Wauchula, Florida, Monday, August 2010 – Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO), a member-owned utility headquartered in Wauchula, Florida, practices that age-old adage, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” This advice is based on the notion that life is unpredictable. What seems like a “sure thing” today, may not be tomorrow. That’s why it’s [...]
TALLAHASSEE – The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) transitioned today to a Level 3 monitoring status for the Deepwater Horizon event. State emergency response officials will continue to respond to impacts as they are reported to the State Watch Office and ensure proper cleanup occurs as needed. “Though the State EOC activation has come to [...]
Mote volunteers Bill Town and Cyndi Seamon rescued Zora on May 25 from shallow waters off Longboat Key and brought the turtle to Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. Zora had papilloma tumors along with algae and barnacles covering its upper shell, or carapace. The turtle had surgery to remove the tumors and had a healthy [...]
Sarasota, FL – Every month people who work in (or care about) the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. There are 724 groups like ours, around the world!!! We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome. It’s a [...]
A Sarasota home was certified on Aug. 16 as Florida Water StarSM Gold by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The home, built by Michael K. Walker & Associates, is located in Sarasota’s Harbor Acres subdivision. It is equipped with water efficient appliances and fixtures, and no high volume irrigation system. Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ principles that [...]
TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 2010) – Small business startups and regional technology commercialization got a substantial boost when the U.S. Commerce Department announced a $2 million grant for the University of South Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory today. The grant expands the USF CONNECT program to the Mote Aquaculture Research Park supporting a test-bed and business [...]
Biological Tree and Landscape Services Hosts European Business Visitors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SARASOTA, FL (August 2010) – Biological Tree and Landscape Services, (BTLS) Tammy Kovar, owner of Biological Tree and Landscape Services, BTLS, recently hosted three European companies exploring the idea of forming an international consortium for cutting-edge biologically-based products in the Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota [...]
August 2010 (Sarasota, FL) Learning Gate Community School, a charter school in Hillsborough County with a curriculum that emphasizes nature, agriculture and environmental responsibility, became the first public school in the United States to earn LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project, 3 new buildings, consisting of 10 classrooms and an [...]
Three area homes certified as Florida Water StarSM Gold by the Southwest Florida Water Management District won Aurora Awards for their water saving features at the 2010 Southeast Building Conference in Orlando. Florida Water StarSM is a voluntary certification program for builders, developers and homeowners. It encourages water efficiency in appliances, plumbing fixtures, irrigation systems [...]
ST. PETERSBURG (Aug. 2010) – The Florida Institute of Oceanography Council has selected 27 research projects examining the vast impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico for funding from $10 million provided by oil company BP. The projects were selected from 233 proposals submitted by researchers at the 20 FIO [...]
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