I got this today in an email. Nehrling Gardens is one of the non-profits the Green Team is supporting this year. Every little bit helps, so even if you can’t attend the party, check out the Nehrling’s website on how to help preserve this Florida treasure!
WHAT: “Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament, Casino Party [...]
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Most of you probably don’t know that right here in Central Florida a major water bottling company is wanting to tap into one of our aquifers. Why is this a problem? The water table is already low and they are approving California based Niagara Water Bottling Company to take 177 million gallons [...]
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Posted in Consignment Shops, Deals Around Town, Local "Green" Events, Organizations/Activism, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged FLorida School of Holistic Living, thrift store, sale, bargain, rummage sale, first unitarian, alliance, volunteer on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Florida School of Holistic Living is holding a rummage sale as a fundraiser. The flier went across my desk a little while ago and then I got distracted amassing things to donate both from myself personally, and then from The Alliance Continuuing Bazaar thrift shop over at First Unitarian.
My foyer looks nuts, and my car [...]
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Posted in Health and Safety, Organizations/Activism, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged recycle, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, glasses, eyewear, spectacles, World Health Organization, Lion's Club, Giving the Gift of Sight, Eyes for the Needy, sunglasses, refractive error, blind, blindness, LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, Sunglass Hut, Vision 2020 Right to Sight, World Sight Day, Haiti on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been wearing glasses since I was six. I’m now thirty-two, so that’s creeping up to three decades of glasses wearing! I started out hating it, but over the years it’s become a part of my identity some how.
Cat, glasses wearer.
I was recently at the mall at Lenscrafters ordering a new pair because [...]
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We are starting a Local chapter of Florida Friends of Midwives (FFOM) at the Educated Mama in Sanford. Our first meeting will be on Friday June 20th at 11 am. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Please encourage your midwives, doulas, friends, and family to attend. We will discuss different fundraising ideas as well [...]
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Posted in Action Alerts, Conservation, Media, Organizations/Activism, tagged Cat Rigby, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, food for thought, Gary Przyborski, global warming, green team, letter writing, taking action, University Unitarian Univesalist Society on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I get interesting things across my Green Team desk sometimes. Today I offer you some food for thought on the topic of global warming’s impact in Florida and how to be heard and speak your green truth.
My “green team” counterpart and new friend over at University Unitarian Universalist Society, Gary Przyborski, was talking [...]
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Posted in Chiropractors, Fun Stuff for Kids, Local "Green" Events, Nontoxic Lawn Care, Organic Gardening, Organizations/Activism, Parenting Groups, tagged benefit, Chiropractor, fair, festival, garden, Holistic Moms Network, kids, music, organic, Orlando, photograph, planting, storyteller on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Lynne Whitson-Rosemellia of Hands On Family Chiropractic is hosting a Spring Fling to benefit the Orlando Area Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network. The event will take place from 11-2 on Saturday, May 10th at 2876 S. Alafaya Trail in Orlando.
There will be plantings and paintings for the kids, a photographer to get pictures [...]
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Posted in Coffee and Tea, Consignment Shops, Fun Stuff for Kids, Local "Green" Events, Organizations/Activism, Spirituality, tagged festival, organic, music, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, coffee, seven sisters coffee house, arts, concert, local event, local bands on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you liked the Behind the Beans preview of Seven Sisters Coffee house, you can catch another taste of the yummy organic, fair trade joe at the May 17th “Evening Entertainment Escape!”
Alisha Kearns is taking Seven Sisters Coffeehouse over to be one of the tables at the crazy celebration of “creative spirit” held at First [...]
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I just got a neat press release that sounds like some weekend fun:
Greetings from Seven Sisters Coffee!
I am inviting you to a special event I am calling
“Behind-The-Beans: A preview of Seven Sisters Coffee House.”
Highlights included:
A special photographic presentation of my life-changing tour of the amazing environmentally-sustainable & worker-rights focused Selva Negra Coffee Estate in [...]
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I received an action alert via email last week about a sweet dog (pictured below) who was about to be put to sleep. I knew there was a high euthanasia rate at our local shelters, but I didn’t realize that dogs were only given about 2 weeks to be adopted. This appears to be the case [...]
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