MIRAMAR COMMUNITY GARDEN

MIRAMAR COMMUNITY GARDEN
             

Located at 3700 Largo Drive, Miramar, Florida, the 3,150 s.f. Miramar Community Garden located at Fairway Park, is the first demonstration “micro farming system” in Broward County; an environmentally and economically sustainable system that creates a network of healthy food sources of naturally grown vegetables and fruits, a social network for garden volunteers to learn about the urban agricultural industry and the opportunity for vocational training.

Visitors are welcome! The garden has a see-through fence where the current crops and garden components can be seen. Twenty-two Miramar Community Garden Volunteers tend the garden on a daily basis at different hours of the day.

See http://www.ci.miramar.fl.us/green/garden/ for more information.

Eco-friendly flip-flops

Okabashi  - Eco-friendly and Made in the U.S.A

Okabashi's colorful and eco-friendly flip-flops have caught the eye of television and magazine reporters across the United States for the company's commitment to the environment while producing fashion-forward footwear. Deep in its manufacturing facility in Buford, Georgia, the family-run operation has been transforming recycled materials into quality foot-cushioning sandals since 1984.

Designers mold recycled plastics and a comfortable and vegan-friendly microplast material into the therapeutic shoes—which boast arch support and features such as massage beads—creating a sandal that has even been endorsed by the American Chiropractic Association. Each shoe is durable, washable, waterproof, and repellent to most carnivorous plants. Once wearers are finished with their footwear, they can ship worn sandals back to the Okabashi factory, where the company recycles them into new products.

To learn more, see http://www.okabashi.com/Recycle/b/2493603011?ie=UTF8&title=Recycle .

Time to get trashy - Trash-2-Art Committee Forming

Trash-2-Art Committee Forming

It's time to begin planning for our annual fundraising/outreach event, Trash-2-Art. This year, we have a new location at Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines. If you are interested in helping T2T make a splash in the art community, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Pilar, at pilar@trash2treasurefl.org.

Looking to Add to the Crew - Website Manager Needed

Trash to Treasure is looking for a Website Manager to assist in updating and managing our website.  Since we are an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, the call is going out

Details

• When:  It's flexible! We'll work with your schedule.
• Where:  Our Center is located in Central Fort Lauderdale.  Ability to participate in occasional meetings preferred, but not mandatory.
• Skills:
• Website Project Management, WordPress preferred
• Interactive/Social Media/SEO
• Attention to detail and ability to coordinate with Board members
• Time Required:  Approximately one (1) hour per week, again - We'll work with your schedule.

If you are interested in helping, please contact Pilar(Pilar@trash2treasurefl.org)  or  Leona (Leona@trash2treasurefl.org).

Resource for Non-Profits, Churches, and Schools

South Florida warehouse provides building materials, housewares to nonprofits, churches, schools

By Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel

5:49 a.m. EDT, May 8, 2013

It's a unique partnership between business and a Florida nonprofit: retailers provide building materials and housewares to a warehouse that distributes the items free or at cut-rate prices to other nonprofits, churches or schools.

Pompano Beach-based Morningday Community Solutions is expanding next month into a 10,000-square-foot space to handle more donations, from floor tiles to beds, said founder Greg Bales.

See the link below for the full story. 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-morningday-warehouse-20130507,0,6157060.story

Revolution -- A film about changing the world.

REVOLUTION

Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed Sharkwater documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger - it's humanity itself.

 

In an effort to uncover the truth and find the secret to saving the ecosystems we depend on for survival, Stewart embarks on a life-threatening adventure. From the coral reefs in Papua New Guinea and deforestation in Madagascar to the largest and most destructive environmental project in history in Alberta, Canada, he reveals that all of our actions are interconnected and that environmental degradation, species loss, ocean acidification, pollution and food/water scarcity are reducing the Earth's ability to house humans. How did this happen, and what will it take to change the course that humanity has set itself on?

 

 

Canada / 85 min / English

 

Sunday, May 19, 3:45pm at Cinema Paradiso, Ft. Lauderdale ...ONE Screening ONLY through special arrangement with filmmaker