Tag: Florida - Page 3
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The Two Faces of Black Friday
In Tampa, a woman is camping out in a tent in front of the Best Buy, to be the first to get the bargains.
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Goodbye McMansions, Hello Big Boxes: American Houses Are Growing Again
They are big, they are cheap, they are ugly. And they are selling, for all the wrong reasons.
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KB Homes Rolling Out Zerohome 2.0 Across The Country
Whenever KB Home or another subdivision builder introduces a new "green" model I do my usual rant about how it is just lipstick on a pig or polishing a turd. But in fact, perhaps it is time that I acknowledge that perhaps the
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Zoo Tigers Beat Deathly Heat Wave by Snacking on Bloodsicles
With an unprecedented spike in temperatures breaking records all over the country, humans aren't the only ones feeling the heat. But just as humans have come up with lot of ways to keep cool, tigers at
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Linda Loudermilk Premiers First-Ever Compostable Swimwear at Miami Fashion Week
Linda Lourdermilk's compostable swimsuit at Miami Fashion Week. Photo: Haute Natured Linda Loudermilk is making a major splash in the sustainable swimwear scene. The eco fashion designer premiered two compostable swimsuits at Miami Swim 2012 Fashion
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"Anonymous" Hackers Target Websites of Orlando, City That Arrests People for Feeding Homeless
In case you missed the news that's been unraveling over the last month, the city of Orlando has arrested more than 20 Food Not Bombs activists for feeding people in public without a permit.
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Jumping Gulf Sturgeon Injuring Florida Boaters (Video)
This is happening in Florida, and involves flying sturgeon, not Asian carp. As highlighted by the trustworthy news source fishingcrap.blogspot.com: The recent injury of two boaters by jumping gulf sturgeon brings the toll to 11 in the
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West Palm Beach Florida Has Just A Few Week's Worth of Water Left...Gulp
With precious little water left in the reservoir serving West Palm Beach Florida, 100,000-some residents face an uncertain future. The metro area can, as an emergency measure, buy water from Palm Beach
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5 Arrested for Feeding the Homeless
We've seen dumpster divers arrested and handcuffed, and another scavenger even swooped on by police helicopter. In Orlando, Florida it's not the dumpster divers they are worried about—it's the people feeding the homeless. The Palm Beach Post
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Jellyfish Invade Florida Beaches, Sting 1,600 in Memorial Day Attack
Beach goers descending on Florida's Atlantic Coast came face-to-tentacles with a greater force over Memorial Day weekend. Countless mauve stinger jellyfish covered a ten mile stretch of beach in
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Since When Did A 4,000 Square Foot House Get Considered Small?
@aarieff tweets:
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How to Build a Lightweight Food-Producing Green Roof
Rooftop farms may be stealing the lime light from green roofs, but there's still a lot to be said for putting plants on rooftops to filter rainwater, regulate building temperatures, promote biodiversity and counter the urban heat island effect. Most
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Everglades Islands Are Actually Ancient Piles of Trash
Like great-great-great-great-great grandfather like son, our early ancestors were epic trash-producers, too -- but, as it turns out, their heaps of waste may have actually had a positive impact on the environment. Researchers
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Sears Mail-Order Home From 1925 Was a Prefab Pioneer (Slideshow)
Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck sold over 70,000 houses in 447 different designs. They were not strictly prefabricated, but were precut packages that included the lumber, siding, windows and even the nails. While the look was
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Sears Mail-Order Home From 1925 Was a Prefab Pioneer
Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck sold over 70,000 houses in 447 different designs. They were not strictly prefabricated, but were precut packages that included the lumber, siding, windows and even the nails. While the look was traditional, in fact the
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Can Parking Garages Be Architectural and Green?
Since cars and parking lots are not going to disappear, let's appreciate the good ones. In South Beach, Miami, they have parking garages that are architectural and green. They are low-rise, well-designed, hold lots of cars and they
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Florida State Politician Wants To Make Photographing Farms a Felony
Taking this photo, apparently from the side of the road, would be a criminal act. Photo: InspireFate Photography/Creative Commons. Grist highlights what Norman wants to do: SB 1246 by Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, would make it a first-degree felony to
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Storm Blows Florida Pelican to a Strip Club in Canada
It's a rare thing for a pelican to have a name, and rarer still that that name would be inspired by a strip club -- but Ralph's life has been full of such unlikelihoods in recent months. Last August, the brown pelican from Florida
