What do you get when you combine an online environmental news service with a digital community of green thinkers and top it off with shopping section featuring products from the top environmentally conscious producers? You get the phenomenal website that is www.Ecofactory.com. You also happen to get Green Cities Florida’s newest media sponsor.
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It may seem as though the green movement has caught lightning in a bottle and exploded onto the mainstream overnight. However, Trish Riley of GoGreenAlternatives.com, has been connected with nature for quite some time now. Ms. Riley will be featured during the Open Space Technology session of Green Cities Florida on May 21st. Founder/CEO of [...]
Mills 50, Green Cities Florida and The Dandelion Communitea Café invite you to join us for a fun evening of networking at the Dandelion Communitea Café at in the Thornton Park neighborhood!
If you represent or have been looking to connect with the growing ‘green’ business and government community in Central Florida, join us for the second Green [...]
Need more incentive to attend Green Cities Florida? Get a load of this: The American Planning Association has approved 17 of the Green Cities Florida courses for AICP CMs (the Continuing Education designation for Planners) for a total of 20.5 hrs of credits. Here is a list of those courses:
Achieving Climate Neutrality: The [...]
This winter, as Congress was scrambling to pass the stimulus package, the bottom fell out of the renewable energy sector — the very industry that lawmakers have held out as our best hope of salvaging the economy. Trade groups like the American Wind Energy Association, which as recently as December was forecasting “another record-shattering year [...]
Over the span of two weeks, Green Cities Florida identified and contacted 100 cities in Central Florida to find out what sustainability initiatives they have on their radar and what topics they would like to learn about at the conference. Nearly 40 cities responded to our call, sharing their programs which cover everything from renewable [...]
Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty has issued a letter giving a full endorsement of Green Cities Florida. In this letter, Mayor Crotty expresses his desire to meet challenges head on in order to help Florida emerge as a leader in green business, clean technologies and sustainable initiatives. He states, “Orange County is proud to support [...]
Joseph B. Malki is the visionary founder of the new Green Cities™ event series and development platform. He is also the co-founder and a partner at Seven-Star, Inc. He has over twenty years of consulting and industry experience with primary disciplines in green marketing strategy, business development, and information technology. He is a military veteran, visionary marketer with a deep commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
Best described as a loose association of cities focused on sustainability, the emerging “green cities movement” encompasses thousands of urban areas around the world all striving to lessen their environmental impacts by reducing waste, expanding recycling, lowering emissions, increasing housing density while expanding open space, and encouraging the development of sustainable local businesses. Perhaps the archetypal green city is Curitiba, Brazil. When Jamie Lerner became [...]
$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 [...]
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