The year was 2004. After a lifetime of unsatisfying beverage choices since moving on from my childhood chocolate milk, I began drinking coffee. At about the same time, a new coffee shop opened a few blocks from my home in Santa Rosa Beach, FL, providing convenient access to fuel for my newly-found fire. I began […]
Conservation in your cup – A Partnership of Coffee and Whales Read More »
This week Healthy Gulf team up with Draw Together Pensacola to talk about protecting endangered marine life in the Gulf. Draw Together is a weekly event, usually at a local brew pub where folks can come and sketch and do other creative artwork, with supplies provided. Last night we made the theme around endangered marine
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Third Annual Gulf Coast Whale Festival was a delight of Rice’s whale advocacy and education.
Whale Festival Brings “Whale Culture” to the Gulf Read More »
FL Legislative Session opens Jan. 13 with a numbner of bills Healthy Gulf supports and opposes.
Florida Legislative Session Open Read More »
Instead of building connected, livable neighborhoods, most development is following the pattern of suburban sprawl—where cars are required for almost everything.
Better Places to Live, Healthier Waters to Love Read More »
It’s been a long time coming—more than 25 years of advocacy for me personally, and even longer for many others. Now, the fight to protect Florida from offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf has reached a historic milestone. Before leaving office, President Joe Biden banned offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf and along the entire
Tug of War over Drilling in the Eastern Gulf Read More »
This year, Healthy Gulf and our allies were mostly on the defensive. We stood our ground to protect existing environmental laws…
Recap of the 2024 Florida Legislative Session Read More »
In the Gulf of Mexico, I searched for one of the planet’s most endangered animals – the Rice’s whale, a key part of a healthy Gulf.
Endangered Rice’s whale is a key part of a healthy Gulf Read More »
The ongoing saga of Manna Farms and their attempt to place an industrial-scale fish farm off Pensacola Beach, FL points-out an inescapable fact about fish farms
Is there any good place for an industrial fish farm? Read More »
In the over 25 years that Healthy Gulf has worked across the Gulf region, it seems like every passing year brings some type of new threat to our waterways and communities. The most recent one is a plan for industrial-scale finfish farms in the open waters of the Gulf—giant cages where millions of pounds of
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