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Welcome to U Gotta Go Green!
Posted by U Gotta Go GreenWelcome to Southwest Florida's eco-networking, resource and information-sharing website. We hope that you enjoy our magazine-style, news digest format and find lots of interesting ways to get involved in the burgeoning green community. As a comprehensive web portal and online community for everything and anything Green, Sustainable and Eco-friendly in SWFL...
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Truth Be Told: Solar is now cost-effective!
Posted by U Gotta Go Green in Energy & SustainabilityThe sources of energy, the way we move stuff around, are much the same as they were a generation ago. But that may be about to change. We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power...Here comes the sun, if we’re willing to let it in.
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Making Sure ‘FL Forever’ is Forever
Posted by U Gotta Go GreenA growing chorus of business and environmental voices is calling on lawmakers to save a program that has protected millions of acres of wildlife habitat across Florida. Florida Forever was designed to help protect water resources and conserve vast tracts of wildlife habitat for animals such as Florida panthers, black bears and manatees. After being fully funded for a decade, the program has withered with almost no funds for the past two years because of state budget woes.
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FL State Legislature Choking Clean Water Rules
Posted by U Gotta Go Green in Climate & Environment in Politics & GovernmentStinking, slimy, poisonous rivers filled with dead fish may sound like a horror movie, but it's a reality for some citizens of the Sunshine State. Toxic algae are increasingly plaguing a number of Florida's fresh waterways, while budget cuts and proposed restrictions on the state DEP could make it harder to keep those state waters clean.
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New Population Projection: 10 Billion Humans Inhabiting the Earth by 2100
Posted by U Gotta Go Green in Health & WellnessGlobal human population -- previously projected to peak at 9 billion in 2050 and then begin declining -- is now projected to hit 10 billion by 2100...there is no doubt that 10 billion people on this planet will spell disaster for countless...
What's Happening in SWFL?
Help Us to Remember Haiti’s Forgotten Children on Sat. May 21st at 6:00 pm
Really, Really, FREE Market in Fleishmann Park, Sat. Nov.5th, 2011, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Green Drinks Meet and Mingle Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month - Next Event, Nov. 8th, 6:00 pm
Spotlight On..
ASK TIFFY…Dogs for the Earth Official Spokesdog!
Target Targets All-Sustainable Seafood as Goal Within the Next 4 Years!
Naples Artist Virginia Bryant has Passion for Purses with Purpose
Overcoming Bike Commuting Excuses…JUST DO IT!
The Case for Active Transportation
Be Car Free and Care Free with the EMERGENCY RIDE HOME program offered by Commuter Services!
Contributors
Cloe Waterfield, Scientist Extaordinaire
One of the brightest, most engaging and most articulate on the subject of climate change, ocean acidification and all things…
This Year Green Drinks Meet and Mingle, Last Year, ROAD TRIP!!
Heidi Van Korff a LEED certified Engineer, Designer and President of the firm, Sustainable Civil, took to the road in the middle…
The Green Myth Buster – Dr. Languell
Dr. Jennifer Languell is a trail blazer. Not only is she a female engineer in a field that is still largely a man’s world,…
Steve Hart, A Guy With Heart in Naples
Dianne Rhodes is Spreading the Word About the Perils of Climate Change
Has LEED been LEADing?
Dr. Gerry Segal, founding Associate Professor of Management at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Lutgert College…
Eco-Farming and Permaculture Passionista
Recently relocated to the Naples area from Western Massachusetts, Alisande Cunningham Sweeney’s expertise has been garnered…
It May be Green Light for Redirect of U.S. 41
New Population Projection: 10 Billion Humans Inhabiting the Earth by 2100
Did You Know?
Business Buzz
Random Features
Videos
Composting, the New Recycling?
Make Every Day Earth Day!
You May Say That I’m A Dreamer, But I’m Not The Only One…
Local Organics in SWFL
Green Businesses of Note
The Green Guys at “ICAN Junction” Thrift Store
FREE Services from Commuter Services!
Andrea’s Organic Hair Salon in Naples - Green and Growing!
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point wins award for Eco-Friendly Design
Around the Region
Can Florida Reduce it’s Annual $60 Billion Expense for Transportation and Fuel?
Hot off the Press - Officials Consider U.S. 41 Shift!!!
School District of Collier County Announces Recycling Contest Winners
FL State Legislature Choking Clean Water Rules
How Bicycling Will Save the Economy (if we let it)
SWFL Recieves Growing Recognition for Bike-Friendly Progress
Everything you ever wanted to know about CAT (Collier Area Transit)
Fort Myers’ Mayor Henderson is “Taking it to the Streets”!
Find Sunrise Citrus Farm at the GreenMarket every Saturday 9:00 - 1:00 pm during Citrus Season
EarthFest 2011 in Key Biscayne Sat., April 17th - Call for Vendors
Guide to SWFL Farmer’s Markets, Farms, Organic and Vegan Food
Rookery Bay Unveils New Climate Change Exhibit
Pelican Bay has begun using Solar/Electric Trams
The Gift of Thrift in Southwest Florida
“Happy River” at Happehatchee Brings Lots of Happiness to the Local Community