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trib clips litter your neighborhood

Speaking of newspaper litter… On Thursday mornings, we used to find the “community” edition of the Tampa Tribune at the bottom of our driveway. We didn’t ask for it, it just showed up. The small tab with what newspaper journalists call “chicken dinner news” was not really given to you out of concern for community, but [...]

trib, times: plastic bags suck, but you (not us) can fix it

Newspapers are good at "do as I say, not as I do."

questionable seagrass recovery plan

December 29, 2009Leave your thoughts!

The Ocean Foundation says that anyone who wants to destroy sea grass can make up for it by simply writing a check. the St. Pete Times has doubts.

which tampa bay area schools lead in green?

September 30, 2009One comment so far, add yours!

It ain't exactly as thrilling as a roller coaster ride, but there are lots of people doing great things to help lead us to a more sustainable (and profitable) existence. In our bay area schools, no less.

bats: pest control on wings

September 26, 20092 comments - add to the conversation!

With Halloween (and Guavaween!)  just a little over a month away, stores are stocking up on all those things we love to be frightened by: ghosts, bats, mummies, vampires,  zombies, and those scary orange and black wrapped peanut chewy candies. (Seriously, who eats those?) And once again, I have to wonder – why are we [...]

neighbors using web to prod gov’t

September 23, 20096 comments - add to the conversation!

In Tampa, a small group of neighbors have created a single blog to convince the city to react quickly on a specific allegedly problematic property.

tarballs are (nearly) harmless

September 18, 20095 comments - add to the conversation!

Tarballs come from oil spills, and can make your day at the beach even more adventurous.

practice what you preach

Tree huggers gathered in opposition to big oil, and drove their gas-guzzlers four blocks to do so.

paving the way for florida-friendly landscaping

A new state law went into effect on July 1 in support for Florida-Friendly gardeners everywhere! The new law states specifically that HOAs can no longer prohibit homeowners from applying Florida-Friendly landscaping!

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