Bradford Environmental Forum a Huge Success

September 29, 2019 Environmental Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Events (Advocacy), Miscellaneous, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) 1 Comment

Thanks to the hard work by Carol Mosley, Kate Ellison and Paul Still, there was standing room only at the Sustainable Living Center at Hampton. Attendees came from as far away as Ona, a […]

Bradford Environmental Forum: Phosphate Mine Update

September 15, 2019 Environmental Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Events (Advocacy), Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) Leave a Comment

September Forum: Phosphate Mine Update We return from summer break with our September Forum, to be held on Saturday, September 28 from 1-5 PM, with a simple meal served as we wrap up. Focusing primarily […]

Sierra Club Press Release on Amendment 1–

September 14, 2019 Conservation, State Government Solutions Leave a Comment

For Immediate Release: September 9, 2019 Contact: David Guest, 850-228-3337, david@davidguestlaw.net Cris Costello, 941-914-0421, cris.costello@sierraclub.org **PRESS RELEASE** CONSERVATION LAND FIGHT WILL CONTINUE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ARE DIRECTIVES, NOT SIMPLY REQUESTS Tallahassee – Today the 1st District […]

Nature’s rights movement grows in Florida

September 13, 2019 State Government Threats, Films & Videos Leave a Comment

The movement is well underway in Alachua County, and the status at this time is acquiring the more than 18,000 petitions to get the amendment on the ballot in 2020. Your historian has participated in […]

Rum Island Park to close for renovation

September 8, 2019 Conservation, Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), County Government Solutions, Miscellaneous, Volunteering 5 Comments

The county promised a workshop for public input regarding the changes to the park, but it was not forthcoming. A variance to build in wetlands was granted by the water management district. Read the rest […]

Suwannee RiverKeeper Quarterman is Guest at OSFR Board Meeting

August 31, 2019 Events (Education), Miscellaneous, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering 1 Comment

Guest speaker at the August OSFR board meeting was Suwannee RiverKeeper John Quarterman from Georgia. John gave a detailed run-down of the benefits and responsibilities of a riverkeeper, of which there are around 350 scattered […]

It’s a shame to silence and gag majority

August 21, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Education, County Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 2 Comments

Freedom of speech? Democracy? Apparently these are foreign words to the so-called leaders of Charleton County, Georgia and they just aren’t able to understand them. It’s hard to believe that what Mark Lyons describes below […]

Union County BOCC, August, 2019–

August 20, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Solutions, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

We continue to monitor the Union County commissioners’ meetings for updates, and anything new that might pop up. We are still awaiting the ruling on Union’s bid for dismissal on the legal challenge by […]

Richard Devereaux on Tipping Points Too Risky to Ignore: ““Walk the Walk” or just “Talk the Talk”? Organic materials comprise about 24% of municipal solid waste in the U.S.A.…” Dec 3, 12:58
Phlip Buskirk on Protecting the Polluters: “If a policy consistently places economy above ecology, our water and Earth will be ruined as Deveopers become billionaires.” Nov 20, 11:11
James Brown on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Recommended reads: Thomas, Jordan “When It All Burns”. Stewart, Omer, “Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness” Nov 19, 08:09
Mary Hampton on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Regarding Sierra Club’s shift of moving toward social justice, I agree with the statement that Our Santa Fe River organization…” Nov 18, 09:51
Kristin Rubin on Aftermath Of Ginnie Springs Killings: “It is a sad statement when even one commissioner’s opinion for lax safety requirements be withheld to ensure the safety…” Nov 7, 06:57

Bradford Environmental Forum a Huge Success

Bradford Environmental Forum: Phosphate Mine Update

Sierra Club Press Release on Amendment 1–

Nature’s rights movement grows in Florida

Rum Island Park to close for renovation

Suwannee RiverKeeper Quarterman is Guest at OSFR Board Meeting

It’s a shame to silence and gag majority

Union County BOCC, August, 2019–

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