FCV Staff share their personal plastic-free journeys. Carson Mitchell, Communications Manager, details the sustainable solutions in beauty routines and fashion choices: My 2019 New Years Resolution was to live more sustainably. I thought this would be an easy task; little did I know it would turn the life that I
It’s 2019 – the time of viral memes and digital social movements. The catastrophe that is single-use plastic waste came on the mainstream media scene with an image of a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged into its nose. Today, many restaurants and even entire municipalities have banned the
This weekend I was honored to speak with more than 50 energetic and engaged community members from St. Petersburg at a town hall meeting organized by the Common Ground Project. The event brought together experts in affordable housing, environment, equality, and government accountability – issues that concern all Floridians. Equity
If you’ve been on the Internet lately, you’ve probably heard of Boaty McBoatface. The British research vessel, named via online poll, has been busy collecting data in Antarctica. Here are three key climate change findings discovered by this famous submarine: 1. There is a hole in the ozone layer above
Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, and the perfect time to get outside and connect with nature. It’s also International Yoga Day. May I suggest celebrating both with some outdoor yoga? Science tells us that moving our body promotes good health, as does being in
Once a year, we join our partners within the Conservation Voter Movement to lobby our elected officials in Congress in Washington, D.C. FCV Executive Director Aliki Moncrief and Deputy Director Jonathan Webber visited nine Florida representatives, carrying the Florida Conservation Voters flag. We focused on three issues: clean energy, land
Environmental Scientist Lindsay Cross Joins Florida Conservation Voters Environmental policy non-profit hires Government Relations Director TALLAHASSEE – Florida Conservation Voters (FCV), an environmental policy non-profit, has hired environmental scientist Lindsay Cross as its full-time Government Relations Director. Cross will communicate and coordinate with governmental partners and legislators as an advocate
Bad news from Tallahassee: late on Friday evening, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bad anti-voter initiative bill into law. This bill (HB 5) adds severe restrictions on a fundamental constitutional right of the people – the right to bring questions to our fellow citizens via ballot initiative. Thank you for taking
The hectic 2019 Legislative Session has come to an end. Thank you for staying with us every step of the way. Together, we were able to elevate Florida’s environment as one of the most important issues. We had environmental champions at the Capitol fighting with us. But unfortunately, House and