Carnival of the Green #47

Bienvenidos a Miami, where we are proud to host the 47th weekly edition of the Carnival of the Green, brainchild of City Hippy and Triple Pundit. This Carnival travels virtually, so there is no need to worry about carbon emissions. Last week it stopped over at Ecostreet and next week it will travel north once again to EnviroPundit.

Miami itself has a growing blogging community. We recently conducted Miami Cross-Blogination, a day of switcheroo in the local blogosphere. While you're here, take a moment to visit some of our local blogs! Today, as you read the Carnival, we'll take you on a tour of the sights. Enjoy!

First stop on our tour, the place that everyone associates with Miami. South Beach. And one thing that SoBe has a lot of? Sushi restaurants. This week, Ecostreet brings us a story on sustainable sushi: A look at how a chain of UK sushi restaurants are helping to save the bluefin tuna.

Next we'll head over to the newest up and coming neighborhood in Miami - The Design District. This is the hot spot that is getting filled with galleries and small, hip businesses. green | rising discusses for-profit social ventures, using Google's recent move as a positive, for-profit example of social entrepreneurship. (Flickr, mle626)

From here we'll go to downtown Miami, where most government offices are located, along with several museums and typical downtown shops. We're here because we need to stop by the courthouse. Sludgie reports on a judge's recent decision to reinstate a Clinton-era ban on road construction, logging, mining and development in roadless national forest areas.

Now we'll drive down to Brickell Avenue and cross over the bridge to Key Biscayne. This is the hot spot for local cyclists, and I thought our next blogger might want to stop for a cortadito (cuban coffee) with some of the others. Preston of Jetson Green wants everyone to know this is the last week before he rides in the Livestrong Challenge in Austin. He is offering 1-month of advertising on Jetson Green to those who make a donation to the Lance Armstrong Challenge through Preston's fundraising page.

Staying on Key Biscayne, Preston might want to stop by the Crandon Park Tennis Center, home of the Nasdaq 100. In the next post, he takes us on a tour of a sustainable residence + spa + tennis court designed by architect Robert Rhodes. (Flickr, sauronlivez)

Since we're right by Biscayne Bay, we should take a minute to enjoy the bay and ocean views. Alexandra Cousteau of Earth Echo tells us how carbon emissions affect the pH balance of the oceans and how to offset them.

Next we'll travel down south a bit to Homestead, Florida and the Redlands. This is the agricultural section of Miami, and has a growing agro-tourism market. Speaking of agriculture, Judy Kingsbury of Savvy Vegetarian looks into issues with genetically engineered rice. She asks, "Are we just a bunch of fat, complacent, ignorant guinea pigs, happy to be deceived and manipulated as long as we're comfortable in our cages?" (Flickr, dreamless studio)

Since we're down this way, we should stop by the world famous Everglades...the River of Grass. One thing the Everglades has is a lot of is wildlife! Biologist Sally Kneidel of Veggie Revolution lists ten powerful ways to help wildlife, both locally and globally. (Flickr, Genista)

greenerMIAMI actually wrote about the Everglades Skyway this week, with the help of Sierra Club's Kristina Trotta. The Skyway is a project hoping to raise 11 miles of a highway that cuts across Florida to bring back some of the natural flow of water to the Everglades. (Flickr, krashe1313)

Now we'll go watch a ball game with the Florida Marlins. Okay, well, maybe not now...but I'm not the only one with baseball on the brain. Jenni Lukac of Triple Pundit discusses the ethical supply chain from Europe to the US, including the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Flickr, Fraggle Red)

Speaking of sports, anyone heard of Dwayne Wade? He made headlines this year as he led the Miami Heat to the National title. He lives in Pinecrest, one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Miami. They even temporarily named it "Wadecrest". Affluent = big houses = lawns. You see where I'm going here. Phil for Humanity gives us some how-to tips on recycling yard waste. (Flickr, your pal Matt)

For these last couple of posts, we're going to finish up our tour with a road trip. First, we're going to go up north to Brevard County, just about a 3 hour drive. Here, we're going to stop in on our friends Brevard Biodiesel. They are a group of local residents that educate the public on biodiesel, as well as order bulk shipments of the fuel (which is not available for retail in the state). We figured that the author of our next post might be interested in meeting them. Thoughts from Kansas takes a really interesting look at energy policy, with some politics and E85 mixed in. (Flickr, hodad66)

Finally, traveling just a few more minutes north, we arrive at Cape Canaveral, home of NASA. Greener Magazine gives us the skinny on the European Space Agency's plans to conduct a weightless surgical procedure. I wonder if they are planning to purchase carbon credits to offset all of that fuel? (Flickr, dcorking)

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the 47th edition of Carnival of the Green. I'd also like to thank all of the photographers of the photos highlighted in this post. All were taken locally and are credited individually by their Flickr owner. Those without credits are my own. We'll see you next week over at EnviroPundit!

Comments

[Sludgie]

Nicely done. Enjoyed the Miami tour bus approach. The Skyway project is fascinating.

[Nick Aster]

Nice work! Love the thumbnail images!

[PK]

Very creative, nice job Rebecca!

[Designer Handbagsd]

Wow! Good job. Could I take some of yours triks to build my own site?f