Montana's Lesson for Florida's Future
Joe Bonasia weighs in on a valuable lesson the Montana climate case offers Floridians…
The “Greta Effect” and the Future of Youthful Climate Activism
Greta Thunberg just “aged out” of School Strikes for Climate. Did it make a difference?
Youth Climate Case is a Lesson for Floridians About Constitutional Environmental Rights
“We’re waiting for you to die,” one young woman said. She meant her generation is waiting for boomers to die so serious climate action can be undertaken. It was an over-the-top remark, of course, but unnerving, nevertheless. More unnerving was her professor’s reply: “You don’t get it. You don’t have time to wait.”
Tackling Climate Change Inaction
Could the solution to climate change inaction be kids? Dave Finnigan will show you why the answer is “yes”.
Care about Food Insecurity in SWFL?
SWFL’s growing food insecurity problem may surprise you. Here’s how you can help…
RESET’s Holley Rauen Honored with Namesake Community Leadership Award
RESET’s Holley Rauen is honored by Community Environment Leadership Award.
The agent who can head off the climate crisis…
By Joseph Bonasia
SWFL RESET Co-Founder
It is bad enough that our climate crisis is being driven to a large degree by an economy predicated upon infinite growth and consumption on a planet of finite resources and capacity to absorb injury. But so much of that consumption is overconsumption and wasteful.
Being a Good Neighbor
By Holley Rauen, RN
SWFL RESET Co-Founder
Our “Being A Good Neighbor “ curriculum and field trips to the Everglades were transformative experiences for all who participated, and truly grounded us more deeply in this important work. We are now being called by Miccosukee and Seminole tribes to stand with them to protect ancient burial sites. The journey has just begun…
Floridians need what others have: a constitutional right to clean water
Today, Florida has thousands of miles of rivers and streams contaminated with fecal bacteria. Eighty percent of our 1,000 springs are impaired. Red tides have increased in alarming frequency, duration, and virulence. They and blue-green algae blooms choke our waters and our local economies. Manatees are dying in historic numbers as seagrass beds disappear.t all begins with an idea.
New York court case is a potent example of what a clean water amendment could accomplish in Florida
Here’s what Floridians need to know about the first lawsuit involving New York’s Green Amendment, approved by voters in 2021, and every New Yorker’s “right to clean air and water and a healthy environment,” a right we in Florida do not have.