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Orlando hosts Green Cities

Feb 28th, 2009 | By FL-GreenCities | Category: Florida Conference, Press Release

ORLANDO PICKED FOR FLORIDA GREEN CITIES CONFERENCE
State, County, Municipal, Business and Community Leaders to Ignite Florida’s Green Economy
Seven Star, the world’s largest green events production company, has selected Orlando as the host city for Green Cities™ Florida 2009. The conference, which attracts community, government and business leaders from throughout the region, will be held May [...]



Municipal recycling needs a facelift

Feb 5th, 2009 | By FL-GreenCities | Category: Alabama

Have you heard? The price of cardboard has dropped by almost $100 per ton. It is just one more teensy economic shift that is costing billions of dollars to simply disappear from the promise of a green economy. Many municipalities that (commendably) implemented curbside recycling are now caught in a difficult situation. Back when the [...]



Destiny, Florida

Feb 4th, 2009 | By FL-GreenCities | Category: Florida Conference

Destiny, FL  is the first large-scale sustainable community in the United States, where the ecosystem is integrated into its infrastructure, creating working green space and preserving the overall quality of the environment.  This the fruition of thinking big.
Strategically placed in the heart of Florida’s Clean Tech Corridor, Destiny is mere 30 minutes from the ports at Vero Beach, 60 [...]



FAU to Receive $5 Million

Jan 29th, 2009 | By FL-GreenCities | Category: Florida, What's News

BOCA RATON, FL (November 17, 2006)—Florida Atlantic University has been selected by the Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board to receive $5 million to establish The Florida Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology.
Ranked in second place, FAU is among six Florida universities that have been selected out of 32 proposals submitted to the Board. [...]