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, florida legislators, indian river lagoon, martin county. florida, st lucie locks, st lucie river, stuart

• Buy the Land! SFWMD Press Conferance

  The Protest! Press Conference Video   https://twitter.com/cyndilenz/status/576100104899145728 Miami Herald Coverage http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article13799189.html#/tabPane=tabs-b0710947-1-1 Palm Beach Post http://postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/03/12/death-mermaid-other-protesters-urge-water-managers-to-buy-u-s-sugar-land/ Prostest after we spoke newspress http://www.news-press.com/story/news/2015/03/12/public-demands-sugar-land-buy-district-meeting/70220354/ sun sentinel http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-everglades-land-buy-protest-20150312-story.html palm beach post http://postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/03/12/death-mermaid-other-protesters-urge-water-managers-to-buy-u-s-sugar-land/ nbc2 http://www.nbc-2.com/story/28407006/protesters-picket-outside-south-fla-water-management-district#.VQQYeGZ_ir9 cbs 12 http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_24176.shtml

  Cyndi Lenz

  March 14, 2015

  clean water, environmental, everglades, florida, my martin county

  buy the land, cara capp, dead mermaids. mermaid, discharges, environmental, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, maggy hurchella, mark perry, marty baum, ray judah, sierra club, tropical audobon

• Saving Florida’s Water Action Alert

  

  Right before “Meet the Press” I saw this on wptv channel 5. I almost fell off my couch. Here is the website http://savingflwater.com/ GO there and sign the petition. You can tweet or facebook  Rick Scott.  Tell him to buy the land. Share the website with your friends and family. This website is a gift.…

  Cyndi Lenz

  February 23, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  army corp of engineers, buy the land, clean water, discharges, environmental, Eric Eikenberg, everglades, everglades coalition meeting 2015, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, green toxic algae, indian river lagoon, nathanial reed, saveflwater