Save Florida's Beaches

Save Florida's Beaches
Title Save Florida's Beaches PDF eBook
Author Florida. Task Force for Beach Management Funding
Publisher
Pages 40
Release 1990
Genre Beaches
ISBN

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Tracings: Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association.

Florida's Living Beaches

Florida's Living Beaches
Title Florida's Living Beaches PDF eBook
Author Blair Witherington
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 398
Release 2017-05-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 1561649880

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The first edition of Florida's Living Beaches (2007) was widely praised. Now, the second edition of this supremely comprehensive guide has even more to satisfy the curious beachcomber, including expanded content and additional accounts with more than 1800 full-color photographs, maps, and illustrations. It heralds the living things and metaphorical life along the state's 700 miles of sandy beaches. The expanded second edition now identifies and explains over 1400 curiosities, with lavishly illustrated accounts organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man.

Saving Florida

Saving Florida
Title Saving Florida PDF eBook
Author Leslie Kemp Poole
Publisher University Press of Florida
Pages 380
Release 2015-05-12
Genre History
ISBN 0813059410

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In Saving Florida, Leslie Kemp Poole casts new light on the women at the forefront of Florida’s environmental movement. From creating parks to protesting air pollution, fighting dredge-and-fill operations, and exposing the health dangers of pesticides, these women caused unprecedented changes in how the Sunshine State values its many and marvelous natural resources. At the beginning of the twentieth century women didn’t have the vote, but by the end of the century they were founding issue-specific groups, like Friends of the Everglades, and running state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They set the foundation for the next century’s environmental agenda, which came to include the idea of sustainable development, which meshes ecology and economy to enhance energy efficiency and the function of natural systems. This is an indispensable history that not only underscores the importance of women in the environmental movement but also shows how as a collective force they forever altered how others saw women’s roles in society.

Saving American Beach

Saving American Beach
Title Saving American Beach PDF eBook
Author Heidi Tyline King
Publisher Penguin
Pages 42
Release 2021-04-13
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1101996293

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This heartfelt picture book biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist and the legacy she preserved. MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach--most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy without being reminded they were second class citizens; he called it American Beach. Artists like Zora Neale Hurston and Ray Charles vacationed on its sunny shores. It's here that MaVynee was first inspired to sing, propelling her to later become a widely acclaimed opera singer who routinely performed on an international stage. But her first love would always be American Beach. After the Civil Rights Act desegregated public places, there was no longer a need for a place like American Beach and it slowly fell into disrepair. MaVynee remembered the importance of American Beach to her family and so many others, so determined to preserve this integral piece of American history, she began her second act as an activist and conservationist, ultimately saving the place that had always felt most like home.

Journey to the Edge of Eden

Journey to the Edge of Eden
Title Journey to the Edge of Eden PDF eBook
Author Gary W. Schmelz
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 294
Release 2013-02-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781300198628

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JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF EDEN This memoir recounts some of the unique moments a father and son experience during their lifelong journey from the noisy apartment-lined streets of the metropolitan area surrounding New York City to the subtropical coastal wetlands of Southwest Florida. The journey unfolds through poignant and humorous anecdotes that provide insight into the duo's developing appreciation for the natural environment and their commitment to preserving South Florida's wilderness areas. ..". The book's strengths lie in Schmelz's detailed descriptions of Southwest Florida's otherworldly flora and fauna and his overarching environmental message of responsible stewardship. ..."--ForeWord Clarion Reviews

Coming to Pass

Coming to Pass
Title Coming to Pass PDF eBook
Author Susan Cerulean
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Pages 303
Release 2015
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0820347655

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"Ten years ago, Sue Cerulean realized the coastlines of her childhood along the New Jersey shore and of her adult years (a little-developed necklace of Gulf islands in Florida) were beginning to shift into the sea. She began to chronicle the story of "her" coastal areas as they are now, as they once were, and how they might be as Earth's oceans rise. Cerulean and her husband, oceanographer Jeff Chanton, have taken many field trips in various parts of these coastal areas"--

The Nature of Florida's Beaches

The Nature of Florida's Beaches
Title The Nature of Florida's Beaches PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Great Outdoors Publishing Company
Pages 64
Release 2001
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780820012018

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