<Green Tallahassee>

function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener("load", function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } }

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

Now at Green Food : Shouldn't we all Squish our Fruit TOGETHER??
Updated listings of local farms and grower's markets

Visit Green Tallahassee Calendar
for Green Things To Do

Green Musings

LAUNCH A GREEN CAREER

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

Support your local, independent bookstores by ordering these and more!
Find Indie Store locations and directions on your iPhone using Google Maps.
Download NPR Content - reviews, interviews and more
Get your IndieBound Wish List is up-to-date

READING SHELF:
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

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. by Cynthia Barnett

Calculate Your
Carbon Emissions

What's your carbon footprint on the environment? Calculate Your Own Carbon Footprint.

Where to find alternative fuel in
Tallahassee?

Florida now has over 2,000 stations offering E-85 fuel.
Kangaroo/BP 3500 Monroe Street, Available Fuel: E-85*

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

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

Share A Ride!

Commuter Services of North Florida

Banner 10000004

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

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

Saturday, August 16, 2008

BIKE THERE!

In Tallahassee, a local resident has mapped out a convenient 2.5 mile loop downtown, for cyclists and pedestrians called Dowtown Bike Ped Square.

There also is a potentially cool application called GMaps Pedometer. Potentially because the site seems to have crashed, but if it were working, it would allow you to map out a route using Google Maps and calculate not only the distance walked, but calories burned.

Currently, a group out on the west coast (that's Oregon--not Pensacola) has started an online petition to provide a 'Bike There' feature on Google Maps, similar to the 'Drive There' and 'Take Public Transit' options. The idea is to include actual bicycle lanes within a location providing either the most direct route or the most bicycle-friendly route. Right now, byCycle.org features only the metro areas of Portland, Oregon and Madison, Wisconisn. Other folks in around the world are working on similar maps for their locales. Google Maps 'Bike There' Feature Request Petition

Want to make Tallahassee a safer place to bike? Send your comments and suggestions to our city's bike coordinator: and utilize the StarMetro 'bike on a bus' program to help you get from here to there. Yikes! What if all of our Green Readers started using this feature? Currently, the bus bike rack only hold two bikes.

The City of Tallahassee and Leon County's Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan was adopted in 2004 and is currently being updated by the Capital Region Transportation Agency. For more information, contact Cherie Horne at the City/County Planning Department.

Labels: bikes, bycycle.org, Google Maps, green, Share the Road, transportation

Stumble Upon Toolbar

Stumble It! Share

posted by Green Tallahassee @ 9:25 AM

0 Comments:

Welcome!

Name: Green Tallahassee
Home: Tallahassee, FL, United States
About Me: Welcome to Green Tallahassee. Share your comments, share your favorite green thing.
See my complete profile

VISIT the new GREEN CALENDAR to keep up-to-date with local and regional events, meetings, etc.

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.

WHERE? Do I recycle?

Green Readers voted in our Poll and the results in!

Our informal, unscientific poll asked you to select one of four energy approaches for the City of Tallahassee to take immediately. Here's how you voted:

Expand the credit for solar 43%

Invest in BioMass Power 0%

Contract to buy nuclear 14%

Re-examine coal options 0%

Promote conservation 43%

Subscribe in a reader

Send your feedback through our "comments" sections on posts and contact Green Tallahassee at gmail[dot]com

Previous Post

SOLAR

Gaiam's Online Clearance Outlet Save up to 75% instantly (while quantities last)

Live Green with Gaiam

Links

Green Tallahassee Home Page
Green Tallahassee Calendar
Green Food Tallahassee
WHERE? Do I recycle?

Image by Cool Text: Logo and Button Generator -
SOLAR MAP OF TALLAHASSEE

Florida's energy goal: reduce its energy requirements through enhanced conservation and efficiency measures in all end-use sectors and reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by promoting an increased use of renewable energy resources and low-carbon-emitting electric power plants.

Save 20%-50% off on Eco-Friendly products at Organic Style!

TAGS

Design by isnaini dot com

View blog top tags

Share on Facebook

Blog:

Green Tallahassee

Topics:

green, energy, environment

Join my network

Archives