A day out on the shores of Miami Beach is definitely an opportunity to see dozens of sandy butts, but we on the GREEN Team are talking about the huge quantity of discarded cigarette filters littering the sands of our most important natural resource!
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Smoking Ban Coming to Miami Beach?
Posted in Environment, Miami Beach on December 7, 2008 |
Miami Beach Celebrates a Big GREEN Success!
Posted in Environment on December 6, 2008 |
The City of Miami Beach Office of Communications reports that the average resident produces nearly four and a half pounds of waste each day which adds up to three quarters of a ton per year! The City of Miami Beach, in coordination with the Miami Beach Pubic Works Department has created a new Sustainability Committee
How Home ECOnomics goes Green for the Holidays
Posted in Environment on December 5, 2008 |
Katrina Cristobal is a crafty woman! She’s an artist and a collector and has recently started teaching classes in Miami to help students repurpose old household objects into fun new green keepsakes at her eco-friendly shop Eclectica. If you’re serious about embracing an environmentally conscious lifestyle, why not learn how to revamp plastic bags and [...]
Tracy Mourning Wants you to Go GREEN!
Posted in Environment on December 4, 2008 |
Miami Heat star center Alonzo Mourning believes in giving back to the community that supports him in good times and bad. Miami and Miami Beach are uniquely connected to our favorite basketball star who was sidelined by a kidney ailment and could not play ball for a while but returned to lead the team to [...]
Green Solar Powered Parking Machines in Miami Beach
Posted in Environment on December 3, 2008 |
In an effort to advance the use of solar power technology on Miami Beach, the GREEN committee and city parking authorities have been working in stages to replace our antiquated parking meter system with a state-of-the-art solar powered parking system. Frequent visitors to the Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive area may have noticed that these [...]
Sustainability is BIG Business. Our Global GREEN Watch
Posted in Environment on December 1, 2008 |
When it comes to being green, some people talk the talk and some people walk the walk. We’ve seen a growing number of big-ticket items in department and specialty stores boasting organic ingredients and cruelty-free practices, but what does all that really mean? Cynical readers tend to think that calling something “organic” or “natural” is [...]
Money Saving Tips for Miami Beach Hybrid Drivers
Posted in Environment on November 29, 2008 |
As our economic climate is as fragile as our ecosystem, the Miami Beach green committee wants to create economic incentives to encourage drivers to get behind the ecological movement. Living cleaner and sorting your trash and recyclables
Recycling in Miami Beach
Posted in Environment on November 13, 2008 |
Miami Beach residents interested in going GREEN can bring their household recycling to strategic points around town to be certain they are repurposed to protect the environment. Collection bins are now on site at Miami Beach City Hall
Miami Beach Encourages the Public to Recycle
Posted in Environment on November 12, 2008 |
The average resident discards nearly four and half pounds of waste each day resulting in more than three-quarters of a ton a year. In an effort to encourage the Miami Beach community to recycle and to buy recycled products, Miami Beach’s Sustainability Committee, in coordination with the Miami Beach Public Works Department’s
