energy efficiency, green buildings, slow foods, hybrid cars and alternate fuels.
"A society built on green design, sustainable energy and closed loop systems, a civilization afloat on a cloud of efficient, non-toxic, recyclable technology."
Alex Nikolai Steffan.

Green Food Tallahasee
Sweet Grass Dairy is now selling 100% grass fed beef.
Check out the trailer for the movie, Food, Inc.
and FRESH the movie by clicking the Green Food Tallahassee headline above, also for updated listings of local farms and information about the new Bread and Roses Food Coop, and Yahoo Groups TallyProduce and Homegrown Food. Learn about the next Slow Food Tallahassee event and Slow Food USA.
Find out what's going on locally in slow food, organics, local farmers and things good for you--what's a regional fruit calendar?


Looking for information on the new federal energy credits or a list of approved Solar PV systems and modules? Check out the Green Tallahassee Home Page for more information and links.

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Tallahassee Community College provides short-term classroom instruction and hands-on training including: Your Role in the Green Environment, Introduction to Solar Thermal Systems and Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems.

TCC Wakulla Center presents the Green Guide Certification Program through the Wakulla Ecotourism Institute, with 90 contact hours of classroom and field-based training.
Also offering nature based classes and field trips. The Ecotourism Institute membership program offers the opportunity to participate in special events, classes and field trips at a reduced rate.

2008 GREEN TOP TEN

Bike There!
Schools Reducing Pollution and Saving Energy?
Hypermiler or Just a Crazy Driver?
Bringing Energy Efficiency to All City Residents?
Leon County Climate Action
No Illegal Clotheslines in Florida
Solar Powered Golf Cart - Student Prize
USBG Green House Gets Gold
Hybrid Honda Nostalgia
Gainesville Buys Solar

THINKING TRAVEL?

Offset Your Carbon

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SUMMER READING:
Books by Tallahassee nature writer, Susan Cerulean, Florida Wildlife Viewing Guide and Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallowed-tail Kites
Susan is also an editor of Between Two Rivers and The Wild Heart of Florida

Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite explains how and why the state's wetlands are continuing to disappear

IGNITION - What You Can Do To Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement, edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage

PEAK EVERYTHING: Waking Up to the Century of Decline by Richard Heinberg

Solar House Designs by David Bainbridge, Judy Corbett and John Hofacre

ECOVILLAGES: A Practical Guide to
Sustainable Communities
by Jan Martin Bang

Wake Up and Smell the Planet by Grist, a book that is described as a "non-pompous, non-preachy guide to greening your day." Their motto is sign-up for doom and gloom with a sense of humor.

Shop Indie Bookstores
Support your local, independent bookstores by ordering these and more!
We were sadden to see the recent closing of Word Traffic Books. The owners worked hard to create a community space that was much more than just a bookstore.
Keep an eye out in Tallahassee, as they may reemerge in new location.

No Room To Move

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What's your carbon footprint on the environment? Calculate Your Own Carbon Footprint.
You can read more about what Tallahassee's doing at this Green Tallahassee Post. Then, share your comments on our blog and we can all learn from each other.

Check your energy spending in Florida with this calculator.

Where to find alternative fuel in
Tallahassee?

Kangaroo/BP 3500 Monroe Street, Available Fuel: E-85*

Waco Food Store/Gas Mart 8120 Woodville Highway, Available Fuel B-20**

Inland Store, North Monroe, Available Fuel: Ethanol

* E-85: An alternative fuel comprised of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline
**B-20: Diesel fuel blended with 20% or less biodiesel

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    LEON COUNTY is a member of ICLEI, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.

    City of Tallahassee is a designated GOLD green city.
    It is the first city in Florida to receive this designation from the Florida Green Building Coalition.

    Green Tallahassee is a
    Supporting Member of Sustainable Tallahassee

    Sierra Club

    FLORIDA CITIES RANK

    TONS OF CARBON EMITTED PER PERSON TOP RANKING – 100 BEING HIGHEST EMISSIONS

    # 81. Sarasota/Bradenton/ Venice

    # 80. Jacksonville

    # 70. Cape Coral/Fort Myers

    # 54. Orlando

    # 59. Palm Bay/Melbourne/ Titusville

    # 47. Tampa/St. Petersburg/ Clearwater

    # 28. Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Miami Beach
    source: Brookings Institution
    May 2008

    "Petroleum springs and coal mines are not inexhaustible, but rapidly diminishing in many places. Will man then, return to the power of water and wind? Or will he emigrate where the most powerful source of heat sends its rays to all? History will show what will come."
    Auguste Mouchout. 1870.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007
    Free Energy Star Clothes Dryer
    The conversation on NPR recently was about homeowner and condo associations, as well as municipalities that have restrictions on hanging your laundry on a clothes line to dry. I know apartments in south Florida, where you can be fined for hanging a towel on the railing of your deck.

    Consuming an estimated six percent of the nation's total electricity, there are no clothes dryers with an Energy Star rating. It seems we all need the "right to dry."

    Many years ago, I remember listening to former Florida Representative Alzo Reddick, rant about the fact that no one had the right to tell his grandmother she couldn't hang her clothes in her back yard. Florida is only one of two states (the other is Hawaii) that has a state statute that prohibits restrictions against drying clothes outdoors (it also addresses solar collectors). However, it does contain a specific exception to the above mentioned railings--sorry folks, you still can't hang your stuff on "patio railings of condos or apartments," not even in Florida.

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