Sustainable Living

On Monday’s WMNF Sustainable Living Program our topic was Preserving and Improving Florida’s Natural Ecosystem. Prescribed burning is one method of management of natural areas and this year’s Fire Fest is happening in Sarasota County...

On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program the topic was Solar Electric Systems and our guests were The Gulf Coast Coordinator for Florida Solar United Neighbors, Julia Herbst; and the Director of the University of Central Florida’s...

On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program  on WMNF, we talked about fermenting. Our guests we’re Sarah Arrazola, founder of St. Pete Ferments, Tampa Bay’s first wild fermentation food and beverage Company. She’s a St. Petersburg native and...

On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we talked about permaculture and ‘Closing the Loop’ with three presenters at this year’s Florida Permaculture Convergence. Joining us was Koreen Brennan, a local permaculture designer and teacher, Jungle Jay...

On today’s Sustainable Living Program we talked about local recycling with our guests Laura Thomas, the City of Largo Sustainability Coordinator; Recycling Coordinator for City of Tampa, Alita Kane; and Recycling and Waste Reduction Specialist...

On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program Home Grown Vegetables was the topic, with three local gardeners.  Rick Martinez, founder of Sweetwater Organic Farm Bill Bilodeau, co-founder of Eco Village Garden and Sustainable Urban Ag Coalition in...

From the beaches to the springs to the pristine underground aquifer to the Everglades and the rivers— Florida’s waters are like nowhere else on earth. Two of Florida’s most knowledgeable people about the state of...

Yesterday local environmentalist Tanja Vidovic (and WMNF volunteer) was banned from a Pinellas County Park for objecting to the spraying of the controversial herbicide Roundup on park grounds. According to Vidovic she was in Safety...

On Monday’s WMNF Sustainable Living program our topic was Electric Vehicles, hybrid and plug-in hybrids. Our guests were Dory Larson, Electric Vehicles Program Associate with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, where her work is...

Florida springs and aquifer at risk warns top environmentalist This year the environment is emerging as a top issue in both the primary and the general election. The Democrats have been debating who is closer...

On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we talked about fruiting trees and plants with guest Pete Kanaris, the owner of Green Dreams, an edible landscaping company that uses holistic and permaculture practices to heal the land....

On Monday’s WMNF Sustainable Living program our topic was Urban and Transportation Planning for our future. Guests included, Al Bartolotta, Rodney Chatman, and Chelsea Favero from Forward Pinellas; also from the University of South Florida...