EcoWeek Florida Keys http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com An annual celebration of the environment. Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:36:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 EcoweekFloridaKeyshttp://feedburner.google.com Easy Adventures Boat Tours (November 1st-7th) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/easy-adventures-boat-tours/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/easy-adventures-boat-tours/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:00:11 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=1087 Description: Sunset cruises aboard Easy Adventures. Visit Mangrove and sea grass ecosystems and learn why these are important to the health of our marine and terrestrial environments. Go inside a mangrove island to watch herons, egrets, ibis, frigate birds, cormorants and pelicans roost for the night.
cost: $39 pp 4-6 persons
Boat departs World Wide Sportsman docks, Islamorada, mile marker 81.5
Call to reserve your spot 305-451-8393]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/easy-adventures-boat-tours/feed/ 0 Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill Hallow-Green Party (Sunday October 31st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/hallow-green-party-at-big-chill/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/hallow-green-party-at-big-chill/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:25:51 +0000 Web Administrator http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/09/hallow-green-party-at-big-chill/

Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill HallowGreen Party

  Description: Kick off the week long, Keys-wide Annual Celebration of the Environment at the Big Chill for a Ghoulish good time! It starts at 7pm until 11pm. There will be a Costume contest at 9:30pm. Come with your best creative Eco-Costume to win  cash prizes and more! First Place- $250, 2nd – $50, 3rd- $25.( Prize packages also include gift certificates)
There will be  Music,a costume contest, dancing poolside, appetizers, drink specials and a special  Hallowgreen punch. Appetizers will be served from 8pm-9pm. VIP Cabanas are available for up to 6 people which will include a pitcher of HallowGreen punch.

Get your tickets early online at HallowGreen Party.

Time: 7pm -11pm
Date: October 31, 2010
Location: 104000 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL
Cost: $20 admission includes appetizers served from 8-9pm
VIP Cabanas: $225 for 6 people includes pitcher of Hallowgreen punch (sorry this does not include admission)
Decorations sponsored by: ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/hallow-green-party-at-big-chill/feed/ 0 Kid’s “Trick or Treat” at Key Deer Refuge Visitor Center (Sunday Oct 31st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/kid%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctrick-or-treat%e2%80%9d-at-refuge-visitor-center/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/kid%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctrick-or-treat%e2%80%9d-at-refuge-visitor-center/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:25:27 +0000 Web Administrator http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/09/kid%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctrick-or-treat%e2%80%9d-at-refuge-visitor-center/ Description: FAVOR- Florida Keys (Friends and Volunteers of Refuges)
 
Date: October 31, 2010
Location: National Key Deer Refuge
Cost: FREE 
How do I get to the Refuge Visitor Center? Turn onto Key Deer Blvd. (gulf side) from US-1 at the traffic light on Big Pine Key. Travel a short distance and turn right into the Winn Dixie Shopping Plaza. The Visitor Center is on the square, directly across from Winn Dixie. 
For more information contact Karen Hillier at Karen-Hillier@fws.gov   ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/kid%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctrick-or-treat%e2%80%9d-at-refuge-visitor-center/feed/ 0 Sanctuary Friends Film Festival (November 1st-November 7th) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/sanctuary-friends-film-festival-november-1st-november-7th/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/sanctuary-friends-film-festival-november-1st-november-7th/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:13:25 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=869 Description: Sancturay Friend Foundation of the Florida Keys presents a week long film festival-Understanding and Action to preserve what we love-An Environmental Film Series.
Date:  November 1st-November 7th
Location: Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, 33 East Quay Road, Key West, Fl
Cost: FREE
Time: Doors Open at 6pm -Starts at 6:30pm
 For a full list of films EcoWeek Events – Sanctuary Friends Foundation of the Florida Keys
For more information contact www.sanctuaryfriends.org or call 305-745-1003]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/sanctuary-friends-film-festival-november-1st-november-7th/feed/ 0 Rain Barrel Art Project http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/829/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/829/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:03:49 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=829  The Project has four goals.
 1.Promote water conservation
 2.Celebrate the natural environment of the Florida Keys (through the scenes painted on the rain barrels)
 3.Showcase the artistic talent of our middle and high school students
 4.Raise money for Water For People by auctioning the barrels during EcoWeek events (Water For People is an international charitable organization devoted to providing clean water and sanitation in developing countries).

There will be an auction of 2 or 3 rain barrels at the Big Chill HallowGreen Party in Key Largo on October 31st and TJ’s EcoMusic Fest and EcoFashion Show at the Hampton Inn in Islamorada on November 6th.

Participating schools:
 -          Horace O’Bryant Middle School, Key West
-          Key Largo School
-          Plantation Key School, Tavernier
-          Key West High School
-          Marathon Middle School
-          Island Christian School, Islamorada
-          Coral Shores High School, Tavernier
-          Treasure Village Montessori, Islamorada
-          Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea, Key West
-          Academic Connections for Excellence, May Sands School, Key West
Samples of painted barrels from a similar project in Ft. Myers:    Sponsored by:    ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/829/feed/ 0 Key Largo Healthy Living Fair (Monday November 1st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/key-largo-healthy-living-fair-monday-november-1st/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/key-largo-healthy-living-fair-monday-november-1st/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:46:44 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=863 Healthy Living Fair Description: Healthy Living in Paradise Fairs are being presented for the purpose of bringing awareness to the communities and those who visit the Florida Keys of the wide array of health care practices that are available.  As a cornucopia of wellness that will inform, transform, and aspire through experiential entertainment these events will be fun for all ages.  There will be speakers on green cleaning products, aromatherapy,  herbalists, yoga,  Tai Chi presentations.  There will be chiropractors,  massage therapists,   readers,  aromatherapists, artists and reflexologists available to share their skills.  Some events will have farmer’s market, story tellers, writers corner, peace dance, music,  and walk a labyrinth. 
There will be organic food and wine served by Taster’s Grille.
Each event will have slightly different qualities that make them unique to their area. To be an exhibitor contact 305-393-9399
Location: 102050 (MM102.5) Overseas Hwy, Key Largo
Time: 4-7pm
 Date: November 1, 2010
 Sponsored by:    ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/key-largo-healthy-living-fair-monday-november-1st/feed/ 0 Bill Macdonald (Monday November 1st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/bill-macdonald/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/bill-macdonald/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:42:02 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=417 Bill Macdonald is an environmental film producer and CEO of Bill Macdonald Productions and stock footage archive.  Bill is the producer of the popular Synthetic Sea series that chronicles the unfortunate impact of marine debris on the world ocean ecosystem. (The Synthetic Sea educational series). He has a B.S. in Political Science from CSULB, and some forty-five years of filming and video experience including a six-year period as a member of the Cousteau Society’s Calypso diving and filming team.  Bill has been diving in the ocean for over 50 years, and working with Kungkungan Bay Resort for some 12 years. Tens of thousands of viewers have tuned in to Bill’s You Tube site to see exotic dive destinations.
Bill Macdonald Productions is a film production enterprise whose mission is to document aquatic resources, marine life, and watersheds. We employ our video archive of over 1000 hours to produce educational programming on watershed awareness. We make broadcast quality promotional videos that capture the very best in underwater experiences at the world’s foremost dive resorts and live-a-board dive vessels.
Over the last several years, with support and assistance from his wife Susan (herself an accomplished undersea photographer and researcher), Bill produced two marine awareness videos, “Indonesian Safari”, “Secrets of California Waters” and More secrets of California waters (1999) to assist in understanding tropical reef and kelp environments. Recent productions Include: Diving Promotional for Kungkungan Bay Resort and Dive Asia Pacific (1999). In 2000 we completed Bizarre Denizens of the Lembeh Straights. For more detailed information on Bill Macdonald Information
Bill Macdonald won the Gray’s Reef, Ocean Film Festival Award from NOAA for his film, The World Ocean, “Trashed”. Macdonald’s YouTube

 

Bill Macdonald will be presenting on the pelagic plastics and the plastic problem in our oceans and and our marine life.

Date and Time: Monday, November 1st at the Murray Nelson Government Center at 7:30pm. 
Cost: Tickets are $25, $20 for Sanctuary Friends/Keys to Peace/Reef/Reef Relief/ GLEE members.
VIP tickets are $35, $30 for Sanctuary Friends/Keys to Peace/Reef/Reef Relief/ GLEE members, which include a cocktail hour preceding the presentation.

For Ticket Purchase Click Here

 

]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/bill-macdonald/feed/ 0 Florida Bay Outfitters Kayak Tour (November 1st-7th) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/florida-bay-outfitters-kayak-tour/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/florida-bay-outfitters-kayak-tour/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:05:21 +0000 Ruth http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/?p=673 3 hour Mangrove Kayak Tour
 Location: 104050 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo
Date: November 1st – 7th
Time: 9:00am only
Cost: $50 per person +tax. No other discounts apply
 For more information call 305-451-3018 or office@kayakfloridakeys.com or www.kayakfloridakeys.com  ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/florida-bay-outfitters-kayak-tour/feed/ 1 Garl’s Coastal Kayaking and EcoKeys (Monday November 1st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/guided-snorkel-excusion/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/guided-snorkel-excusion/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:16:32 +0000 Web Administrator http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/09/guided-snorkel-excusion/ Description: Spend the day kayaking with Garl’s Coastal Kayaking in the waters of the coastal Atlantic with experienced guides/marine biologists.
Date: Monday November 1, 2010
Location: Buzzard’s Roost, Key Largo
Cost:  $75 per person/$55 for kids 12 and under
Time: 9:00am or 2:00pm 
 For more information contact EcoKeys at info@goecokeys.com or call 877-99GOECO www.goecokeys.com

]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/guided-snorkel-excusion/feed/ 0 GLEE Green Future Expo (Monday November 1st) http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/glee-green-future-expo/ http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/glee-green-future-expo/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:13:32 +0000 Web Administrator http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/09/glee-green-future-expo/  Description: Spend an evening at Key Largo’s Green Futures Expo where you can enjoy food by the Conch House and a beautiful venue with a sunset celebration. More than 50 exhibitors will show you how to save money and energy. KLI will have many new items from recycled materials, water and electric saving products and more. Find real solutions for real people and many attractions for the kids too. The Wild Bird Sanctuary will bring a screech owl, and the Upper Keys Sailing Club is offering free sailing lessons and a tour of the club.  Workshops on “Rainwater Harvesting” and “10 Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bill” will be presented. Exhibitors of solar products, electric vehicles and hybrids can answer questions, while the kids play with solar model cars. Attendees can sign up with Keys Sanitary for new recycle bins and learn about new recyclables. Visit the Healthy Living exhibits to explore the body, mind and spirit connection. Workshop schedule TBA. To learn more or to participate as an exhibitor, go to www.keysglee.com
Location: 102050 (MM102.5) Overseas Hwy, Key Largo
Time: 4-7pm
Date: November 1, 2010
 For more information go to www.keysglee.com or call 305-923-1994   ]]> http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/2010/10/glee-green-future-expo/feed/ 0