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• EC Greenway Ride

  2012-05-12 08:30 - 11:00

  This social ride starts in the Dadeland area and turns around at Bicentennial Park, where the 2,300-mile Cabot Community Tour along the East Coast Greenway kicks off later in the day. We'll start our ride on Florida's newest section of the [...]

  From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at May 03, 2012, 1:50pm in Living, Environment

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• Good news from South Africa - for a change!

  
  
   Thomas Peschak photographing "Dartboard / Karin"Photo: Wolfgang Leander (2007)Click to enlarge
  
  The Umkomaas / Scottburgh shark dive operators finally got their act together, and have decided to "paddle out for sharks" on May 6th to pay their last respects to the sharks that were[...]
  From OceanicDreams at May 03, 2012, 1:02am in Environment, Photography and Video

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• WEATHER BULLETIN: Meteorologic "false start"

  When does the dry season end?
  
  This week’s drenching rains make a case for “now.”
  
  The above chart shows "weekly interval" rain, i.e. each blue bar represents a week's worth of rain, for Big Cypress National Preserve for the last four dry seasons.  The vertically-oriented blue dotted [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at May 02, 2012, 9:10pm in Environment

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• The new rain year started May 1st

  Not to be confused with New River (above)
  [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at May 02, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Dry season not over (but "rain year" is done!)

  Finally, after a long dry spell, stormy weather has returned.
  
  Could it be at the same time the "rain year" is also done?
  
  Summer style clouds like these are still weeks away,
  But could it be that a new rain year has already begun?
  
  According to [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at May 01, 2012, 9:44pm in Environment

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• Freediving with Sharks

  
  Last November I had the opportunity to go back to the Bahamas to freedive with my old man - something I have come to cherish particularly since overcoming his third cancer.  While we do not always talk that much (snorkel in mouth) - we definitely know what is going [...]
  From OceanicDreams at May 01, 2012, 7:38pm in Environment, Photography and Video

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• Good news for monkeys, bad press for Barbados

  The island nations of Barbados and St. Kitts & Nevis are 350 miles apart but have one unfortunate similarity. For centuries, the calls of African green monkeys have been heard in the forests of both countries. Sadly, both countries allow the trapping and export of wild monkeys for use in [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at May 01, 2012, 4:40pm in Environment

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• Tall and short swamp

  Actually, those alligator flag
  are taller than you'd think
  ' [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at May 01, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Is Zimmerman attorney using social media to influence jury selection?

  George Zimmerman’s attorney has started a website, facebook page and Twitter account. Speaking to MSNBC, attorney Mark O’Mara said: “we feel part of our responsibility to our client is to provide a voice for Mr. Zimmerman, but only when it is appropriate to do so.” My guess is Mr. O’Mara [...]
  From Mike Poller's Backlash Blog at April 30, 2012, 11:09pm in Environment, Politics

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• Tuna Tuna Tuna

  One of my very good friends and dive partner in Miami recently came back from an undisclosed location in Central America, spearing yellow fin tuna.  While this year's trip was not as successful as the last - sashimi was served.  He told me that he has never seen so much' [...]
  From OceanicDreams at April 30, 2012, 9:59pm in Environment, Photography and Video

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