Posted in Activism, Community, Eat Local, Environment, Events & Announcements, Peak Oil, Recycling, Relocalization, Sustainability on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
SWELL
South Walton Environmental and Low-impact Living
You are invited to yet another social gathering of area residents interested in discussing and promoting a lifestyle generally called ….Green.
Thursday October 25, 2007 6 pm
Mark & Paige Schnell’s Home
As part of the evening, Mark & Paige will share their home moving-renovation experience that is an excellent example of re-using, [...]
Posted in Community, Eat Local, Ecology, Environment, Events & Announcements, Recycling, Relocalization, Sustainability on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had a nice turnout last night at the Hurricane Oyster Bar. It was a little warm and buggy hanging out on the deck, but as the sun went down, slight reminiscent twinges of ”old Florida” surfaced. As for Kat’s introduction to permaculture, she was energetic and peaked the crowds interest. Unfortunately, she had to compete with the sporadic on and [...]
Posted in Activism, Community, Eat Local, Ecology, Environment, Events & Announcements, Recycling, Relocalization, Sustainability, Sustainable Building on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, June 21st marks the summer solstice and the first official day of summer. To mark the occassion and continue our efforts to lead South Walton toward a greener future, we’ll be hosting another Green Meets that evening at Pizza By the Sea, 6:00 pm. Please join us for an evening of great food, drink [...]
Posted in Activism, Community, Environment, Events & Announcements, Recycling, Sustainability, e-waste on April 13, 2007 | 10 Comments »
We will have a blue bag program in Walton county, provided free by the county. The target date for the arrival of the bags is June first. The blue bag program is very simple and effective. Currently Walton County has what is called a dirty murf program for recycling. Under this system prisoners open the trash [...]
Posted in Community, Environment, Recycling on February 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Just wanted to send out an FYI on some of the things that are going on right now. Jen and I met with Cindy Meadows (county commissioner) two days ago to discuss recycling issues in Walton County. Here is what came out of our meeting. The county will run ads in the local paper giving [...]
