Thanks to Doterati.com & the Orlando Brewing for a successful Tweetup leading up to Green Cities Florida.
On Wednesday night, the toast of the Twitter and Doterati communities came out to tweet about the upcoming Green Cities event. Everyone came out for an excellent selection of organic brews with dynamic names such as: Pompous Ass IPA, [...]

 
Doterati.com, Green Cities Florida and The Orlando Brewing Company invite you to join us for a fun evening of networking at the Orlando Brewing Company, Florida’s only fully certified Organic Brewery.  
If you represent or have been looking to connect with the growing ‘green’ business and government community in Central Florida, join us for the first Green Cities Tweet-up [...]

 UPDATE: We will be hosting a GreenTweetup on May 6th at 7 PM! Mark your calendars and watch our tweets for updates. In the mean time, be sure to follow @GreenCitiesNews, on Twitter, Thursday at 1:00 pm for our next tweetaway. We will have 2 1-day passes (you choose the day) and this prize package [...]

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program (by way of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) will provide over 3 billion dollars to projects in US territories, which reduce total energy and promote energy efficiency. The city of Fort Lauderdale will be receiving $2 Million to put towards energy efficiency and conservation projects.
This grant [...]

$1.2 million awarded for Gulf Stream plan

From My Fox Orlando
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Florida Atlantic University will receive nearly $1.2 million from the federal government to continue research into harnessing energy from the powerful Gulf Stream off Florida’s coast.
Democratic Congressman Ron Klein joined scientists on Friday at the school’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology [...]

Green Cities Florida is your chance to learn more about sustainable solutions for communities, business, and government. The Green Cities global movement proves a world-wide interest in making urban design and the overall global economy a more ethical, humane, healthy, efficient, and environmentally responsible platform for living.
Current registrants comprise a significant cross-section of our [...]

(Source: The Herald Tribune.com)
A recent remodeling project on Siesta Key by the company My Green Buildings has been declared “the greenest house in the state” by the Florida Green Building Commission.  Not one to rest on past accomplishments, My Green Buildings once held the honor of “the second greenest house in the state” for their [...]

The Orlando Sentinel recently ran an article about land development plans in untouched Volusia County. This isn’t going to be a few subdivisions, but an entire city of up to 23,000 housing units named Farmton.  These plans are being proposed by Miami Corp, a Chicago based company founded by the family who once owned Miami’s [...]

In a few years, the trash you see at landfills will be used to generate environmentally friendly electricity for thousands of Progress Energy customers in Florida. On Tuesday, state regulators approved Progress Energy’s plan to buy up to 60 megawatts of power from a power plant that will produce electricity by burning rubber tires, plastic, [...]

Late last year, formal announcements were made regarding the city of Destiny, FL. Proposed as America’s first Planned Environmental Development, the 65-square-mile city located one hour south of Orlando will be situated within a day’s drive of 30 million consumers and at the crossroads of the most highly trafficked tourist destination in the United States.
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