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Lessons Learned from the 2025 FNPS Conference
Recently, I attended the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) Conference in Gainesville. It was an excellent conference with many interesting programs, speakers, and field trips. Through my experiences attending talks and learning from plant experts at the conference, I’ve compiled a list of lessons I learned that I’d like to share with anyone who wasn’t…
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Five Ways to Make Your New Year More Sustainable
It’s 2025, and vision boards and New Year’s Resolutions are being created as we speak! While New Year’s resolutions typically involve fitness, health, career, or family goals, I’m here to suggest a couple attainable environmental goals. Goal #1: substitute plastic or ziploc bags for reusable bags Plastic sandwich or storage bags add up quickly, especially…
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How Hurricanes Impact Invasive Species
I am currently sitting in my house in South Florida writing this blog post, since Hurricane Milton has canceled school for the next three days. Even though I’ve lived in South Florida for over 11 years and the Floridian stereotype is to brush hurricanes off, Milton seems to be a nasty storm. All the talk…
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Pet Amnesty & Python Patrol
Snakes– people will either recoil in disgust or think they’re the cutest pets ever. Disregarding their appearance, there’s no doubt that native snakes in Florida are beneficial. They eat the rodents in your garden, maintain a healthy food chain & ecosystem, and even eat venomous snakes. Burmese Pythons, a snake species invasive to Florida, does…
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Waterfest 2024
Waterfest is a fantastic, geared towards kids event that is put on by the City of Stuart and Citizens4h20 to raise awareness about our water resources. I was lucky enough to have a booth at this event! Over 210 people stopped by to say hello, learn more about invasive species, and try to win a…
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CPC Micro-Summit
Earlier today, I attended the Center for Plant Conservation Micro-Summit at the Jupiter Island Golf Club. This was a very eye-opening experience, and I am grateful for the experts that passed their knowledge down to me! Here were some of their main points: These are some of the points that stuck out to me the…
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Natural Areas Festival 2024
This festival (held at the Winding Waters Natural Area in Palm Beach) was a great experience for me and a very fun festival overall! There were many booths run by organizations such as the Florida Trail Association, Palm Beach Environmental Resources Management, FWC, and Jonathon Dickinson State Park. The event also had stations for face…
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Publix & Sustainability
I recently started working at Publix, and while I was in the back rooms, doing computer training, I noticed a poster about Publix’s commitment to sustainability: Clearly, Publix as a company is taking steps to ensure more sustainable processes. But how effective are their initiatives? The thing is, as a bagger and cashier, I am…
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Firefest 2023
Firefest is a fantastic event held at Jonathon Dickinson State Park, and I had a great time talking to attendees this year! This event raises fire safety awareness, discusses prescribed burns, and overall educates on how Florida is impacted by fire (in positive ways and negative ways). While it is an education based event, there…
Energy for the Environment 