Debbie Clemons doesn't see the garbage like she used to. When she and her neighbors got together for a community cleanup in 2007, their bags filled after only a few blocks. ...more

November 1, 2009

I would like to report a crime; two crimes actually. The first is a decade of destruction to public property by the users of ATVs, Jeeps and trucks in the Henscratch and Leisure Lakes areas of the protected Lake Wales Ridge properties. ...more

March 6, 2009

It's kind of scary talking to big kids, but it's worth it in the name of recycling. ...more

September 20, 2008

Suncoast students take the reins in recycling initiative. ...more

September 17, 2008

A team of 30 people piled into boats recently and sped off to Beer Can Island for an afternoon pickup game. ...more

August 13, 2008

Michael and Denise Pfalzer's new home will have walls made of old car tires, recycled bottles and cans. ...more

July 21, 2008

Michael and Denise Pfalzer's new home will have walls made of old car tires, recycled bottles and cans. Rainwater gathered from the rooftop will be used for drinking, washing dishes and flushing toilets before it trickles back out to nourish the gardens. Solar energy will power the home and the earth's soil will keep it cool. Sometime around January, the Pfalzers will become the owners of Florida's first Earthship, a one-bedroom, two-bathroom home built largely from recycled material. ...more

July 20, 2008

SEBRING — Nine homeless men who live in the woods across Kenilworth from Sebring High School have been offered homes in Tampa, said Terri McClelland. ...more

February 8, 2008

No doubt, the revelers who pillaged Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday trashed the place. But this year's Gasparilla festivities were a little greener than last year's. ...more

January 27, 2008

After spending two weeks on Indian Rocks Beach during the Christmas holidays and reading Mike Salinero's article "How Green Are We?" (Dec. 22) my answer would have to be "Not nearly green enough." I grew up in Pinellas County, but I live in Norway. ...more

January 22, 2008