Stories with 'environment' tag

This Miamian promotes environmental education in the community and the classroom

Miami native Barbara Martinez-Guerrero is the director of Dream in Green, an organization that focused on environmental education.

/ July 24, 2019

This Miami organization wants to tackle climate change before things get “doomier and gloomier”

Caroline Lewis, executive director of the CLEO Institute, hopes the organization’s upcoming Miami symposium will encourage people to take urgent action on climate change.

/ April 23, 2019

Miami women to watch

Back in the 1890s when Miami was considered swampland, Julia Tuttle saw its potential and convinced industrialist Henry Flagler to extend his railway from Palm Beach down to Miami. And that’s a major part of how Miami got its start. In fact, Miami is widely considered the only major American city founded by a woman. […]

/ March 28, 2019

If the signs of a warming world give you a sense of “game over,” read this.

This existential threat does not only fall on the hands of our elected leaders and policy makers. We must use the power of our vote, the power of our voice, and the power of our purse to drive change from the bottom up.

/ October 22, 2018

Remember When… The OG Hurricane hit Miami?

We took a look at a hurricane that had a huge impact on the Miami we know today, the Great Hurricane of 1926.

/ June 8, 2018

I picked up a literal ton of trash in our mangrove forests.

If I hadn’t, it would have eventually ended up in your food.

/ April 15, 2018

Why we’re marching for science on Saturday

Miami is the first casualty in this administration’s war on science.

/ April 19, 2017

How a single water-bottle refill station became a full-time career

How a private citizen accidentally became a full-time environmental activist after applying to The Miami Foundation’s Public Space Challenge.

/ March 23, 2017

It’s not going away. This flooding is our future.

Miami-Dade County should be treating this extreme event as an opportunity to be better prepared for the future.

/ October 17, 2016

Miami’s sunsets are beautiful, because science.

Miami doesn’t have mountains, but man does it have a killer sky. In the past few weeks our sunsets have been out of control, crazy beautiful. Here’s the science behind that.

/ September 29, 2016