Just one remark about the election. After billions of dollars wasted on frivolous campaign rhetoric, finally someone mentioned Climate Change. It was not a presidential candidate, though. It was New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as he looked out on the wasteland that is his coastline. He said-and this is an approximation, “Last year it was [...]

One of the weekly goals of Radio Green Earth is to showcase a place that is special in South Florida…special because of its location and its unique nature or special because it is part of a major story. As a result we have brought you programs from the Everglades, Key West, Sanibel Island, Big Cypress [...]

I wasn’t going to write this. It’s too personal, and not totally germane to our mission here at Radio Green Earth, but my disgust has overwhelmed my good judgment. Two summers ago, a month or two after the Roberts Court’s  Citizens United Decision, I got so upset discussing the impact of this decision with my [...]

Sarasota, Florida is known for the circus, the Ringling family, Siesta Key Beach-touted the world’s best by more than one rating service- and that old joke: “Everybody’s parents live in Boca Raton. THEIR parents live in Sarasota.” BADUMPBUMP-TSSSSH But it is also home to The Mote Marine Laboratories, started by Bill Mote, as everyone still [...]

Astronomically High Tides Every spring and fall, when the sun is aligned with our equator, we experience the highest astronomical tides of the year. This year this week is the big week, and whenever Spring Tides occur (The name has nothing to do with the season. They are so named because they just spring up.) [...]