Daily Loaf

What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed this last week:

Living with the land: Florida’s first Earthship (video) – Eric Stewart gives a firsthand look at Florida’s first Earthship in Manatee County, and gets his hands dirty while helping out.

Not getting a million-dollar bonus this year? Think local stimulus- Scott Milinder shows us a real stimulus package that will work for us: we all commit to “Buying Local First.” According to recent economic studies, shifting your buying habits to locally owned businesses creates more circulation of money, more economic activity and more jobs in the local economy.

Eco-friendly summertime fashion accessories- Are you searching for a unique and beautiful purse to enhance your summer wardrobe? Then why not consider one of these recycled handbags that are made from recycled items that help to promote a cleaner and healthier world, reports Jen Meier.
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Florida, in light orange-yellow on the Dept of Energy map, above, joins some other states without renewable portfolio standards to require renewable energy production.

We are long overdue for a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) in this state (a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal). According to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, we are not only the most populated state without one, but we are joined by the likes of Alabama,

Mississippi, and several other states not known for their progressive agendas.

In 2008, Governor Charlie Crist signed legislation which required the Public Service Commission (PSC) to develop a renewable portfolio standard by February 1, 2009, which then had to be adopted by the legislature before being implemented.
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Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri called President-elect Obama a “house negro?” Oh no he didn’t.

• Who will Bush pardon before he leaves office? Scooter?
• Tampa Bay lawmaker Wil Weatherford in line for Florida House speakership in 2012.
• Adultery hookup site Ashley Madison looking to buy TV time locally.
• FLA says, gimme some sugar!
• Charlie to students: cough it up!
• Talking budget cuts, while living it up at a Panhandle resort. That’s the GOP in Florida for ya.
• Iran blocks millions of Internet sites from its citizens.
• We’re not missing this for all the egg nog in Publix.