Plastic World or Plastic-Free World?
Illustration by Erica Cirino Well, I am old enough to remember Bakelite, a hard, brittle material, usually black, used as knobs and insulators in early electronics. I guess this was the start of […]
FL allowing mining of state-owned wetlands has a certain smell to it
Craig Pittman explores the seedy saga of Chemours mining operations in Northeast Florida and exposes some of the dirty goings-on which continue to occur. Just one more example of our DEP supporting a polluting […]
New Wales Permit Application Action Alert: Stop Sinkhole-Prone Radioactive Gypstack Expansion
In the wake of a near-environmental disaster at the Piney Point phosphogypsum stack, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is now entertaining plans to expand the New Wales gypstack – the same gypstack that suffered […]
Florida Springs Institute Celebrates 11 Years with the Reopening of the Environmental Center
The North Florida Springs Environmental Center played host Friday, May 14, to a crowd assembled to help the Florida Springs Institute recognize its 11th anniversary. The building was reopened to the public after a long COVID […]
Why traveling to a ‘blue space’ is the stress reliever you need right now
The aesthetic beauty of North Florida’s waterways is one of the main economic drivers of the area. State officials (Scott, DeSantis, our DEP and their ilk) who worry so much about industry and the […]
HELP THE SANTA FE RIVER: Kayaktivism event Sat. May 29, 2021, 11 – 2 o’clock
A kayaktivism event is planned for Saturday May 29th, on the Santa Fe River from 11 am ’till 2 pm along the 1.5 miles of river in front of the Ginnie Springs Outdoors […]
Florida Springs Academy: “Florida’s Antique Freshwater Fishes – Analog Fishes in a Digital World” May 11, 2021, 12 pm
OSFR advisor Dr. Bob Knight of the Florida Springs Institute is presenting the following program from his Springs Academy Deep Dive, which Tues. will tell us about Florida’s antique fishes. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
Legislature moves more local powers to state
Tallahassee’s power grabbing has most certainly been a very dangerous trend this session. Since industry and corporation’s lobbyists own our policy-makers, we see it as a means for big corporations to get their way […]
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