Scottish microplastics: A lesson for the Keys?
“If you ever wanted to know, you definitely can get seasick sitting at a desk,” says Laura La Beur to her chuckling audience at Coral Restoration Foundation’s...
City Sustainability Coordinator Alison Higgins walks the walk
There must be something about helping the planet that makes one happier and generally more fun to be around. It’s not a sentiment often associated with government...
Octo-mom Gives Birth: Ground-breaking research at FKCC
It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment for research diver Lucja Rice, faculty with the Diving Business & Technology department at the Florida Keys Community College. On April 12,...
Keys newcomers making their impact
Tiffany Duong and Sara Nilsson are the oldest interns at Coral Restoration Foundation. When not out planting coral and doing CRF work, the two highly ambitious women...
Two-day party features swimsuit fashion show and axe throwing
On Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28, Keys Cable and oTHErside Boardsports are hosting a party that includes axe-throwing (!), music, food, fashion, wakeboarding and more. The setting...
Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with service and fun in the Keys
Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day together this year on Saturday April 20, at the Earth Day-Arbor Day Eco-Fair and The Great American Clean-Up Earth Day in...
Council eyeing fertilizer ordinance
In an effort to prevent igniting harmful algal blooms in local waters, Islamorada village officials are beginning to discuss an ordinance that would limit application during the...
Bringing awareness to cigarette littering
In an effort to keep Islamorada clean, village officials are looking to raise awareness of cigarette butt littering.
While receptacles are in place for disposal, not everyone uses...
Recycling rates are increasing, but so is ‘contamination’
Very few of us would consider it an ethical choice — whether to buy Corona beer in bottles or cans. The layperson shrugs a shoulder … both...
OKEECHOBEE lake levels – Army Corps of Engineers hosts meet in the Keys
Not many residents understand that the Army Corps of Engineers control the water level in Lake Okeechobee — when to conserve it, when to let it go,...
