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Apr 22, 2012 • Anything in excess is never good. Especially waste. Instead of having your garbage bin fill up after two days, you can decrease your trash output tremendously. Think about it: you’ve heard the saying, ‘garbage in, garbage out.’ Make what you consume count on the inside (your health and your home’s hygiene) as much as it...
Sharing thoughts on walking from Adjoa’s learning blog, City Beautiful: Green Urbanist Remix. If walking fascinates you as much as it does her, remember to mark the Jane Jacobs Walk in Tampa on your calendar. Photo courtesy of Mosdave The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in...
The words renewable energy describe the natural sources of energy on earth and in the galaxies. Solar/sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal (internal heat from the Earth’s core) are sources that are naturally and continually replenished or, renewed. These sources of energy provide us with electricity, natural heating and cooling. For example, a solar panel...
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Apr 3, 2012 • Did you ever have your very own plant? Do remember what it was? My very first plant was an aloe plant. I named it Ronaldiñho, for reasons I’m not quite sure why. But it was a pretty cool-looking plant. I purchased it from IKEA in their garden section. I wasn’t planning on buying a plant...
In Tampa, plenty of residents may find it hard to escape the necessity of having a personal automobile. In this city, we are more connected with it to the surrounding cities and some errands are impossible to do without a car out here. Ever since gas prices have been shooting towards the moon (today I...
‘The New Nature of Nebraska Ave’ In collaboration with the Salt Lake City-based non-profit Jane Jacobs Walk, the community-engagement project Inspire Your Environment (IYE) of Tampa is hosting this walk on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 9am-11am, to learn of the vision of interconnected/walk-able communities by urban theorist Jane Jacobs and to shed light on...
Urban Heat Island (UHI): 1. (Urban heat islands) are microclimates created by urban areas that are composed of large amounts of building materials, machinery and associated to artificial heating. Buildings and paved areas such as streets and parking lots do not absorb rainwater and retain heat generated by solar radiation. 2. The higher temperature found over...
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Mar 29, 2012 • This past Saturday, Inspire Your Environment (IYE) hosted it’s first community forum, titled ‘New Skool Fresh‘ at Cephas’ Hot Shop in Ybor. It was a time to be introduced to the community engagement project IYE, hear inspiring speakers from the community share youth/eco-friendly/civic engagement stories and suggestions, and meet other people who believe in inspiring...
Your voice is important. So is your action. One of the main elements of Inspire Your Environment is enabling the younger generation to really observe their surroundings, assess it and work with what they have to make it even better. Through the medium of civic engagement, this is possible. IYE wants to shed light on not only...
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Mar 14, 2012 • I could hear Mama say that across the four corners of our house. Her aim was to conserve the energy usage to keep the bills low. And isn’t that the big picture? We pay more when we conserve less, on many electrical and environmental levels. Good thing is that there are plenty of little things...
The month of March is officially Women’s History Month. In celebration of women past and present, we are encouraged to find stories of women that inspire courage, creativity and fearlessness. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island also known as Juana María has such a story. Juana María was the Christian name given to the...
Reading with the family and when friends come over on the weekend, can be one of the best parts of picking out a great book at the local library during the school/work week. So when you have some free time this weekend or the next, think about spending quality time with relatives and a new...
